We are pleased to welcome our three latest Research Network Members, Prof Majlinda Lako, Peter McHugh and Dr Michael Carty:-

Prof Lako’s group at Newcastle University focuses their research on understanding of the basic biology of human embryonic stem cells, their self-renewal and differentiation to haematopoietic, retinal and corneal lineages.

Peter McHugh runs the DNA Damage and Repair Research Group at Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford Peter’s group has an increasing interest in FA, and has recently published their first paper in this area. Peter regularly participates in the US FARF, is giving a lecture this year, and is a regular grant reviewer for the FARF.

Michael Carty’s group at the DNA Damage Response laboratory at NUI, Galway have an interest in Fanconi Anaemia as part of their research into the responses of cells to DNA damaging agents such as cisplatin and mitomycin C, and to mitosene derivatives synthesized by colleagues in the School of Chemistry at NUI, Galway.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 at 1:18 pm