Environmental Nanomineralogy group – Rodriguez Blanco (TCD)
Title of Research Group: Environmental Nanomineralogy group Principal Investigator: Dr. Juan Diego Rodriguez-Blanco Institution: Trinity College Dublin School: School of Natural Sciences, Department of Geology Also: iCRAG funded investigator. Research: The main focus of my work is to study the mechanisms of crystallisation of minerals like carbonates, phosphates and sulphates at the nanoscale to understand […]
Earth History Research Group – Rose (TCD)
Title of Research Group: Earth History Research Group Principal Investigator: Dr. Catherine Rose Institution: Trinity College Dublin School: School of Natural Sciences Research: My research involves pairing sedimentary stratigraphic data with a range of geochemical proxies to explore key Earth history events, such as large perturbations to the global carbon cycle and changes in climate. […]
Membrane Structural and Functional Biology – Caffrey (TCD)
Title of Research Group: Membrane Structural and Functional Biology Principal Investigator: Professor Martin Caffrey Institution: Trinity College Dublin School: School of Biochemistry and Immunology Research: macromolecular X-ray crystallography, membrane lipids and proteins, membrane mimetics, robotics, structure-function relationships A healthy cell, and by extension a healthy organism, requires intact, selectively permeable membranes. Whist lipids are essential […]