Researcher profile

Bryndis Birnir

Education and training. 1984 BS, Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA 1989 PhD, Department of Physiology, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles CA, USA. Sodium-dependent co-transporters, Mentor: Prof. Ernest M. Wright. Postdoctoral position. 1991-1994 Postdoctoral fellow Department of Neuroscience, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia (with Prof. Peter W. Gage). Present position. Since 2008 Professor in Physiology (Chair, Lärostols professor), https://www.mcb.uu.se/res/groups/birnir 2020-present Dept of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University (UU), Uppsala, Sweden. 2008-2020 Dept. of Neuroscience, Uppsala University (UU), Uppsala, Sweden. Previous positions. 1995-1999 Research Fellow, Department of Neuroscience, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. 1999-2008 Senior researcher, group leader, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS 1995-present Supervisor for 13 PhD student and 8 postdoctoral fellows. All graduated PhD students have gained positions in academia or industry ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS 2018 Europhysiology 2018, London, UK 2015, 2017 Nordic Neuroscience, Kavli Institute, Trondheim, Norway; KI, Sweden. 2014 Neurotransmitter-Driven Immunity, Stockholm, Sweden. 2009-2015 Financial and scientific committees Federation of European Physiological Societies (FEPS) meetings: Paris, France 2016; Kaunas, Lithuania 2015; Budapest Hungary 2014; Birmingham, UK 2013, Santiago de Compostela, Spain 2012; Istanbul, Turkey 2011. 2009-2015 Scientific and financial committees all Scandinavian Physiological Society (SPS) yearly meetings that rotate between the different Nordic countries. INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES / COMMISSION OF TRUST 2009-2013 Director of graduate studies, preclinical units, Dept. of Neuroscience, UU. 2009-2014 Board of the Berzelii Technology Centre for Neurodiagnostics, UU. 2010, 2013 Committee evaluating technical platforms at UU. 2011-2017 Board of Department of Neuroscience, UU. 2012-2017 Recruiting Committee, Medical Faculty, UU. 2014 Committee for electing Vicerektor and Dekanus, MedPharm Faculty, UU. 2015-2023 Board of the Uppsala University MedPharm Faculty. 2017-2023 Chair, Equal Opportunities Committee, MedPharm Faculty, UU. 2017-2023 Uppsala University, Equal Opportunities Committee. 2018 Swedish Research Council Elector Uppsala University representative. 2018 Chair committee proposing candidates for the Swedish Research Council Scientific Council in Medicine and Health. 2004-2010 Board of the Scandinavian Physiological Society (SPS). 2007-2015 Federation European Physiol. Soc. (FEPS), Treasurer. 2010-2015 Scandinavian Physiological Society (SPS), Secretary General, Treasurer 2013-2017 Nordic Neuroscience, Executive Committee. Since 2016 Chair, Swedish National Committee for Pharmacol, Physiol and Neurosci at the Royal Academy of Sciences, http://www.kva.se/en/contact/NationalICSU-kommitteer/Pharmacology/ Since 2019 Guest Professor at the University of Iceland. Since 2019 Icelandic Research Council Expert Panel Biomedical Sciences. Since 2019 International Adv. Board for Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences. REVIEWING ACTIVITIES 2010, 2011 Swedish Research Council panel: The molecules of life in cooperation 2010-2018 Swedish Brain Foundation Scientific committee. 2013 -2022 Svenska Sällskapet för Medicinsk Forskning, Reviewer UU. 2017-2022 Diabetes Wellness, Sweden, Scientific committee. 2020 Swedish Research Council postdoctoral panel, Medicine Since 2010 Numerous committees evaluating applicants for a docent, lector, guest professor, professor positions or research grants national and internationally e.g. Univ. of Bergen. Karolinska Institutet, Lund University, Linköping Univ., Gothenburg Univ., EU FP7 grant, Research Council Hong Kong, Austrian Res. Council, Switzerland Res. Council. Since 1995 Ad hoc referee for diverse Journals including Diabetes, PNAS, J. Neurosci., Nature Communications, Acta Physiologica and many more. MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES/NETWORKS Since 2016 Chair, Swedish National Committee for Pharmacol, Physiol and Neurosci at the Royal Academy of Sciences, http://www.kva.se/en/contact/NationalICSU-kommitteer/Pharmacology/ Since 2009 Elected to the Royal Society of Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden Since 2009 Excellence of Diabetes Research in Sweden (EXODIAB) https://www.exodiab.se/home/ Since 2000 Scandinavian Physiological Society