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Megan O'Brien

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Postdoc @tcddublin 🧫 | Previous @maynoothuni 🇮🇪 @blizard_inst 🇬🇧 | PhD🐄🔬@tcddublin @teagasc ☘️| Former International Scholar @UTKnoxville 🇺🇸 | Dublin💙

 Dublin, Ireland
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Joined December 2010
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#PhDone 🥳🥳🥳 Thank you so much to @DirkWerling @ClionaOfarrelly for being such great examiners for my viva! Also huge thanks to my wonderful supervisors @kmeade11 @McLoughlin_Lab for the 4 years! Can't believe I'm Dr O'Brien 🥳 @teagasc @tcddublin
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Geraldine Herbert@GerHerbert1Feb 25
Coming soon- your cat or dog can take the bus, rail and Luas. The National Transport Authority wants your feedback. Preferably not chewed. 🐕🚋 consult.nationaltransport.ie…
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Finsbury.
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Speaking today in the @IrishTimes about Precarity, @YoungAcademyIrl and how the new minister needs to address the funding crisis @MICLimerick irishtimes.com/ireland/educa…
Crisis in academia: ‘I love research, but I don’t see any security or stability in it’

Crisis in academia: ‘I love research, but I don’t see any security or stability in it’

Lack of funding, precarious work and intense competition mean the once-revered job of lecturing has become less attractive as a viable long-term career

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#Mitochondrial damage can contribute to #InflammatoryBowelDisease, catch up with the literature with this review online now: mucosalimmunology.org/articl…
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PWO Ireland@PWO_Ireland13 Feb 2025
🚨 Attention non-EU PhD researchers! 🚨 We are conducting a survey to better understand the experiences of non-EU PhD researchers and advocate for a fairer system in Ireland. The survey takes max 15 minutes to complete and is completely anonymous. 👇 docs.google.com/forms/d/13g3…
Non-EU PhD Experience in Ireland

Non-EU PhD Experience in Ireland

Thank you for participating in this survey focused on the experiences of non-EU PhD researchers in Ireland. By non-EU, we are referring to researchers who do not hold citizenship/passport from any EU...

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@Nature13 Feb 2025
High living costs paired with stagnant stipends are being blamed for a drop in PhD enrolments in several countries go.nature.com/3WZVR2r
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Niamh Towey@NiamhTowey112 Feb 2025
Looking to speak to someone who is living and renting in a Rent Pressure Zone and is concerned about the impact any changes to these regulations might have on their rent. Please DM or email me [email protected]. #journorequests #housing #RPZ
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New online! Understanding the therapeutic toolkit for inflammatory bowel disease bit.ly/3Cw8zyS
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🚨Save the Date!The 2025 Irish Immunology Annual Meeting is happening on 21-22 August @uniofgalway Mark your calendars🗓️ & join us for cutting-edge research, networking, and collaboration Details to follow irishimmunology.ie/isi-annua… #IrishImmunology @yISI_ie @EFIS_Immunology @y_efis
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@Nature21 Jan 2025
More than 40% of postdoctoral researchers leave academia, according to a study of some 45,500 researchers’ careers go.nature.com/40o25Kq
More than 40% of postdocs leave academia, study reveals

More than 40% of postdocs leave academia, study reveals

Nature - Publishing highly cited papers helps postdoctoral researchers to land a faculty job.

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Why has the Irish State got the FEAR? Release the files to Operation Newham - 34 Innocent people murdered by the British State including an unborn baby & Italian & French Citizen. May-17-74 Film Civic, Tallaght Tue Feb 4th 7pm @JFForgotten @caulmick @KRWLaw @BowesChay @g_morkert
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PWO MU@PWO_MU16 Jan 2025
📣 @maynoothuni: BRING US UP TO €25,000❕ Universities across Ireland are obliging, so why can’t MU? Read more about our fight for what us researcher workers were promised. 🧵 #PostgraduateWorkersOrganisation #PWOIreland #WorkersNotStudents #TradeUnion #NíNeartGoCurLeChéile
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@Nature14 Jan 2025
Research and teaching pressures can exacerbate anxiety and depression, causing many young scientists to consider quitting go.nature.com/3WgM0F0
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📢The electorate for future Seanad University elections is changing. The new Higher Education constituency will replace the current ones and include more institutions from across Ireland than ever before. You could be eligible to vote! To learn more, visit seanadvoter.ie
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***Fully funded PhD position*** @blizard_inst with myself and @Giovannoni62497 to investigate CD40 signalling in Epstein Barr Virus-infected B-cells in people with multiple sclerosis. Please spread the word! findaphd.com/phds/project/cd…
CD40 ligand and EBV-infected B-cells in patients with multiple sclerosis at Queen Mary University...

CD40 ligand and EBV-infected B-cells in patients with multiple sclerosis at Queen Mary University...

PhD Project - CD40 ligand and EBV-infected B-cells in patients with multiple sclerosis at Queen Mary University of London, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Patrick Freyne: Stay an extra hour in bed. Play with that dog. Take a long lunch. Have a hobby not a side hustle. Stop and chat to your neighbour instead of rushing back to work. Your worth is not in what you produce. You can do it tomorrow. irishtimes.com/life-style/pe…
Patrick Freyne: I am becoming a demotivational speaker – let’s all have an averagely productive...

Patrick Freyne: I am becoming a demotivational speaker – let’s all have an averagely productive...

I keep meeting people who are extremely burned out. I meet them so often that I’m beginning to think burnout is something that exists by design

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What a gig🩷💚 #FontainesDC
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‘Silent Testimony’ continues @NPGLondon until 22 February 2025.
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