UCD Graduate; Associate Director of Molecular Medicine, RCSI; Gastroenterology and Bile Acid Enthusiast

Dublin City, Ireland
Joined November 2016
Great to be back at the Falk International Bile Acid meeting in Vienna. Superb presentation this afternoon from Mark Sundrud describing the role of bile acids in regulating mucosal immunity in the gut.
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Delighted our latest manuscript “The secondary bile acid,lithocholic acid,inhibits CFTR expression and activity in colonic epithelial cells” is published in @ajpgi this week @RCSIPharmBioMol @Researchirel @mairi_mcclean @UoDHealthSci
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Excited to be on my to see the Taylor and Frey CD release gig for Pale Blue at Whelans tonight. Sold out show! You can stream the CD at the links below, if you want to have a listen music.apple.com/us/album/pal… open.spotify.com/album/0fl59… music.youtube.com/channel/UC…
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And so another IUPS meeting comes to a close. Great few days in Frankfurt catching up with friends and colleagues.
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From human to superhuman: the impact of the microbiome on physiology Stephen Keely, @dweinkove, @DrKimEBarrett, and coauthors. physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.c…
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Delighted to have our latest work on therapeutic targeting of the nuclear Bile Acid receptor, FXR, published in @ajpgi . Thanks so much to our collaborators @NiTriona @InterceptPharma @ladorini and funders @Researchirel for their help. @RCSIPharmBioMol
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And some golden nuggets of advice gathered for the Trainee physiologists out there…..
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And so another APS Summit comes to a close. Final coffee with the great @DrKimEBarrett and Cormac Taylor It’s been brilliant to catch up with so many friends and colleagues. Until next time……. @APSPhysiology #aps2025
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Rhonda Souza giving a fabulous Fordtran Lecture at the ⁦@APSPhysiology⁩ GI Banquet at #aps2025.
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Just been treated to an amazing and inspiring talk by this years Horace W Davenport Distinguished Lectureship awardee, Prof Gail Hecht. @ajpgi #aps2025 @Researchirel @RCSIPharmBioMol
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Great to be back at the APS summit in Baltimore USA. Off to a great start with the annual Epithelial Transport Group Trainee symposium #aps2025 @APSETG @RCSIPharmBioMol @Researchirel
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The Hans Ussing Award lecturer for the Epithelial Transport Group this year is Prof Alan Verkman UCSF. Fantastic talk about his life’s work on developing small molecule modulators for CFTR. @APSPhysiology @APSETG @RCSIPharmBioMol @Researchirel
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🇮🇪🏆 Welcome home Oskar! ❤️🖤 Bohemians academy player Oskar Skoubo Keely at Dublin Airport today after arriving home from Poland where he was part of the Ireland squad that qualifed for the FIFA U17 World Cup for the first time. The World Cup will take place in Qatar in November.
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Stephen Keely retweeted
Replying to @bfcdublin
Like a young Rory Kirk 🧐😅
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Another super day at the BIW with Sean Colgan speaking this afternoon about how butyrate plays such an important role in maintaining the intestinal barrier. Eat your fibre!!
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Fascinating talk this afternoon by Philip Karpowicz at the Banff Inflammation workshop linking disrupted circadian rhythms with IBD pathogenesis. @RCSIPharmBioMol @curtisclocklab
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Great to be in Banff for the Banff Inflammation Workshop. Program being kicked off this evening with a fascinating talk by Theresa Pizzaro on her work on Gasdermin in IBD
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Huge congrats to Dr @Curley_Fries_ on submitting her finalised hard bound thesis to @RCSI_postgrad today. Well done Caitriona and looking forward to your graduation in November 🎉
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