Omar Quidwai

Congratulations to Cian Hehir and the wider research team on winning the Plenary Award at the Sir Peter Freyer Surgical Symposium at the University of Galway on the 5th September. The award-winning presentation explored novel 3D scaffolds, their biocompatibility and preliminary effects on immune responses in the laboratory, with potential future applications in transplant immunology. Professor Róisín Dolan, who leads the SENTINEL study at St Vincent’s University Hospital and University...

The SENTINEL team shared three research posters at the Irish Society for Immunology conference at University College Dublin, 20th - 21st August, highlighting our work to understand the skin’s immune response and bring patients’ perspectives into transplant research. Learning how to preserve skin flaps Ponsa Netcharoensirisuk and colleagues investigated how cold storage affects skin cells. Their findings will help guide further research into how skin flaps can be preserved and transported...

The Sentinel team recently met with Alan MacFarlane, Service and Interaction Designer with the Mater Transformation Programme, to continue refining prototype Sentinel Skin Flap education models. These models are being developed to support patient education and consent by helping patients better visualise the proposed skin flap, its appearance, and how it may change over time. We are grateful to our Patient and Public Involvement group for their ongoing contributions, which continue to shape...