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Contact information

Email
peter.mchugh@imm.ox.ac.uk

Research groups

McHugh Group: DNA Damage and Repair

Colleges

University College

Websites

Department of Oncology
Department

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.

Brolih S. et al, (2026), Nat Commun

DNA repair drives cisplatin-induced neuronal death.

Nathan WJ. et al, (2026), Cell

Development of Water-Trapping Pyrrole-2-carboxylic Acids as Broad-Spectrum Metallo-β-lactamase Inhibitors.

Singha M. et al, (2026), J Med Chem

Editorial: DNA crosslink repair: From molecules to mankind.

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

Brolih S. et al, (2026), BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY, 208, S279 - S279

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