Peter Dockery

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Peter Dockery received a BSc (Hons) in Biology from the University of Strathclyde in 1981.  He obtained a PhD in Anatomy (1986) from the University of Aberdeen. Postdoctoral work was undertaken on the human endometrium at the Harris Birthright Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Sheffield. In 1988 he was appointed Lecturer in the Department of Biomedical Science University of Sheffield. In 1990 was appointed Lecturer at the Department of Anatomy University of Hong Kong. In 1995 was appointed Lecturer in the Department of Anatomy University College Cork. Then Statutory Lecturer in the Department of Anatomy University College, Cork in 2001.  He joined the BioScience Institute when it opened in September 2002.He was appointed as director of the Advanced Microscopy Research Facility in the Neuroscience/Anatomy Section of the BSI. In July 2005 took up post as Professor of Anatomy at NUIGalway. Acting Head of Department of Physiology 2006-2009 .Director of Core Imaging facility at NUI,Galway.

Research Interests:

1. Neurobiology: Cellular interactions in the developing and ageing nervous system: Development and repair of the Spinal Cord
2. Human Reproduction: Structure-Function of the Human Endometrium. Cellular effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals on reproductive tissues. The Feto-maternal interface.

Research techniques:

Stereology and Image Analysis/Ambient and Low Temperature Light/Electron/ Confocal Microscopy

Publications:

Over 80 Papers/chapters over 100 abstracts at scientific meetings

Some recent Papers:

The fine structure of the mature human endometrium Peter Dockery and Marcella J Burke In The Endometrium: Molecular, Cellular and Clinical Perspectives, Second Edition (Reproductive Medicine & Assisted Reproductive Techniques)by John D. Aplin, Asgerally T. Fazleabas , Stanley R. Glasser , Linda C. Giudice 2008

Mooney E, Dockery P, Greiser U, Murphy M, Barron V.Carbon Nanotubes and Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Biocompatibility, Proliferation and Differentiation.Nano Lett. 2008 Jul 12. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 18624387 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Breen AM, Dockery P, O'Brien T, Pandit AS.The use of therapeutic gene eNOS delivered via a fibrin scaffold enhances wound healing in a compromised wound model.Biomaterials. 2008 Jul;29(21):3143-51. Epub 2008 Apr 28. PMID: 18442851 [PubMed - in process]

Hanna-Mitchell AT, O'Leary D, Mobarak MS, Ramer MS, McMahon SB, Priestley JV, Kozlova EN, Aldskogius H, Dockery P, Fraher JP.The impact of neurotrophin-3 on the dorsal root transitional zone following injury.Spinal Cord. 2008 Jun 10. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 18542093 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Breen A, Dockery P, O'Brien T, Pandit A. Fibrin scaffold promotes adenoviral gene transfer and controlled vector delivery.J Biomed Mater Res A. 2008 May 8. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 18465822 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Rooney GE, Moran C, McMahon SS, Ritter T, Maenz M, Fl�gel A, Dockery P, O'Brien T, Howard L, Windebank AJ, Barry FP.Gene-Modified Mesenchymal Stem Cells Express Functionally Active Nerve Growth Factor on an Engineered Poly Lactic Glycolic Acid (PLGA) Substrate.Tissue Eng Part A. 2008 Apr 11. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 18402551 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Halloran DO, Grad S, Stoddart M, Dockery P, Alini M, Pandit AS. An injectable cross-linked scaffold for nucleus pulposus regeneration.Biomaterials. 2008 Feb;29(4):438-47. Epub 2007 Oct 23.PMID: 17959242 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Fraher JP, Dockery P, O'Donoghue O, Riedewald B, O'Leary D. Initial motor axon outgrowth from the developing central nervous system. J Anat. 2007 Nov;211(5):600-11. Epub 2007 Sep 11.PMID: 17850285 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Dockery P, Fraher J.The quantification of vascular beds: a stereological approach.
Exp Mol Pathol. 2007 Apr;82(2):110-20. Epub 2007 Jan 19. Review. PMID: 17320863 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Garcia Y, Breen A, Burugapalli K, Dockery P, Pandit A. Stereological methods to assess tissue response for tissue-engineered scaffolds. Biomaterials. 2007 Jan;28(2):175-86. Epub 2006 Sep 8. Review. PMID: 16962656 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Brody S, McMahon J, Yao L, O'Brien M, Dockery P, Pandit A.The effect of cholecyst-derived extracellular matrix on the phenotypic behaviour of valvular endothelial and valvular interstitial cells. Biomaterials. 2007 Mar;28(8):1461-9. Epub 2006 Dec 15.
PMID: 17174391 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Kavanagh ET, Loughlin JP, Herbert KR, Dockery P, Samali A, Doyle KM, Gorman AM.
Functionality of NGF-protected PC12 cells following exposure to 6-hydroxydopamine. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2006 Dec 29;351(4):890-5. Epub 2006 Oct 30. PMID: 17092485 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Corcoran BM, Ross RP, Fitzgerald GF, Dockery P, Stanton C. Enhanced survival of GroESL-overproducing Lactobacillus paracasei NFBC 338 under stressful conditions induced by drying.Appl Environ Microbiol. 2006 Jul;72(7):5104-7. PMID: 16820516 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Sharif F, Hynes SO, McMahon J, Cooney R, Conroy S, Dockery P, Duffy G, Daly K, Crowley J, Bartlett JS, O'Brien T. Gene-eluting stents: comparison of adenoviral and adeno- associated viral gene delivery to the blood vessel wall in vivo. Hum Gene Ther. 2006 Jul;17(7):741-50. PMID: 16839273 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Wynne F, Ball M, McLellan Mouse pregnancy-specific glycoproteins: tissue-specific expression and evidence of association with maternal vasculature. Reproduction. 2006 Apr;131(4):721-32.PMID: 16595723 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Membership of professional associations:

• European Society for Reproduction and Embryology
• The Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland
• Society for the Study of Fertility
• Irish Microscopical Society
• International Society for Stereology

Activity and success in competitive grant proposals:

Since coming to Galway

Prior to coming to Galway

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