Prof James P O'Gara BSc, PhD
Contact Details
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Biography:
| 2012-Present: Personal Professor of Microbiology,
National University of Ireland, Galway. 2007-2012: Head of Graduate Studies, School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, University College Dublin. Conway Fellow, Conway Institute of Biomolecular & Biomedical Research, University College Dublin. 2005-2012: Senior Lecturer (Microbiology), University College Dublin 2004-2005: Senior Lecturer (Microbiology), Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland 1999-2004: College Lecturer (Microbiology), Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland 1997-1999: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Microbiology, Trinity College Dublin 1994-1997: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Microbiology &Molecular Genetics, The University of Texas, Houston. 1990-1994: PhD (Microbiology), National University of Ireland, Galway
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Research Projects
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Project: JIM O GARA INVESTIGATING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN METHICILLIN RESISTANCE , BIOFILM AND VIRULENCE IN STAPHLOCCUS AUREAUS ( RHR933) Role: ROLE_DESC Description: DESCRIPTION Start/End Dates: 01-NOV-12 / 31-OCT-15 |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| Pozzi, C,Waters, EM,Rudkin, JK,Schaeffer, CR,Lohan, AJ,Tong, P,Loftus, BJ,Pier, GB,Fey, PD,Massey, RC,O'Gara, JP (2012) 'Methicillin Resistance Alters the Biofilm Phenotype and Attenuates Virulence in Staphylococcus aureus Device-Associated Infections'. Plos Pathogens, 8 . [DOI] [Details] |
Reviews
| Stevens, NT,Greene, CM,O'Gara, JP,Bayston, R,Sattar, MTA,Farrell, M,Humphreys, H (2012) Ventriculoperitoneal shunt-related infections caused by Staphylococcus epidermidis: pathogenesis and implications for treatment. Reviews [DOI] [Details] |
| Fitzpatrick, F,Humphreys, H,O'Gara, JP (2005) The genetics of staphylococcal biofilm formation-will a greater understanding of pathogenesis lead to better management of device-related infection?. Reviews [DOI] [Details] |