Peter Barry
Medical Sciences
The University of NewSouth Wales
Australia
Biography
Dr. Peter Barry is currently working as a professor in the Department of Medical sciences, The University of New South Wales , Australia. His research interests includes mechanisms of ion permeation and selectivity in ion channels, the relationship between the molecular structure and the physiological function of channels, such as those of the inhibitory neurotransmitter receptor glycine channel and the olfactory cyclic nucleotide-gated channel, and investigating the factors that determine their ion permeation, selectivity and conductance.. He /she is serving as an editorial member and reviewer of several international reputed journals. Dr. Peter Barry is the member of many international affiliations. He/ She has successfully completed his Administrative responsibilities. He /she has authored of many research articles/books related to mechanisms of ion permeation and selectivity in ion channels, the relationship between the molecular structure and the physiological function of channels, such as those of the inhibitory neurotransmitter receptor glycine channel and the olfactory cyclic nucleotide-gated channel, and investigating the factors that determine their ion permeation, selectivity and conductance..
Research Interest
Mechanisms of ion permeation and selectivity in ion channels, the relationship between the molecular structure and the physiological function of channels, such as those of the inhibitory neurotransmitter receptor glycine channel and the olfactory cyclic nucleotide-gated channel, and investigating the factors that determine their ion permeation, selectivity and conductance.
Publications
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Barry PH, Coster HG, Chow WS. Biographical memoir: Alexander Beaumont Hope, Australian biophysicist, 1928–2008. European Biophysics Journal. 2009 Dec 1;39(1):175-8.
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Barry PH, Lewis TM, Moorhouse AJ. An optimised 3 M KCl salt-bridge technique used to measure and validate theoretical liquid junction potential values in patch-clamping and electrophysiology. European Biophysics Journal. 2013 Aug 1;42(8):631-46.