David Courtney has been awarded a prestigious Churchill Fellowship to enable him to travel out of the UK for a period of up to 8 weeks, to a laboratory of his choosing, to learn techniques that will further his PhD studies within Ulster. The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust was established after Sir Winston Churchill’s death […]

Dr Sarah Atkinson was awarded the prize for best Post-doctoral poster presentation at the recent 16th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Irish Society of Human Genetics at Belfast City Hospital. Her poster on the development of therapeutic siRNAs generated exciting discussions with her fellow delegates

David Courtney recently presented his research at the Irish Society of Human Genetics 2013 where he won the young investigator award for best postgraduate oral presentation. Courtesy of the Irish Society of Human Genetics David will attend the 2014 conference in Milan where he will present the recent data obtained during his PhD studies with […]

The Vision Science Research team at Ulster have successfully obtained a further 3 years funding to continue their innovative research into the development of genetic tools to modify the front of the eye and potentially eliminate blindness caused by a number of eye disorders. The project involves In vivo proof-of-concept for two gene silencing technologies […]