Dr. Sarah Maguire

Lecturer in the School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Patrick G Johnston Centre for Cancer Research, Queen's University Belfast

Sarah Maguire is a Lecturer in Applied Genomics and Bioinformatics at the Patrick G Johnston Centre for Cancer Research (PGJCCR) at Queen’s University Belfast. She has over eight years of experience in cancer genomics and cancer-related bioinformatics at the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) and PGJCCR. She is an expert in bioinformatic analyses that pertain specifically to cancer genetics, genomics and molecular pathology and her primary research focus is the characterisation of genetic risk factors for cancer.

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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

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