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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