Cian O' Connor

@OptimisticBio

Fulbright Ireland NUI and HRB Health Impact Scholar 2024 | Postdoctoral Researcher @hseas, Harvard University & @TERG, RCSI |

Boston, MA linkedin.com/in/cian-o-conn… Joined October 2018

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Cian O' Connor @OptimisticBio Jun 14, 2024

Excited to be chosen as a @Fulbright_Eire -National University of Ireland and Fulbright-HRB HealthImpact Scholar! 🇮🇪🇺🇸 @NUIMerrionSq @hrbireland

Looking forward to working with Prof David Mooney's group @hseas on biomaterials for spinal cord repair
@TissueEngDublin @fjobrien

Fulbright Ireland @Fulbright_Eire Jun 14, 2024

We are delighted to announce 21 #Fulbright Irish Awardees for 2024-2025. Congratulations!👏
#FulbrightFamily #FulbrightAwards #Ireland #USA 🇮🇪🇺🇸
Read the news: bit.ly/3VqEu9z
Photo: Robbie Reynolds

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Cian O' Connor @OptimisticBio May 19, 2025

Out now in Advanced Healthcare Materials @AdvPortfolio! We show that tuning scaffold stiffness and matrix composition can enhance the angiogenic, immunomodulatory and neurotrophic capacity of astrocyte progenitors for SCI applications

Read it here: doi.org/10.1002/adhm.2…

Cian O' Connor @OptimisticBio Feb 19, 2025

Well done @J_C_Palomeque! Check out the paper below!

Prof. Fergal O'Brien @fjobrien Feb 19, 2025

Well done to @J_C_Palomeque for leading this study just published on a VEGF-activated scaffold with enhanced angiogenic and neurogenic properties for chronic wound healing applications.
Funded by @Researchirel @ambercentre pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…
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Cian O' Connor @OptimisticBio Nov 4, 2024

Happy to have this study out where we looked at neuronal and astrocyte progenitor responses to different matrix proteins at the cell and nanoscale level 🔬🧠

Thanks to @anat_soc @ambercentre @IRFUCharTrust for the support

👇 Check out the paper here👇
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Cian O' Connor @OptimisticBio Sep 4, 2024

Very excited to begin my @Fulbright_Eire journey at @hseas in Prof David Mooney's lab🔬

Looking forward to building off work from @TissueEngDublin in developing biomaterials for spinal cord applications, meeting many people and learning lots! 🇮🇪 🇺🇸