Daniel received his B.A. (Mod) and PhD in Immunology from Trinity College Dublin, studying molecular mediators of inflammatory bowel disease and bacterial infection. Upon completion of this work, he moved to the University of Oxford to carry out postdoctoral research in host-microbe interactions and macrophage function at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology where he held the Bryan Warren Junior Research Fellowship at Linacre College Oxford. He then returned to Ireland to take up an AbbVie Newman Fellowship in the Charles Institute of Dermatology. Here he investigated the molecular mechanisms underlying inflammatory skin disease. During this time, he became a Fulbright Scholar and worked at Harvard University employing novel single cell methodologies in his dermatological research. In 2022, he returned to the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute upon his faculty appointment as Assistant Professor in the Discipline of Anatomy, School of Medicine, TCD.

Jay holds a master's degree in Medical Biotechnology as well as a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry. I have expertise in various research areas, including Dermatology, Cancer Biology, Molecular and Cellular Biology, and Oxidative Stress. My PhD project is titled 'Modeling Hair Follicle Breakdown in The Inflammatory Skin Disease Hidradenitis Suppurativa.' The purpose of my research is to explore the underlying cause of the debilitating skin condition known as hidradenitis suppurativa (HS).

Erin earned a BSc in Microbiology and an MSc in Experimental Medicine from Queen’s University Belfast. She then pursued a PhD in Virology and Immunology in Prof. Ultan Power’s lab, where she is currently finalising her thesis. Her research has focused on the role of inflammasomes in RSV and SARS-CoV-2 immunopathogenesis, utilizing a primary airway epithelial cell culture model that closely mimics the physiological and morphological properties of the in-vivo respiratory epithelium.

With expertise in inflammasome biology at barrier surfaces, particularly in the lung, Erin joins the Johnston Lab as a Research Assistant/Postdoctoral Researcher. Her work will explore the functional consequences of hidradenitis suppurativa inflammasome protein mutations in keratinocytes, contributing to a deeper understanding of inflammatory skin diseases.