Head of Laboratory
Associate Professor Briony Forbes
A/Prof. Forbes received her PhD from The University of Adelaide in Biochemistry and held positions at The University of Adelaide, Discipline of Biochemistry, where she was head of the Laboratory of Protein Signalling, and at CSIRO Division of Human Nutrition. Her expertise lies in protein chemistry and structure/function. Using a range of techniques from protein expression, purification, biophysical analyses and in vitro cell biology assays her Flinders University laboratory seeks to understand how insulin and insulin-like growth factors bind to their cell surface receptors and how this leads to their important biological actions such as control of metabolism and growth.
Currently, A/Prof. Forbes holds positions as the Head of the Proteins in Metabolism & Cancer laboratory and Deputy Director (Research Education Development) for Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute (FHMRI).
