Dr. Kieran Ryan
Programme Manager kieran.a.ryan@nuigalway.ieProgramme Manager of REMEDI operations
2007-present
Programme Manager
REMEDI
2004-2007
Research Fellow
University College Cork
Modulation of host response to Helicobacter infections by probiotics.
2001-2003
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Virginia
The role of complement in the clearance of apoptotic cells during Helicobacter infection.
Spring 2007
Best Poster Presentation (2nd prize), Irish Society for Gastroenterology Meeting
2007
Awarded APC Education and Outreach outstanding contribution award
2005
Awarded two year IRCSET Embark Postdoctoral Fellowship
2005
Awarded European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) Short Term Fellowship
2004
Selected for Intestinal Disorders plenary presentation at Digestive Disease Week, New Orleans, USA,
2002
Awarded Cepheid Inc. Travel Grant for travel to the 11th International Congress of Mucosal Immunology, Orlando, Florida,
1999, 2000, 2001
Nominated for Watts Medal at the National Scientific and Medical Meeting, Dublin
2000
Received Young Scientist award at the 4th International Workshop on Pathogenesis and Host Response in Helicobacter Infections, Denmark,
1999
Received Young Scientist award at the XIIth International Workshop on Gastroduodenal Pathology and Helicobacter pylori, Helsinki,
1998
Prize-winner in a University Science Communication for the Public initiative,
1997
Awarded Enterprise Ireland research scholarship
Lactobacillus salivarius modulates gastric epithelial cell immune responses to Helicobacter pylori
Ryan, K.A., O’Hara, A.M., van Pijkeren, J-P., Douillard, F. and. O’Toole P.W. Manuscript submitted (Infect Immun).
Isolation of lactobacilli with probiotic properties from the human stomach. Ryan, K.A., Jayaraman, T., Daly, P., Canchaya, C., Hooton, C., Curran, S., Fang, F., Quigley, E.M. and O’Toole, P.W.
Accepted for publication, May 2008 (Lett Appl Microbiol).
Strain-specific inhibition of Helicobacter pylori by Lactobacillus salivarius and other lactobacilli. Ryan, K.A., Daly, P., Li, Y., Hooton, C. and O’Toole, P.W. J Antimicrob Chem 2008 Apr:61(4):831-4.
Lactobacilli in the GI Tract
Keohane, J., Ryan, K.A. and Shanahan, F.
In Lactobacillus Molecular Biology (in press). Edited by A. Ljungh and T. Wadstrom. Norwich, UK: Horizon Scientific Press.
The FliK protein and flagellar hook-length control
Waters, R.C., O’Toole, P.W. and Ryan, K.A.
Protein Sci. 2007 May:16(5):769-780.
Helicobacter pylori flagellar hook-filament transition is controlled by a FliK functional homolog encoded by the gene HP0906.
Ryan, K.A., Karim, N., Worku, M., Penn, C.W. and O’Toole, P.W.
J Bacteriol. 2005 Aug:187(16):5742-50.
HP0958 is an essential motility gene in Helicobacter pylori.
Ryan, K.A., Karim, N., Worku, M., Moore, S.A., Penn, C.W. and O’Toole, P.W.
FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2005 Jul:248(1):47-55.
• Sport: Have captained and managed several soccer teams. Currently play with the NCBES soccer and Gaelic football teams
• Music: Proficient at guitar, have played for over fiifteen years.
• Others: Other hobbies include reading, art and travel.
Former Chairperson and founder member of the UCC staff soccer club
Founder member and Chairperson of the UCC Association of Research Contract Staff (ARCS)