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Brian O'Flynn, PhD

Brian O'Flynn, PhD

Scientific Writer

Brian O’Flynn, PhD, is a Scientific Writer in the Strategic Communications, Education and Outreach Department at St. Jude.

Stories by Brian O'Flynn

Investigator Insights

5 Questions for Richard Finkel, MD

Richard Finkel, MD and Brian O'Flynn, PhD

Learn how Richard Finkel, MD, is developing the Center for Experimental Neurotherapeutics to be the gold standard in pediatric neurological disease treatment development

Research

The “tall tail” behind ultrafast endocytosis

Brian O'Flynn, PhD

 Dive into the latest findings on synaptic vesicle dynamics

Clinical

Clinical trial disentangles immune issues and boosts anti-cancer effect of bone marrow transplantation

Brian O'Flynn, PhD

Phase II clinical trial results show promise in reducing graft-versus-host disease

Research

Understanding the clinical outcomes of a rare but distinct low-grade glioma

Brian O'Flynn, PhD

Putting patients first offers holistic view of disease

Investigator Insights

5 Questions for Peter McKinnon, PhD

Peter McKinnon, PhD and Brian O'Flynn, PhD

Explore how the Center for Pediatric Neurological Disease Research seeks to identify and understand the genes which drive neurological disease

Research

Math behind the medicine

Brian O'Flynn, PhD and Jessie Newman

Explore how mathematics influences all that we do at St. Jude

Investigator Insights

5 Questions for Kristin Stephenson, MHA, JD

Brian O'Flynn, PhD and Kristin Stephenson, MHA, JD

Learn how Kristin Stephenson, MHA, JD, has developed the Office of Strategy & Alliances as the hub of harmonization for the Pediatric Translational Neuroscience Initiative.

St. Jude On

Translating lab discoveries to clinical trials in the age of personalized medicine

Brian O'Flynn, PhD

See how research is translated to clinical impact in addressing the most challenging ALL cases

Research

The long and the short of the cell antenna

Brian O'Flynn, PhD

Explore the pathway linking Sonic Hedgehog signaling with cilium length

Research

Exploring biomolecular condensate networks’ internal structure

Brian O'Flynn, PhD

See how molecular dynamics revealed the inhomogeneous nature of biomolecular condensates