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 Professor Jennifer Byrne 

Professor Jennifer Byrne is a Head of the Children's Cancer Research Unit in the Kids Research Institute at the Children's Hospital at Westmead, a Professor of Molecular Oncology in the Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, a Professor at The University of Sydney Medical School, and the Deputy Director of the Kids Cancer Alliance.

Background Education and Research

Professor Byrne spent her scientific career analysing the molecular level of cancers in children and adults. She studied a PhD, in which she mapped the loss of chromosome 11p15 loci in embryonal tumours, following this she identified a novel gene family during postdoctoral studies in France.

Research Interests

Jennifer Byrne's research interests include the regulation of lipid metabolism and lipid storage in cancer cells, the identification of cancer predisposition genes and predictive biomarkers in childhood cancer patients, the improvement of cancer biobank operations and the semi-automated analysis of variable experimental reagents in cancer research publications.

Awards and Honours

Professor Jennifer Byrne was recognised as one of the Nature's Journal, "Ten people who mattered" in 2017.

Current Research Projects

Professor Jennifer Byrne currently has research students working on molecular cancer projects; Health economics analysis of cancer biobank investments and activity in NSW and Genes underpinning predisposition to childhood cancer.