Sarah Atkinson gave an oral presentation at the recent GTC conference on ocular disease and drug discovery. Her abstract was chosen for the ‘Oral Presentations from Exemplary Submitted Abstracts’ section of the conference. This annual conference provides delegates with presentations on novel and innovative therapeutics for ocular disorders, providing excellent opportunities for networking to bring […]

PhD student Eleonora Maurizi recently presented her research on Meesmann’s Epithelial Corneal Dystrophy at the Vision TRG Conference in Belfast where she was awarded the poster presentation prize. Eleanora carried out research in Modena, Italy which was aimed to confirm the potency and specificity of K12 Leu132Pro-9 siRNA on cultured primary patient cells

At the recent Joint North South Rare Disease Day Conference on 28th February in Riddel Hall, Belfast, Sarah Atkinson presented her research to clinicians, scientists, policy makers and people living with rare diseases. Giving an opportunity to feedback and connect with sufferers of rare diseases on the latest research. Sarah attended the conference along with […]

This years ARVO meeting in Orlando, Florida will be attended by a good contingent from the Ulster Vision Science Research Group. David Courtney will be giving an oral presentation on his PhD study while his supervisors Tara and Johnny Moore will deliver a poster presentation at the world’s largest eye conference with over 20,000 delegates […]

Tara Moore was invited to chair a session discussing siRNAs at the recent World Gene Convention 2013 in Haikou, China. The group also delivered two presentations, one by Tara and another by second year PhD student David Courtney. A number of new collaborations were established during this event and subsequently new experimentation is currently underway […]