Damien King
Dr.
Contact Details
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T:Ext. 6277
E:damien.king@dcu.ie
Assistant Professor
X221
School of Biotechnology, Lonsdale Building
Dublin City University
D09 K20V
T:+353 1 700 5394
E:damien.king@dcu.ie
W:https://www.linkedin.com/in/damien-king-3a180440/
Dr. Damien King is an Assistant Professor in the School of Biotechnology since September 2022 focusing on modules in the field of Bioprocess Engineering.
He completed a BEng degree in Electronic Engineering (2001) and a PhD (2005) in the Electronic and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department at the University of Limerick (UL). His PhD thesis focused on the application of Artificial Neural Network pattern recognition techniques to developed optical fibre sensor systems deployed for environmental monitoring applications. Upon completion of his PhD he undertook a postdoctoral role in the optical fibre research centre in the ECE department (2006).
In 2006 he took up a role as postdoctoral researcher with the Stokes Institute in UL working on a Enterprise Ireland Commercialization Fund project developing optical fibre sensor systems for strain monitoring applications on buildings and structures. Upon completion of his postdoctoral role in 2008, he joined Stokes Bio Ltd. - a spin out company from UL. The company was acquired by Life Technologies in 2010 and he worked within the R&D group as a Senior Systems Engineer.
In 2012 he joined the Microfluidics Platforms Research Group in School of Physics, DCU and worked as a Research Fellow in the development of microfluidic systems for single cell analysis applications (cardiovascular disease, cancer assays, cell line development).
This work fed into the establishment of the Fraunhofer Project Centre for Embedded Bioanalytical Systems at DCU (FPC@DCU) in 2017 where he worked as group lead in the Cell Handling Applications Group within the centre.
Book Chapter
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Glynn, M;King, D;Ducree, J (2016) 'Systems Biology in Single Cells' In: ESSENTIALS OF SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS: CONCEPTS, APPLICATIONS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS. BERLIN : SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN. [DOI] | |
| 2014 | Damien King;Jens Ducree (2014) 'Optical Detection on Centrifugal Microfluidic Lab-on-a-disc Platforms' In: Encyclopedia of Microfluidics and Nanofluidics. UK : Springer Link. [Link] https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-642-27758-0_1785-1 |
Peer Reviewed Journal
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Henderson BD;Kinahan DJ;Rio J;Mishra R;King D;Torres-Delgado SM;Mager D;Korvink JG;Ducrée J; (2021) 'Siphon-Controlled Automation on a Lab-on-a-Disc Using Event-Triggered Dissolvable Film Valves'. Biosensors, 11 (3). [DOI] | |
| 2021 | Molony, C. and King, D. and Di Luca, M. and Kitching, M. and Olayinka, A. and Hakimjavadi, R. and Julius, L.A.N. and Fitzpatrick, E. and Gusti, Y. and Burtenshaw, D. and Healy, K. and Finlay, E.K. and Kernan, D. and Llobera, A. and Liu, W. and Morrow, D. and Redmond, E.M. and Ducrée, J. and Cahill, P.A. (2021) 'Disease-Relevant Single Cell Photonic Signatures Identify S100β Stem Cells and their Myogenic Progeny in Vascular Lesions'. . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2019 | King D.;Glynn M.;Cindric S.;Kernan D.;O’Connell T.;Hakimjavadi R.;Kearney S.;Ackermann T.;Berbel X.;Llobera A.;Simonsen U.;Laursen B.;Redmond E.;Cahill P.;Ducrée J. (2019) 'Label-Free Multi Parameter Optical Interrogation of Endothelial Activation in Single Cells using a Lab on a Disc Platform'. Scientific Reports, 9 (1). [DOI] | |
| 2019 | Costello A.;Lao N.;Gallagher C.;Capella Roca B.;Julius L.;Suda S.;Ducrée J.;King D.;Wagner R.;Barron N.;Clynes M. (2019) 'Leaky Expression of the TET-On System Hinders Control of Endogenous miRNA Abundance'. Biotechnology journal, 14 (3). [DOI] | |
| 2014 | Damien King;Mary O'Sullivan;Jens Ducree (2014) 'Optical Detection Strategies for Centrifugal Microfluidic Platforms'. Journal of Modern Optics, . https://doi.org/10.1080/09500340.2013.873496 | |
| 2014 | O'Connell TM, King D, Dixit C, O'Connor B, Walls D and Ducree J (2014) 'Sequential glycan profiling at single cell level with the microfluidic lab-in-a-trench platform: a new era in experimental cell biology'. Lab on a Chip, DOI: 10.1039/C4LC00618F . | |
| 2007 | Elfed Lewis;Cormac Sheridan;Marion O'Farrell;Damien King;Colin Flanagan;William B Lyons;Colin Fitzpatrick (2007) 'Principal Component Analysis and Artificial Neural Network Based Approach to Analysing Optical Fibre Sensors Signals'. Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical, . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2007.02.012 | |
| 2006 | Damien King;William B Lyons;Colin Flanagan;Elfed Lewis (2006) 'Utilisation of Pattern Recognition Techniques to Interpret Complex Data from a Multipoint Optical Fibre Ethanol Concentration Sensor System'. Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical, . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2006.10.035 | |
| 2004 | Damien King;William B Lyons;Colin Flanagan;Elfed Lewis (2004) 'Interpreting Complex Data From a Three-Sensor Multipoint Optical Fibre Ethanol Concentration Sensor System Using Artificial Neural Network Pattern Recognition'. MEASUREMENT SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, . [DOI] | |
| 2004 | Damien King;William B Lyons;Colin Flanagan;Elfed Lewis (2004) 'A Multipoint Optical Fibre Sensor System For Use In Process Water Systems Based on Artificial Neural Network Techniques'. Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical, . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2004.03.068 | |
| 2004 | Damien King;William B Lyons;Colin Flanagan;Elfed Lewis (2004) 'An Optical-Fiber Sensor for Use in Water Systems Utilizing Digital Signal Processing Techniques and Artificial Neural Network Pattern Recognition'. IEEE Sensors Journal, . [DOI] | |
| 2003 | Damien King;William B Lyons;Colin Flanagan;Elfed Lewis (2003) 'An Optical Fibre Ethanol Concentration Sensor Utilizing Fourier Transform Signal Processing Analysis and Artificial Neural Network Pattern Recognition'. Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics, . [DOI] |
Employment
Research Interests
Microfluidic Based Single Cell Analysis
Microfluidic Cell Enrichment Techniques
Process Analytical Technology for Upstream Processing in Biopharmaceutical Production and Bioprocessing
Cell Line Development
Organoids in Cancer
Extracellular Vesicles as diagnostics and therapeutics
Biophotonic devices