Matchmaking Webinar: MSCA PF at SETU, Ireland

EURAXESS ASEAN invited interested researchers to join an MSCA PF matchmaking webinar on 19 June 2024, hosted by the South East Technological University (SETU) in Ireland.

Dr Geraldine Canny, Head of Research at South East Technological University and former MSCA NCP, gave an overview of postdoctoral opportunities at her institution and provided information about available support and training on how to find a supervisor. SETU is a HRS4R awardee with a long and successful track record in conducting innovative and societally relevant research. In addition to the MSCA postdoctoral fellowship schemes, webinar participants also learnt about SETU TU RISE postdoctoral fellowship.

The recording of the webinar is available here: https://youtu.be/ZnY4yP8EVi0

Presentation slides of Dr Canny can be downloaded on this webpage.

About the Speaker:

Dr Geraldine Canny is Head of Research at South East Technological University, Ireland. She  holds a B.Sc. in Biotechnology from National University of Ireland Galway and a Ph.D. in Immunology from University College Dublin. Her doctoral work focussed on the role of pro- and anti-inflammatory molecules in the intestine. She then carried out a CCFA-funded postdoctoral fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston where her work addressed the molecular regulation of epithelial antimicrobial proteins and their function in mucosal immunity. 

Subsequently, as Senior Lecturer at Lausanne University Hospital and the University of Lausanne, she established and ran a translational research programme on endometrial biology and endometriosis. This work, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation and other funding agencies, involved a three-pronged approach using molecular biology and cell culture, clinical samples and a mouse model of endometriosis and resulted in the discovery of novel biomarkers and several publications. 

Geraldine was then employed at a foundation and at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) where she managed several national and international fellowship programmes as well as European funding programmes. On a voluntary basis, she also established the regional platform for a public-private partnership devoted to patient education and facilitated an endometriosis patient education group.

Between 2018 and 2021 Dr. Canny held the position of Marie Sklodowska-Curie actions (MSCA) National Delegate and National Contact Point. During her tenure as Head of the Irish MSCA office funding awarded to irish HEIs, companies and non-academic organisations exceeded 95 million euros. She led a project under the Net4Mobility+ CSA and as National delegate, contributed to the policy underpinning MSCA in Horizon Europe.