Professor Keith Thornbury
Biography
2019-present Professor of Physiology, DkIT.2016-present Director, The Smooth muscle Research Centre, DkIT.2005-present Principal Investigator, Smooth Muscle Research Centre.2005-2010 Honorary Reader, QUB.1998-2005 Reader in Physiology, QUB.2004 Visiting Scientist, Nagoya Japan.1994-1998, Senior Lecturer in Physiology, QUB.1983-1994, Lecturer in Physiology, QUB. 1990 Visiting Scientist, University of Nevada, Reno.1983 DHSS(NI) Research Fellow in Physiology. 1982-1983 House Officer, The Ulster Hospital.Qualifications & Awards
1. BSc in Physiology with First Class Honours (QUB), 1979.2. MB.,B.Ch.BAO 1982 (Medical degree, QUB).3. PhD in Physiology awarded in 1987 (QUB). Undergraduate Awards1980, Houston Medal in Microbiology.1980, Richard Havelock Charles Award and Gold Medal.1980, Third MB Foundation Scholarship.1980, Emily Sarah Montgomery Travel Scholarship. Professional Awards 1990 International Research Fellowship, Fogarty Centre, National Institutes of Health (USA).1999 Conway Review Lecture & Silver Medal, The Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland.1983 Northern Ireland DHSS Research Fellowship.1987 The JD Williamson prize for Research (QUB).2004 Finnegan Scholarship, Queen’s University of Belfast.
Research & Interests
Prof Keith Thornbury is the Director of the Smooth Muscle Research Centre at Dundalk Institute of Technology and is the Lead on the BREATH project. Prof Thornbury’s research focuses on fundamental mechanisms that are relevant to clinical conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), overactive bladder and erectile dysfunction. Malfunction of smooth muscle contractions play a critical part in each of these disorders. The Smooth Muscle Research Centre includes experts in ion channel physiology, medicinal chemistry, pharmacology, live cell imaging and biotechnology. They work together as a team with the common purpose of identifying novel therapeutic targets for treating diseases involving abnormal smooth muscle contractions.Publications
The publications listed below represent my 10 most recent works as recorded on ORCiD
American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology
1 March 2025
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00980.2024
Type: Journal article
American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology
1 February 2025
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00188.2024
Type: Journal article
The Journal of Sexual Medicine
31 October 2024
DOI: 10.1093/jsxmed/qdae107
Type: Journal article
American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology
1 January 2024
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00417.2023
Type: Journal article
Cell Calcium
June 2023
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2023.102721
Type: Journal article
European Journal of Pharmacology
May 2023
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2023.175677
Type: Journal article
Journal of Biological Chemistry
March 2023
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.102975
Type: Journal article
Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology
2023
Type: Journal article
Physiological Reports
November 2022
DOI: 10.14814/phy2.15504
Type: Journal article
American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology
1 September 2022
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00011.2022
Type: Journal article
