Claire L Lyons Email & Phone Number

Lund, Skåne County, Sweden

InfraLife aims to maximise the benefits of Sweden’s large scale research infrastructures (MAX IV, ESS and SciLifeLab) within Life Sciences.As Project Coordinator, my tasks encompass:-Connecting those between and to the infrastructures.-Organising Exchange Dialogues, webinars, case studies and presentations to showcase the capabilities to academic, healthcare and industrial users.-Communication material in the form of a dedicated LinkedIn page, newsletter content, reports and posters.

Lund, Skåne County, Sweden

As a Research and Administration Assistant, I assisted the Food Science Team with their research needs, communication and administration tasks.-Arranged meetings, took minutes and distributed information to the Food Science Team-Set up the laboratory -Sourced and purchased lab equipment and consumables-Budgeting and cost projections-Hosted external visitors-Arranged events-Organised and coordinated Health & Safety-Lab coordination and management

Sweden

I used induced pluripotent stem cells to produce beta like cells to investigate what occurs in the beta cells within type 2 diabetes. I was especially interested in the role of melatonin in islet dysfunction in diabetes.-Culturing IPS cells to beta cells-Isolating primary islet cells-Glucose induced secretion assays and associated ELISAs-Visiopharm analysis on pancreatic samples to assess islet function-Manuscript writing

The Diabetes Programme at Lund University is an academic network within the Lund University Diabetes Centre which focuses on organising and strengthening diabetes research especially amongst the younger researchers (PhDs, postdocs and those without a permanent position).I was involved in reinstating the Postdoc Network of DPLU in 2019, when I was Vice Chair of the Postdoc Network and then took on the role of Chair of the Postdoc Network. -Complied lists of all current young researchers with LUDC-Organised Half Day Seminars, Methodology days and Young Researcher Days-Wrote aspects of the LUDC webpage-Promoted the LUDC mentors -Chaired discussion sessions between the young researchers and scientific advisory boards

Lund, Skane County, Sweden

My research project sought to investigate the role of apolipoprotein on islet biology. In addition to this, I was the the primary supervisors for a 6-month Masters Student project being responsible for recruitment, induction, project plan and coordination, training and daily supervision. -Protein purification-Pancreatic cell line culture-Glucose induced secretion assays and ELISAs-SDS PAGE-Ligand identification of target receptors in pancreatic cell lines-Lab organisation and management-Ordering and invoice management-Equipment management-Lab inductions and training-Coordination with other research groups-Presenting research data-Manuscript writing-Primary supervisor of a 6 month Masters student project

Lund, Sweden

The aim of the Future Faculty at Lund University is to improve the conditions for young and future researchers at the Faculty of Medicine and to promote development of a career system at all levels. Being a Steering Board member involved regular board meetings, task force meetings, organising events and promoting Future Faculty.As Chair of the National Junior Faculty (2020-2021), I was involved in organising parts of the National Junior Faculty (NJF) Conference on the Sustainable Development of Future Academia in Sweden. I have participated in NJF virtual workshops on Research Culture, both as a presenter and a moderator and was involved in follow up dissemination of our findings from this.As Chair of Careers Task Force (2019-2020), I organised a webinar panel debate on Teaching at the Faculty, a 1-day workshop 'Storytelling for Researchers', an information and panel debate about Vetenskapsrådet and the VR Grant Support Programme (Swedish Research Council) in conjunction with Careers Centre at the Medical Faculty and an information session from the Academic Appointment Board at LU.

Malmo, Sweden

I investigated the role of melatonin signalling on metabolic dysfunction in pancreatic islets in the Unit of Molecular Metabolism at the Clinical Research Centre and Lund University Diabetes Centre, Malmö. Sweden. This was a continuation of my postdoc research. -Isolation of primary islets-Glucose induced secretion assays and ELISAs-Pancreatic cell line culture-Immunohistochemistry-Fluorescent in situ hybridisation-Training other postdocs in islet isolation-Grant writing-Grant management-Presenting results at the national and international level

Malmo, Sweden

I investigated the role of melatonin signalling on metabolic dysfunction in pancreatic islets. I conducted my postdoctoral research in the Unit of Molecular Metabolism at the Clinical Research Centre and Lund University Diabetes Centre, Malmö. Sweden. I was awarded the EFSD/Lilly Young Investigator Research Award during this time.-Isolation of primary islets-Glucose induced secretion assays and ELISAs-Pancreatic cell line culture-Metabolic phenotyping-Grant writing-Grant management-Presenting results at the national and international level

Conway Institute Of Biomolecular And Biomedical Research, Ucd, Dublin, Ireland

My role as an RA was to investigate the role of dietary fatty acids in terms of their immunometabolic response. -Isolating and culturing bone marrow derived macrophages-Metabolic analysis using the Seahorse

Conway Institute Of Biomolecular And Biomedical Research, Ucd, Ireland

My PhD sought to investigate the role that dietary fatty acids play in NLRP3-inflammasome driven adipose and immune cell inflammation and insulin resistance, with a recent focus on immuno-metabolism. I was conferred in 2017. -Management of 3 research projects-Isolation and culture of bone marrow derived marcophages and stroma vascular fraction-Cell culture-ELISAs-Feeding intervention studies-Metabolic phenotyping-Bone marrow transplants-Presenting research at the local, national and international level-Successful acquisition of travel grants-Manuscript writing-Winner of two poster competitions

Research assistant in the area of Nutrigenomics investigating the development of functional foods.-Macrophage cell line culture-Screening experiments-ELISAs-Discovery of lead functional compounds-Presenting findings to academic and industry partners

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Molecular Nutrition

Bachelor Of Arts With A Moderatorship In Physiology, Physiology, General, Ii.1

Subjects covered in 1st year include Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Geography and Maths Methods. In my senior freshman year, continued.

Leaving Certificate, Mathematics, Irish, English, French, Biology, Geography, Home Economics, 6 Honours