Current Area of Interest

I am a senior postdoctoral research fellow at the National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training, Dublin. One of my main roles within the group is coordinating NIBRT’s glycobiology education and training program. I am involved in teaching and organizing glycobiology standalone courses with a main focus on lectures and practical sessions addressing the applications to biopharmaceutical production. I am also an active member and Co-Chair of the Training supervisory board within the EuroGlycanArray training network, Project 215536, (Marie-curie’s Intial Training Network under FP7 “People” Work Programe. My current research work includes:

• Development and optimization of methodologies for Plant N-glycan analysis, beta testing of innovative products to facilitate glycan analysis, and technology transfer.
• Development of proprietary databases for plant glycans.
• To explore the differential glycosylation patterns on glycoproteins observed in human diseases such as Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young (MODY).
• Glycosylation in colon cancer.
• Glycosylation of plasma proteins from Neonates.
• Understanding the influence of complex genetic regulation and other environmental factors on protein glycosylation.

 

Biography:

2008- Present: Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow, NIBRT, Dublin

2007-2008: Postdoctoral researcher, Center for Bio-analytical Science, DCU, Dublin

2007-2007: Postdoctoral researcher, UCD School of Medicine, UCD, Dublin

2003-2007: Ph.D. Medicine, UCD School of Medicine and Diabetes Research Center,
UCD, Dublin

2002-2003: MSc Molecular Medicine, Trinity College Dublin (won the joint first prize
for the overall best student of the year 2002/2003)

2000-2002: Lecturer, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Manipal Teaching Hospital,
Pokhara, Nepal

1997-2000: MSc Medical Biochemistry, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India

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