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| Prof. Fergal O'Brien is a graduate in mechanical engineering from Trinity College, Dublin. He subsequently carried out research for his PhD in the area of bone biomechanics between RCSI and TCD (awarded 2001). Following his PhD, he was a Fulbright Scholar and carried out research in orthopaedic tissue engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in collaboration with in Harvard Medical School. In May, 2003 he left the US to take up a position as Lecturer in Anatomy in RCSI. He has subsequently developed one of the largest tissue engineering/regenerative medicine groups in Ireland and has been involved in the acquisition of over EUR12 million in grant funding, has published over 100 articles in peer-reviewed international journals, filed 6 patents and graduated 16 PhD students since 2003.
He has been awarded a number of scientific honours including a Fulbright Scholarship (2001), New Investigator Recognition Award by the Orthopaedic Research Society (2002), Science Foundation Ireland, President of Ireland Young Researcher Award (2004), Engineers Ireland Chartered Engineer of the Year (2005) and in 2009, a European Research Council (ERC) Investigator Award (Eur 2 million). He is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Engineers of Ireland (Engineers Ireland). He has served as a reviewer for over 50 scientific journals and a grant reviewer for agencies in Europe, Australia, Canada and USA. He is currently Treasurer of the Biomedical Division of Engineers Ireland, Committee Member of the Bioengineering Section of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, Editorial Consultant for the Journal of Biomechanics and Subject Editor (Tissue Engineering) for the Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials.
For more information and current news on the Bone & Tissue Engineering Research Group in RCSI: www.rcsi.ie/boneresearch.
Office Contact Details:
Email: fjobrien@rcsi.ie. Tel. 01-4022149, Fax. 01-4022355
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| Award |
Date |
| Engineers Ireland, Chartered Engineer of the Year Award |
2005 |
| Science Foundation Ireland, President of Ireland Young Researcher Award |
2004 |
| New Investigator Recognition Award for Outstanding Scientific Paper, 48th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, Dallas, Texas |
2002 |
| Fulbright Scholarship |
2001 |
| Co-author on paper which won Genzyme Award for Excellence in Cartilage Research 2007, ?Tracking bone marrow stromal cells with iron oxide labelling and its effects on multilineage differentiation potential?, International Cartilage Repair Society |
2007 |
| More Awards and Honours>>> |
| Animal Model |
BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT |
BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS |
BONE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT |
| BONE LOSS |
BONE MASS |
BONE REGENERATION |
BONE TURNOVER |
| BONE-DENSITY |
BONE-RESORPTION |
Bioengineering |
Biological Engineering |
| Biological Modeling |
Biological Polymers |
Biomaterials |
Biomechanics |
| Biomechanics, Biomedical Engineering |
Biomedical Engineering |
Biomedical Research, Multidisciplinary |
Biopolymeric Materials |
| Bioreactors |
Biotechnology |
Bone |
Bone Diseases |
| CARTILAGE |
Cell and tissue development |
Cell and tissue maintenance, repair and ageing |
Cell signalling, proliferation & differentiation |
| Cellular Biology |
Chemicals/Materials |
Composite materials |
Engineering underpinning biomedicine |
| FRACTURES |
Fatigue/Fracture |
Materials technology, engineering |
Maxillofacial surgery |
| Mechanical Engineering |
Mechanical Properties, Materials |
Medical Devices |
Medical Devices Engineering |
| Medical Sciences, Research |
Musculoskeletal System |
OSTEOPOROSIS |
Orthopaedic surgery |
| Orthopedics |
Osteoporosis |
SCAFFOLD |
Stem Cell |
| Stem Cell Biology |
TISSUE ADAPTATION |
Tissue Culture |
bone microdamage |
| bone remodelling and repair |
osteoporosis |
tissue engineering |
Murphy CM, Haugh MG, O'Brien FJ, The effect of mean pore size on cell attachment, proliferation and migration in collagen-glycosaminoglycan scaffolds for bone tissue engineering., Biomaterials, 31, (3), 2010, p461-6
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Mohsin, S.; O’Brien, F.J. and Lee, T.C. , Osteonal crack barriers in ovine compact bone, Journal of Anatomy, 208, (1), 2006, p81 - 89
Notes: [PMID: 16420381]
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O’Brien, F.J.; Hardiman, D.A.; Hazenberg, J.; Mercy, M.V.; Mohsin, S.; Taylor, D. and Lee, T.C., The behaviour of microcracks in compact bone, European Journal of Morphology, 42, (1-2), 2005, p71 - 79
Notes: [PMID: 16123026 ]
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O'Brien, F.J.; Brennan, O.; Kennedy; O.D. and Lee, T.C., Microcracks in cortical bone: how do they affect bone biology?, Current Osteoporosis Reports , 3, 2005, p39 - 45
Notes: [Invited Article
PMID: 16036100 ]
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O'Brien, F.J.; Taylor, D and Lee, T.C., The effect of bone microstructure on the initiation and growth of microcracks. , Journal of Orthopedic Research, 23, (2), 2005, p475 - 480
Notes: [PMID: 15734265]
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