Top Skip to main content
LOGO(small) - Queen's University Belfast
  • Our
  • Our
  • Our
  • Our
LOGO(large) - Queen's University Belfast

School of

Medicine, Dentistry & Biomedical Sciences

  • Home
  • Study
    • Postgraduate Taught
    • Postgraduate Research
    • Centre for Biomedical Sciences Education
    • Intercalated Degrees
    • Clinical Academic Training
  • Research
    • Research in the School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences
    • Meet our Researchers
    • SERN
    • Find a PhD Supervisor
  • International
    • Queen's and Malaysia
  • Careers & Work Placements
    • Alumni
    • Placements
    • Shadowing Opportunities
    • Global Partnerships
  • Discover
    • Research Facilities
    • Teaching Facilities
    • History
  • Connect
    • Staff Directory
    • Key Contacts
    • Student Stories
    • Gender Equality Office
    • Staff Sharepoint Site
    • COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
  • News
  • Home
  • Study
    • Postgraduate Taught
    • Postgraduate Research
    • Centre for Biomedical Sciences Education
    • Intercalated Degrees
    • Clinical Academic Training
  • Research
    • Research in the School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences
    • Meet our Researchers
    • SERN
    • Find a PhD Supervisor
  • International
    • Queen's and Malaysia
  • Careers & Work Placements
    • Alumni
    • Placements
    • Shadowing Opportunities
    • Global Partnerships
  • Discover
    • Research Facilities
    • Teaching Facilities
    • History
  • Connect
    • Staff Directory
    • Key Contacts
    • Student Stories
    • Gender Equality Office
    • Staff Sharepoint Site
    • COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
  • News
  • Our
  • Our
  • Our
In This Section
  • Research in the School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences
  • Meet our Researchers
  • SERN
  • Find a PhD Supervisor

  • Home
  • School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences
  • Research
  • Find a PhD Supervisor

Find a PhD Supervisor

Dr Andriana Margariti

School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences
 Dr Andriana Margariti

Dr Andriana Margariti

School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences

Dr Margariti’s laboratory has invested on their unique expertise on cell reprogramming and induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell technologies and they have developed patient- specific cells lines from diabetic donors in a petri dish based on fast and highly efficient approaches. To date, the group has generated more than 90 diabetic specific iPS cell lines from small volumes of patient blood.

These patient-specific cells are now valuable tools to study the underlying causes and mechanisms of the pathogenesis of endothelial cell dysfunction and develop new knowledge, biomarker of diabetes and vascular complications, and discover effective therapies.

Contact info

  • View Academic Profile
  • askmhls@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 4306, +44 (0)28 9097 6476

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the field of

  • Multi-disciplinary Centre and acquire training on cutting edge technologies in pluripotent stem cells
  • Molecular biology
  • Cell signaling
  • Coding and non-coding RNAs in the context of diabetes
  • Cardiovascular complications

Make a PhD enquiry


Public outreach & key achievements

  • Gives talks to patients’ groups related to diabetes and British Heart Foundation.
  • Organises the STEM CELLS stand on NI in Science Festival every year to meet the public and explain/ discuss our research.
  • Contributed to the UNISTEM DAY 2015, 2016 and 2017 in QUB, NI; giving talks and contributing to students understanding of STEM CELLS. International Stem Cell Awareness day targeting secondary school students across Europe with 46 Universities and over 20000 students involved.
  • Involved in training and education of school students who would like to gain knowledge and experience in stem cell research in QUB, King's College London (KCL), VICTORIA College Belfast, Amber Vick.
  • Supervising Nuffield Research Placements in QUB.
  • Participated on the judging panels of Debating Science Issues Schools Competitions.

Research students

PhD Title Investigate the role of non-coding RNAs during Endothelial cells differentiation from Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells.
Country Greece
   

 


Alumni: Where are they now

PhD Title Diabetic macular oedema: insight into the disease and iPSC for the stratifications of its treatment based on novel technologies
Country Spain
Current Position  PDRA Cambridge University, UK
   

 

 


Discover More

  • Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences

  • School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences 

  • Wellcome-Wolfson Institute For Experimental Medicine 


Postgraduate research
Apply now
Your postgraduate experience
Queen's University Belfast - Logo (small)
Contact Us

School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences

Whitla Medical Building,
97 Lisburn Road,
Belfast, BT9 7BL

GET DIRECTIONS

Phone: +44 (0)2890 972215

Quick Links

  • Key Contacts
  • Careers & Work Placements
  • News and Events
  • Staff Directory
© Queen's University Belfast 2023
Legal
Accessibility Statement
Privacy and Cookies
Modern Slavery Statement
Manage cookies