Dr. Adam Byrne

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Biography

Adam Byrne completed undergraduate studies in Chemistry at University College Dublin, and subsequently undertook a PhD in medicinal chemistry at the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Trinity College Dublin. After a period in industry, he carried out postdoctoral work at Northwestern University, Chicago, focusing on immune pathways involved in asthma, allergy, and anaphylaxis. In 2011, he joined the laboratories of Prof. Irina Udalova at the University of Oxford and Prof. Clare Lloyd at Imperial College London for a collaborative project funded by the American Asthma Society entitled "Does IRF5 control allergic airways disease?" In 2016, he was appointed a Lecturer in Chronic Lung Disease Inflammation, Repair, and Development Section at the National Heart & Lung Institute. In 2017, he was awarded the Joan Bending, Evelyn Bending, Mervyn Stephens, and Olive Stephens Memorial Fellowship. His work aims to understand the role of airway macrophages in chronic lung diseases such as asthma and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Research Interests

Requirements for Imperial College London

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:22
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:100
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:125
Overall
Required:125
Prerequisites
Materials Science Mechanical Engineering Civil Engineering Chemical Engineering Physics Chemistry
Application Checklist
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  • CV/resume
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  • Two academic or professional references
  • Application fee (£90)
Specialization Notes

Specialisms available in Materials for the Energy Transition or Theory and Simulation of Materials.