Conference Speakers
Brandon Reeder PhD, SFHEA
Associate Professor in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, University of Essex
Dr Brandon J. Reeder is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy at the School of Life Sciences, University of Essex, UK.
My BSc, MSD and PhD in Biological and Medicinal Chemistry or Biochemistry were awarded from the University of Essex from 1993 to 1999. From 1999-2010 I worked as a Senior Researcher on a number of research projects on metalloprotein biochemistry and bioengineering, gaining a Lectureship at Essex in 2011.
My research interests are in the role of metalloproteins in health and disease, primarily with members of the globin family including myoglobin, hemoglobin, cytoglobin, neuroglobin and androglobin, but also the structure and function of phytoglobins and bacterial globins. I have previously worked on the molecular basis of myoglobin and hemoglobin induced oxidative damage following rhabdomyolysis and subarachnoid hemorrhage, gaining an understanding of the role of redox chemistry of these globins in disease. Current research topics includes the cytoprotective mechanisms of cytoglobin and the molecular role of androglobin in ciliogenesis. I previously worked on the EU framework VI funded EuroBloodSubstitutes project and over the past few years focused on developing a new class of genetically engineered HBOCs (including several patents) that are resistant to inducing cytotoxic oxidative reactions.
