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NUI Galway hosted an international European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) practical course, “MicroRNA-profiling from in-situ hybridization to next-generation sequencing” in May this year.

MicroRNAs are a class of newly discovered molecules within our cells that control the activity of genes.  The regulation and function of microRNAs is still poorly understood, but they are required for the normal functioning of our bodies and when their behaviour is perturbed, disease can arise.    As a result, there is enormous interest world-wide in developing microRNAs as diagnostic markers and even as therapeutics to treat a range of conditions.

Dr Howard Fearnhead, (Pharmacology and Therapeutics, School of Medicine at NUI Galway and organizer) said “MicroRNAs are small RNAs that are critically involved in controlling an enormously wide range of cellular processes through direct posttranscriptional regulation of gene expression.   The realization that these, and other small RNAs, are so important has driven an explosion of research activity that aims to identify, characterize and understand microRNA regulation and function.   With this increase in interest comes the need to provide training in the cutting edge research technologies.  The course at NUI Galway fulfils this requirement very well by bringing together highly motivated non-experts and a team of international experts to study, discuss and share a fascinating area of modern cell biology. ”

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Dr Niall Ó Dochartaigh of the School of Political Science and Sociology co-organised the Annual London Irish Studies symposium at King’s College, London on 17 June on the theme, ’The Provisional IRA: new perspectives’.

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The Centre for Disability Law and Policy (CDLP) partnered the University of Harvard Law School Project on Disability to hold its third International Summer School on campus in June. Over 90 participants from 19 countries took part in the week-long School which was entitled The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - From Paper Rules to Action.

Director of the CDLP, Professor Gerard Quinn commented on the purpose of the School, “It was all about restoring power to persons with disabilities over their own lives and giving them knowledge and skills based on the new UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities.”

 

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