Professor Jerry Turnbull

University of Liverpool

Biography

Professor Jerry Turnbull, Johnston Professor of Biochemistry, University of Liverpool.

Professor Turnbull heads the Molecular Glycobiology Research group; currently 1 Postdoctoral Fellow, 1 Technician and 2 PhD students. Their research interests cover the molecular glycobiology of heparan sulphates (a specialised class of multi-functional glycoproteins) in health and disease, including drug discovery.

Major topics of interest include the structure-activity relationships of these complex glycans; development of glycomics approaches for systems level investigation of HS glycans; their functional roles in complex biological systems; applications in stem cell biology and in drug discovery for cancer, neurodegenerative diseases and spinal cord injury. Prof Turnbull is also the lead for the Molecular Basis of Therapeutic Targeting research theme within IIB.

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Prizes or Honours 

Visiting Erskine Fellow, University of Canterbury, New Zealand 2014 

Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry 2012 

Elected Chair, Gordon Conference on Proteoglycans 2016  

Fellow of the Society of Biology 2011 

Johnston Chair of Biochemistry, University of Liverpool 2009 – present 

Elected Chair, 4th Gordon Conference on FGFs, Italy, 2012  

Organizer, Biochem Soc. 67th Harden Conference, Decoding HS Biology, Cambridge, March 2009  

Visiting Erskine Fellow, University of Canterbury, New Zealand 2007 

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Biological Chemistry 2005 – 2009   

MRC Senior Research Fellowship 1996 – 2006 

Professional Body Memberships 

New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Member, 2014 – present) 

Royal Society of Chemistry (Fellow, 2013 – present) 

Matrix Biology Society of Australia and NZ (Overseas Member, 2012 – present) 

Society of Biology (Fellow, 2011 – present) 

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Member, 2005 – present) 

Society for Glycobiology (Member, 2003 – present) 

British Society for Matrix Biology (Member, 1996 – present) 

British Society of Developmental Biology (Member, 1996 – present) 

Biochemical Society (Honorary Member, 1985 – present) 

Qualifications 

BSc (Hons) Biochemistry 1983 University of Wales

PhD 1990 University of Manchester

MRC Senior Research Fellow 1996-2006

 

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