Susan Quinn
@QuinnGroupUCD
Chemist @ucd_research @ucddublin, intrigued by light and molecules, DNA interactions, nanomaterials and an avid collaborator @ucdscience
A new year and a new Quinn group photo @ucdchemistry. Welcoming Simon, Hend, Mëava and Amélia and our honorary member, the Lady of the Lake @ucddublin. Very excited for the year ahead.😊🇮🇪🇩🇪🇫🇷🇨🇳

Past and present of AGLeti at #ISTCP2024. #AcademicSuccess 🎓 Catching up with Professors @Dr_Escudero (@KU_Leuven), Nadia Elghobashi-Meinhardt (@ucddublin ) and Jin Wen (#Donghua_university, Shanghai). So proud! @lorenz_gruen
Huge congratulations to @MariaByrne12 on successfully defending her PhD thesis on Friday. A very special day for the group & a very proud supervisor. Warm thanks to the examination team & special thanks to @sspc for funding.
Huge Congratulations to Maria Byrne who passed her PhD Viva Voce this afternoon! Pictured here with the @QuinnGroupUCD, her supervisor and with the exam committee. Thanks to the exam committee @anbeirneach (chair), Prof Nelsi Zaccheroni (extern) and Demetra Achilleos (intern)
I am pleased to share a current vacancy for a Chair of Physical Chemistry at the University of Paderborn. We are looking forward to exciting applications!
Professor Aoife McLysaght has been appointed Government Science Advisor. Prof McLysaght will offer guidance to the Government on a range of issues including climate change, food sustainability, AI, cybersecurity and more. Read more🔗gov.ie/en/press-relea…
Congratulations to the many SSPC investigator who have been named among the top 2% of most-cited academics in their fields worldwide in the 2024 Elsevier/Stanford University World Rankings of Researchers. ▶sspc.ie/19-sspc-invest… @Researchirel #SSPCExpertise
Happy National Poetry Day! This is Helena Bonham Carter reading 'I Worried' by Mary Oliver, with its wonderful message at the end...
The best part of my job is working with amazingly talented early stage researchers with a passion for cell biology. Congrats to @lucygdornan @teerna_banerjee and Maeva Lopez for being recognised for their #research at the Conway Festival of Research today @ucdscience @UCDSBES
The activation energy of ionic transport changes with composition in electrode composites for #SolidStateBatteries. The new study supports that electrolyte optimization is necessary for #batteries to work at colder temperatures. 🔗 go.aps.org/3X4XNpv
Plenary lecture: prof @ThorriGunnlaugs teaches us that nothing goes as expected in Supramolecular Chemistry #supramol2024
Had a fantastic time at the LSF @CLF_STFC user meeting in St. Hilda's College Oxford. Well done @ClaraZehe, @dan_graczyk & Eleanor Windle @ucdchemistry on their fab poster presentations & huge congratulations to Daniel on winning the best student poster prize. 🥳📷.




Delighted to see this published. Well done @mark_stitch_ @lightdynamics1. Thanks to to the ULTRA team @CLF_STFC and Stan Botchway who worked with us on the cell studies. Also thanks to @EU_H2020, @scienceirel & @ucdchemistry.
Study of guanine photo-oxidation by DNA binding Ru(II) polypyridyl complexes containing either a linear or a hooked intercalating ligand by time-resolved spectroscopy and cellular studies. @QuinnGroupUCD @mark_stitch_ @CLF_STFC pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…
Congratulations to the 7 Irish 🇮🇪 scientists who have just been awarded @ERC_Research starting grants 👏 🔹2 from @tcddublin 🔹2 from @ucddublin 🔹1 from @UCC 🔹1 from @uniofgalway 🔹1 from @RCSI_Irl Full details at: europa.eu/!BNbM6H
📣 The latest ERC Starting Grant competition results are out! 📣 494 bright minds awarded €780 million to fund research ideas at the frontiers of science. Find out who, where & why 👉 europa.eu/!hrxyBp 🇪🇺 #EUfunded #FrontierResearch #ERCStG @HorizonEU @EUScienceInnov
A technique originally developed at the CLF called Spatial Offset Raman Spectroscopy (SORS) has been used to detect fake honey without opening the jar 🍯🐝 This new project was funded by @STFC_Matters & led by @CranfieldUni 🔬 ➡️orlo.uk/OvAuJ
Love this photo! Current Irish women's hammer champion Nicola Tuthill, then just 15 years old, watches on as her dad Norman builds his daughter a throwing circle (and then cage) in a field at home in Kilbrittain. On Sunday, Nicola will make her Olympic debut. Remarkable story.
@PavelMatousek9 doing a great job of introducing #ActiveSERS during keynote at #ICORS2024 #Rome @CLF_STFC @UoE_Astro @UofE_Research @RealDrBGardner @Fly3Sara @WillSkinner_ @DrMeghaMehta19 @profpalombo
UK friends: All-Ireland hurling final on the BBC for the first time this Sunday - check it out!
Next Sunday the All-Ireland hurling final will be on the BBC for the first time. It’s Cork vs Clare, a cracker of match in front of 82,400 screaming fans at Croke Park, for the highlight of the Irish sporting year. If you’ve never seen Hurling, here is a quick explainer…
🧬 ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ Delighted and thankful to have been awarded the 2024 CBBG Lectureship! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ 🧬 @RSC_CBBG rsc.org/membership-and…
Delighted to see that Nichola Tuthill @ucdscience has qualified to represent Ireland in the ladies hammer event at the Olympics @Paris2024. What a fantastic achievement.👏🇮🇪
💙💛 ᴏʟʏᴍᴘɪᴄꜱ 2024: ʀᴇᴄᴏʀᴅ ɴᴜᴍʙᴇʀ ᴏꜰ ᴜᴄᴅ ꜱᴘᴏʀᴛꜱ ꜱᴛᴀʀꜱ ᴛᴏ ꜰʟʏ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰʟᴀɢ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛᴇᴀᴍ ɪʀᴇʟᴀɴᴅ ɪɴ ᴘᴀʀɪꜱ 🎓 Twenty-seven UCD sporting students and alumni athletes have been officially selected as part of Team Ireland to compete at the 2024…
Honorable Prof. Silvia Braslavsky at @photoIUPAC2024 with an inspiring talk supporting women in photobiology. Thanks Prof. Braslavsky
Impressive plenary talk at @photoIUPAC2024: Visualization of mechanical contact using fluorescent probes Thanks Prof. FRED BROUWER