Bob Burgoyne
Professor
Institute of Translational Medicine
The University of Liverpool
United Kingdom
Biography
Robert D. Burgoyne, B.Sc. Bacteriology, University of Birmingham, 1974. Ph.D. Microbiology, University of Birmingham, 1977. Worked in the Department of Biology, Open University and MRC National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London. Joined the University of Liverpool as a Lecturer in 1983 and was promoted to a Personal Chair in 1990. Founding Director of the first Wellcome Trust 4-year PhD programme in Liverpool in 1994. Head of the School of Biomedical Sciences from 2004-2009. Funded by BBSRC and the Wellcome Trust. Current role is Executive Pro-Vice-Chancellor for The Faculty of Health and Life Sciences.
Research Interest
Analysis of the mechanisms underlying neurotransmission and neurodegeneration.
Publications
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Phosphorylation of Cysteine String Protein Triggers a Major Conformational Switch
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Interaction of ARF-1.1 and neuronal calcium sensor-1 in the control of the temperature-dependency of locomotion in Caenorhabditis elegans
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Biophysical and functional characterization of hippocalcin mutants responsible for human dystonia.
