Marc O’Sullivan is a NCRC funded PhD student working with the Neonatal Brain Research Group in Cork University Maternity Hospital. He graduated with a BSc (Hons) degree in Neuroscience from University College Cork (2014). Marc has previously worked on core temperature variability in Hypoxic-Ischemic neonates with seizure burden, and is now focused on “Biomarkers for neonatal growth and brain development”. His phD has a specific focus on the microRNA profile of cord blood from the asphyxiated neonate, he is also looking at early rapid weight gain in newborns more susceptible to later life obesity.