Bernadine Idowu
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Bernadine Deborah Idowu | |
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| Alma mater | King's College London Queen Mary University of London |
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| Thesis | The organisation of cytoskeletal components in islolated chondrocytes cultured in agarose (2000) |
Bernadine Deborah Idowu is a British biochemist who is a professor at the University of West London. She was elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2025.
Idowu was born at King's College Hospital. Her parents were Nigerian.[1] Her mother was a deputy head teacher in Nigeria.[1] She studied biochemistry at King's College London, where she was one of only six Black undergraduates studying biochemistry.[citation needed] Her experiences as an undergraduate researcher inspired her to establish an initiative to support Black undergraduate biochemists, and she launched an annual conference in 2023.[citation needed] After graduating, she worked as a research assistant. Idowu moved to Queen Mary University of London for her doctoral research, where she studied cytoskeletal components in agarose.[2] Idowu eventually returned to King's College London as a postdoctoral researcher, where she studied Beta thalassemia, a blood disorder that causes anaemia. She started teaching undergraduates, and joined forces with Ed Byrne to prepare King's race equality charter application.[citation needed]
