Three Researchers from Trinity School of Medicine have secured significant funding via Research Ireland’s Frontiers for the Future Programme.
The three “Projects” span a number of disciplines, from ecology to genetics.
Gareth Brady, Ussher Assistant Professor in Clinical Medicine, aims to develop new therapeutic options to tackle Molluscum Contagiosum Virus, which has evolved to infect people and displays an extreme ability to suppress our innate immunity responses.
Maureen O’Sullivan, Clinical Professor in Histopathology, is investigating the oncogenic mechanisms in rare paediatric sarcomas.
Shigeki Nakagome, Assistant Professor in Psychiatry, with co-PI Lara Cassidy, Assistant Professor in the School of Genetics and Microbiology, will sequence and analyse the ancient genomes of 1,200 Japanese individuals to better understand how evolution has shaped differences in disease risk for people living there (and in Ireland as a comparison).