We develop (non-coding) RNA therapeutics for incurable diseases using genomics and bioinformatics.

PI: Rory Johnson

Our mission is to develop better therapies for common diseases through understanding the original molecule of Life: RNA.

We develop tools based on CRISPR-Cas genome-editing and bioinformatics to discover and drug disease-causing RNAs.

We focus on the important yet mysterious class of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs).

We are an interdisciplinary, international research group based at University College Dublin.

The GOLD Team on our last Lab Retreat (2023, Co. Kerry).

We study long noncoding RNAs (blue), which regulate healthy and diseased molecular networks.

UCD Artist-in-Residence Lorna Donlon created this beautiful artwork about our research.

The GOLD Team on our last Lab Retreat (2023, Co. Kerry).

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Latest News

PhD Student Sunandini Profiled by the Genomics England Blog

GOLD Lab PhD student Sunandini Ramnarayan was recently profiled for the Genomics England (GEL) 'Research on the Rise' series. Sunandini...

GOLD Lab co-organises first international workshop on Non-coding RNA Medicine

Together with Co-Organisers Barbara Uszczynska-Ratajczak (Polish Academy of Sciences) and Olivia Merkel (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität),...

New publication! Surprising evolutionary properties of cancer long noncoding RNAs

Our recently graduated PhD student Adrienne Vancura, now at the Whitehead Institute, has just published her latest work with GOLD Lab and...

We are recruiting!

Are you an ambitious MSc or PhD student looking for a challenge at the forefront of genomics, computational biology and RNA therapeutics?...

21st European Conference on Computational Biology

Hugo attended the 21st European Conference on Computational Biology (Planetary Health and Biodiversity) and presented his poster.

PhD Opportunity in Bioinformatics and RNA

Are you looking for a PhD in a world-leading research group at the forefront of Genomics, RNA and Bioinformatics? This PhD project aims...

Seminar at Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona

Rory returned to his former scientific home at the CRG, hosted by Roderic Guigo, to give an invited seminar on the lab's latest work on...

Roberta presents at the CSHL Biology of Genomes

Roberta was selected to give a talk at the prestigious Biology of Genomes conference at Cold Spring Harbor. She gave a highly appreciated...