Peter McHugh
D.Phil
Professor of Molecular Oncology
The study of DNA damage and repair to understand the causes of cancer and improve its treatment.
Brief Biography
Director, Oncology Laboratories, WIMM
Head, DNA Damage and Repair Group, Department of Oncology and WIMM
Royal Society Research Fellow, UCL, 2001-2002
Post-Doctoral Fellow, UCL, 1997-2001
D.Phil Biochemistry, University of Oxford 1996
BSc (Hons) Biochemistry, UMIST, 1991
Recent publications
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N-Acyloxymethyl-phthalimides deliver genotoxic formaldehyde to human cells
Journal article
Emms VL. et al, (2023), Chemical Science
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N-Acyloxymethyl-phthalimides deliver genotoxic formaldehyde to human cells
Journal article
Emms VL. et al, (2023), CHEMICAL SCIENCE, 14, 12498 - 12505
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WRN helicase and mismatch repair complexes independently and synergistically disrupt cruciform DNA structures.
Journal article
Mengoli V. et al, (2022), EMBO J
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Characterization of the SARS-CoV-2 ExoN (nsp14ExoN–nsp10) complex: implications for its role in viral genome stability and inhibitor identification
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Baddock HT. et al, (2022), Nucleic Acids Research
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Editorial: Targeting DNA repair and the DNA damage response: Beyond the standard PI3 kinase-like kinases.
Journal article
Turchi JJ. et al, (2022), Front Oncol, 12