James Curtin
Head of School
Food Science and Environmental Health
Dublin Institute of Technology
Ireland
Biography
James Curtin completed his PhD in 2003 in laboratory of Prof Tom Cotter, University College Cork. He then moved to Los Angeles, to work with Prof Maria Castro and Prof Pedro Lowenstein in the Gene Therapeutics Research Institute in Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre and University of California, Los Angeles for five years. A Faculty member in Dublin Institute of Technology since 2008, he is currently appointed as the Head of the School of Food Science & Environmental Health in DIT.
Research Interest
Preclinical development and testing of a novel gene therapy for the treatment of advanced brain cancer.
Publications
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D Boehm, J Curtin, PJ Cullen, and P Bourke. Hydrogen peroxide and beyond - the potential of high voltage plasma-activated liquids against cancerous cells Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry, special issue. 2017
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Sojinrin, Tobiloba; Conde, Joao; Liu, Kangze; Curtin, James; Byrne, Hugh; Cui, Daxiang; Tian, Furong. Plasmonic gold nanoparticles for clinical screening of human cutaneous fungal infections Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 2017
