Brenda Andrews

Brenda Jean Andrews is a Canadian academic, researcher and biologist specializing in systems biology and molecular genetics.

Andrews is known for her studies on cell cycle-regulated transcription and protein kinase function in yeast and for pioneering work with Charles Boone on genetic networks. As an example, in 2015, Andrews co-led a team of biology scientists at the University of Toronto's Donnelly Centre to create the first ever fully detailed protein map of a cell, the map showed the location of all protein in a cell, the project aimed to benefit and help increase research for cancer cells. The research consisted of data gatherings from 20 million cells. Andrews' research aims at showing the complexity of a single gene and how it interacts with multiple genes.

Andrews is currently University Professor in the Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research and the Department of Molecular Genetics at the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine where she also directs ''Andrews Lab''. She is noted for her research and publications relating to genetics and genetic disorders. In 2017, Andrews was named as a University Professor, the highest faculty honor at UofT. In 2020, she was honoured to be an international member of the National Academy of Sciences. Provided by Wikipedia