More than 60 cross-border research projects to receive Shared Island funding

Dr Paul Mullan, Reader in Molecular Oncology at Queen’s University Belfast. PA Photo. Picture date: Tuesday March 01 2022. See PA story ULSTER Research. Photo credit should read: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

A cross-border research project developing new blood tests to diagnose cancer has been awarded a major funding boost through the Irish Government’s Shared Island initiative.

Academics from Trinity College in Dublin and Queen’s University in Belfast are set to collaborate on cutting-edge work to design liquid biopsy techniques after securing up to €4 million over the next four years.