Helen Bradley

 

Doctoral Researcher

School of Sport and Exercise Sciences

Contact details

Telephone +44 (0)121 414 8742

Email heb905@bham.ac.uk

School of Sport and Exercise Sciences
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

About

PhD Title: Mechanisms of obesity-associated insulin resistance

Supervisors: Professor Anton Wagenmakers and Dr Chris Shaw

Helen is a Doctoral Researcher in the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences at the University of Birmingham. Her research focuses on glucose transport proteins in skeletal muscle cells of insulin sensitive and insulin resistant individuals.

Qualifications

  • BSc (Hons) Biochemistry, University of Manchester
  • MRes Biological Sciences, University of Manchester

Biography

Helen received a 1st Class BSc (Hons) degree in Biochemistry and an MRes (Distinction) in Biological Sciences from the University of Manchester. She began her PhD studies in Birmingham in 2009.

Research

Helen is part of the Exercise Metabolism Research Group in the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences. Her research aims to investigate the mechanisms underlying obesity-related insulin resistance. Currently her focus is on a transport protein (GLUT4) which is responsible for glucose uptake into skeletal muscle cells following feeding or during exercise.

Other activities

During her time in the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences Helen has co-organised a conference entitled ‘Ageing: from cell to whole body’ and the department’s biannual Doctoral Research Day. Both of which were thoroughly enjoyable and a great success.

Helen is a member of the Society for Experimental Biology (SEB), the European College of Sport Science (ECSS) and the Physiological Society.

Publications

  • Bradley, H., Shaw, C.S. and Wagenmakers, A.J.M. Visualisation of GLUT4 and AS160 in fasted human skeletal muscle. Physiology 2010. (Conference abstract)
  • Bradley, H., Shaw, C.S. and Wagenmakers, A.J.M. Visualisation of GLUT4 localisation in human skeletal muscle with immunofluorescence microscopy. ECSS 2011. (Conference abstract)

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