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Dr. Kylie O'Brien Kylie O’Brien received her Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Biochemistry from the University of British Columbia, Canada. She received her Doctorate degree in Chemistry from the University of Minnesota, where she developed analytical instrumentation for high-speed measurements of neurochemical dynamics in the central nervous system. The focus of her research was examining uptake and release of the putative neuromodulator D-serine in retinal and cortical tissues. As a postdoctoral researcher, Kylie developed an implantable biosensor for measuring hydrogen peroxide levels in the brain at University College Dublin, Ireland and the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. Advancing analytical chemistry techniques to answer biological questions has been a central theme of her research. Her areas of expertise include separation science (capillary electrophoresis, HPLC), analytical instrumentation development, biosensors, cell culture and CNS tissue preparation, pharmacology and neuroscience. Kylie currently works supporting new method transfers in the pharmaceutical industry for a multinational company in Ireland. |