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Full NameDr Colin Adrain

Department:Patrick G Johnston Centre for Cancer Research

Organisation:Queen's University Belfast

Webpage:qub.ac.uk

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Research Fields

genetics, genomics and molecular biology
infectious disease and the immune system
cell and developmental biology/regenerative medicine
physiology and non-communicable disease
cancer/oncology

Postgrad Medical Specialties

Medicine
General Practice
Pathology

Medical Subspecialties

Cardiology
Dermatology
Endocrinology
Gastroenterology
Infectious diseases
Immunology
Nephrology
Physiology
Other

Other Medical Specialties:

Obesity / Type 2 Diaebetes / metabolic disease

My Work

Dr. Adrain encourages PhD applications from candidates from a basic science or clinical background. Work in the Adrain lab combines cellular biochemistry, cell biology, and in vivo mammalian models. Project interests include organismal and cellular metabolism; Organismal biology and pathophysiology; Inflammatory and Growth factor signaling and cancer; Proteolysis and cancer; Protein biogenesis/protein quality control and cancer; Protein trafficking in the secretory pathway.

https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=Qbosw14AAAAJ&hl=en
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7597-4393

Potential Projects

Potential PhD projects on the horizon include:

1) Molecular regulation of growth control (epidermal growth factor, EGFR) and inflammation (Tumour Necrosis Factor).
2) Organismal and cellular regulation of metabolism.
3) Control of membrane protein biogenesis and degradation at the endoplasmic reticulum.