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MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine
MRC WIMM Profile
Sir Walter Bodmer
FRS HonFRSE FMedSci
Professor of Genetics
- Head of the Cancer and Immunogenetics Laboratory, MRC WIMM
Research Summary
I investigate the fundamental genetics and biology of colorectal cancer (CRC) and their potential applications.
Biography
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.
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Recent publications
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Journal article
Abdullayeva G. et al, (2024), Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 121
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Michl J. et al, (2024), Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 121
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Journal article
IRSHAD S., (2023), Nature Communications
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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)
Journal article
MICHL J. et al, (2023), Cell Reports