Dr Laoise McNamara's project on osteoporosis was one of three NUI
Galway projects funded.
Minister for Skills, Research and Innovation, Damien English TD today announced over €30 million of research funding for 23 major research projects. The Programme will provide funding over a four to five year period, for 23 research projects involving over 100 researchers. Funding for each project will range from €500,000 to €2.3 million.
Three of the projects are led by NUI Galway researchers, and in
partnership with University of Limerick, are significantly involved in a fourth
project.
Two of the projects are listed below:
Two of the projects are listed below:
Dr Laoise McNamara, NUI Galway - This research project will advance
understanding of mechanobiology to develop treatment approaches for bone
pathologies. Tissues of the human body can adapt in response to mechanical
forces by a cellular process known as mechanobiology. Although
mechanobiological processes are fundamental to normal bone physiology and may
play an important role in the development of osteoporosis, the role of
mechanobiology in bone development and changes occurring during ageing are not
yet fully understood. Moreover mechanobiological responses have not been
targeted as treatments for osteoporosis, nor have they been sufficiently
exploited to develop novel regenerative tissue strategies.
Dr Alan Ryder, NUI Galway - Many drugs for human health are complex
biological molecules like proteins which are made in living cells on an
industrial scale. Both the cell food (media) and the protein products have to
be carefully analysed to make sure that they are good and safe. Both media and
proteins are very complex mixtures that are difficult to analyse. Here we will
build a faster, cheaper, and non-contact way of testing using light to generate
chemical information from these mixtures. This information will then be
analysed using advanced statistical methods (chemometrics) and the results used
to improve manufacturing, and reduce drug costs.
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