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Full NameProfessor Donal O'Shea
Medicine
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Webpage:rcsi.ie
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- cancer/oncology
- Other
Fluorescence guided surgery
- Surgery
- Gastroenterology
- Oncology
The central theme of my medicinal translational research lies in the advancement of novel near-infrared fluorophores for real-time in vitro and in vivo imaging. The immediate goal of my research efforts is to enable a new NIR-fluorophore class developed by my research team to reach their full clinical potential as imaging tools for intraoperative fluorescence guided surgery.
My research has its foundations in medicinal organic chemistry and chemical biology with strong collaborative links to medicine. I work in close collaboration with Prof Ronan Cahill (Professor of Surgery & Consultant General & Colorectal Surgeon, Mater Misericordiae Hospital & University College Dublin) for clinical translation of our new NIR-fluorophores.
For background see: O'Shea, D.F et al, Nature Communications, 2016, 7, 10855 and O'Shea, D.F et al, Chemical Communications, 2015, 51, 16667.