Em P Bob Burgoyne Ph.D., FMedSci
Professor of Physiology HLS Faculty Management Office
- Work email Burgoyne@liverpool.ac.uk
About
Personal Statement
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, 2004-2009. Associate Pro-vice Chancellor for Research, Faculty of Health and Life Science 2010-2015. Executive Pro-Vice-Chancellor for The Faculty of Health and Life Sciences 2015-2017. Currently Emeritus Honorary Professor and Non Executive Director at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital.
Member of the Neuronal Signalling Group
Member of the Liverpool Neuroscience Group
Research interests
The mechanisms underlying neurotransmission and neurodegeneration.
calcium sensor proteins and their dynamics.