Glenda Gobe

Glenda Gobe is a molecular biologist specialising in the molecular controls of apoptosis in kidney disease. She is co-director of the Centre for Kidney Disease Research (CKDR), School of Medicine, Translational Research Institute and The University of Queensland, and Reader in the Discipline of Medicine at the School of Medicine, University of Queensland.

Biography Associate Professor Gobe is a molecular biologist in kidney disease research. She produced the first study, internationally, on the role of apoptosis in kidney disease.

Education Gobe completed her studies at the University of Queensland. Her studies included a Bachelor of Science, a Graduate Diploma of Education, and a Master of Science.

She has promoted the understanding of the role of apoptosis in cancer biology and general disease, and played an integral role in defining and characterising the role of apoptosis in kidney disease. Her current research focus is on the modulation of oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction in renal disease, including renal cancer, and a systems biology approach to study chronic kidney disease.