SSPC News & Events

Read Dr Luis Padrela's SSPC journey #SSPCStories

Submitted by Louise O'Neill on Tue, 03/05/2019 - 14:31

Dr Luis Padrela, lecturer in Industrial Biochemistry, Department of Chemical Sciences, Course Director for the newly formed SSPC/University of Limerick (UL) specialist diploma in regulatory affairs in (bio)pharmaceuticals, and SSPC Funded Investigator at UL. Following his PhD, Luis worked in the pharmaceutical industry for almost 2 years (Hovione FarmaCiência, Portugal) before joining SSPC as a postdoctoral researcher and as a senior research fellow.

Vaccines and the plague of fake news with RTE Brainstorm

Submitted by Louise O'Neill on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 12:52

Vaccines and the plague of fake news, SSPC colleagues Martin McHugh, University of Limerick; Aimee Stapleton, University of Limerick; Anne Marie Healy, Trinity College Dublin and Sarah Hayes, University of Limerick highlight the scientific evidence that supports the side that vaccination saves lives.

University of Limerick Case Study with Bernal Chair and SSPC Co-Director Prof. Gavin Walker

Submitted by Louise O'Neill on Mon, 02/25/2019 - 17:05

Personalised medicine is the next great global challenge for the pharmaceutical industry. The vision of the pharmacy of the future is one in which pharmacies employ disruptive technologies to enable on-demand manufacture of drugs designed to individual needs. For example, multiple medications may be prescribed that treat a patient’s exact age-profile and medical history. These medications could then be 3D printed into one tablet, on-demand at the patient’s local drug supplier.

Dr Mehakpreet Singh receives Marie Skłodowska-Curie (MSCA) Fellow

Submitted by Louise O'Neill on Wed, 02/20/2019 - 16:35

Congraulations to Dr Mehakpreet Singh, who not only received a Marie Skłodowska-Curie (MSCA) Fellow but scored an impressive 100% for his project. He will work on a project on mathematical modelling of particulate processes for pharmaceutical drug manufacturing with SSPC Co-Director Prof. Gavin Walker and Bernal Chair of Pharmaceutical Engineering at the University of Limerick in the Bernal Institute.

SSPC recruiting for 3 fully-funded 4-year PhD studentships

Submitted by Louise O'Neill on Tue, 02/19/2019 - 09:57

SSPC recruiting for 3 fully-funded 4-year PhD studentships in the EPSRC-SFI Centre for Doctoral Training in Transformative Pharmaceutical Technologies. Funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Council, Science Foundation Ireland and 19 industry partners, the EPSRC-SFI Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Transformative Pharmaceutical Technologies provides world-leading training to prepare strategic-thinking scientists for high achieving careers in the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors.

SSPC shortlisted for The Irish Laboratory Awards 2019

Submitted by Louise O'Neill on Wed, 02/13/2019 - 10:02

The Irish Laboratory Awards 2019 will take place Thursday, March 7, at the Ballsbridge Hotel, Dublin and among those shorlisted are Dr. Luis Padrela, lecturer in Bioprocess Engineering, Department of Chemical Sciences and SSPC Funded Investigator at the University of Limerick, under the categories Laboratory Scientist of the Year and Laboratory Staff Member of the Year. In addition, the ProSpect Facility at ABCRF, University of Cork has been shortlisted under Research Laboratory of the Year.

SSPC researcher recipient of investment in research commercialisation

Submitted by Louise O'Neill on Thu, 02/07/2019 - 09:11

Dr Gerard McGlacken, Lecturer, Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University College Cork and SSPC Funded Investigator, received funding for the development of novel small molecule therapeutics targeting the ghrelin receptor to modulate appetite. Dr McGlacken will be working in collaboration with Dr Harriet Schellekens, APC Microbiome Ireland.

SSPC Co-Principal Investigator Prof. Anne Marie Healy secures funding for UK-Ireland Research and Training Partnership Programme

Submitted by Louise O'Neill on Mon, 02/04/2019 - 10:52

SSPC, the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Pharmaceutical Research Centre, has won new funding under the EPSRC-SFI Centres for Doctoral Training (CDT) Partnership programme. The funding, secured from SFI, will enable the SSPC to engage with two of the world leading Schools of Pharmacy in the UK, at the University of Nottingham and University College London, in a new CDT in Transformative Pharmaceutical Technologies. The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) will fund the UK component of the CDT, with partners in industry adding to the overall investment.

Check out the latest review paper on progress in continuous crystallization finally come to life in OPRD

Submitted by Louise O'Neill on Tue, 01/29/2019 - 11:37

Check out the latest review paper on progress in continuous crystallization finally come to life in OPRD. Well done Barbara Wood for all the efforts on this, and thanks to partners Kevin Girard and Chris Polster. SSPC the SFI Pharmaceutical Research Centre #weareSSPC #collaboration

Hurley visual represents discovery of enantiodivergent decarboxylative asymmetric protonation

Submitted by Louise O'Neill on Mon, 01/21/2019 - 10:09

SSPC graduate Dr Cian Kingston and Professor of Synthetic Organic Chemistry at University College Dublin and SSPC Co-Principal Investigator, Patrick Guiry's research features in The Journal of Organic Chemistry on enantiodivergent decarboxylative asymmetric protonation features with a very unusual explanation represented by hurleys.

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