Eileen Furlong

{{Short description|Irish molecular biologist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Eileen Furlong | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FRS|MAE|MRIA|size=100}} | image = | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = Furlong in 2017 | birth_name = Eileen E.M. Furlong | birth_date =  | birth_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates =  | other_names = | siglum = | pronounce = | citizenship = | fields = [[Enhancer (genetics)|Enhancers]] [[Chromatin|Chromatin topology]] [[Embryonic development]] [[Single cell genomics]] [[Transcription factors]]<ref name=gs>{{Google scholar id}}</ref> | workplaces = [[European Molecular Biology Laboratory]] [[Stanford University]] | patrons = | education = | alma_mater = [[University College Dublin]] (BSc, PhD) | thesis_title = Tissue-specific regulation of gene expression by the transcription factors Ying-Yang 1 and nuclear factor 1 | thesis_url = https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/605563938 | thesis_year = 1996 | doctoral_advisor = Finian Martin<ref name=phd/> | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = | awards = [[Member of the Academia Europaea]] (2016) [[EMBO Membership]] (2013) | spouse =  | partner =  | children = | signature =  | signature_alt = | website = {{URL|http://furlonglab.embl.de}} }} '''Eileen E. M. Furlong''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FRS|MAE}} is an Irish molecular biologist working in the fields of [[Transcription (biology)|transcription]], [[Chromatin|chromatin biology]], [[developmental biology]] and [[genomics]].<ref name=epmc>{{EuropePMC}}</ref> She is known for her work in understanding how the [[genome]] is regulated, in particular to how developmental [[enhancers]] function, how they interact within [[Topologically associating domain|three dimensional chromatin topologies]] and how they drive [[Cell fate determination|cell fate decisions]] during [[embryogenesis]].<ref name=gs/><ref>{{cite web |title=Deciphering the regulatory code |url=https://www.embl.org/news/science/deciphering-the-regulatory-code/ |website=EMBL |date=4 November 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Niemitz |first1=Emily |title=Synthetic modeling of developmental enhancers |journal=Nature Genetics |date=2014 |volume=46 |issue=2 |pages=99 |doi=10.1038/ng.2888 |s2cid=38520086 |language=en |issn=1546-1718|doi-access=free }}</ref> She is Head of the Department of Genome Biology at the [[European Molecular Biology Laboratory]] (EMBL). Furlong was elected a member of the [[European Molecular Biology Organization]] (EMBO) in 2013,<ref name=membo>{{cite web |title=Find people in the EMBO Communities |url=https://people.embo.org/profile/eileen-furlong |website=people.embo.org}}</ref> the [[Academia Europaea]] in 2016<ref name=mae>{{cite web |title=Academy of Europe: Furlong Eileen |url=https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Furlong_Eileen |website=ae-info.org}}</ref> and to EMBO’s research council in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Council |url=https://www.embo.org/about-embo/council.html |website=EMBO |date=22 March 2021 |language=en-gb}}</ref>

== Education ==

Eileen Furlong obtained a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree at [[University College Dublin]], and a [[PhD]] at the Conway institute at UCD, studying transcriptional regulation of immediate early response genes in the lab of Finian Martin.<ref name=phd>{{cite thesis|degree=PhD|oclc=605563938|title=Tissue-specific regulation of gene expression by the transcription factors Ying-Yang 1 and nuclear factor 1|year=1996|id={{ProQuest|301522152}}|first=Eileen E. M.|last=Furlong}}</ref>

==Career and research == After her PhD, Furlong was a [[postdoctoral researcher]] at [[Stanford University]], in [[Matthew P. Scott]]'s lab,<ref name=scott>{{cite journal|last1=Furlong|first1=Eileen E.M.|last2=Profitt|first2=David|last3=Scott|first3=Matthew P.|title=Automated sorting of live transgenic embryos|journal=Nature Biotechnology|volume=19|issue=2|year=2001|pages=153–156|issn=1087-0156|doi=10.1038/84422|pmid=11175730|s2cid=14228050}}</ref> developing genomics tools to functionally dissect developmental programmes during embryogenesis. Furlong started her independent lab at EMBL in 2002,<ref>{{cite web |title=Furlong Group - Genome regulation and topology during embryonic development - EMBL |url=https://www.embl.de/research/units/genome_biology/furlong/index.html |website=embl.de}}</ref> and was appointed head of department <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.embl.de/research/units/genome_biology/|title = Genome Biology}}</ref> in 2009. Her research integrates [[genomics]], [[genetics]] and [[computational biology]] approaches to functionally dissect the role of non-coding [[cis-regulatory elements]] in the [[regulation of gene expression]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Furlong |first1=EEM |last2=Levine |first2=M |title=Developmental enhancers and chromosome topology. |journal=Science |date=28 September 2018 |volume=361 |issue=6409 |pages=1341–1345 |doi=10.1126/science.aau0320 |pmid=30262496|pmc=6986801 |bibcode=2018Sci...361.1341F }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Spitz |first1=F |last2=Furlong |first2=EE |title=Transcription factors: from enhancer binding to developmental control. |journal=Nature Reviews. Genetics |date=September 2012 |volume=13 |issue=9 |pages=613–26 |doi=10.1038/nrg3207 |pmid=22868264|s2cid=205485256 }}</ref> In particular, using [[mesoderm]] specification into different muscle primordia as a model system. Her group’s research has uncovered a number of properties of [[Enhancer (genetics)|enhancers]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Zinzen |first1=RP |last2=Girardot |first2=C |last3=Gagneur |first3=J |last4=Braun |first4=M |last5=Furlong |first5=EE |title=Combinatorial binding predicts spatio-temporal cis-regulatory activity. |journal=Nature |date=5 November 2009 |volume=462 |issue=7269 |pages=65–70 |doi=10.1038/nature08531 |pmid=19890324|bibcode=2009Natur.462...65Z |s2cid=4320071 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=He |first1=Xin |last2=Sinha |first2=Saurabh |title=ChIPs and regulatory bits |journal=Nature Biotechnology |date=February 2010 |volume=28 |issue=2 |pages=142–143 |doi=10.1038/nbt0210-142 |pmid=20139950 |s2cid=30471127 |language=en |issn=1546-1696}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Stark |first1=Alexander |title=Learning the transcriptional regulatory code |journal=Molecular Systems Biology |date=1 January 2009 |volume=5 |issue=1 |article-number=329 |doi=10.1038/msb.2009.88 |pmid=19920814 |pmc=2795480 |issn=1744-4292}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rister |first1=Jens |last2=Desplan |first2=Claude |title=Deciphering the genome's regulatory code: The many languages of DNA |journal=BioEssays |date=2010 |volume=32 |issue=5 |pages=381–384 |doi=10.1002/bies.200900197 |pmid=20394065 |pmc=3024831 |language=en |issn=1521-1878}}</ref> and enhancer-[[Promoter (genetics)|promoter]] communication, including pre-formed enhancer-promoter ‘[[Nuclear organization#DNA looping|loops]]’<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ghavi-Helm |first1=Y |last2=Klein |first2=FA |last3=Pakozdi |first3=T |last4=Ciglar |first4=L |last5=Noordermeer |first5=D |last6=Huber |first6=W |last7=Furlong |first7=EE |title=Enhancer loops appear stable during development and are associated with paused polymerase. |journal=Nature |date=7 August 2014 |volume=512 |issue=7512 |pages=96–100 |doi=10.1038/nature13417 |pmid=25043061|bibcode=2014Natur.512...96G |s2cid=4464054 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Unexpected stability and complexity in transcriptional enhancers' interactions |website=phys.org |url=https://phys.org/news/2014-07-unexpected-stability-complexity-transcriptional-interactions.html |language=en}}</ref> and the ability of many enhancer’s to function even when larger [[Topologically associating domain|chromatin topologies]] are perturbed,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ghavi-Helm |first1=Y |last2=Jankowski |first2=A |last3=Meiers |first3=S |last4=Viales |first4=RR |last5=Korbel |first5=JO |last6=Furlong |first6=EEM |title=Highly rearranged chromosomes reveal uncoupling between genome topology and gene expression. |journal=Nature Genetics |date=August 2019 |volume=51 |issue=8 |pages=1272–1282 |doi=10.1038/s41588-019-0462-3 |pmid=31308546|pmc=7116017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Finn |first1=Elizabeth H. |last2=Misteli |first2=Tom |title=A genome disconnect |journal=Nature Genetics |date=August 2019 |volume=51 |issue=8 |pages=1205–1206 |doi=10.1038/s41588-019-0476-x |pmid=31332379 |pmc=7418859 |language=en |issn=1546-1718}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Koch |first1=Linda |title=Toppling TAD tenets |journal=Nature Reviews Genetics |date=October 2019 |volume=20 |issue=10 |pages=565 |doi=10.1038/s41576-019-0164-9 |pmid=31367009 |s2cid=199056689 |language=en |issn=1471-0064|doi-access=free }}</ref> in addition to mechanisms that allow enhancers to withstand the effects of [[genetic variation]], including collective [[transcription factor]] recruitment,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Junion |first1=G |last2=Spivakov |first2=M |last3=Girardot |first3=C |last4=Braun |first4=M |last5=Gustafson |first5=EH |last6=Birney |first6=E |last7=Furlong |first7=EE |title=A transcription factor collective defines cardiac cell fate and reflects lineage history. |journal=Cell |date=3 February 2012 |volume=148 |issue=3 |pages=473–86 |doi=10.1016/j.cell.2012.01.030 |pmid=22304916|s2cid=7990140 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Khoueiry |first1=P |last2=Girardot |first2=C |last3=Ciglar |first3=L |last4=Peng |first4=PC |last5=Gustafson |first5=EH |last6=Sinha |first6=S |last7=Furlong |first7=EE |title=Uncoupling evolutionary changes in DNA sequence, transcription factor occupancy and enhancer activity. |journal=eLife |date=9 August 2017 |volume=6 |article-number=e28440 |doi=10.7554/eLife.28440 |pmid=28792889|pmc=5550276 |doi-access=free }}</ref> genetic [[epistasis]] within enhancers<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Cannavò |first1=E |last2=Koelling |first2=N |last3=Harnett |first3=D |last4=Garfield |first4=D |last5=Casale |first5=FP |last6=Ciglar |first6=L |last7=Gustafson |first7=HE |last8=Viales |first8=RR |last9=Marco-Ferreres |first9=R |last10=Degner |first10=JF |last11=Zhao |first11=B |last12=Stegle |first12=O |last13=Birney |first13=E |last14=Furlong |first14=EE |title=Genetic variants regulating expression levels and isoform diversity during embryogenesis. |journal=Nature |date=19 January 2017 |volume=541 |issue=7637 |pages=402–406 |doi=10.1038/nature20802 |pmid=28024300|bibcode=2017Natur.541..402C |s2cid=205252947 }}</ref> and promoters,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Schor |first1=IE |last2=Degner |first2=JF |last3=Harnett |first3=D |last4=Cannavò |first4=E |last5=Casale |first5=FP |last6=Shim |first6=H |last7=Garfield |first7=DA |last8=Birney |first8=E |last9=Stephens |first9=M |last10=Stegle |first10=O |last11=Furlong |first11=EE |title=Promoter shape varies across populations and affects promoter evolution and expression noise. |journal=Nature Genetics |date=April 2017 |volume=49 |issue=4 |pages=550–558 |doi=10.1038/ng.3791 |pmid=28191888|s2cid=3331476 |hdl=11336/65679 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> and extensive redundancy,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Cannavò |first1=E |last2=Khoueiry |first2=P |last3=Garfield |first3=DA |last4=Geeleher |first4=P |last5=Zichner |first5=T |last6=Gustafson |first6=EH |last7=Ciglar |first7=L |last8=Korbel |first8=JO |last9=Furlong |first9=EE |title=Shadow Enhancers Are Pervasive Features of Developmental Regulatory Networks. |journal=Current Biology |date=11 January 2016 |volume=26 |issue=1 |pages=38–51 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2015.11.034 |pmid=26687625|pmc=4712172 |bibcode=2016CBio...26...38C }}</ref> which together contribute to [[Canalisation (genetics)|canalization]] in developmental patterning.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

Furlong’s work was credited in the development and application of genomic approaches to understand embryonic development,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=McGuire |first1=AL |last2=Gabriel |first2=S |last3=Tishkoff |first3=SA |last4=Wonkam |first4=A |last5=Chakravarti |first5=A |last6=Furlong |first6=EEM |last7=Treutlein |first7=B |last8=Meissner |first8=A |last9=Chang |first9=HY |last10=López-Bigas |first10=N |last11=Segal |first11=E |last12=Kim |first12=JS |title=The road ahead in genetics and genomics. |journal=Nature Reviews. Genetics |date=October 2020 |volume=21 |issue=10 |pages=581–596 |doi=10.1038/s41576-020-0272-6 |pmid=32839576|pmc=7444682 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Flintoft |first1=Louisa |title=Predictions across space and time |journal=Nature Reviews Genetics |date=February 2013 |volume=14 |issue=2 |pages=78–79 |doi=10.1038/nrg3411 |pmid=23269464 |s2cid=41780530 |language=en |issn=1471-0064}}</ref> including the development of ''[[Drosophila]]'' [[microarrays]],<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Arbeitman |first1=MN |last2=Furlong |first2=EE |last3=Imam |first3=F |last4=Johnson |first4=E |last5=Null |first5=BH |last6=Baker |first6=BS |last7=Krasnow |first7=MA |last8=Scott |first8=MP |last9=Davis |first9=RW |last10=White |first10=KP |title=Gene expression during the life cycle of Drosophila melanogaster |journal=Science |date= 2002 |volume=297 |issue=5590 |pages=2270–5 |doi=10.1126/science.1072152 |pmid=12351791|bibcode=2002Sci...297.2270A |s2cid=15639586 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Science |first1=American Association for the Advancement of |title=This Week in Science: Editor summaries of this week's papers. |journal=Science |date=27 September 2002 |volume=297 |issue=5590 |pages=2165 |doi=10.1126/science.2002.297.5590.twis |s2cid=239597164 |url=https://science.sciencemag.org/content/297/5590/twis |language=en |issn=0036-8075|url-access=subscription }}</ref> an automatic [[transgenic]] embryo sorter,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Furlong |first1=EE |last2=Profitt |first2=D |last3=Scott |first3=MP |title=Automated sorting of live transgenic embryos. |journal=Nature Biotechnology |date=February 2001 |volume=19 |issue=2 |pages=153–6 |doi=10.1038/84422 |pmid=11175730|s2cid=14228050 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Biological particle sorter |url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US6482652B2/en |website=Google Patents |language=en |date=21 March 2001}}</ref> [[Chromatin immunoprecipitation]] (ChIP) in embryos,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Sandmann |first1=T |last2=Jensen |first2=LJ |last3=Jakobsen |first3=JS |last4=Karzynski |first4=MM |last5=Eichenlaub |first5=MP |last6=Bork |first6=P |last7=Furlong |first7=EE |title=A temporal map of transcription factor activity: mef2 directly regulates target genes at all stages of muscle development. |journal=Developmental Cell |date=June 2006 |volume=10 |issue=6 |pages=797–807 |doi=10.1016/j.devcel.2006.04.009 |pmid=16740481|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Sandmann |first1=T |last2=Girardot |first2=C |last3=Brehme |first3=M |last4=Tongprasit |first4=W |last5=Stolc |first5=V |last6=Furlong |first6=EE |title=A core transcriptional network for early mesoderm development in Drosophila melanogaster. |journal=Genes & Development |date=15 February 2007 |volume=21 |issue=4 |pages=436–49 |doi=10.1101/gad.1509007 |pmid=17322403|pmc=1804332 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Skipper |first1=Magdalena |title=Chipping away at developmental networks |journal=Nature Reviews Genetics |date=April 2007 |volume=8 |issue=4 |pages=249 |doi=10.1038/nrg2077 |s2cid=38908110 |language=en |issn=1471-0064|doi-access=free }}</ref> tissue specific<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bonn |first1=S |last2=Zinzen |first2=RP |last3=Girardot |first3=C |last4=Gustafson |first4=EH |last5=Perez-Gonzalez |first5=A |last6=Delhomme |first6=N |last7=Ghavi-Helm |first7=Y |last8=Wilczyński |first8=B |last9=Riddell |first9=A |last10=Furlong |first10=EE |title=Tissue-specific analysis of chromatin state identifies temporal signatures of enhancer activity during embryonic development. |journal=Nature Genetics |date=8 January 2012 |volume=44 |issue=2 |pages=148–56 |doi=10.1038/ng.1064 |pmid=22231485|s2cid=143727 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bonn |first1=S |last2=Zinzen |first2=RP |last3=Perez-Gonzalez |first3=A |last4=Riddell |first4=A |last5=Gavin |first5=AC |last6=Furlong |first6=EE |title=Cell type-specific chromatin immunoprecipitation from multicellular complex samples using BiTS-ChIP. |journal=Nature Protocols |date=26 April 2012 |volume=7 |issue=5 |pages=978–94 |doi=10.1038/nprot.2012.049 |pmid=22538849|s2cid=20098167 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Reddington |first1=JP |last2=Garfield |first2=DA |last3=Sigalova |first3=OM |last4=Karabacak Calviello |first4=A |last5=Marco-Ferreres |first5=R |last6=Girardot |first6=C |last7=Viales |first7=RR |last8=Degner |first8=JF |last9=Ohler |first9=U |last10=Furlong |first10=EEM |title=Lineage-Resolved Enhancer and Promoter Usage during a Time Course of Embryogenesis. |journal=Developmental Cell |date=7 December 2020 |volume=55 |issue=5 |pages=648–664.e9 |doi=10.1016/j.devcel.2020.10.009 |pmid=33171098|s2cid=226302320 |doi-access=free }}</ref> and single cell approaches<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Cusanovich |first1=DA |last2=Reddington |first2=JP |last3=Garfield |first3=DA |last4=Daza |first4=RM |last5=Aghamirzaie |first5=D |last6=Marco-Ferreres |first6=R |last7=Pliner |first7=HA |last8=Christiansen |first8=L |last9=Qiu |first9=X |last10=Steemers |first10=FJ |last11=Trapnell |first11=C |last12=Shendure |first12=J |last13=Furlong |first13=EEM |title=The cis-regulatory dynamics of embryonic development at single-cell resolution. |journal=Nature |date= 2018 |volume=555 |issue=7697 |pages=538–542 |doi=10.1038/nature25981 |pmid=29539636|pmc=5866720 |bibcode=2018Natur.555..538C }}</ref> - which combined with genetic manipulations provided insight into developmental programmes during embryogenesis at a genome-wide scale.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Furlong |first1=EE |last2=Andersen |first2=EC |last3=Null |first3=B |last4=White |first4=KP |last5=Scott |first5=MP |title=Patterns of gene expression during Drosophila mesoderm development. |journal=Science |date=31 August 2001 |volume=293 |issue=5535 |pages=1629–33 |doi=10.1126/science.1062660 |pmid=11486054|bibcode=2001Sci...293.1629F |s2cid=13826608 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Science |first1=American Association for the Advancement of |title=This Week in Science: Research in Science journals. |journal=Science |date=31 August 2001 |volume=293 |issue=5535 |pages=1553 |doi=10.1126/science.2001.293.5535.twis |url=https://science.sciencemag.org/content/293/5535/twis |language=en |issn=0036-8075|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

Furlong serves on the [[editorial board]]s of the scientific journals ''[[Developmental Cell]]'',<ref>{{cite web |title=Editorial Board: Developmental Cell |url=https://www.cell.com/developmental-cell/editorial-board |website=cell.com}}</ref> ''[[Development (journal)|Development]]'',<ref>{{cite web |title=Editors and Board {{!}} Development |url=https://dev.biologists.org/content/edboard |website=dev.biologists.org}}</ref> ''[[Molecular Systems Biology]]'',<ref>{{cite web |title=Editors & Board {{!}} Molecular Systems Biology |url=https://www.embopress.org/page/journal/17444292/editors |website=embopress.org |language=en}}</ref> ''[[Current Opinion (Elsevier)|Current Opinion in Genetics Development]]'',<ref>{{cite web |title=Current Opinion in Genetics & Development Editorial Board |url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/current-opinion-in-genetics-and-development/editorial-board}}</ref> ''[[Current Opinion (Elsevier)|Current Opinion in Cell Biology]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/current-opinion-in-cell-biology|title = Current Opinion in Cell Biology - Journal - Elsevier}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Current Opinion in Cell Biology Editorial Board |url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/current-opinion-in-cell-biology/editorial-board}}</ref> a [[European Research Council]] (ERC) panel member<ref>{{cite web |title=ERC Investigators - EMBL |url=https://www.embl.de/research/faculty/erc-investigators/ |website=embl.de}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Futures: Genome regulation - ERC grantee Eileen Furlong |url=https://www.embl.org/news/science/futures-understanding-gene-regulation/ |website=EMBL |date=13 March 2017}}</ref> and an organiser of the international Conferences ''From Functional Genomics to Systems Biology'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.embl.de/training/events/2018/OMX18-01/speakers_organisers_gallery/index.html|title = EMBL Conference - from Functional Genomics to Systems Biology -}}</ref> ''EMBL Transcription and Chromatin''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.embl.de/training/events/2020/TRM20-01/speakers_organisers_gallery/index.html|title = 14th EMBL Conference - Transcription and Chromatin - Virtual - Speakers}}</ref> meeting, and a [[keynote speaker]] at national and international conferences including [[Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology]] (ISMB).<ref>{{cite web |title=Evolutionary Systems Biology |url=https://coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/event/evolutionary-systems-biology-2020/ |website=Wellcome Connecting Science Courses and Conferences}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=CSH Asia 2020 Conference Systems Biology of Gene Regulation and Genome Editing |url=http://cshl.csh-asia.org/2020meetings/system.html |website=cshl.csh-asia.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Flyer Online Symposium Minerva-Gentner Symposium 2020 |url=https://en-med.tau.ac.il/sites/med_en.tau.ac.il/files/media_server/medicine/Single%20Cell%20Symposium%20May%2031-June%201%20PDF%20Flyer.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Speaker - Cell Symposia: Transcriptional Regulation |url=http://www.cell-symposia.com/transcriptional-regulation/bio-furlong.asp |website=cell-symposia.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Eileen Furlong |url=https://www.iscb.org/ismbeccb2015-program/2401-ismbeecb2015-eileen-furlong |website=iscb.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=EMBL professor Eileen Furlong: keynote on Genome Regulation |url=https://ubc.uu.nl/annual-ubc-symposium/ |website=UBC |date=4 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Pathology |first1=Research Institute of Molecular |title=Eileen Furlong to give Max Birnstiel Lecture |url=https://www.imp.ac.at/news/article/eileen-furlong-to-give-max-birnstiel-lecture/ |website=The Research Institute of Molecular Pathology |language=en}}</ref>{{Excessive citations inline|date=August 2021}}

===Awards and honors=== Furlong was elected a member of the [[European Molecular Biology Organization]] (EMBO) in 2013,<ref name=membo/> and a [[Member of the Academia Europaea]] (MAE) in 2016.<ref name=mae/> Furlong was awarded ERC advanced investigator funding CisRegVar 2013-2018<ref>{{cite web |title=ERC grant CisRegVar |url=https://erc.easme-web.eu/?p=322851}}</ref> and DeCRypT 2019-2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=ERC grant DeCRypT |url=https://erc.easme-web.eu/?p=787611#}}</ref> She was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] in May 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-10 |title=Outstanding scientists elected as Fellows and Foreign Members of the Royal Society |url=https://royalsociety.org/news/2022/05/new-fellows-2022/ |access-date=2022-05-11 |website=Royal Society}}</ref> In 2026, she was made a member of the [[Royal Irish Academy]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-22 |title=29 new members admitted to the Royal Irish Academy |url=https://www.ria.ie/2026/05/22/29-new-members-admitted-to-the-royal-irish-academy/ |access-date=2026-05-22 |website=Royal Irish Academy }}</ref>

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