Professor Nick Lemoine
Director, CRUK Barts Centre; Medical Director, NIHR Clinical Research Network
I am the Director of Barts Cancer Institute. My groups’ primary research interests are in the genomics and molecular pathology of pancreatic cancer and the development of oncolytic virotherapy.
Professor Kairbaan Hodivala-Dilke
Deputy Institute Director, Professor of the Tumour Microenvironment
Cancers are composed of both tumour and stromal compartments. We are interested in understanding the molecular basis of how the tumour stroma contributes to tumour growth, therapy resistance and spread, in various solid tumours including lung cancers, pancreatic cancer and melanoma.
Professor Hemant Kocher
Professor of Liver and Pancreas Surgery
My clinical research interests include tissue banking, clinical trials, innovative surgical techniques, epidemiology, meta-analysis and patient care pathways. My translational research interests include pancreatic cancer stroma and tumour-stroma cross-talk including cell signalling, adhesion, metastasis and invasion.
Professor John F. Marshall
Professor of Tumour Biology
For over 25 years I have studied the biology of tumour invasion with a particular interest in the roles of the adhesion molecules expressed on the cell surface that mediate this process. Our group concentrates on the study of integrins that are the principal family of adhesion molecules that mediate interaction between cells and the extracellular matrix (ECM).
Dr Angus James Cameron
Senior Lecturer
My research focuses on kinases regulating cancer cell growth and motility to understand how and when to target them with drugs. My group is currently examining the role of the PKN kinases in malignant progression.
Professor Claude Chelala
Co-Director, Centre for Computational Biology, LSI; Professor of Bioinformatics
My research interests lie in the area of translational bioinformatics. Current research projects are focused in high-throughput data analysis, integration with clinical data, databases and software development, particularly for pancreatic cancer and breast cancer.
Professor Tatjana Crnogorac-Jurcevic
Professor of Molecular Oncology
My research focuses on molecular pathology of pancreatic cancer, in particular its development and progression. We are using this knowledge to develop biomarkers for early, non-invasive detection of this malignancy in urine specimens.
Dr Gunnel Halldén
Reader in Cancer Gene Therapy
The research in our team is focused on the development of novel treatment strategies to target prostate and pancreatic cancers using genetically modified viruses that target, replicate and kill cancer cells but leave normal cells unharmed.
Dr Stéphanie Kermorgant
Reader in Cellular Oncology
We study the role of growth factor receptor signalling and intracellular trafficking (movement inside cells) in tumour growth and metastasis in the view of improving cancer therapy.
Dr David Propper
Senior Lecturer
My focus is detailed translational trials in pancreatic cancer. I work with scientists within the BCI in crosscutting themes targeting the tumour microenvironment, with approaches including immune therapies, stem cell, stromal and vascular targeting.
Professor Yaohe Wang
Professor of Cancer Cell and Gene Therapy
We work on cancer prevention and immunotherapy using tumour-targeted replicating oncolytic viruses, in particular focusing on replicating adenovirus and vaccinia virus.
Dr Opeoluwa Banwo
My research is focused on clinical informatics for the Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund Tissue Bank (PCRFTB).
Dr Suhnrita Chaudhuri
My research is focused on combining modulation of the tumour microenvironment with chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy in order to therapeutically target pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
Dr Silvana Debernardi
My work focuses on the global analysis of miRNA in pancreatic cancer and developing miRNA biomarkers for early detection of this malignancy.
Dr Daniel Friedman
My research is focused on investigating the crosstalk between immune cell subsets in the tumour microenvironment in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
Dr Michelle Goulart
My research is focused in understanding the tumour-stroma interactions in pancreatic cancer and the identification of potential biomarkers.
Dr Sara Farrah Heuss
My work focuses on c-Met signalling on endosomes in pancreatic cancer, and to evaluate how it can be exploited to benefit pancreatic cancer patients.
Dr Maximilian Mossner
My research is focussed on the disturbed epigenomic landscape within pancreatic tumours.
In particular, I investigate the bi-directional epigenetic reprogramming between the tumour microenvironment and pancreatic cancer stem cells that leads to cooperative tumour outgrowth.
Dr Deepak Raj
I work on developing preclinical models of chimeric antigen receptors for cell therapy of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
Dr Helen Ross-Adams
The aim of my work is to develop clinically-relevant biomarkers that could aid in earlier disease detection, predict treatment response, and inform clinical management of patients.
Dr Remi Samain
My research is focused on understanding the role of contractility in pancreatic cancer.