Dr. Anna Barnard

Biography

Anna Barnard is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Imperial College London. Her research focuses on the development of peptides and small molecules to understand and perturb protein-protein interactions. Anna completed her PhD in Chemistry under the supervision of Professor David Smith at the University of York, concentrating on self-assembling dendrons and their applications in gene delivery. In 2012, she undertook a research visit to the University of Illinois. After earning her PhD, she worked as a post-doctoral research associate with Professor Andy Wilson at the University of Leeds for two years, where she developed novel inhibitors for protein-protein interactions. In October 2015, Anna began her post-doctoral work at Imperial College London with Professor Ed Tate and was awarded a Junior Research Fellowship. From 2019 to 2025, she held the prestigious Wellcome Trust Sir Henry Dale Fellowship, focusing on targeting bacterial toxin proteins, which play a crucial role in bacterial survival when exposed to antibiotics. For more details on her work and group members, visit the Barnard Group website.

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