Jennifer Byrne (research scientist)

This article is about the scientist. For the journalist, see Jennifer Byrne.

Jennifer Byrne
Born
Jennifer Anne Byrne

1966 (age 57–58)
Alma materUniversity of Queensland
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Sydney
NSW Health Pathology
Thesis The structure of the human ribonucleoside diphosphate reductase M1 subunit gene, and the use of this locus in studies of embryonal tumours  (1993)
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Jennifer Anne Byrne (born 1966)[1] is an Australian cancer researcher and academic. She is a Professor of Molecular Oncology at University of Sydney, Australia. Byrne is notable for not only her cancer research, but the uncovering of academic fraud and junk science in cancer research.[2]

As a result of her and her colleague's investigations, 17 papers have been retracted, and others have been noted.[3] As a result, the journal Nature rated Byrne as one of their "Ten people who mattered" in 2017.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "The structure of the human ribonucleoside diphosphate reductase M1 subunit gene, and use of this locus in studies of embryonal tumours / Jennifer Anne Byrne". University of Queensland Library. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Using Software to Fight Cancer Research Fraud". Undark. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference retract was invoked but never defined (see the help page).