Bernie's main teaching interests are in biochemistry, cell biology and research ethics. His published research work has been largely in the area of cell signalling, in particular the role of calcium ions in the hormonal regulation of carbohydrate metabolism

Kamal Bassal, NM, Hughes, BP & Costabile, M 2012, 'Arachidonic acid and its COX1/2 metabolites inhibit interferon-y mediated induction of indoleamine-2,3 dioxygenase in THP cells and Human monocytes', Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids, v. 87, no. 4-5, pp. 119-126. Kumar, S, Grimmer, KA & Hughes, BP 2010, 'The Ethics of Evidence Implementation in Health Care', Physiotherapy Research International, v. 15, no. 2, pp. 96-102. Ma, L, Rychkov, G, Hughes, BP & Bretag, AH 2008, 'Analysis of carboxyl tail function in the skeletal muscle CI- channel hCIC-1', Biochemical Journal, v. 413, no. 1, pp. 61-69