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Dr Philip Dunne

School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences
Dr Philip Dunne

Dr Philip Dunne

School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences

Dr Dunne's research programme is focused on investigating mechanisms underlying disease progression in colorectal cancer, with a particular interest in signalling associated with early dissemination of tumours cells and their interaction with the tumour microenvironment. The research programme also includes development of molecular subtypes, using signalling associated with intrinsic (epithelial) and extrinsic (stromal and immune) components of the tumour.

His group employs a wide range of laboratory techniques, both “wet-lab” and “dry-lab”, by combining in vivo and in vitro molecular biology, in situ molecular pathology and in silico translational bioinformatics.

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  • askmhls@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 2792

Research Interests

Dr Dunne is open to wide-ranging PhD applications from candidates with a basic science or clinical background.

His fields of interest include;

  • Cancer molecular biology
  • Digital pathology
  • Computational biology

Previous research experience is desirable although not essential.

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Current Research Opportunities

  • Using computational biology and transcriptional data to identify signalling that contributes to cancer progression

Public outreach & key achievements

  • Lab website: dunne-lab.com
  • Current chair of cancer public engagement in QUB
  • Member of the Northern Ireland Cancer Research Consumer Forum (NICRCF) PPI network
  • Member of the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Colorectal Cancer Clinical Studies Group
  • Member of the Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC) translational biomarkers development panel
  • Member of the Stratification in Colorectal Cancer (S:CORT) Consortium Senior Management Group

Research students

Name: Aoife Mc Cooey
PhD Title Investigating molecular vulnerabilities in early stage, disseminating colorectal cancer
Country Ireland
   
Name Yasemin Adali
PhD Title Lifestyle factors, medications and colon cancer survival stratified by CRIS classification: a molecular cancer epidemiology approach
Country Turkey
   
Name Amy McCorry
PhD Title Defining the clinical importance of epithelial-stroma-immune signalling in colorectal cancer using a molecular pathology approach
Country UK

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