Barry James Thompson

Barry James Thompson
Born1978 (age 45–46)
Darwin, Australia
NationalityAustralian, British
Alma materUniversity of Queensland (UQ), University of Cambridge
AwardsLMB Max Perutz Prize (2003), EMBO Young Investigator Award (2012), Wellcome Trust Investigator Award (2014), EMBL Australia Fellowship (2019).
Scientific career
FieldsDevelopmental biology, Epithelial polarity, Hippo signaling pathway
Institutions
Thesis The Drosophila gene pygopus encodes a new nuclear component of the Wingless signalling pathway  (2004)
Doctoral advisorMariann Bienz
Other academic advisorsStephen M Cohen, Barry Dickson
Websitewww.emblaustralia.org/about/our-people/barry-thompson

Barry James Thompson (born 1978) is an Australian and British developmental biologist and cancer biologist. Thompson is known for identifying genes, proteins and mechanisms involved in epithelial polarity, morphogenesis and cell signaling via the Wnt and Hippo signaling pathways, which have key roles in human cancer.


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