Roisin O'Flaherty Email & Phone Number

Ireland

Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland

County Dublin, Ireland

Development of fed batch and continuous culture conditionsGlycoengineering and characterization of therapeutic glycoproteinsCell culture media screening

Nibrt, Foster's Ave, Co. Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Co Dublin

Responsibilities-Development of high throughput technologies for glycosylation analysis of human serum, milk and biopharmaceuticals.-Glycosylation analysis is performed using a robotic platform, characterisation with enzyme sequencing, ultra performance liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry. -Co-supervise scientists and project manage various EU.

Intel Limited, Collinstown Industrial Park, Leixlip, Co.Kildare

• Responsibilities:
• Design of experiments for optimisation of process and equipment operational indicators ensuring safety, quality, labour, cost efficiency, cycle time, defect reduction, yield and reproducibility
• Meet tool and process matching requirements throughout start-up and ramp of new technology transfer using statistical analysis, data collection and process control of systems
• Development of new or modified process formulations, definition of processing or handling equipment requirements and specifications, review of processing techniques and methods applied in the manufacture, fabrication.
• Ownership of water and chemical system purities in the area
• Representing Intel at a host of events to encourage students to actively pursue science and engineering

National University Of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Co.Kildare

• I did a Ph.D. in Carbohydrate Chemistry. My thesis was titled:“Synthetic Alkyl Glycolipids as Therapeutic Agents: Their Synthesis as Potential iNKT Cell Stimulators and their Anti-Microbial Properties”. Skills acquired:
• Experience in analytical chemistry techniques including High Performance Liquid Chromatography, Thin Layer Chromatography, Flash Column Chromatography, Infrared Spectroscopy, UV-Vis spectroscopy, Fluorescence.
• Working knowledge of automated laboratory reactor vessels having commonly employed Flash Column Chromatographers and High Resolution Mass Spectrometers.
• Wide-ranging laboratory skills including but not restricted to: filtration, recrystallization, distillation, titrations, trituerations, and reduced pressure distillation.
• Significant experience in the processing of information, including the ability to search, find and extract information from literature and other sources (SciFinder/ Reaxys/ Web of Science).
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.

University Of Melbourne, Bio21, Victoria 3010, Australia

• Responsibilities:
• Planning, documentation and reporting of project development.
• Synthesising glycoconjugates for the study of tuberculosis using laboratory and analytical techniques.
• Transferring knowledge, simultaneously learning new techniques and acting as a liason between NUIM and University of Melbourne.Skills acquired:Time management, documentation, problem solving, responsibility, teamwork.

Ph. D. In Chemistry, Synthetic Carbohydrate Chemistry

Activities and Societies: Postgraduate representative on Chemistry Safety Commitee In 2008, an IRCSET Embark Initiative Award for Ph. D..

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Chemistry, 1.1

Activities and Societies: President of Traditional Music Society An Undergraduate Award of Ireland in Chemistry was presented in 2009 for.