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Full NameProfessor John O'Leary

Dept of Histopathology

Trinity College Dublin

Webpage:medicine.tcd.ie

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Research Fields
  • cancer/oncology
Postgrad Medical Specialties
  • Pathology
Medical Subspecialties
  • Immunology
My Work

Our lab group based in Trinity College Dublin with satellite researchers at the National Cancer Registry, Cork and Dublin City University is composed of 40 research scientists working in pre-cancer and cancer in the following areas: cervical, ovarian, head and neck and prostate cancer, cancer metastasis, cancer stem cell biology, cancer genomics, transcriptomics and proteomics, autologous cancer cell vaccination, devices, nanomedicine and nanorobotics. The group has already brought 43 students to successful completion of their PhD degree.

The laboratory has a full suite of state-of-the-art molecular biology facilities including: next generation sequencing facilities [Ion Torrent and Illumina], cloning, transfection, gene knock-down [including CRISPR/Cas 9 gene editing], automated immunocytochemistry, spectral karyoptyping, array CGH, Affymetrix sequencing, histotechnology and cell culture.