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Biography
Robin Flynn graduated from University College Dublin with a BSc (Hons) in zoology in 2004. He undertook an IRC funded PhD, supervised by Prof Grace Mulcahy, at UCD School of Veterinary Medicine between 2004-2007. During this period he worked on the impact of Fasciola hepatica infection on host immunity and immunoregulation during co-infection. Following his PhD he undertook a period of postdoctoral training with Dr Andrew McKenzie at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology Cambridge. Here he was engaged in work attempting to identify the source and role of IL-25 in allergic airway disease and parasite infection. In 2009 he moved to the University of Nottingham School of Veterinary Medicine & Science where he became a Lecturer and established his own group working on the host immune response to parasite infection and understanding this for the purpose of improving vaccines and diagnostics. In 2014 he completed his post-graduate certificate in higher education and in 2015 he became an associate professor. In 2016 Robin moved to the Department of Infection Biology at IGH (now IVES) Liverpool where his group continued to work on the same themes, from 2018 until 2020 Robin was the Institute Director for Postgraduate Research at the same Insitute.
In 2020 Robin returned to Ireland and in 2021 he took up his current post split between WIT and IT Carlow working on merging the Graduate Studies Offices of both Institutes in preparation for designation as a Technological University.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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Education/Academic qualification
Postgraduate Diploma, University of Nottingham
Award Date: 04 Apr 2015
PhD, University College Dublin
Award Date: 24 Jun 2008
Bachelors Degree, University College Dublin
Award Date: 13 Dec 2004
External positions
Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Liverpool
Sep 2020 → …
Senior Lecturer & Director of PG Research, University of Liverpool
01 Sep 2016 → 31 Aug 2020
Associate Professor, University of Nottingham
01 Sep 2009 → 31 Aug 2016
Research Fellow, Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology
02 Jan 2008 → 31 Aug 2009
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Cleaved CD95L perturbs in vitro macrophages responses to Toxoplasma gondii
Tiffney, E. A., Coombes, J. L., Legembre, P. & Flynn, R. J., Mar 2022, In: Microbes and Infection.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Vivaxin genes encode highly immunogenic non-variant antigens unique to the Trypanosoma vivax cell-surface
Flynn, R., 17 Feb 2022, (Unpublished) Biorxiv.Research output: Other contribution
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A host-independent role for Fasciola hepatica transforming growth factor-like molecule in parasite development
Musah-Eroje, M., Hoyle, R. C., Japa, O., Hodgkinson, J. E., Haig, D. M. & Flynn, R. J., May 2021, In: International Journal for Parasitology. 51, 6, p. 481-492 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Immunological Interaction Between Fasciola and its Host
Donnelly, S., Flynn, R., Mulcahy, G. & O’Neill, S., 01 Jan 2021, Fasciolosis II. CABI International, p. 278-307 30 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Stem cell-derived enteroid cultures as a tool for dissecting host-parasite interactions in the small intestinal epithelium
Hares, M. F., Tiffney, E. A., Johnston, L. J., Luu, L., Stewart, C. J., Flynn, R. J. & Coombes, J. L., Feb 2021, In: Parasite Immunology. 43, 2, e12765.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
5 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
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Parasitology Research (Journal)
Robin Flynn (Editor)
2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work
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Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (External organisation)
Robin Flynn (Member)
2016 → 2022Activity: Membership › Membership of council
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European Veterinary Immunology Group (External organisation)
Robin Flynn (Member)
2016 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
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