Mark Arends
Professor of Pathology

- Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre
- MRC Institute of Genetics & Molecular Medicine
Contact details
- Email: M.Arends@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre
MRC Institute of Genetics & Molecular Medicine
The University of Edinburgh
Western General Hospital
Crewe Road South - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH4 2XR
Background
Mark Arends trained in Medicine (MBChB with Honours) and Pathology (BSc with Honours and PhD) at the University of Edinburgh, becoming a Senior Lecturer in 1995 in the Edinburgh University Department of Pathology and Honorary Consultant at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (MRCPath & FRCPath). He moved to the University of Cambridge (MA) in January 1999, where he was a University Reader in Histopathology and an Honorary Consultant at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge. There he was a specialist gastrointestinal and gynaecological pathologist, was lead pathologist in colorectal pathology, gynaecological pathology and bowel cancer screening pathology for Cambridge and East of England. In July 2013 he moved to University of Edinburgh as Professor of Pathology, Head of the Division of Pathology and Co-director of the Centre for Comparative Pathology. His research includes the genomic, genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of colorectal cancer and gynaecological cancer development and progression, including inherited susceptibility to colorectal and endometrial carcinogenesis and in vivo models of intestinal tumour formation
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Improving the diagnosis of endometrial hyperplasia using computerized analysis and immunohistochemical biomarkers
In:
Frontiers in Reproductive Health
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Accepted/In press) -
c-MET immunohistochemical expression in sporadic and inflammatory bowel disease associated lesions
In:
World Journal of Gastroenterology
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Primary dedifferentiated, transdifferentiated and undifferentiated melanomas: overview of the clinicopathological, immunohistochemical and molecular spectrum
In:
Histopathology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/his.14545
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Aldehyde driven transcriptional stress triggers an anorexic DNA damage response: Formaldehyde driven transcriptional stress triggers an anorexic DNA damage response
In:
Nature
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04133-7
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Ethanol-induced formation of colorectal tumours and precursors in a mouse model of Lynch Syndrome
In:
Journal of Pathology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/path.5796
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print)