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Gene Function and Regulation Subteam

Projects

By knowing exactly how the action of some genes may cause or progress breast cancer, we hope to develop treatments that are specifcially based on our findings.

  • Exploiting the DNA repair defect in BRCA deficient cells as a therapeutic strategy; the use of PARP inhibitors
    Investigating loss of DNA repair pathways in BRCA deficient cells as a synthetic lethal approach.
  • The high-throughput identification of novel targets that confer synthetic lethality in BRCA mutant cells
    Our work with PARP inhibitors has led us to attempt to identify in a high-throughput manner, further targets that confer synthetic lethality on BRCA deficient cells.
  • The role and function of a BRCA2 binding protein, DSS1
    Investigating the role and function of DSS1.
  • The identification of novel BRCA2 synthetically lethal partners by the use of high-throughput RNA interference in Drosophila melanogaster
    Identification of BRCA synthetically lethal partners using RNAi screens in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.
  • Identification of novel determinants of Tamoxifen resistance
    Investigating loss of DNA repair pathways in BRCA deficient cells as a synthetic lethal approach.
  • PNKP as a novel therapeutic target
    High-throughput identification of small molecule inhibitors of PNKP that may be synthetically lethal in BRCA deficient cells.
  • The development of an inhibitor of the phosphatase PPM1D
    Identification of compounds that can kill tumour cells by inhibiting PPM1D.

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