School of Biomedical Sciences

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• Investigating the key drivers of food portion size among children: challenges and opportunities in an obesogenic environment

  Author: Acolatse, L., Oct 2023

  Supervisor: Logue, C. (Supervisor), Kerr, M. (Supervisor), Mc Cann, M. (Supervisor) & Pourshahidi, K. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• Investigation of the factors regulating biofilm formation in antibiotic resistant Clostridioides difficile using transcriptomics

  Author: Taggart, M., Oct 2023

  Supervisor: Dooley, J. (Supervisor), Naughton, P. (Supervisor), Ternan, N. (Supervisor), Snelling, W. (Supervisor) & La Ragione, R. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• Investigation of the role of the epigenetic regulator UHRF1 in human cells

  Author: Scullion, C., Oct 2019

  Supervisor: Irwin, R. E. (Supervisor), Walsh, C. (Supervisor) & McKenna, D. J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Investigations into the mechanisms behind human imprinting and imprinting related disorders in model systems

  Author: Pollin, G., Dec 2020

  Supervisor: Walsh, C. (Supervisor) & Mc Kenna, D. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• iStable gut hormones and related analogues for treatment of fragility fractures associated with type 2 diabetes

  Author: Vyavahare, S., Jul 2018

  Supervisor: Flatt, P. (Supervisor) & Irwin, N. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Low-calorie sweetener exposure: associations with weight status, glycaemic control, and food-related cognition

  Author: Dunne, A., Oct 2021

  Supervisor: Gallagher, A. (Supervisor), Logue, C. (Supervisor) & Mulhern, M. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Maternal folate nutrition and offspring health

  Author: Caffrey, A., May 2019

  Supervisor: Pentieva, K. (Supervisor), McNulty, H. (Supervisor) & Walsh, C. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• Microbial Biotechnology for the benefit of environmental, food, biofuel, biomedical and pharmaceutical sustainable applications

  Author: Banat, I., Jan 2021

  Supervisor: Flatt, P. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• Musculoskeletal health in care homes: the role of vitamin D and nutrition

  Author: Feehan, O., Nov 2021

  Supervisor: Pourshahidi, K. (Supervisor), Mc Sorley, E. (Supervisor), Magee, P. (Supervisor) & Armstrong, D. J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Neurotoxicity of skeletal muscle extracellular vesicles in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS): vesicle sub-type specificity, target cell type specificity, and mechanisms of uptake

  Author: Anakor, E., May 2022

  Supervisor: Duddy, W. (Supervisor) & Duguez, S. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Non-invasive assessment of the conjunctival microcirculation in patients with coronary and valvular heart disease

  Mailey , J. (Author), Nesbit, A. (Supervisor), Moore, T. (Supervisor) & Spence, M. (Supervisor), Sept 2022

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Novel insights into the effects of manipulating DNA methyltransferase levels on the imprinted and non-imprinted regions of the genome

  Author: Mackin, S., Apr 2019

  Supervisor: Walsh, C. (Supervisor) & McKenna, D. J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Off target benefits of GLP-1 agonist therapy in type 2 diabetes

  Author: Devlin, C., Jan 2023

  Supervisor: McClean, P. (Supervisor) & Kelly, C. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• One-carbon metabolism, blood pressure and risk of hypertension through the lifecycle

  Author: Psara, E., Jun 2020

  Supervisor: Mc Nulty, H. (Supervisor), Pentieva, K. (Supervisor) & Ward, M. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Optical coherence tomography of the human crystalline lens and its application to the structural assessment of cataract in the Down syndrome eye.

  Author: Mahil, A., Jul 2018

  Supervisor: Saunders, K. J. (Supervisor) & Little, J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Oxytocin associated peptides: role in islet physiology and potential treatment of diabetes

  Author: Mohan, S., Feb 2019

  Supervisor: Moffett, C. (Supervisor), Flatt, P. (Supervisor) & McKillop, A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Pharmacological modulation of pancreatic beta-to-alpha cell transdifferentiation in diabetes

  Author: Tanday, N., Feb 2019

  Supervisor: Flatt, P. (Supervisor) & Moffett, C. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Pork biofortification as a feasible food-based strategy to improve vitamin D intakes

  Author: Neill, H., Mar 2022

  Supervisor: Pourshahidi, K. (Supervisor) & Gill, C. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Preclinical development of genes therapies in a genetic eye disease

  Author: Kowalczyk, A., Jun 2023

  Supervisor: Nesbit, A. (Supervisor), Moore, T. (Supervisor) & Baran-Rachwalska, P. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• Proof of concept of CRISPR/Cas9 to treat corneal dystrophies

  Author: Christie, K., Oct 2018

  Supervisor: Nesbit, M. A. (Supervisor), Moore, T. C. B. (Supervisor) & Courtney, D. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Reactive aldehydes as potential biomarkers for diabetic nephropathy detection, stratification and disease progression

  Author: Harkin, C., Oct 2021

  Supervisor: Moore, T. (Supervisor), Cobice, D. (Supervisor) & Brockbank, S. (External person) (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Regulation of microRNA expression in prostate cancer by hypoxia

  Author: Angel, Z., Feb 2020

  Supervisor: Walsh, C. (Supervisor) & Mc Kenna, D. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Role of SUMOylation within the vitamin D response

  Author: Ishii, T., Jul 2020

  Supervisor: Moore, T. (Supervisor) & Thompson, P. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Seaweeds as a source of non-digestible complex polysaccharide components for the development of novel prebiotic ingredients for the functional food industry

  Author: Cherry, P., Jul 2020

  Supervisor: Mc Sorley, E. (Supervisor), Gill, C. (Supervisor) & Allsopp, P. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Secretion of neurotoxic vesicles by muscle cells of ALS patients

  Author: Le Gall, L., Sept 2019

  Supervisor: Duguez, S. (Supervisor) & Bjourson, A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Skeletal muscle vesicles as a source of circulating biomarkers in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

  Author: Connolly, O., Sept 2022

  Supervisor: Duguez, S. (Supervisor) & Duddy, W. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• Sleep disturbances and the effect of sleep skills training in trauma victims: an integration of self-report, behavioural and biological data

  Author: Maguire, D., Oct 2022

  Supervisor: Moore, T. (Supervisor), Lagdon, S. (Supervisor) & Cobice, D. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Sophorolipid-mediated Inhibition of Adenoma Development in Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Syndrome

  Author: Callaghan, B., Oct 2017

  Supervisor: Mitchell, C. A. (Supervisor) & Banat, I. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• Stratified medicine approaches to identify candidate markers associated with mental health disorders

  Author: Lapsley, C., Jun 2018

  Supervisor: Bjourson, A. (Supervisor) & Murray, E. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• Studies of vitamin B12, folate and the metabolically related B-vitamins, and their relationship with bone health, in older adults

  Author: Clements, M., Apr 2022

  Supervisor: Mc Nulty, H. (Supervisor), Hoey, L. (Supervisor), Ward, M. (Supervisor) & Hughes, C. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• The dynamics of cholesterol metabolism and atherosclerosis across population subgroups

  Author: Parton, A., Sept 2018

  Supervisor: Watterson, S. (Supervisor) & Mc Gilligan, V. E. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• The Effect of CFTR on Islet Development and Signalling

  Author: Kelsey, R., May 2020

  Supervisor: Kelly, C. (Supervisor) & Mc Clenaghan, N. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• The effect of soya foods on cognitive function and menopausal symptoms in post-menopausal women

  Author: Furlong, O., May 2019

  Supervisor: Magee, P. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• The generation and evaluation of novel gut derived peptides for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes and obesity

  Author: Perry, R., Feb 2019

  Supervisor: Irwin, N. (Supervisor) & Gault, V. A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• The interaction of B-vitamins with MTHFR genotype in relation to blood pressure and vascular health

  Author: Rooney, M., Jun 2020

  Supervisor: Mc Nulty, H. (Supervisor), Ward, M. (Supervisor) & Hughes, C. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• The Regulation of Uridine 5’Diphospho-glucuronosyltransferase 1A (UGT1A) gene family members by Vitamin D Receptor (UGT1A)

  Author: Dube, K., Oct 2020

  Supervisor: Thompson, P. (Supervisor) & Walsh, C. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• The role of environmental/dietary mercury exposure in autoimmune response associated with T helper 17 (Th17) axis

  Author: Jurek, J., Mar 2022

  Supervisor: Naughton, V. (Supervisor), Mc Sorley, E. (Supervisor), Allsopp, P. (Supervisor), Yeates, A. (Supervisor), Mulhern, M. (Supervisor) & Strain, S. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• The role of Nrf2 in the antigenotoxic potential of raspberry metabolites.

  Author: Latimer, C., Apr 2019

  Supervisor: Gill, C. I. (Supervisor) & Ternan, N. G. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• The Role of Vitamin D and its Receptor in Metastatic Melanoma Cells

  Author: Hau, K., Jun 2020

  Supervisor: Thompson, P. (Supervisor) & Moore, T. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• The Special Education Eyecare (SEE) Project: Exploring the impact of in-school vision care for children in special education

  Author: Black, S., Oct 2019

  Supervisor: McClelland, J. (Supervisor) & Saunders, K. J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Towards a personalised medicine strategy to reduce prostate cancer risk in men

  Author: Yankova, E., May 2018

  Supervisor: Mc Dowell, A. (Supervisor) & Gibson, D. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Transcriptomic analysis of Clostridioides difficile grown in a biologically relevant growth medium

  Author: Moore, N., Feb 2021

  Supervisor: Ternan, N. (Supervisor), O'Hagan, B. (Supervisor) & Mc Mullan, G. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Transfer of antibiotic resistances between enterococci in biofilm

  Author: Conwell, M., Feb 2018

  Supervisor: Dooley, J. (Supervisor) & Naughton, P. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Understanding type 1 diabetes development: current risk factors and novel targets

  Author: Ratajczak, W., May 2022

  Supervisor: Atkinson, S. (Supervisor) & Kelly, C. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Using computational intelligence for knowledge discovery from the human microbiome

  Author: Wingfield, B., Mar 2019

  Supervisor: McGinnity, T. M. (Supervisor), Bjourson, A. (Supervisor) & Coleman, S. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Using the eye to predict risk for cardiovascular disease: the living lab

  Moore, J. (Author), Nesbit, A. (Supervisor), Moore, T. (Supervisor), Mc Laughlin, J. (Supervisor) & Spence, M. (Supervisor), Dec 2022

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• Utilising the therapeutic potential of xenin and related molecules for diabetes and obesity

  Author: Craig, S., May 2020

  Supervisor: Irwin, N. (Supervisor) & Gault, V. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• VALGUT: phenyl-γ-valerolactones are microbiota-derived compounds that can impact gut health

  Author: Dobani, S., Oct 2023

  Supervisor: Pourshahidi, K. (Supervisor), Ternan, N. (Supervisor), Gill, C. (Supervisor) & Del Rio, D. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

• Visual performance and quality of vision questionnaire outcomes in multifocal intraocular lens use

  Author: McNeely, R., May 2018

  Supervisor: Moore, T. C. B. (Supervisor), Beirne, R. (Supervisor) & Moore, J. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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• When to eat and when to exercise: the impact of timing on energy balance and obesity

  Author: Baird, J., Jan 2023

  Supervisor: Gallagher, A. (Supervisor), Murphy, M. (Supervisor), Price, R. (Supervisor) & McElroy, A. (Supervisor)

  Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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