Brian Green

Phone+44 (0)28 9097 6541
Emailb.greenqub.acuk

Room 0G.037 - Biological Sciences
United Kingdom

Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

Projects are available for enthusiastic new researchers to investigate:
- High resolution LC-MS/MS metabolite profiling of novel animal model of ageing and dementia
- Discovery of novel metabolomic biomarkers indicating risk of delirium or cognitive decline
- Food and plant bioactives with therapeutic actions in diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease

Research activity per year

Research Interests

Discovering novel actions of intestinal hormones
Nutrient regulation of gut hormone biosynthesis and secretion
Development of therapeutic biomolecules
Use of metabolomics for the study and diagnosis of human diseases

Teaching

Administrative Responsibilities

Degree Board Co-ordinator: MSci Food Science and Food Security
Chair, School Research Ethics Committee
Module Co-ordinator ALU1050 Food Biochemistry and Human Physiology

Modules

BSc

ALU1001 Fundamental Nutrition
ALU1050 Food Biochemistry and Human Physiology
ALU2009 Diet and Health
ALU3001 Project
BCH1002 Biochemistry
BBC3031 Cell Signalling

MSc

ALU8001 Food Safety, Health and Disease

Other

ResearchGate

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

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3 Active
11 Finished

R1128BSC: IMMACULATE: Improving Mass Spectrometry Sustainability in Food, Environmental, and Health Research
Cameron, S. (PI), Connolly, L. (CoI), Elliott, C. (CoI), Gilpin, D. (CoI), Green, B. (CoI), Huws, S. (CoI), Hyland, E. (CoI) & McGrath, J. (CoI)
04/07/2023 → …
Project: Research
S2315AFL: KTP/ Avondale Foods Ltd
Green, B. (CoI) & Koidis, T. (CoI)
01/08/2010 → …
Project: ktp
R2723CVS: GLP-1 in diabetic cardiomyopathy
Grieve, D. (PI), Green, B. (CoI) & McDermott, B. (CoI)
01/08/2010 → …
Project: Research
R1006GFS: Characterisation of an Orally Available Immunomodulatory Polysaccharide for Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease
Green, B. (PI)
25/01/2019 → 30/09/2020
Project: Research
R1587ECI: AUTOMAC: AUTOmated Mouse behAviour reCognition
Zhou, H. (PI) & Green, B. (CoI)
24/11/2015 → 17/12/2017
Project: Research

Epigenetic and metabolic landscape of Dementia with Lewy Bodies
Vishweswaraiah, S., Yilmaz, A., Gordevicius, J., Milčiūtė, M., Krinickis, K., Kerseviciute, I., McGuinness, B., Passmore, P., Kehoe, P. G., Green, B. D., Radhakrishna, U. & Graham, S. F., Mar 2025, In: Movement Disorders. 40, 3, p. 490-501 12 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
Evaluating the antiviral efficacy and specificity of chlorogenic acid and related herbal extracts against SARS-CoV-2 variants via spike protein binding intervention
Hsieh, W. Y., Yu, C. N., Chen, C. C., Chiou, C. T., Green, B. D., Lee, O. K., Wu, C. C., Doan, L. H., Huang, C. Y. F., Huang, C., Liu, C.-J., Chen, Y.-H., Cheng, J. J., Pan, H. C. & Liu, H. K., Nov 2025, In: Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine. 15, 7, p. 782-793
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
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1 Citation (Scopus)
Immunomodulatory properties of an arabinan polysaccharide extracted from Sida cordifolia: isolation, characterization and in vitro mechanism of action
Cheng, F., Pan, X., Notaro, A., Iovine, A., Molinaro, A., De Castro, C. & Green, B. D., 01 Sept 2025, In: Carbohydrate Polymers. 363, 17 p., 123724.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
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3 Citations (Scopus)

11 Downloads (Pure)
The oncogene SLC35F2 is a high-specificity transporter for the micronutrients queuine and queuosine
Burtnyak, L., Yuan, Y., Stojek, E., Pan, X., Gunaratne, L., Silveira d'Almeida, G., Fergus, C., Martinelli, M., J Reed, C., Fernandez, J., Patel, B. I., Marquez, I., Ehrenhofer-Murray, A. E., Swairjo, M. A., Alfonzo, J. D., Green, B. D., Kelly, V. P. & de Crécy-Lagard, V., 17 Jun 2025, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 122, 25, e2425364122.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
File
2 Citations (Scopus)

25 Downloads (Pure)
Development, validation and application of an LC–MS/MS method quantifying free forms of the micronutrients queuine and queuosine in human plasma using a surrogate matrix approach
Pan, X., Chandrasekaran, S., Woodside, J. V., Riedel-Heller, S. G., Scherer, M., Wagner, M., Ramirez, A. & Green, B. D., 19 Aug 2024, (Early online date) In: Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 9 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
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4 Citations (Scopus)

83 Downloads (Pure)

Centre for Excellence in Active and Interactive Learning (CEAIL) “Individual Personal and Professional Development Reward”
Green, B. (Recipient), 2009
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
'Excellence in Teaching First Year Students' (2009; QUB)
Green, B. (Recipient), 2009
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Institute for Food Science and Technology - Young Scientist of the Year
Green, B. (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Institute for Food Science and Technology - Young Scientist of the Year
Green, B. (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Institute for Food Science and Technology - Young Scientist of the Year
Green, B. (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

Frontiers in Nutrition (Journal)
Green, B. (Peer reviewer)
Nov 2022
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
£297,824 - Innovate UK - Aid for Start Ups Grant - Aramune™
Green, B. (Advisor)
Oct 2021 → Apr 2023
Activity: Consultancy types › KTP & Consultancy in kind
Alzheimer's Research UK Public Meeting
Cunningham, E. (Organiser), Green, B. (Organiser) & Sweeney, A. (Invited speaker)
15 Apr 2021
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar
Lab Notes > Delirium and dementia
Green, B. (Advisor)
Mar 2021
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar
Chief Scientific Officer - Aramune Technologies Limited
Green, B. (Advisor)
Mar 2021
Activity: Consultancy types › Joint or sponsored appointments or secondments with industry or commerce

The FSA’s stance on nitrites in processed meat – a pale imitation of evidence-based policy making
Green, B.
05/11/2025
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Nitrites and Processed meat
Green, B.
07/03/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
QUB Evidence of Nitrite-cured meat exacerbating cancer
Green, B.
27/12/2021 → 29/12/2022
3 Media contributions
Press/Media: Research
Strongest link yet between nitrites and cancer
Green, B.
19/12/2019 → 20/12/2019
3 Media contributions
Press/Media: Research
Strongest link yet between nitrites and cancer - but ‘not all processed meat has same risk’
Green, B.
19/12/2019
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research

Brian Green

Personal profile

Research Interests

Teaching

Other

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

Fingerprint

Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years

Dive into details

R1128BSC: IMMACULATE: Improving Mass Spectrometry Sustainability in Food, Environmental, and Health Research

S2315AFL: KTP/ Avondale Foods Ltd

R2723CVS: GLP-1 in diabetic cardiomyopathy

R1006GFS: Characterisation of an Orally Available Immunomodulatory Polysaccharide for Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease

R1587ECI: AUTOMAC: AUTOmated Mouse behAviour reCognition

Epigenetic and metabolic landscape of Dementia with Lewy Bodies

Evaluating the antiviral efficacy and specificity of chlorogenic acid and related herbal extracts against SARS-CoV-2 variants via spike protein binding intervention

Immunomodulatory properties of an arabinan polysaccharide extracted from Sida cordifolia: isolation, characterization and in vitro mechanism of action

The oncogene SLC35F2 is a high-specificity transporter for the micronutrients queuine and queuosine

Development, validation and application of an LC–MS/MS method quantifying free forms of the micronutrients queuine and queuosine in human plasma using a surrogate matrix approach

Centre for Excellence in Active and Interactive Learning (CEAIL) “Individual Personal and Professional Development Reward”

'Excellence in Teaching First Year Students' (2009; QUB)

Institute for Food Science and Technology - Young Scientist of the Year

Institute for Food Science and Technology - Young Scientist of the Year

Institute for Food Science and Technology - Young Scientist of the Year

Frontiers in Nutrition (Journal)

£297,824 - Innovate UK - Aid for Start Ups Grant - Aramune™

Alzheimer's Research UK Public Meeting

Lab Notes > Delirium and dementia

Chief Scientific Officer - Aramune Technologies Limited

The FSA’s stance on nitrites in processed meat – a pale imitation of evidence-based policy making

Nitrites and Processed meat

QUB Evidence of Nitrite-cured meat exacerbating cancer

Strongest link yet between nitrites and cancer

Strongest link yet between nitrites and cancer - but ‘not all processed meat has same risk’

Brian Green

Personal profile

Research Interests

Teaching

Other

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

Fingerprint

Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years

Projects

Research output

Prizes

Activities

Press/Media