Project Title

Vertebral ligament stability: the origins, the impact and the role of embryonic movement. A consequence or a cause of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Background 

Sarah is a research assistant in the developmental biology lab under Dr. Rolfe. She will graduate with a First Class Honours in Biological and Biomedical sciences with a moderatorship in Zoology from Trinity College Dublin in October 2024. Her capstone project was titled “A morphological investigation of embryonic chick vertebral ligaments across normal development: are they sensitive to embryonic immobilisation?”, which she completed under the supervision of Dr. Rolfe.

Current Projects

Sarah is currently working on a project under the title “Vertebral ligament stability: the origins, the impact and the role of embryonic movement. A consequence or a cause of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis?”. Sarah's work focuses on histological processing and analysis of vertebral ligaments in chick and mouse specimens.