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Biography
B.Sc (Hons) Biotechnology NUI GalwayM.Sc Toxicology, Athlone Institute of TechnologyHoffmann La Roche Basel, Switzerland, Research ScientistPhD Biochemistry UCCFellow Higher Education Academy Certificate in Postgraduate Teaching University of Liverpool Postdoctoral Experience, Universidad de Cordoba, Spain 2007-2012Lecturer University of Liverpool 2013-2016Lecturer NUI Galway 2017-
Research Interests
Redox signallingOxidative stress and reductive stressAutophagyAgeingSkeletal muscle biologyProteomics and post translational modificationsRedox relaysPeroxiredoxins, thioredoxins and glutaredoxinmicroRNAs as therapeutics
Education/Academic qualification
BSc., MSc., PhD
Accepting PhD Students
- Accepting PhD Students
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 14 Life Below Water
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Adaptive ER stress promotes mitochondrial remodelling and longevity through PERK-dependent MERCS assembly
Casas-Martinez, J. C., Xia, Q., Li, P., Borja-Gonzalez, M., Miranda-Vizuete, A., McDermott, E., Dockery, P., Quinlan, L. R., Goljanek-Whysall, K., Samali, A. & McDonagh, B., 1 Nov 2025, In: Cell Death & Differentiation.Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review
4 Citations (Scopus) -
Changes in myo-miR levels and oxidation in muscle during ageing: PP IIB06
Aljuaid, T. S. M., McDonagh, B. & Goljanek-Whysall, K., 2025, In: Free Radical Biology And Medicine. 233, p. S73Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review
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Corrigendum to “microRNA-1 regulates metabolic flexibility by programming skeletal muscle pyruvate metabolism” [Mol Metabol 98 (2025) 1–23/102182] (Molecular Metabolism (2025) 98, (S2212877825000894), (10.1016/j.molmet.2025.102182))
Ismaeel, A., Peck, B. D., Montgomery, M. M., Burke, B. I., Goh, J., Franco, A. B., Xia, Q., Goljanek-Whysall, K., McDonagh, B., McLendon, J. M., Koopmans, P. J., Jacko, D., Schaaf, K., Bloch, W., Gehlert, S., Murach, K. A., Fisher-Wellman, K. H., Boudreau, R. L., Wen, Y. & McCarthy, J. J., Oct 2025, In: Molecular Metabolism. 100, 102223.Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Comment/debate
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Exercise Related microRNAs in C. elegans Regulate Calcium Homeostasis and Mitochondrial Dynamics: Conserved pathways, Divergent mircoRNAs
Xia, Q., Tang, J., Casas-Martinez, J. C., Li, P., Quinlan, L. R., Goljanek-Whysall, K. & McDonagh, B., 2025, In: bioRxiv. p. 2025-05 2019 p.Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article
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Galway RNA Research Cluster, University of Galway, Ireland: PP IIB15
Hay, E. A., Coleman, C. M., O’Toole, D., Ritter, T., McDonagh, B., Dwyer, R. M., Broin, P. Ó., Howard, L., Quinlan, L. R. & Brennan, M. Á., 2025, In: Free Radical Biology And Medicine. 233, p. S76Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review
Activities
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Penglin Li
McDonagh, B. (Primary Supervisor)
2024Activity: Other › Current Postgraduates (Research) Supervised
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Jose Casas Martinez
McDonagh, B. (Primary Supervisor)
2024Activity: Other › Current Postgraduates (Research) Supervised
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Daniel Mc Gonigle
McDonagh, B. (Co-Supervisor)
2024Activity: Other › Current Postgraduates (Research) Supervised
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Turki Aljuaid
McDonagh, B. (Co-Supervisor)
2024Activity: Other › Current Postgraduates (Research) Supervised
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Mark Toomey University of Galway
McDonagh, B. (Other)
2019 → 2021Activity: Other › Postgraduates Supervised