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Christine Loscher

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Christine E. Loscher
Alma materDublin Institute of Technology
National University of Ireland
Known forImmunology
Scientific career
InstitutionsDublin City University
Trinity College Dublin

Christine E. Loscher is a Professor of Biotechnology and Associate Dean for Research at Dublin City University. Loscher is director of the Health Technologies Research and Enterprise Hub, and she works on bioactive molecules for autoimmune diseases.

Early life and education

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During her undergraduate studies at the Dublin Institute of Technology, Loscher worked with Cliona O’Farrelly at St. Vincent's University Hospital.[1] Loscher earned her PhD at the National University of Ireland in 2000.[2] Following her graduate studies, Loscher joined Trinity College Dublin as a postdoctoral researcher.[3] She worked with Kingston Mills on how vaccines can trigger fevers.[4] In 2003 she was appointed to the St. James's Hospital Institute of Molecular Medicine.[2]

Career

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Loscher joined Dublin City University in 2005.[2] She established the Immunomodulation Research Group with Helen Roche.[5] She also directs the Nano-Bioanalytical Research Facility.[5] She looks at how modulating the immune response can improve health, developing new anti-inflammatory compounds for the pharmaceutical and food industry.[6] She investigates bioactive molecules in marine mash.[3] Whilst the immune system may be best known for fighting disease, it is sometimes triggered into chronic inflammation.[1] She has described her work to the Irish Independent.[7]

She served as Principal Investigator for the research consortium Food for Health Ireland, an organisation that partners academics with Irish dairy and ingredient companies.[3] She has worked with Teagasc to identify ingredients that can help lactose intolerance infants.[3] She discovered how the immune system responds to Clostridioides difficile - outer proteins trigger immune responses.[3] Loscher serves on the Irish Society of Immunology.[8]

Public engagement

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Loscher runs ResearchFest, a strand of InspireFest, where researchers give short talks about their work.[9] In 2016 she announced that Dublin City University would name half of its buildings after inspirational women.[10] She contributed to the Royal Society of Chemistry Innate Immunology Summit.[11] She was selected by Silicon Republic as one of the Women Invent Tomorrow in 204 and Top 100 Women in Science in 2016.[12] She delivered a TED Talk on the Future of Food.[13][14] In 2018 she was selected by Silicon Republic as one of the top 22 scientists to follow.[15]

References

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  1. ^ a b O’Connell, Claire (28 September 2018). "Trawling the vast ocean for molecular treasure". Silicon Republic. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Christine Loscher | Staff Profile". dcu.ie. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e O’Connell, Claire (9 August 2013). "Food and marine could hold molecules for stronger immune system". Silicon Republic. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Immune Regulation Research Group : Major Collaborators". tcd.ie.
  5. ^ a b "Biotechnology - Research Theme: Immunology". dcu.ie. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Christine Loscher". Vitafoods Europe 2018. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018.
  7. ^ "An ongoing challenge to fight disease and live healthy lives". Retrieved 13 December 2018 – via PressReader.
  8. ^ "ISI Standing Committee 2016". irishimmunology.ie. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  9. ^ O’Connell, Claire (13 May 2016). "DCU prof calls on researchers to impress at ResearchFest". Silicon Republic. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  10. ^ Halpin, Hayley (24 August 2016). "DCU to rename half its buildings after inspirational women". The Irish Times.
  11. ^ "The 2015 Innate Immunity Summit". rsc.org. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  12. ^ O'Dea, Ann (17 June 2014). "Women Invent: 100 top women in science, technology, engineering and maths". Silicon Republic.
  13. ^ TEDx Talks, The Future of Food, retrieved 13 December 2018
  14. ^ "Theme: Imagining the Next Century". ted.com. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  15. ^ silicon (13 December 2018). "Sci-Tech 100 2019: 22 high-flying scientists making the world a better place in 2019". Silicon Republic. Retrieved 13 December 2018.