Staff Profiles

Prof Lucy Byrnes
Personal Professor
Embryonic development in zebrafish

lucy.byrnes@nuigalway.ie
Ext: 2416
direct line 353-91-492416

Dr Michael Carty
Senior Lecturer,  
Responses to DNA damage in human cells

michael.carty@nuigalway.ie
Ext: 3695
direct line 353-91-493695

Dr Peter Creighton 
Lecturer

peter.creighton@nuigalway.ie
Ext:3654
direct line 353-91-493654

Dr Elaine Dunleavy 
Senior Lecturer
Centromere regulation in meiosis

elaine.dunleavy@nuigalway.ie
Ext:4046
direct line 353-91-494046

Dr Andrew Flaus
Lecturer
How nucleosome structure enables chromatin function.
Using technology to enhance teaching.

andrew.flaus@nuigalway.ie
Ext: 5482
direct line 353-91-495482

Prof Uri Frank
Professor
Stem cells and regeneration

uri.frank@nuigalway.ie
Ext: 2334
direct line 353-91-492334

Prof Adrienne Gorman
Professor, Director of Biochemistry Postgraduate Studies
Mechanisms of cell death and survival

adrienne.gorman@nuigalway.ie
Ext: 2417
direct line 353-91-492417

Dr Muriel Grenon
Lecturer
Science Outreach and Public Engagement

muriel.grenon@nuigalway.ie
Ext:5848
direct line 353-91-495848

Prof  Bob Lahue
Professor, Head of Discipline
Trinucleotide repeat instability and mutagenesis

bob.lahue@nuigalway.ie
Ext: 5756
direct line 353-91-495756

Dr Elaine Lahue
Lecturer

elaine.lahue@nuigalway.ie

Prof Noel Lowndes
Established Professor
Eukaryotic DNA damage responses

noel.lowndes@nuigalway.ie
Ext: 2415
direct line 353-91-492415

Prof Brian McStay
Professor
Gene expression and nuclear structure

brian.mcstay@nuigalway.ie
Ext: 2423
direct line 353-91-492423

Dr Derek Morris
Lecturer in Biomedical Science, Biochemistry
Human Genetic variation and risk of disease

derek.morris@nuigalway.ie
Ext:4439
direct line 353- 91-494439

Prof Ciaran Morrison
Professor
DNA damage and the cell cycle

ciaran.morrison@nuigalway.ie
Ext: 2056
direct line 353-91-492056

Prof  Heinz Peter Nasheuer
Professor
Control of DNA replication in the eukaryotic cell cycle

heinz.nasheuer@nuigalway.ie
Ext: 2430
direct line 353-91-492430

Dr Lynn O'Connor
Lecturer
Molecular control of Adipogenesis

lynn.oconnor@nuigalway.ie  
Ext:3637
direct line 353-91-49637

Dr Stephen Rea
Lecturer
Epigenetic regulation of gene expression

stephen.rea@nuigalway.ie
Ext: 5750
direct line 353-91-495750

Prof Corrado Santocanale
Professor
Mechanism of Genome duplication

corrado.santocanale@nuigalway.ie
Ext:5174
direct line 353-91-495174

Prof Afshin Samali
Established Professor
Cellular stress and apoptosis

afshin.samali@nuigalway.ie
Ext: 2440
direct line 353-91-492440

Dr Gerhard Schlosser
Lecturer
Developmental Neurobiology

gerhard.schlosser@nuigalway.ie
Ext:5978
direct line 353-91-495978

Prof Kevin Sullivan
Professor
Centromere biology

kevin.sullivan@nuigalway.ie
Ext: 2434
direct line 353-91-492434

Dr  Eva Szegezdi 
Senior Lecturer
Cell death and apoptosis

eva.szegezdi@nuigalway.ie
Ext:5037
direct line 353-91-495037

Dr Maria Tuohy
Lecturer
Fungal glycoproteins- glycosyl hydrolases, oxidoreductases and proteases

maria.tuohy@nuigalway.ie
Ext: 2439
direct line 353-91-492439

Research Staff Name

Contact Information

Dr Tereza Brumovská, 
Postdoctoral Researcher
Science Outreach and
Public engagement

tereza.brumovska@nuigalway.ie
Direct Line 091 492526
Ext: 2526
Location Room 127
Biochemistry
Arts Science Building

Patricia Calcagno
Research Assistant
Centre for Chromosome Biology

patricia.calcagno@nuigalway.ie
Direct Line 091 492882
Ext: 2882
Location BMS-2011
Biomedical Sciences

Dr Sarah Carroll
Postdoctoral Researcher
Science Outreach and
Public engagement

sarah.carroll@nuigalway.ie
Direct Line 091 492526
Ext: 2526
Location Room 127
Biochemistry
Arts Science Building

Tatiana Cichocka
Research Assistant
Apoptosis Research Centre

 tatiana.cichocka@nuigalway.ie
Direct Line 091 49 3811
Ext: 3811
Location BMS-G022
Biomedical Sciences

Dr Alessandra Conforte
Postdoctoral Researcher
Apoptosis Researcher Centre

alessandra.conforte@nuigalway.ie
Direct Line 091 49 3811
Ext: 3811
Location BMS-G022
Biomedical Sciences

Dr Camille Curantz
Postdoctoral Researcher
Centre for Chromosome Biology

camille.curantz@nuigalway.ieDirect Line 091 492882
Ext: 2882
Location BMS-2011
Biomedical Sciences

Lindsay Deely
Research Associate
Science Outreach and
Public engagement

lindsay.deely@nuigalway.ie
Direct Line 091 492526
Ext: 2526
Location Room 127
Biochemistry
Arts Science Building

Amy Duclaux
Research Assistant
Centre for Chromosome Biology

amy.duclaux@nuigalway.ie
Direct Line 091 492882
Ext: 2882
Location BMS-2011
Biomedical Sciences

Dr Febrimarsa Febrimarsa
Postdoctoral Researcher
Centre for Chromosome Biology

febrimarsa.febrimarsa@nuigalway.ie
Direct Line 091 492882
Ext: 2882
Location BMS-2011
Biomedical Sciences

Krystyna Giemza
Research Assistant
Centre for Chromosome Biology

krystyna.giemza@nuigalway.ie
Direct Line 091 49 5950
Ext: 5950
Location BMS-G018
Biomedical Sciences

Dr Anja Göder
Postdoctoral Researcher
Centre for Chromosome Biology

anja.goder@nuigalway.ie
Direct Line 091 49 4115
Ext: 4115
Location BMS-G022
Biomedical Sciences

Dr Sharon Kelly
Programe Manager Discover

sharon.m.kelly@nuigalway.ie
Direct Line 091 495037
Ext: 5037
Location BMS-G024
Biomedical Sciences

Dr Gabriel Krasovec
Postdoctoral Researcher
Centre for Chromosome Biology

gabriel.krasovec@nuigalway.ie
Direct Line 091 492882
Ext: 2882
Location BMS-2011
Biomedical Sciences

 Dr Janna Luessing
Postdoctoral Researcher
Centre for Chromosome Biology

 janna.luessing@nuigalway.ie
Direct Line 091 49 5950
Ext: 5950
Location BMS-G018
Biomedical Sciences

Dr Hazel Mangan
Postdoctoral Researcher
Centre for Chromosome Biology

hazel.mangan@nuigalway.ie
Direct Line 091 49 5950
Ext: 5950
Location BMS-G018
Biomedical Sciences

Dr Matthieu Moncan
Postdoctoral Researcher
Apoptosis Research Centre

matthieu.moncan@nuigalway.ie
Direct Line 091 49 5890
Ext: 5890
Location BMS-G022
Biomedical Sciences

Dr Katarzyna Mnich
Postdoctoral Researcher
Apoptosis Research Centre
 

 katarzyna.mnich@nuigalway.ie
Direct Line 091 49 5890
Ext: 5890
Location BMS-G022
Biomedical Sciences

Caoimhe Nolan
Research Assistant

caoimhe.nolan@nuigalway.ie
Direct Line 091 49 3811
Ext: 3811
Location BMS-G022
Biomedical Sciences

Dr Miguel Salinas-Saavedra
Postdoctoral Researcher
Centre for Chromosome Biology

miguel.salinas-saavedra@nuigalway.ie
Direct Line 091 492882
Ext: 2882
Location BMS-G2011
Biomedical Sciences

michael.rainey@nuigalway.ie
Direct Line 091 494115
Ext: 4115
Location BMS-G022
Biomedical Sciences

 Dr Claire Robinson
Postdoctoral Researcher
Apoptosis Research Centre

claire.robinson@nuigalway.ie
Direct Line 091 49 5890
Ext:5890
Location: BMS-G022
Biomedical Sciences 

Janic Schulte
Science Outreach and
Public engagement

 janic.schulte@nuigalway.ie
Direct Line 091 492526
Ext: 2526
Location Room 127
Biochemistry
Arts Science Building