Centre for Chromosome Biology at National University of Ireland Galway

Santocanale lab make the cover of Cell Cycle

steve — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:03:24 +0000

Well done to Corrado and colleagues for their recent paper “Cdc7-dependent and -independent phosphorylation of Claspin in the induction of the DNA replication checkpoint” in the journal Cell Cycle. Their work was chosen for the cover of this months edition. The picture was taken by Laura Murillo

See Rainey et al.

A Hat-trick for CCB’s SAB

steve — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 10:35:19 +0000

All three members of CCB’s Scientific Advisory Board made the headlines this week:

John Diffley’s Nature paper on replication licensing
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature11920.html

Tom Misteli’s essay in Cell about cell biology of genomes
http://www.cell.com/abstract/S0092-8674%2813%2900282-1

Wendy Bickmore’s review in Cell about genome architecture
http://www.cell.com/abstract/S0092-8674%2813%2900146-3

Two CCB researchers get SFI Investigator Project Award

steve — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:54:55 +0000

Congratulations to Prof Corrado Santocanale and to Prof Kevin Sullivan who were awarded Investigator Project Awards from Science Foundation Ireland. Corrado will continue to work on molecular mechanisms controlling DNA replication in human cells, and Kevin will study the structure…

Repression of G1/S transcription paper chosen for spotlight section of MCB

steve — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:40:17 +0000

the Lowndes lab contributes to a recent paper from Curt Wittenberg’s lab on repression of G1/S transcription. This paper has been chosen for the spotlight section of MCB, designed to highlight hot articles that are published in each issue of…

Congratulations

steve — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:14:59 +0000

… to Dr. Elaine Dunleavy, who was recently awarded the prestigious Wellcome Trust Research Career Development Fellowship. Elaine, a former graduate of NUI Galway, will join the CCB in June this year. She will conduct her research on how gametes (eggs and sperm) are produced, using the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster as a model system.

for more see: http://www.chromosome.ie/researchers/dunleavy/

Congratulations

steve — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:11:15 +0000

….to Tara Sugrue: the recent work of Tara, a PhD student with Noel Lowndes and Rod Ceredig (REMEDI) has been “highlighted” in the newsletter, Mesenchymal Cell News, see below.

Publication Alert!

steve — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:51:05 +0000

Sugrue T, Lowndes NF*, Ceredig R*. Mesenchymal stromal cells: radio-resistant members of the bone marrow. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23165606> Immunol Cell Biol. 2013 Jan;91(1):5-11. doi: 10.1038/icb.2012.61. Epub 2012 Nov 20. PMID: 23165606

Publication Alert!

steve — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:50:08 +0000

Sugrue T, Brown JA, Lowndes NF*, Ceredig R*. Multiple facets of the DNA damage response contribute to the radioresistance of mouse mesenchymal stromal cell lines. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22961695> Stem Cells. 2013 Jan;31(1):137-45. doi: 10.1002/stem.1222.
PMID: 22961695

Welcome to new CCB Postdoc

steve — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:38:32 +0000

The Lahue lab and the CCB welcome new postdoctoral fellow Dr. Yanfang Ye. She is from Fujian province, China and has conducted research in Japan, Switzerland, USA and now, Ireland.

Publication Alert!

steve — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:36:49 +0000

Also from the Lahue lab:

Trinucleotide repeat expansions catalyzed by human cell-free extracts.
Stevens et al.
Cell Research Advance Online Publication (2013)
http://www.nature.com/cr/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/cr201312a.html