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Dr Mark Berney

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Dr Mark Berney

Dr Mark Berney

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

My research focuses on organic synthesis of chemically modified nucleotides, as well as DNA and RNA strands. These modified nucleic acids are then used for applications in medicinal chemistry or chemical biology. For example, I have worked on mononucleotides as enzyme inhibitors, as well as RNA modifications for use in mRNA vaccines. I am particularly interested in using synthetic oligonucleotides as probes to study cellular processes such as DNA damage repair and mRNA processing.

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  • m.berney@qub.ac.uk

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Open to PhD applications in the fields of…

  • Organic synthesis of modified nucleotides for use in RNA/DNA therapeutics
  • Chemical probes for studying biological processes relating to nucleic acids, especially translation of mRNA and repair of DNA damage
  • Detection and modulation of RNA-protein interactions
  • Green synthesis of DNA and RNA

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PhD Title Chemical modification of mRNA for enhanced translation
Name Gwen Scanlan
Year of Study 2025 - 2028

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