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We've funded many research projects over the years. Read more about our current and past projects, or search by what you're interested in.

Project title: Regulation and Function of Toll-like Receptors in Ovarian Cancer: A Synergistic Model.

Investigator(s):
Professor
John
O'Leary
Cancer type: 
Ovarian
Research area: 
Biology
Centre: 
Trinity & St James's
Start date: 
October 1, 2008
End date: 
September 1, 2011
Lifetime amount: 
€150,000

Project title: Expressional and Functional Studies of Large ncRNAs in Neuroblastoma Pathogenesis.

Investigator(s):
Professor
Raymond
Stallings
Cancer type: 
Brain Tumours
Research area: 
Biology
Centre: 
RCSI & Beaumont
Start date: 
October 1, 2008
End date: 
September 1, 2011
Lifetime amount: 
€239,482

Project title: Glycosylation changes in cancer: a new class of biomarkers for breast and lung cancer

Investigator(s):
Professor
Pauline
Rudd
Cancer type: 
Breast & Lung
Research area: 
Early detection, diagnosis and prognosis
Centre: 
NUI, Dublin
Start date: 
April 1, 2008
End date: 
May 1, 2011
Lifetime amount: 
€239,286

Project title: Specific Targeting of Cancer Stemness: Potential Cancer Therapy?

Investigator(s):
Professor
John
O'Leary
Cancer type: 
All Cancers
Research area: 
Biology
Centre: 
Trinity & St James's
Start date: 
April 1, 2008
End date: 
May 1, 2011
Lifetime amount: 
€150,000

Project title: An investigation of the thromboxane and prostacyclin synthase pathways in non-small cell lung cancer

Investigator(s):
Dr
Ken
O'Byrne
Cancer type: 
Lung
Research area: 
Biology
Centre: 
Trinity & St James's
Start date: 
April 1, 2008
End date: 
May 1, 2011
Lifetime amount: 
€224,086

Project title: Hsa-miR-141 and hsa-miR-223 are central to Ovarian Serous Carcinoma Pathogenesis through Regulation of JAG1 and SMARCD1 proteins.

Investigator(s):
Dr
Richard
Flavin
Cancer type: 
Ovarian
Research area: 
Biology
Centre: 
Trinity & St James's
Start date: 
April 1, 2008
End date: 
May 1, 2011
Lifetime amount: 
€168,697

Project title: Investigation of the potential of human Mesenchymal Stem Cells (hMSC) as vectors for therapeutic gene delivery to breast tumor tissue

Investigator(s):
Dr
Roisin
Dwyer
Cancer type: 
Breast
Research area: 
Treatment
Centre: 
NUI, Galway
Start date: 
April 1, 2008
End date: 
May 1, 2011
Lifetime amount: 
€145,019

Project title: Children with cancer: Children, parents, and health professionals’ perspectives on children’s participation in shared decision-making.

Investigator(s):
Dr
Imelda
Coyne
Cancer type: 
Psycho-Oncology
Research area: 
Psychosocial
Centre: 
Trinity & St James's
Start date: 
April 1, 2008
End date: 
December 1, 2010
Lifetime amount: 
€92,009

Project title: Redox regulation of apoptosis modulating survival pathways in re-current tumours

Investigator(s):
Professor
Tom
Cotter
Cancer type: 
All Cancers
Research area: 
Biology
Centre: 
NUI, Cork
Start date: 
April 1, 2008
End date: 
May 1, 2011
Lifetime amount: 
€236,528

Project title: Investigation into the inhibition of angiogenesis by serpins.

Investigator(s):
Dr
Margaret
Worrall
Cancer type: 
All Cancers
Research area: 
Biology
Centre: 
NUI, Dublin
Start date: 
October 1, 2008
End date: 
September 30, 2011
Lifetime amount: 
€138,594

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