Michael Barnes

Professor Michael Barnes is a Professor of Bioinformatics and Director of the Centre for Translational Bioinformatics (C4TB) at Queen Mary University of London, within the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry. He co-leads the C4TB, focusing on translational research combining bioinformatics, machine learning, and clinical data integration to advance stratified medicine and drug discovery. His work bridges academia and industry, informed by 16 years of leadership in pharmaceutical bioinformatics teams. He is a Fellow of the Alan Turing Institute and HDR-UK Investigator, co-leading Genomics England's stratified medicine initiative and the NIHR AI-Multiply Consortium exploring AI in multiple long-term conditions.

Research Interests: Barnes' research spans genomic analysis, AI-driven diagnostics, drug target identification, and clinical informatics. Key areas include transcriptomic analysis in inflammatory diseases, AI for MLTC prediction, and cloud computing infrastructure for omics data. His team develops tools like BioX-CPath for explainable pathology diagnostics and Spectrum for multi-omic clustering.

Grants & Collaborations: Major funders include the Medical Research Council (MRC PSORT, RA-Map, MATURA, CLUSTER) and the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR AI-Multiply). Collaborators include UCL, Manchester University, and international institutions like UPENN and the Dutch Heart Foundation.

Labs & Teams: The C4TB integrates clinical and computational expertise, with projects like the etriks IMI initiative and MRC-eMedLab HPC cloud. His lab members include PhD students and research staff focusing on omics, AI, and clinical translation.