Dr Robert D. Finn is a Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry in the Department of Applied Sciences. Robert studied for his honours degree in biochemistry at University College Cork, Ireland and stayed to complete his PhD in biochemistry under the supervision of Prof. Mary McCaffrey, investigating small molecular weight G-proteins of the Rab family. On completion of his PhD he continued to work with Prof. McCaffrey on a project investigating the post-translational processing of prion proteins. To further his research career, Robert moved to the University of Dundee in 2000, where he remained until taking up his post at Northumbria, working with Prof. Roland Wolf on cytochromes P450 and diflavin oxidoreductases. Dr. Finn is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a member of the Royal Entomological Society, the Society of Biology, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Biochemical Society, Technolink Ireland-UK and a past member of the British Toxicology Society and the International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics. Additionally, Dr. Finn is a member of the editorial board for the Universal Journal of Agricultural Research, the American Journal of Pharmacological Sciences and SO Journal of Biochemistry and has acted as a grant assessor for the MRC and Innovate UK

George, D.R., Finn, R.D., Graham, K.M., Mul, M.F., Maure, V., Valiente Moro, C. and Sparagano, O.A. Should the poultry red mite Dermanyssus gallinae be of wider concern for veterinary and medical science? (2015) Parasites & Vectors. Vol. 8, 178-88. George, D.R., Finn, R.D., Graham, K.M. and Sparagano, O.A. Present and future potential of plant-derived products to control arthropods of veterinary and medical significance. (2014) Parasites & Vectors. Vol. 15, 7-28. Henderson, C.J., McLaughlin, L.A., Finn, R.D., Ronseaux, S., Kapelyukh, Y. and Wolf, C.R. A role for cytochrome b5 in the in vivo disposition of anti-cancer and cytochrome P450 probe drugs in mice. (2014) Drug Metab Dispos. Vol. 42 (1), 70-7. Ismail, H.M., O'Neill, P.M., Hong, D.W., Finn, R.D., Henderson, C.J., Wright, A.T., Cravatt, B.F., Hemingway, J. and Paine, M.J. Pyrethroid activity-based probes for profiling cytochrome P450 activities associated with insecticide interactions. (2013) Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. Vol. 110 (49), 19766-71 Riddick, D.S., Ding, X., Wolf, C.R., Porter, T.D., Pandey, A.V., Zhang, Q.Y., Gu, J., Finn. R.D., Ronseaux, S., McLaughlin, L.A., Henderson, C.J., Zou, L. and Fluck, C.E. NADPH-Cytochrome P450 Oxidoreductase: Roles in Physiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology. (2013) Drug Metab Dispos. Vol. 41, 12-23. Finn, R.D., McLaughlin, L.A., Hughes, C., Song, C., Henderson, C.J. and Wolf, C.R. Cytochrome b5 null mouse: a new model for studying inherited skin disorders and the role of unsaturated fatty acids in normal homeostasis. (2011) Transgenic Research. Vol. 20, 491-502. McLaughlin, L.A., Ronseaux, S., Finn, R.D., Henderson, C.J. and Wolf, C.R. Deletion of microsomal cytochrome b5 affects hepatic and extra-hepatic drug metabolism. (2010) Molecular Pharmacology. Vol. 78, 269-278. Finn, R.D., Henderson, C.J., Scott, C.L. and Wolf, C.R. Unsaturated fatty acid regulation of Cytochrome P450 expression via a CAR-dependent pathway. (2009) Biochemical Journal. Vol. 417, 43-54. Finn, R.D., McLaughlin, L.A., Ronseaux, S., Rosewell, I., Houston, J.B., Henderson, C.J. and Wolf, C.R. Defining the in vivo role for cytochrome b5 in Cytochrome P450 function through the conditional hepatic deletion of microsomal cytochrome b5. (2008) Journal of Biological Chemistry. Vol. 283, No. 46, 31385