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Dr David Courtney

School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences
David Courtney

Dr David Courtney

School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences

My lab's primary research focus is on the post-transcriptional regulation of influenza A RNAs, including both mRNA and vRNA. For the most part, up to this point we have focused on the regulation by RNA modifications, but we have recently begun to explore the protein interactome of IAV RNA and determining how it differs, and why, from the cellular mRNA protein interactome.

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  • askmhls@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 2713

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the field of

  • Virology
  • RNA biology
  • Biochemistry

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Current Research Opportunities

  • The identification of host proteins essential for the packaging of Influenza A virus genomic RNAs
  • The identification of host proteins essential for the packaging of Influenza A virus genomic RNAs

Public outreach & key achievements

I have published in a wide range of scientific journals including Cell Host & Microbe, PLoS Pathogens, Journal of Virology, and Human Molecular Genetics. I have also contributed multiple articles to www.TheConversation.com, have been invited to present seminars on RNA modifications, and have spoken at numerous national and international scientific conferences. My lab is currently funded by a generous award from the European Research Council.


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