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 within Ulster which were not previously possible. During some down time Tara happily immersed herself in the local culture and really seemed to enjoy the chinese bamboo dancing! Although she was not quite as good at it as all the natives.