
I am currently Biotechnology Program
Coordinator in the
Faculty of Biological and Chemical Sciences


Click on the mailbox to send me some mail. I studied at the
University of Melbourne, 1975 to 1978, Monash University, 1980, University of Queensland,1984,1989. I then travelled with my family to California and worked at the Department of Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1991, 1992, where I held a C.J. Martin post-doctoral Fellowship. I returned to the University of Queensland and worked in the Physiology Department (where I held an NHMRC R.D. Wright award) until January 1996 . I worked at the CRC for Diagnostic Technologies (QUT) and at PanBio Pty. Ltd. (Brisbane) until July 2000 and now I am back at the University of Queensland.
Please check out my gallery (page 3) for miscellaneous images. Norham Castle by J.M.W. Turner I have an interest in history and philosophy of science and application of mathematics to biological and molecular systems. I have published a few papers in the scientific literature in the latter area.
For example:
My favourite links include:
The Biotechnology Information Center
Has a plethora of links to Biotech education resources on the web, as well as commercial and patenting links.
HMS Beagle
has access to evaluated Medline and great essays on scientific subjects.
Asthma resources page
Michael Rogers Home Page
James Bendon:Publishers and Distributors of World-wide Philatelic Literature
Con's China Stamps
Thumbnail Autobiography
This is a picture of the University of California campus at Santa Cruz. The campus is in the spectacular redwood forest overlooking Monterey Bay.


Barnard, R., Rowlinson, S.W., Waters, M.J. (1989) An electrostatic model for the interaction between growth hormone and its receptor involving chelation of Ca++ to the growth hormone molecule.
J. Theor. Biol. 140, 355-367.
Barnard, R. (1993) A strategy for optimizing charge reversal mutagenesis of ion pairs in hormone-receptor or enzyme-substrate complexes. Protein Engineering 6, 455-459.
Barnard, R. & Wolff, R. (1998) Analysis and application of an equilibrium model for in vitro bioassay systems with three components: receptor, hormone and hormone -binding protein. J. Theor. Biol. 190, 333-339.

I have some small unpublished mathematical essays, one of which I have put onto page 2.
I have published and co-authored
I have worked in the area of growth hormone and growth hormone receptors since 1982 and still publish in that area. However my main research focus is now on the genetics and cell biology of cancer and development of novel technologies for DNA based diagnosis of Cancer and inherited diseases such as cystic fibrosis, or predispositions associated with mutations such as Factor V Leiden.

My favourite movie is Empire of the Sun -by Steven Spielberg, based on the novel by J.G. Ballard. It has eerie surrealism and investigates the supernatural aspect of co-incidence.
Hobbies
have moved to their own page.
TRAVEL
In the past I have travelled often to China and South East Asia. In the early 80's I was a tour guide in China. In 1991/1992 we lived in Capitola and Santa Cruz, California and travelled within the United States and Canada.

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Book Reviews:
