David selected as an Innovate UK ICURe Entrepreneurial Lead
David has won a competitive place as an Entrepreneurial Lead on ICURe Discover, the UKRI-funded Innovate UK programme that helps researchers explore the commercial potential of their work.
News / Awards
Awards
David promoted to Senior Lecturer
David's promotion to Senior Lecturer in Molecular Virology at Queen's University Belfast became official on 1 September 2025.
David appointed UK Ambassador for the ERC
David is one of 32 ERC grantees chosen for the new Ambassadors for the ERC network, representing the United Kingdom as an advocate for frontier research.
Dr Hannah Turkington awarded a BBSRC Postdoctoral Fellowship
Hannah has won a BBSRC Postdoctoral Fellowship to study how influenza vRNPs are trafficked in the animals that act as important reservoirs of flu. A very nice Christmas present.
ERC Starting Grant to study how flu viruses hijack our cells
David was awarded a European Research Council Starting Grant of over €1.5 million for a five-year project, the funding that founded The Courtney Group at Queen's.