Seamus Martin#
| Membership Number: | 6524 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Affiliated section(s): | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2023 |
| Main Country of Residence: | IRELAND |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.tcd.ie/Genetics/research/martins/index.html |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-8539-3143 |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/seamusjmartin/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1999 - present Smurfit Professor of Genetics. The Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
- 1996 - 1999 Lecturer and Wellcome Trust Senior Fellow, Dept. of Biology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland
- 1995 - 1996 Research Associate, Division of Cellular Immunology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, University of California, San Diego, USA
- 1993 - 1995 Wellcome Trust International Prize Fellow (Douglas R. Green Laboratory). Division of Cellular Immunology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, University of California, San Diego, USA
- 1990 - 1993 Post-doctoral Fellow in Cellular Immunology. Dept. of Immunology (Ivan M. Roitt laboratory), University College London, UK
Fields of Scholarship
- Cell senescence
- IL-1 family
- Autophagy
- Cell stress
- Inflammation
- Apoptosis
- ER stress
- Cell death
- Immunology
- Necrosis
- Cytokines
Honours and Awards
- 2021 ERC Advanced Grant
- 2019 Irish Research Council Advanced Laureate Award
- 2017-2018 President, The European Cell Death Organization (ECDO)
- 2017 Honorary Doctorate (DSc) Saint Petersburg Technology Institute, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
- 2016 The ICDS Prize, The International Cell Death Society (New York)
- 2014 The RDS-Irish Times Boyle Medal (Ireland’s premier science prize)
- 2014 - present Editor-in-Chief and Chairman, The FEBS Journal, Cambridge, UK
- 2009 Elected to European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
- 2006 Elected to The Royal Irish Academy (MRIA)
- 2006 The GlaxoSmithkline Award (Biochemical Society UK)
- 2005 The British Association Charles Darwin Award
- 2002 Elected Fellow of Trinity College Dublin
- 1996 - 2001 Welcome Trust Senior Fellow Award in Biomedical Science
- 1994- 1996 Wellcome Trust International Prize Fellowship Award
- 1994 Human Frontier Science Program Organization Long-term Fellowship Award
- 1987 Institute of Biology of Ireland Gold Medal
