Claire Kilty

PPI Council Member

Dr. Claire Kilty has a research background in Genetics, having undertaken a degree and PhD in the Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin. Following on from this, she undertook a post-doctoral fellowship at University College Dublin where she was evaluating novel drugs to treat a common form of blindness.

Since 2015, Claire has managed numerous large-scale national and international cancer research programmes. Notably, she previously managed the Irish Cancer Society’s first Collaborative Cancer Centre, BREAST-PREDICT from 2015 to 2017.

Claire joined the Irish Cancer Society as Research Manager in May 2018, where she works with the research team to manage the Irish Cancer Society research funding portfolio, implement cancer research strategy, and communicate to the public about the research funded by the Society as well as the latest cancer research developments.

She is extremely passionate about ensuring that the Patient Voice is at the heart of cancer research, and is currently working to embed patients and the public into the Irish Cancer Society’s research funding processes.

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3D mammosphere culture of breast epithelial cell line MCF10A.

Courtesy of Dr. Emer Bourke, NUI Galway

Phospho-Akt expression and localisation

Mediated by VEGF in A549 lung cancer cells. Visualised by high content image analysis.

Courtesy of Dr Martin Barr, Clinical Scientist & Adjunct Assistant Professor, St James’s Hospital & Trinity College Dublin

Metaphase chromosome spread of Jurkat T-lymphoma cells

Courtesy of Rebecca Gorry, PhD Student, Mc Gee Lab, UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science, Conway Institute, UCD

Apoptosis assessment of SKMES-1 lung cancer cells

Using a multiparameter apoptosis staining kit, showing cell nuclei (blue), actin (green) and mitochondrial activity (orange).

Courtesy of Dr Martin Barr, Clinical Scientist & Adjunct Assistant Professor, St James’s Hospital & Trinity College Dublin

HeLa Cells

Courtesy of Rebecca Gorry, PhD Student, Mc Gee Lab, UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science, Conway Institute, UCD

IACR & EACR Joint Conference 2020

26 — 28 February 2020 at Galway Bay Hotel, Galway

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Mitotic Chronic Myelogenous Leukaemia K562 Cells

Courtesy of Rebecca Gorry, PhD Student, Mc Gee Lab, UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science, Conway Institute, UCD

Cell to Cell Tweeting

Via nanoparticles (red) in Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC)

Courtesy of Sinéad Lindsay, UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin (UCD) Ireland.

Confocal Microscopy Analysis

Of phospho-Akt expression in H460 lung cancer cells in response to hypoxia (0.5% O2).

Courtesy of Dr Martin Barr, Clinical Scientist & Adjunct Assistant Professor, St James’s Hospital & Trinity College Dublin

EACR Free Membership

The IACR is an affiliated national society and its members benefit from full membership of the EACR.

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IACR 2023 Conference
Venue: Athlone Radisson Blu Hotel
Dates: Wed 22/02/2023 – Fri 24/02/2023

Please check back later in the year for more information.

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