Dr Brendan Wilkins

Dr Brendan Wilkins

Lecturer
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Brendan received his BSc (Hons) in Biochemistry from NUI Galway. He completed his Ph.D. in Cell Biology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, USA where his dissertation research was on proteins that interact with sperm during fertilization. After completing a postdoctoral fellowship in medical education, he returned to Ireland.

Brendan was involved in the early stages in the establishment of the National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science (NCBES) and the full-time MSc Biomedical Science program. His research interests now include factors that determine cell phenotype in the cardiovascular system, and 3D cell culture and cell patterning.