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, University of Oxford 1996
Recent publications
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XPF-ERCC1: Linchpin of DNA crosslink repair
Journal article
MCHUGH P., (2020), PLoS Genetics
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The analysis of DNA interstrand crosslinks and their repair by the modified Comet assay
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SWIFT LP. et al, (2020), DNA Electrophoresis: Methods and Protocols., 2119
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Microhomologies are prevalent at Cas9-induced larger deletions.
Journal article
Owens DDG. et al, (2019), Nucleic Acids Res, 47, 7402 - 7417
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Optimised oligonucleotide substrates to assay XPF ERCC1 nuclease activity for the discovery of DNA repair inhibitors†
Journal article
MCHUGH PJ. et al, (2019), Chemical Communications
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A hydroxamic-acid-containing nucleoside inhibits DNA repair nuclease SNM1A.
Journal article
Doherty W. et al, (2019), Org Biomol Chem