News & Events
Joanna gives a seminar at the University of York
March 2024
Joanna will give a seminar on some of the groups latest work at the University of York
Joanna gives a seminar at Durham University
March 2024
Joanna will give a seminar on some of the groups latest work at Durham University
Joanna gives a seminar at Newcastle University
March 2024
Joanna will give a seminar on some of the groups latest work at Newcastle University
Congratulations to Julie & Ellen!
October 2023
Congratulations Julie and Ellen for winning the W.H.A. Macintosh Prize in 2023 and 2019 as students with the highest marks going directly into a PhD in TCD chemistry
Welcome to the group!
September 2023
Welcome back to Julie, who is rejoining the group as our new PhD student. Also welcome to Denise from the University of Heidelberg, who will be completing a Masters project in the group.
And finally welcome to Blathnait, Aparna and Rebecca who will be joining the lab this term to complete their senior sophister projects.
News and Views published!
July 2023
Our News and Views article on Rapid capture of small peptide binders is out now in Nature Reviews Chemistry! Read it here.
Congratulations to Ellen!
July 2023
Congratulations to Ellen for winning a poster prize at the RSC organic chemistry community meeting Ireland!
RSC Organic Chemistry Ireland meeting in TCD
July 2023
The Royal Society of Chemistry Organic Chemistry Community meeting will be organized by Joanna in Trinity College Dublin this year
Congratulations to Sean!
June 2023
Congratulations to Sean for his award for Best Oral Presentation Prize at the 74th Irish Universities Chemistry Research Colloquium!
New Collaborative Paper out!
June 2023
A new paper in collaboration with the Imperiali group in MIT Deploying solid-phase synthesis to access thymine-containing nucleoside analogs that inhibit DNA repair nuclease SNM1A is out now in OBC! Read it here.
Congratulations to Sean!
May 2023
Congratulations to Sean for winning a speakers prize at the Irish Mass Spec Society annual meeting!
Congratulations to Oisin on his RSC Undergraduate Research Bursary!
May 2023
Oisin will be joining us over the summer from the University of Cambridge to work on electrochemical modification of proteins.
Congratulations to Sean!
April 2023
Congratulations to Sean for winning a speakers prize at the RSC chemical biology and biological chemistry Group Post-Grad symposium in Oxford!
New Paper out!
March 2023
Our new paper on two-Step Validation Approach for Tools to Study the DNA Repair Enzyme SNM1A is out now in ChemBioChem!
This invited article is part of the CheBioTalents collection Read it here.
Joanna gives a seminar at the University of Oxford
Febuary 2023
Joanna will give a seminar on some of the groups latest work at the University of Oxford as part of the Chemistry department's annual poster day
Chemical Biology Forum arrives in Ireland
January 2023
Joanna co-organized this Royal Society of Chemistry conference with Dr Stephen Cochrane in Queens's University Belfast
New Paper out!
January 2023
Our new paper on the effect of nucleobase modification on nucleoside inhibitors of SNM1A is out now in Results in Chemistry! Read it here.
Congratulations to Eva & Neil!
January 2023
Congratulations to Eva & Neil on graduation of their PhDs, two years delayed!
Joanna gives an invited talk at the RSC Carbohydrate group meeting
November 2022
An update on the groups latest results in modified nucleoside synthesis at the carbohydrate group meeting in Queens University Belfast.
Congratulations to Mark!
November 2022
Congratulations to Mark on his graduation from his PhD!
Good luck to Sean who is off to Leiden!
October 2022
Congratulations to Sean who has received an EMBO fellowship to spend 6 months at Leiden Univeristy in Prof. Sander van Kasteren's Lab!
Joanna gives a seminar at the University of Galway
October 2022
Joanna will give a seminar on some of the groups latest work at the University of Galway
Welcome to the group!
September 2022
Welcome to the group to Andre, our new postdoc who will be working on radical probes for deubiquitinating enzymes. Also welcome to Dario, Julie and Melissa who will be joining the lab this term to complete their senior sophister projects.
Congratulations to Sean!
August 2022
Congratulations to Sean for winning a poster prize at Chemical Biology Ireland 2022 at the University College Dublin
Congratulations to Mark!
August 2022
Congratulations to Dr Mark Berney for passing his PhD viva today-the groups first in person viva!
Congratulations to Sean!
June 2022
Congratulations to Sean for winning a poster prize at Medicinal Chemistry Ireland 2022 at the University of Galway
Congratulations to Sean!
June 2022
Congratulations to Sean for winning a "best talk" prize for his 3rd DUBChem year PhD talk
Welcome to Lorenzo, our new Masters student!
April 2022
Welcome to the group to Lorenzo, who is joining the lab to complete his Masters thesis for the University of Siena
New Funding Granted!
March 2022
The lab has been awarded a collaborative grant with Queens University Belfast to investigate new probes and methods of inhibitor profiling for deubiquitinating enzymes
New Paper Out!
December 2021
Our new paper on the effect of 5' phosphorylation on nucleoside inhibitors of SNM1A is out now in ChemMedChem! Read it here.
Joanna gives a seminar at UPenn
December 2021
Joanna will give a (virtual) seminar on some of the groups latest work at the University of Pennsylvania
New Paper Out!
November 2021
Our new review on activation of probes for protein profiling is out now in ACS Chemical Biology! Read it here.
Good luck to Mark, who is off to Chicago!
September 2021
Mark starts his Fulbright award at the University of Chicago with Professor Bryan Dickinson in September.
Welcome to Ben and Mary, our new SS students!
September 2021
Ben and Mary will be joining the lab this term to complete their senior sophister projects.
New Paper Out!
September 2021
Our new paper on nucleoside inhibitors of SNM1A and their correlation to zinc binding strength is out now in Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry! Read it here.
Welcome to Tomasz, our new PhD student!
September 2021
Welcome to the group to Tomasz, our new PhD student, who will be working on radical chemistry for protein labeling.
Joanna takes part in Trinity Research Stories
July 2021
Joanna gives an overview to the groups research aims. Watch it here.
Joanna gives a seminar at the ACS ChemBioConnections
July 2021
Joanna talks about some of the groups latest work. Links to the talks available here.
Congratulations to Ben on his RSC Undergraduate Research Bursary!
May 2021
Ben will be joining the lab over the summer to explore new zinc binding groups and their potential as enzyme inhibitors.
New paper out!
February 2021
Our new paper on the use (and limitations!) of Eosin Y for radical initiated protein profiling is out now in Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry! Read it here.
Congratulations to Dr. Neil Taylor on passing his viva!
February 2021
Congratulations to Neil who passed his viva today with flying colors and is soon off to Germany to postdoc in chemical biology.
New paper out!
January 2021
Our new paper on malonates as zinc binding groups to inhibit 5'exonuclease SNM1A is out now in Molecules! Read it here.
Welcome to our new 4th year project students!
January 2021
Welcome to the group to Ailish and Fergus who will be completing their 4th yea projects in the group.
Mark presents at the CSCB
December 2020
Mark will present some of his latest results at the Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology Annual Symposium
Congratulations to Dr. Eva-Maria Dürr for passing her viva!
November 2020
Congratulations to Eva for passing her PhD viva today! Eva is the first PhD student to graduate from the group.
Welcome to our new PhD students, Connor and Valerio!
October 2020
Welcome to the group to Connor and Valerio who are embarking on PhDs in bioresponsive systems and activity based probes.
New article out on RTE Brainstorm!
October 2020
Check out the groups article no female Nobel prize laureates in chemistry. Read it here.
Mark completes his 3rd year talks
September 2020
Mark presents his PhD results
Ellen presents a poster at the Nucleic Acids Forum
July 2020
Ellen presents some of her latest work at the online RSC Nucleic Acids Forum