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Personal Information
College Photo Name O'Farrelly, Cliona
Main Department Biochemistry
College Title Chair in Comparative Immunology
E-mail ofarrecl@tcd.ie
College Tel +353 1 896 3175
 
Awards and Honours
Award Date
Irish Society Immunology Public Lecture Award 2008
Isla Haliday Memorial Lecture 2004
Conway Lecturer and Medallist 2004
President, Irish Society of Immunology 2001-2007
Thomas Davis Lecturer 1999
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Research Projects
Project title SFI Research Frontiers 2008 08/RFP/BMT1403
Summary The role of Hepatitis C Virus in regulating Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription (STAT) protein expression to evade anti-viral Interferon-á responses.
Funding Agency SFI
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Project title HRB Project Grant 2007 RP/2007/278
Summary Suppressor of Cytokine Signalling (SOCS) Protein Involvement in Chronic Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection and Failure to Respond to Interferon Alpha Therapy
Funding Agency HRB
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Project title HRB Translational Research Award 2007 TRA/2007/14
Summary (with Dr. Aideen Long TCD & Prof. Dermot Kelleher, TCD) Immune targeting strategies: improving the response rate to IFN-alpha/ribavirin therapy in chronic Hepatitis C Virus infection
Funding Agency HRB
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Project title Dept. Agriculture Research Stimulus Fund 2006 06/340
Summary Structural and functional identification of candidate immune genes for resistance to mastitis and metritis
Funding Agency Dept. Agriculture
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Project title FIRM Grant 2006 06/RDD/486
Summary Identification of genes responsible for natural host resistance to Campylobacter colonisation tools to identify and breed genetically resistant chickens
Funding Agency FIRM Grant
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Publications
Peer Reviewed
Meade, KG, Gormley, E, O'Farrelly, C, Park, SD, Costello, E, Keane, J, Zhao, Y, MacHugh, DE, Antigen stimulation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from Mycobacterium bovis infected cattle yields evidence for a novel gene expression program., BMC genomics, 9, (447), 2008
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Meade, KG, Cahalane, S, Narciandi, F, Cormican, P, Lloyd, AT, O'Farrelly, C, Directed alteration of a novel bovine beta-defensin to improve antimicrobial efficacy against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)., International journal of antimicrobial agents, 32, (5), 2008, p392-397
Notes: [PMID: 18775651]
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Golden-Mason, L, Madrigal-Estebas, L, McGrath, E, Conroy, MJ, Ryan, EJ, Hegarty, JE, O'Farrelly, C, Doherty, DG, Altered natural killer cell subset distributions in resolved and persistent hepatitis C virus infection following single source exposure., Gut, 57, (8), 2008, p1121-8
Notes: [PMID: 18372499]
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Cormican, P, Meade, KG, Cahalane, S, Narciandi, F, Chapwanya, A, Lloyd, AT, O'Farrelly, C, Evolution, expression and effectiveness in a cluster of novel bovine beta-defensins., Immunogenetics, 60, (3-4), 2008, p147-156
Notes: [PMID: 18369613 ]
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