LSI Café Update

07/09/2026

It has been a busy summer at the DCU LSI Café. Throughout the out-of-term months we have continued our weekly gatherings, with many including fascinating talks from experts.

We heard about amyloid aggregation, transmembrane receptors and Alzheimer's disease from Dr Subrata Mondal, PhD from DCU School of Chemical Sciences, and Christopher Moffat from Mesoscale Discovery talked about high-sensitivity biomarker multiplexing with Electrochemiluminescence.

Dr Ciaran Maguire from Particular Science highlighted technology to characterise EVs and exosomes, and Dr Barry O’Connell from DCU’s Nano Research Facility spoke about digital detectors in biological applications.

Erasmus student Andrew Kisitu shared insights about unsupervised network anomaly detection in colorectal cancer, particularly about learning what healthy tissue looks like, and measuring the distance from it. And Prof Enda McGlynn from the School of Physical Sciences DCU talked about the potential for nanomaterials in point-of-care diagnostics.

So as term starts again, be sure to schedule a weekly catch up in your calendar at DCU LSI Café.

When: Every Tuesday at 10am
Where: Life Science Research Facility (LSRF) Social Hub (GG11)

And If you have an idea, project or technology that you’d like to pitch at the LSI Café please email us at lsi@dcu.ie