International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Room 632 is home to a bunch of wonderful female scientists from all corners of the globe.
Lydia receives the Early Career Mentoring Award
Lydia was the recipient of the 2020 Department of Medicine Early Career Mentoring Award. Thanks for all your support Lydia!
Roisin is awarded the Irish Cancer Society 2019 biomedical research fellowship!
Roisin Loftus was recently awarded the Irish Cancer Society 2019 biomedical research fellowship to advance obesity-associated cancer research in Ireland. Recent research from the Lynch lab has shown that obesity blocks the normal functions of Natural Killer cells, which may contribute to the increased risk of cancer in obesity. The focus of Roisin’s ICS fellowship is to investigate how the type of dietary fat we eat differentially shapes the metabolism and function of Natural Killer cells.
Roisin would like to thank the Irish Cancer Society for funding this important research and all the volunteers and supporters for their contributions to help raise awareness about obesity-associated cancers.
Metabolic reprogramming of natural killer cells in obesity limits anti-tumor responses
Posing for a photo!
A recent publication by the Lynch Lab on how cancer-fighting natural killer cells are inactivated during obesity has been picked up by several news outlets!
Well done guys!
Here are a few links below:
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/health/trinity-college-scientists-discover-new-link-between-obesity-and-cancer-37519901.html
https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/health-news/irish-scientists-trinity-college-dublin-13578617
https://www.thejournal.ie/cancer-obesity-research-trinity-college-dublin-4335526-Nov2018/
https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/views/ourview/fighting-obesity-and-cancer–kitchen-class-884929.html
NK cell cartoon
Thank you Pedromics for the cartoon based on our recent paper in ‘Nature Immunology’ – “Metabolic Reprogramming of Natural Killer cells in obesity limits anti-tumor responses. Looks great!
See it here: https://lynch-lab.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/NKCartoon.pdf
Congratulations to Dr. Ayano Kohlgruber!
Congratulations to Dr. Ayano Kohlgruber PhD!
Congratulations to Dr. Ayano Kohlgruber!
Lydia meets with the President!
Lydia met with President Michael D. Higgins at the SFI President of Ireland Future Research Leader Awards!