ProfessorBernadette Byrne

Associate Provost (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion)

Office of the Provost - Central Faculty

BIO

Membrane proteins have major roles in a wide range of biological functions including uptake of essential nutrients, export of toxins and waste products and mediating the cellular responses to a variety of biologically active molecules including many drugs. Our understanding of these important proteins is currently limited by a lack of high resolution structures. Our research group is focused on increasing knowlege of in particular eukaryotic membrane protein structure and function, with emphasis on transporters and receptors. An additional strand of research, carried out in collaboration with Professor Sergei Kazarian in the Department of Chemical Engineering focuses on the use of advanced vibrational spectroscopy techniques to explore various aspects of therapeutic antibody behaviour.


The research activities of the laboratory are/have been funded by BBSRC, EPSRC, MRC, GlaxoSmithKline, DSTL, EU FP7 and H2020.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Co-Chair BBSRC Committee D
    Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, Swindon, United Kingdom15 Sep 2015 - 16 May 2018
  • External Examiner
    University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom7 Oct 2016 - 5 Oct 2018
  • External Examiner
    University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom29 Sep 2022 - 26 Sep 2025

FACULTY

  • Central Faculty

POSITION NAME

  • Associate Provost (Equality, Diversity and Inclusi

FIELDS OF RESEARCH