In work lead by Dr Karen Siu Ting she addresses an important question in phylogenomics using 18 amphibian species. She chose to work on this…
In the May issue of MBE we have published the outcome of a collaboration with Dr Marc Tollis, Prof Carlo Maley, Prof Per Palsbol and…
In this paper in MBE we examined the selective pressure variation across genomically imprinted genes in the inbreeding species Arabidopsis thaliana. Genomic imprinting is an epigenetic…
In a recent collaboration with Joe Cockburn et al published in Structure – we reveal the structure of the cargo binding TPR domain of kinesin…
I am looking for two highly motivated computational evolutionary biologists with excellent programming and computing skills to join my team at the University of Nottingham.…
On the 1st of August Ann had her PhD viva and did a wonderful job of bringing her hard work to life for her panel…
We are very excited and proud to announce that Ray has successfully defended his PhD on Friday 11th August 2017. Dr Ray Moran graduated from…
On May 21st 2017 I was officially elected as Fellow of the Linnean Society. I am very excited to receive this honour and look forward…
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Our latest article we discuss some recent work from Thijis Ettema’s group on discovery of a new member of the Asgard group of Archaea. The Asgard…
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Save the date: 21st June for the launch of Leeds Omics. You are invited to the launch of Leeds Omics on Tuesday morning (21st June)…
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by Chris Bunting, Senior Press Officer The family tree of the largest group of mammals—those that nourish their young with placentas—divided later than scientists previously…
I had the tremendous pleasure of teaching a very talented and motivated bunch of students on an EMBO (European Molecular Biology Organisation) funded course.…
Dr O’Connell has been invited to the board of associate editors for Genome Biology and Evolution (GBE). GBE is an Oxford University Press journal owned by…
More support for Atlantogenata. This week an international collaborative effort has tackled a major challenge in phylogenetics – the interrelationships amongst placental mammals. The paper…
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In our latest work on the origin of eukaryotes published in a special issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B (link to full…
So I took to the stage to talk about evolution and mass extinction for the TEDx DCU event in 2015. It was pitched for the…
It was freezing and there was a northerly wind whipping through DCU campus but that wasn’t going to keep us from smiling ! We had…
Super treat in the lab this week. The journal Science decided to feature one of our publications in its “Editor’s Choice” section. The author of…
This week the genome and transcriptome of the Bowhead whale was published in the journal Cell reports. For more please see our publications page for the…
“Evolution of sweet taste perception in hummingbirds by transformation of the ancestral umami receptor” Baldwin et al Science 2014 Why study birds to understand…
Our research was featured in the Irish times today (5th November 2014). I think it is wonderful to bring fundamental research to the general audience.…
Dr Mark Lynch graduates with his PhD from DCU today the 5th November 2014. Jointly supervised by Professor Christine Loscher and Dr Mary J. O’Connell.…
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Today we published a manuscript that summarises the current knowledge of the evolutionary history of the cellular life forms on the planet. This is not an…
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Abstract Background: miRNA profiling performed in myogenic cells and biopsies from skeletal muscles has previously identified miRNAs involved in myogenesis. Results: Here, we have performed miRNA…
[dropcap style=”normal or inverse or boxed”]H[/dropcap]ow are mammals related to one another ? This question has puzzled biologists for decades. In our most recent publication…
[lead]Abstract:[/lead] Recent advances in molecular biology and computational power have seen the biomedical sector enter a new era, with corresponding development of Bioinformatics as a…
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There are multiple theories on the evolution of genomic imprinting. We investigated whether the molecular evolution of true orthologs of known imprinted genes provides support…
Cancer is a common occurrence in multi-cellular organisms and is not strictly limited to the elderly in a population. It is therefore possible that individuals with…
Retroposition is a widespread phenomenon resulting in the generation of new genes that are initially related to a parent gene via very high coding sequence similarity.…
Clostridium difficile is the etiological agent of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea (AAD) and pseudomembranous colitis in humans. The role of the surface layer proteins (SLPs) in this…
It is becoming increasingly difficult to reconcile the observed extent of horizontal gene transfers with the central metaphor of a great tree uniting all evolving…
Myeloperoxidase (MPO) is a member of the mammalian heme peroxidase (MHP) multigene family. Whereas all MHPs oxidize specific halides to generate the corresponding hypohalous acid,…
Synonymous codon usage bias has typically been correlated with, and attributed to translational efficiency. However, there are other pressures on genomic sequence composition that can…
Cancer, much like most human disease, is routinely studied by utilizing model organisms. Of these model organisms, mice are often dominant. However, our assumptions of…