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
CDIN1-Codanin-1 complex defective in congenital dyserythropoietic anaemia type I is an RNA nuclease.
Conference paper
Brolih S. et al, (2026), Nat Commun
Development of Water-Trapping Pyrrole-2-carboxylic Acids as Broad-Spectrum Metallo-β-lactamase Inhibitors.
Journal article
Singha M. et al, (2026), J Med Chem
Editorial: DNA crosslink repair: From molecules to mankind.
Journal article
Jeggo P. et al, (2026), DNA Repair (Amst), 158
The CDIN1-Codanin-1 complex, defective in congenital dyserythropoietic anaemia type I, is a RNA nuclease
Conference paper
Brolih S. et al, (2026), BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY, 208, S279 - S279