Ruth C. Massey

Ruth Catherine Massey is an Irish molecular biologist who is a professor at University College Cork. Her research considers pathogens. She was elected to the European Molecular Biology Organization in 2023.

Early life and education Massey studied natural sciences and microbiology at Trinity College Dublin. Her doctoral research considered salmonella tryphimurium. She was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Bath. She spent some time as a postdoc at the University of Oxford, where she became interested in Gram positive bacterial pathogen. At the same time, her work identified that functional genomics could be used to predict patient outcomes to infection. Massey's approaches have produced valuable data that is now used in laboratories worldwide.

In 2023, Massey was elected to the European Molecular Biology Organization.

Selected publications