Walter Bodmer
FRS
Professor of Genetics
In 1996, Sir Walter Bodmer assumed his current position at the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine as Head of the Cancer and Immunogenetics laboratory and more recently within the Department of Oncology. After obtaining a PhD in Genetics from Cambridge University, he moved to Stanford University in California where he rose to the position of Professor. In 1970, he returned to the UK as the first Professor of Genetics at Oxford University. He subsequently became the Director of Research, and finally the Director General, of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund in London. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and was knighted in 1986.
Recent publications
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Phenotypic screen of sixty-eight colorectal cancer cell lines identifies CEACAM6 and CEACAM5 as markers of acid-resistance
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MICHL J. et al, (2024), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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Adult stem cell activity in naked mole rats for long-term tissue maintenance
Journal article
IRSHAD S., (2023), Nature Communications
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mRNA-Lipid Nanoparticle (LNP) Delivery of Humanized EpCAM-CD3 Bispecific Antibody Significantly Blocks Colorectal Cancer Tumor Growth.
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Golubovskaya V. et al, (2023), Cancers (Basel), 15
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Acid-adapted cancer cells alkalinize their cytoplasm by degrading the acid-loading membrane transporter Anion Exchanger 2 (SLC4A2)
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MICHL J. et al, (2023), Cell Reports
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The Newfoundland and Labrador mosaic founder population descends from an Irish and British diaspora from 300 years ago.
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Gilbert E. et al, (2023), Commun Biol, 6