Undergraduate projects

Class of	Student	Project Title
2016	Georgia O’Sullivan	Hippo, Hedgehog and skeletogenesis Gene Expression analysis of interacting pathways in the developing limb
2015	Catriona Daly
	Joey Gough
	Emma Hogg
	Roisin Joyce
	Faline MacAuliffe
	David Scanlon O’Callaghen	Investigation of movement in the Developing Chick, Gallus Gallus, Embryo.
2014	Somantha Killion-Connolly	Wnt signalling through alternate receptors Ryk and Ror: evidence from embryonic gene expression
	Cormac Murphy
	Daniel Darby
	Tara O'Connor
2013	Jessica Maddock	Exploring novel gene expression patterns in the Wnt pathway
	Sophie Byrne	Investigating the role of the Wnt signalling pathway in interpreting mechanical stimuli
	Gillian Sexton
	Aine Flemming
	Grainne O'Reilly
2012	Elise Moroney	Examination and comparison of expression patterns of Wnt genes
	Matthew Doyle	Expression analysis of genes implicated in the mechanical response of bone development
	Ailbhe Coyle	The effect of the notochord on foregut dorsoventral patterning
	Jennifer Lorrigan	An investigation into the role of the primary cilium and patterning of the developing joint of the chick
	Leanne Staveley	Expression analysis of genes implicated in the mechanical response of bone development
2011	Stephanie Maher	Differential expression patterns of the paralogous genes Wnt2 and Wnt2b
	Alison May	Cellular organization of the notochord and its abnormal development in the Adriamycin Mouse Model
	Daniel Dowling	Cross species comparison of embryonic limb morphogenesis
	Declan Carroll	Investigating the role of BMP signalling in foregut abnormalities using a mouse model
2010	Antonia Piazzesi	The effect of Adriamycin treatment on foregut development
	Katherine McGarry	Bone formation in the absence of skeletal muscle contractions
	Sarah-Louise Hassett	Comparison of gene expression patterns of Wnt signalling pathway component genes
	Clare Murray	Patterns of tissue differentiation in the developing chick limb
2009	Blaithin Arnold	The effects of muscle immobilisation on joint morphogenesis
	Elaine Kinsella	A comparative investigation into Sfrp gene expression in developing limbs of mouse and chick embryos.
	Aishling Lynch	A comparison of bone formation in the long bones of mammals and birds
	Aoife Cooke	Embryonic expression analysis of a new gene in the mouse and chick: Cdh5
2007	Audrey Martin	Wnt gene expression during late stages of limb morphogenesis
	Fodhla Treacy	Following cartilage differentiation in the developing limb: 3D expression patterns of Sox9 and type II Collagen
	Christian Foley-Fisher	An investigation into the use of microinjection and electroporation to disrupt Wnt signalling during somitogenesis
	Omar Mothersill	How constant or variable are the shape changes involved in vertebrate limb morphogenesis
	Martina Redmond	Comparing the expression patterns of highly conserved orthologous genes (members of the Sfrp family) across two major vertebrate groups, birds and mammals
2006	David Duffy	Overexpressing Sfrp3, a developmentally important gene, in the early chick embryo.
2006	Emma Hastings	A phylogenetic study of the Sfrp gene family
2005	John O’ Neill	Observation of active Wnt signalling in the developing mouse embryo
2005	Norman Champ	Establishing the methodology for introducing DNA into the living chick embryo
2004	Caitriona Crawford	Establishing the chick as model system for development
	Geraldine Kelly	Early eye development and the involvement of two regulatory genes (Sfrp2 and Pax6)
	Lorraine Logue	The expression of molecular markers during patterning of the axial skeleton in the mouse embryo
2003	Patrick Frankel	Gene expression analysis of members of the secreted frizzled related protein (Sfrp) family in E9.5, E10.5 and E11.5 mouse embryos.