SIMON MCDADE, PH.D.

Principle Investigator

Education: BSc Hons (Molecular Biology, QUB, 2001), PhD (Molecular Oncology, QUB, 2004)

Field: Cancer Genomics, Functional Genomics, Transcription factor de-regulation, p53-family.

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FIAMMETTA FALCONE, M.SC., PH.D.

Research Assistant/Lab Manager

Education: B.Sc. (Biological Science, UNICAL

2009), M.Sc. (Molecular Biology, UNICAL

2012), Research and Educational Fellowship in Technique of Functional Genomics (EU-funded PON-project: BIOMEDPARK@UMG, UMG 2012/2014), Ph.D. in Medicine (Queen’s University Belfast 2014/2019)

Field: Cancer biology, Genomics, Genome editing, Molecular biology.

TAMAS SESSLER, PH.D.

Research Fellow

Education: B.Sc. (Medical Research Laboratory Analyst, Department of Medical Laboratory and Diagnostic Imaging, University of Debrecen, Hungary, 2010), PhD in Biochemistry (Apoptosis Research Center, Department of Biochemistry, National University of Galway, Ireland. 2015) 

Field: Cancer biology, Genomics, Clinical patient data analysis, tool development.

NICHOLAS FORSYTHE, PH.D.

Research Fellow

Education: B.Sc. (Biomedical Science, Queen's Unversity Belfast (2013) 

2009), Ph.D. in Medicine (Queen’s University Belfast 2013/2017) 

Field: Cancer biology, Molecular biology, Prostate cancer, Genomics

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Project: Clinical trials with longitudinal sampling to assess genomic and molecular responses to prostate cancer treatment

ANDREA LEES, PH.D.

  Research Fellow

Education: BSc (Biomedical Science, Queen’s University Belfast, 2016), PhD in Medicine, (Queen’s University Belfast, 2021).

Field: Cellular and molecular biology, Cancer biology.

Project: Regulation of cell fate by a novel p53-inducible ligand-independent TRAIL-R2 complex (BBSRC)  

GERARD QUINN, M.SC., PH.D. (2021)

Research Fellow/ECR of generatR

Education: M.Sci (Biochemistry with Professional Studies, Queen's University Belfast, 2017)

Field: Bioinformatics, Transcriptomics, Genomics data analysis, Software development

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Project: Investigating the tumour-immune interaction in CRC with a novel high-throughput transcriptomic assay

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NxNw ICURe generatR ECR Lead

KIRSTY TAYLOR, MB, BCH, BAO, PH.D. (2021)

Clinical Research Fellow

Education: MB BCh BAO (Queen’s University Belfast 2011), MRCPUK (Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh 2014) 

Field: Cancer biology, Genomics, Radiomics  

Project: Understanding responses to systemic therapies in patients with squamous cell cancer. 

EMILY ROGAN, M.SC.

Ph.D. Student

Education: BSc Biomedical Science (QUB 2016-2019). MSc Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics (2019-2020).

Project: Identifying molecular determinants of response to oxaliplatin in metastatic bowel cancer”. Funded by Bowl & Cancer Research.

SHAUNA LAMBE, M.SC.

Bioinformatician within FGG and Genomics Core Technology Unit, Ph.D. student part-time

Education: B.Sc. Mathematics and Computer Science (Queen’s University Belfast, 2015), M.Sc. Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics (Queen’s University Belfast, 2016).

Experience: Bioinformatician at Almac Diagnostics (2016 – 2019)