Howie

Biography

I obtained my BSc in Anatomical sciences from University Dundee where I remained as a research assistant investigating the sigma receptor as a therapeutic target in cancer in the Department of Surgery and molecular oncology under the supervision of Dr Barbara Spruce. I then studied for a PhD investigating the role of the anterior gradient proteins in hormone related cancers under the supervision of Dr Pete Ross. Following my PhD I moved to working in the cardiac field establishing a new technique which I learned during a sabbatical in Columbia University, NYC to analyse endothelial function in patients under the supervision of Professor Chim Lang. I have since continued my interest in the heart working on cardiac accessory protein of the sodium pump, phospholemman:specifically on protein it interacts with and the post-translational modifications which influence it.

Research Interest

sigma receptor