Professor Brandon J Wainwright, PhD

Director, Institute for Molecular Bioscience University of Queensland

 Born in Melbourne Professor Wainwright was educated at the University of Adelaide and worked at the University of London before coming to UQ.

Professor Wainwright joined UQ in 1990 as a Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology and the Department of Biochemistry. He was appointed Director of the Institute for Molecular Bioscience in December 2006 after previously holding then position of  Deputy Director (Research) of the IMB.

He has won several awards, including the Boehringer Mannheim Medal of the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (1991), the Gottschalk Medal of the Australian Academy of Science (1998).

He serves on several boards and on the Health and Medical Research Council of Queensland.
The major focus of his laboratory is the use of genomic approaches to dissect the basis of common genetic disease. In particular, his team has focused on two heritable conditions, cystic fibrosis and basal cell carcinoma of the skin. Through the mapping and isolation of the genes that are responsible for these diseases they have continued to follow through on each in order to understand how the genetic defects lead to the disease. Ultimately this will provide them with validated targets against which they can develop potential therapeutics.

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