A Galway professor has received a prestigious award from the Royal Academy of Medicine for his contribution to research.

Prof Oliver Dolly.

Prof Oliver Dolly is Director of DCU's International Centre for Neurotherapeutics (ICNT) and leads a team of over ten scientists at the unit.

Molecular neurobiologist Prof Dolly, who is originally from Co Galway, specialises in the treatment of nerve communication, using the drug Botox to develop new therapies to help treat neuromuscular conditions, such as Multiple Sclerosis and bladder complaints, amongst many other conditions.

Receiving the award at Dundalk Institute of Technology, Prof Dolly said he was delighted to have received the honour.

"It is an honour that the Royal Academy has selected me for this prize in recognition of the research developments I have made over the past year."

After obtaining a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Biochemistry at University College Galway, Prof Dolly moved to the UK for Ph.D. training. The subsequent award of a fellowship from the Muscular Dystrophy Association of America led to three years post-doctoral work in the University of Buffalo, before being appointed to a faculty position at the University of Maryland, Baltimore.

Prof Dolly spent 27 years at Imperial College London, before returning home to establish the ICNT at DCU four years ago.

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