Research

Scientists and clinicians working together to beat cancer.

The Edinburgh Cancer Research is a part of the Institute of Genetics and Cancer (IGC; formerly the IGMM - Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine), however, in addition to scientists based at the IGC, our cancer research is carried out at other University of Edinburgh sites (our affiliates) or NHS Lothian locations. 

A broad spectrum of tumor types are studied by our investigators and we aspire to be world class in key themes, bringing innovation and unique twists to basic cancer science, drug development and clinical translation.  

Clinical/translational emphasis is largely in colorectal cancer, women’s cancers (breast, ovarian and endometrial), and more recently in brain cancer, but we have also initiated new research programmes in three new cancer types; sarcoma, renal cancer and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, a poorly researched cancer of unmet need.

Mark Arends

Colorectal Cancer Pathology

Kathryn Ball

Proteostasis and Immune Signalling in Cancer and Dementia

Paul Brennan

Brain Tumour Research Group

Gerry Brien

Chromatin Biochemistry and Epigenetics

Ewan Brown

Melanoma and Colorectal Cancer

Val Brunton

Signalling and the regulation of cancer growth and metastasis

David Cameron

Clinical Trials in Breast Cancer

Neil Carragher

Drug Discovery

Sally Clive

Early Phase Clinical Trials Co-lead

Farhat Din

Metabolism and Energy Signalling in Colorectal Cancer

Mike Dixon

Breast Cancer Now Edinburgh Research Team

Malcolm Dunlop

Colon Cancer Genetics

Marie Fallon

Edinburgh Palliative and Supportive Care Group (EPAS)

Susan Farrington

Colorectal Cancer Genetics

Margaret Frame

Adhesion networks in cancer

Noor Gammoh

Brain Cancer Survival Pathways

Charlie Gourley

Nicola Murray Centre for Ovarian Cancer Research

Robin Grant

Causes, Treatment and Management of Glioma

Peter Hall

Clinical Informatics and Health Economics in Cancer

Larry Hayward

Sarcoma and Breast Cancer

Simon Herrington

Molecular Cancer Pathology

Ted Hupp

Next Generation Technologies for Drug Discovery In Cancer

Ian Kunkler

Clinical and Translational Studies of Breast Radiotherapy

Barry Laird

Improving the Care of Patients with Cancer

Simon Langdon

Targeting ovarian and breast cancer cell signalling pathways

Kevin Myant

Colorectal Stem Cell Transformation​

Olga Oikonomidou

Clinical Translational Research in Breast Cancer

Steven Pollard

Neural Stem Cells and Brain Cancer

Bin-Zhi Qian

Tumour Microenvironment in Cancer Metastasis and Therapy Resistance

Dirk Sieger

In Vivo Studies of Microglia-glioma Interactions

Duncan Sproul

Cancer Epigenetics

Lesley Stark

NF-kB - Nucleolar Signalling

Stefan Symeonides

Drug Development and Early Phase Cancer Trials 

Evropi Theodoratou

Colorectal Cancer Epidemiology

Jeremy Thomas

Breast Cancer

Asier Unciti-Broceta

Innovative Therapeutics

Alexander von Kriegsheim

Network Biology and Proteomics

Simon Wilkinson

Autophagy in Tissue Homeostasis and Cancer

Alan Serrels

Tumour Immune Environment

Ian Tomlinson

Cancer Genetics and Evolution

Tim Aitman (Affiliate)

Diagnosis of rare recessive disease by exome sequencing

Ahsan Akram (Affiliate)

Imaging in Lung Cancer for treatment stratification