Bruce Kemp

St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia

Bruce Kemp Professor Bruce E. Kemp is the Pehr Edman Fellow heading the Protein Chemistry and Metabolism Unit at St.Vincent's Inst. Medical Research. He has played a key role in developing peptide substrates (Kemptide) and inhibitors for protein kinases. In particular he has made seminal discoveries showing how protein phosphorylation regulates protein function, and how AMP-activated protein kinase regulates metabolic and gene transcriptional responses to exercise and metabolic stress. His research also includes drug design to increase exercise capacity and reduce age onset diseases.