Tracy Palmer#
| Membership Number: | 7511 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2026 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.ncl.ac.uk/medical-sciences/people/profile/tracypalmer.html |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-9043-2592 |
| X: | @proftracypalmer |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracy-palmer-889087175/ |
| Publication Link: | https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=PQrQh6wAAAAJ&hl=en |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2018 - 2035 Professor of Microbiology, Newcastle University, Biosciences Institute
- 2007 – 2018 Professor of Molecular Microbiology, University of Dundee, School of Life Sciences
- 2005 - 2007 Professor of Molecular Microbiology, University of East Anglia, School of Biological Sciences
- 2004 - 200 5MRC Senior Non-clinical Research Fellow, University of East Anglia, School of Biological Sciences
- 1996 - 2004 Royal Society University Research Fellow, University of East Anglia, School of Biological Sciences
- 1993 - 1996 University research fellow, University of Dundee, Department of Biochemistry
- 1992 - 1993 Postdoctoral Research Assistant, University of Dundee, Department of Biochemistry
Fields of Scholarship
- Protein secretion in bacteria
- Bacterial genetics
- Interbacterial interactions
- Membrane protein
- Bacterial physiology
Honours and Awards
- 2024 ERC Synergy Grant 'CombaT7'
- 2024 Honorary Professor, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
- 2024 The Harry Smith Memorial Lecture, University of Birmingham
- 2021 Elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
- 2020 The Almroth Wright Lecture, Imperial College
- 2019 The Robert J Kadner Memorial Lecture, University of Virginia
- 2019 The Krebs Memorial Lecture, University of Sheffield
- 2019 Visiting Professorship, Henan People’s Hospital, China
- 2018 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society
- 2018 The 10th Joel Mandelstam Lecture, Biochemistry Department, University of Oxford
- 2017 Elected Member of European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
- 2015 Elected Fellow of the European Academy of Microbiology
- 2015 Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology
- 2011 - 2016 Royal Society/Wolfson Merit Award Holder
- 2009 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE)
- 2002 Awarded The Fleming Prize Lecture, Society for General Microbiology
