Dr Greg Bristow

Assistant Professor

Faculty/Dept/School	School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences (Faculty of Life Sciences)
Email	g.bristow@bradford.ac.uk
Telephone	+441274 238048

Biography

2018- Lecturer in Physiology & Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of Bradford
2016-2018 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Lancaster
2014-2016 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
2011-2013 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Biology, University of Leeds
2007-2010 Doctoral thesis (DPhil), Molecular Neuropathology Group, University of Oxford
2005-2007 Research Assistant, Molecular Neuropathology Group, University of Oxford
2002-2005 Undergraduate degree, Medical Sciences, University of Birmingham

Research

I am interested in the mechanisms underpinning psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders. My most recent project was investigating the role of copy number variations (CNVs) at chromosome 16p11.2, and how these CNVs confer risk of schizophrenia and autism.

My previous projects include investigating the effect of prenatal stress on neurodevelopment and RNA editing, and examining the role of tyrosine hydroxylase in behavioural changes caused by Toxoplasma Gondii infection.

Teaching

Modules taught

Year	Module code	Title	Subject
	CLS6005-B	Common Diseases and Their Treatment

Publications

Peer Reviewed Journals

Peer Reviewed Journal
Title	Downregulation of the Central Noradrenergic System by Toxoplasma gondii Infection. (2019)
Authors	Alsaady I;Tedford E;Alsaad M;Bristow G;Kohli S;Murray M;Reeves M;Vijayabaskar MS;Clapcote SJ;Wastling J;McConkey GA;
Journal	Infection and Immunity
DOI	10.1128/IAI.00789-18

Title	Sex differences in GABAergic gene expression occur in the anterior cingulate cortex in schizophrenia. (2015)
Authors	Bristow GC;Bostrom JA;Haroutunian V;Sodhi MS;
Journal	Schizophrenia Research
DOI	10.1016/j.schres.2015.01.025

Title	Toxoplasma gondii infection, from predation to schizophrenia: can animal behaviour help us understand human behaviour? (2013)
Authors	Webster JP;Kaushik M;Bristow GC;McConkey GA;
Journal	Journal of Experimental Biology
DOI	10.1242/jeb.074716

Title	Toxoplasma gondii infection and behaviour - location, location, location? (2013)
Authors	McConkey GA;Martin HL;Bristow GC;Webster JP;
Journal	Journal of Experimental Biology
DOI	10.1242/jeb.074153

Title	Expression of kinase interacting with stathmin (KIS, UHMK1) in human brain and lymphoblasts: Effects of schizophrenia and genotype. (2009)
Authors	Bristow GC;Lane TA;Walker M;Chen L;Sei Y;Hyde TM;Kleinman JE;Harrison PJ;Eastwood SL;
Journal	Journal of Brain Research
DOI	10.1016/j.brainres.2009.08.090

Title	Memory impairment in young women at increased risk of depression: influence of cortisol and 5-HTT genotype. (2009)
Authors	Mannie ZN;Barnes J;Bristow GC;Harmer CJ;Cowen PJ;
Journal	Psychological Medicine
DOI	10.1017/S0033291708004248

Title	Impaired emotional categorisation in young people at increased familial risk of depression. (2007)
Authors	Mannie ZN;Bristow GC;Harmer CJ;Cowen PJ;
Journal	Neuropsychologia
DOI	10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.05.016