Perdita Elizabeth Barran is a Professor of Mass Spectrometry at the University of Manchester.
21 Facts About Perdita Barran
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Perdita Barran is Director of the Michael Barber Centre for Collaborative Mass Spectrometry.
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Perdita Barran is Associate Dean for Research Facility Development at the University of Manchester.
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Perdita Barran moved to the University of Manchester to study chemistry, graduating in 1994.
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Perdita Barran joined the University of Sussex for her graduate studies, working with Harry Kroto and Tony Stace.
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In 2001 Perdita Barran joined the University of California, Santa Barbara, working as a postdoctoral fellow with Mike Bowers.
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Perdita Barran was interested in the structure and stability of small molecules in the gas phase.
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Perdita Barran looked at how Ion-mobility spectrometry could be used to identify conformation.
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Perdita Barran joined the University of Edinburgh as an Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Advanced Research Fellow in 2002.
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Perdita Barran worked on mass spectrometry techniques that can be used to evaluate conformational change, aggregation and intrinsic conformation.
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Perdita Barran helped to establish the Scottish Instrumentation and Resource Centre for Advanced Mass Spectrometry at the University of Edinburgh.
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In 2013 Perdita Barran was appointed to the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology as a Chair in Mass Spectrometry sponsored by Waters Corporation.
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Perdita Barran led an EPSRC platform grant to study the structure-activity relationships of Beta defensins.
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Perdita Barran's group looks at the structure of biological systems at a molecular level, studying them in the gas and solution phase as well as theoretically.
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Perdita Barran serves on the editorial board of the International Journal of Mass Spectrometry.
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Perdita Barran was included in the page of Perditas created by Perdita Stevens.
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Perdita Barran has been working with Joy Milne to search for odorous biomarkers of Parkinson's disease.
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Perdita Barran says she identified changes in her husband's scent before he was formally diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, which he died of in 2015.
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Perdita Barran uses mass spectrometry to investigate the biomarkers of Parkinson's disease.
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Perdita Barran received ethical approval for her work of the skin metabolites of Parkinson's in 2015, allowing them to work with Parkinson's UK to conduct a larger study.
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Perdita Barran was awarded the 2009 Joseph Black award, and the 2020 Theophillus Redwood Award from the Royal Society of Chemistry Analytical Division.