Multi-disciplinary, multi-PI research lab headed by Professor Fergal O'Brien, @fjobrien.bsky.social Our research focuses on biomaterials, bioengineering, drug delivery and stem cells for tissue repair.https://bsky.app/profile/tissueengdublin.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/tissueengdublin.bsky.social/post/3mrflfx5fis27Huge congratulations to Shan An who passed her PhD viva today!! 🥳 Shan's PhD focused on the development of gene-activated hydrogels for therapeutic delivery to enhance cartilage repair. Thank you so much to examiners Prof. Martin Stoddart, PhD and Caroline Curtin!24 Jul 2026 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:elf4uoyzaioxelpdtmw63ev2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrflfx5fis27https://bsky.app/profile/tissueengdublin.bsky.social/post/3mq5ojqzodk2gWe were delighted to have Dr Huan Wang from the Mayo Clinic join us today in TERG to give a seminar on her work to date on peripheral nerve injury repair!08 Jul 2026 17:49 +0000at://did:plc:elf4uoyzaioxelpdtmw63ev2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq5ojqzodk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/tissueengdublin.bsky.social/post/3mp76hdc7wc23'A 3D Tissue-Engineering Model of Craniosynostosis to Study the Microenvironmental Signals Leading to Premature Suture Ossification' is now published in Bioengineering! This article is the result of a fruitful partnership with the Children’s Health Foundation Temple Street26 Jun 2026 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:elf4uoyzaioxelpdtmw63ev2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp76hdc7wc23https://bsky.app/profile/tissueengdublin.bsky.social/post/3mmybdoqe4k2qCongratulations to Head of TERG @fjobrien.bsky.social who was invited to give the prestigious Royal Academy of Medicine Ireland Graves Lecture yesterday, talking about his experience with 'Advanced Biomaterials for Repairing Damaged Tissues and Organs: From Concept to Clinic'! @rcsi.bsky.social29 May 2026 09:54 +0000at://did:plc:elf4uoyzaioxelpdtmw63ev2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmybdoqe4k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/tissueengdublin.bsky.social/post/3mmtn2yscp22lSo proud of all our wonderful PhD graduates today! 🥳🥳 @fjobrien.bsky.social @rcsi.bsky.social27 May 2026 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:elf4uoyzaioxelpdtmw63ev2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmtn2yscp22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/tissueengdublin.bsky.social/post/3mlqotnatpc25Great to have 'PolyGraph – Flexible, Biocompatible & Electrically Optimized Graphene-Polymer Composites for Next-Generation Neural Interfaces' published in Advanced Healthcare Materials! Read the article here: https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adhm.202505076 @fjobrien.bsky.social13 May 2026 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:elf4uoyzaioxelpdtmw63ev2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqotnatpc25https://bsky.app/profile/tissueengdublin.bsky.social/post/3mllrpmg4dc2lA great turnout today for the launch of the PPI Ignite Network Phase II! The launch included discussion panels and an introduction from Head of TERG @fjobrien.bsky.social. Great to have so many PPI collaborators, research staff and RCSI president Deborah McNamara in attendance.11 May 2026 17:17 +0000at://did:plc:elf4uoyzaioxelpdtmw63ev2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllrpmg4dc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/tissueengdublin.bsky.social/post/3mkafhbzosc2iStAR Lecturer Ian Woods presenting on his research to date on electroconducive 3D-printed MXene based scaffolds for neural repair applications at #TERMIS 2026 today! @fjobrien.bsky.social @rcsi.bsky.social24 Apr 2026 11:13 +0000at://did:plc:elf4uoyzaioxelpdtmw63ev2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkafhbzosc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/tissueengdublin.bsky.social/post/3mk6eqgqmkk2kCongratulations to Juan Carlos Palomeque and Amanda Fantini de Camargo Andrade who were presenting on their research today at #TERMIS 2026!23 Apr 2026 15:55 +0000at://did:plc:elf4uoyzaioxelpdtmw63ev2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6eqgqmkk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/tissueengdublin.bsky.social/post/3mk5tgk23us24Well done to Rena Mullally and Michela Uberti who presented recently at #TERMIS 2026 on the research they have been conducting as part of their PhDs!23 Apr 2026 10:45 +0000at://did:plc:elf4uoyzaioxelpdtmw63ev2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5tgk23us24https://bsky.app/profile/tissueengdublin.bsky.social/post/3mk5tfyoeoc24Well done to Rena Mullally and Michela Uberti who presented recently at #TERMIS 2026 on the research they have been conducting as part of their PhDs!23 Apr 2026 10:45 +0000at://did:plc:elf4uoyzaioxelpdtmw63ev2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5tfyoeoc24https://bsky.app/profile/tissueengdublin.bsky.social/post/3mk3taechak2zGreat to have Eoin O'Cearbhaill and Thomas Lijnse in TERG today to give a guest seminar on 'Optimising the Interface between Medical Devices and Soft Tissue for the Delivery of Biologics and Cell-based Therapies'! @fjobrien.bsky.social @rcsi.bsky.social22 Apr 2026 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:elf4uoyzaioxelpdtmw63ev2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3taechak2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/tissueengdublin.bsky.social/post/3mjzd4xvo6s2uCongratulations to Louise Hosty and Franz Lobianco who presented their research at #TERMIS 2026 today in Palma de Mallorca! #TERGonTour @fjobrien.bsky.social21 Apr 2026 15:43 +0000at://did:plc:elf4uoyzaioxelpdtmw63ev2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzd4xvo6s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/tissueengdublin.bsky.social/post/3mjp3muqhbs2dGreat to have Prof John Mulvihill from the University of Limerick with us in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland today to give an excellent seminar on the role of meningitis in concussion @rcsi.bsky.social17 Apr 2026 14:02 +0000at://did:plc:elf4uoyzaioxelpdtmw63ev2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjp3muqhbs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/tissueengdublin.bsky.social/post/3mjka5pnvdc2tWe were delighted to host Professor Maria Kavallaris from the Children's Cancer Institute, Australia, today at @rcsi.bsky.social . As part of her visit Professor Kavallaris gave an excellent seminar entitled 'Technologies, Big Impact: Engineering Childhood Cancer for Precision Medicine'.15 Apr 2026 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:elf4uoyzaioxelpdtmw63ev2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjka5pnvdc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/tissueengdublin.bsky.social/post/3mhxx6pk4mc2vWe were delighted to welcome Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Minister James Lawless to our labs yesterday for the opening of 118 St Stephen's Green, where the Taoiseach spoke with spinal cord injury activist and TERG PPI collaborator Ciaran McCarthy and head of TERG @fjobrien.bsky.social26 Mar 2026 15:46 +0000at://did:plc:elf4uoyzaioxelpdtmw63ev2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxx6pk4mc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/tissueengdublin.bsky.social/post/3mhq55gjbuk2mCongratulations Ian Woods! 🥳 [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Mar 2026 13:11 +0000at://did:plc:elf4uoyzaioxelpdtmw63ev2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhq55gjbuk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/tissueengdublin.bsky.social/post/3mgww2kugbk2cCian O'Connor speaking this week at the SMA European Congress about how biomimetic viscoelastic hydrogels promote motor neuron outgrowth and modulate astrocyte behaviour for Spinal Muscular Atrophy regeneration applications! This work is kindly supported by the SMA Foundation. @fjobrien.bsky.social13 Mar 2026 12:28 +0000at://did:plc:elf4uoyzaioxelpdtmw63ev2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgww2kugbk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/tissueengdublin.bsky.social/post/3mgflqlgpzs2kWonderful to have Magnus Tägil with us in @rcsi.bsky.social today to give a seminar entitled 'Balancing Brakes and Accelerators in Bone Healing. The BMP History with a Swedish perspective and the Future Role Of BMPs in Orthopaedic Therapies'! @fjobrien.bsky.social06 Mar 2026 15:08 +0000at://did:plc:elf4uoyzaioxelpdtmw63ev2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgflqlgpzs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/tissueengdublin.bsky.social/post/3mg6cojb7bs2vHuge congratulations to Marko Dobricic for winning the Image Prize, and to Juan Carlos Palomeque for being awarded the best early career researcher presentation at the @rcsi.bsky.social Research Day 2026! 🥳 @fjobrien.bsky.social @rcsi-research.bsky.social03 Mar 2026 17:37 +0000at://did:plc:elf4uoyzaioxelpdtmw63ev2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg6cojb7bs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/tissueengdublin.bsky.social/post/3mg663wuv6k2pCongratulations to Giulio Brunetti on being awarded an Invention Disclosure award as part of the Vice Chancellor Innovation Awards at the @rcsi.bsky.social Research Day 2026! @rcsi-research.bsky.social @fjobrien.bsky.social03 Mar 2026 16:15 +0000at://did:plc:elf4uoyzaioxelpdtmw63ev2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg663wuv6k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/tissueengdublin.bsky.social/post/3mg63ukupvc2nLouise Hosty presenting her research on developing a pro-angiogenic hyaluronic acid hydrogel decorated with vascular cell-derived extracellular matrix at @rcsi.bsky.social Research Day 2026! @rcsi-research.bsky.social03 Mar 2026 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:elf4uoyzaioxelpdtmw63ev2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg63ukupvc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/tissueengdublin.bsky.social/post/3mg63sbmcfs2nJuan Carlos Palomeque-Chavez presenting his research entitled 'On-demand and scaffold-based delivery of miRNAs to enhance regenerative outcomes in chronic wound healing' as part of the @rcsi.bsky.social Research Day 2026! @fjobrien.bsky.social @rcsi-research.bsky.social03 Mar 2026 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:elf4uoyzaioxelpdtmw63ev2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg63sbmcfs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/tissueengdublin.bsky.social/post/3mg63pr7jck2nHadeel Abu Shaqrah presenting at the @rcsi.bsky.social Research Day 2026 on her work to date on the development of a zonal composite scaffold for load-bearing and cell-derived regeneration of articular cartilage! @fjobrien.bsky.social @rcsi-research.bsky.social03 Mar 2026 15:33 +0000at://did:plc:elf4uoyzaioxelpdtmw63ev2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg63pr7jck2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/tissueengdublin.bsky.social/post/3mg5yvw4jm22uA thread including some photos of our wonderful presenters at @rcsi.bsky.social Research Day 2026! @fjobrien.bsky.social @rcsi-research.bsky.social03 Mar 2026 14:42 +0000at://did:plc:elf4uoyzaioxelpdtmw63ev2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg5yvw4jm22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/tissueengdublin.bsky.social/post/3mg5grcecpc2oHead of TERG and Deputy Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation in RCSI, @fjobrien.bsky.social, delivers the welcome address for RCSI Research Day 2026! @rcsi.bsky.social @rcsi-research.bsky.social03 Mar 2026 09:18 +0000at://did:plc:elf4uoyzaioxelpdtmw63ev2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg5grcecpc2o