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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The Newfoundland and Labrador mosaic founder population descends from an Irish and British diaspora from 300 years ago.
Journal article
Gilbert E. et al, (2023), Commun Biol, 6
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Two contrasting papers stimulate a commentary on the origins of tumour immunology, current cancer immunotherapies, and the future potential for cancer immunotherapy.
Journal article
Bodmer W., (2022), British journal of cancer
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Solute exchange through gap junctions lessens the adverse effects of inactivating mutations in metabolite-handling genes.
Journal article
Monterisi S. et al, (2022), Elife, 11
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Genomic landscape of colorectal carcinogenesis.
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Kim JC. and Bodmer WF., (2022), J Cancer Res Clin Oncol
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Subdividing Y-chromosome haplogroup R1a1 reveals Norse Viking dispersal lineages in Britain.
Journal article
Lall GM. et al, (2020), Eur J Hum Genet