Professional Certificate in Medical Retina The University of Ulster is the first higher education institution in the UK and Ireland to launch a new specialist course that could help prevent thousands of people every year from losing their sight. The postgraduate Professional Certificate in Medical Retina, which is also the first of its kind to […]

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 […]

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 […]