Walter Bodmer
FRS
Professor of Genetics
In 1996, Sir Walter Bodmer assumed his current position at the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine as Head of the Cancer and Immunogenetics laboratory and more recently within the Department of Oncology. After obtaining a PhD in Genetics from Cambridge University, he moved to Stanford University in California where he rose to the position of Professor. In 1970, he returned to the UK as the first Professor of Genetics at Oxford University. He subsequently became the Director of Research, and finally the Director General, of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund in London. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and was knighted in 1986.
Recent publications
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Subdividing Y-chromosome haplogroup R1a1 reveals Norse Viking dispersal lineages in Britain.
Journal article
Lall GM. et al, (2020), Eur J Hum Genet
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In Vitro Analyses of Interactions Between Colonic Myofibroblasts and Colorectal Cancer Cells for Anticancer Study.
Journal article
Musa M. et al, (2020), Anticancer Res, 40, 6063 - 6073
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Polygenic inheritance, GWAS, polygenic risk scores, and the search for functional variants.
Journal article
Crouch DJM. and Bodmer WF., (2020), Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 117, 18924 - 18933
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PLAP -CAR T cells mediate high specific cytotoxicity against colon cancer cells.
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Li X. et al, (2020), Front Biosci (Landmark Ed), 25, 1765 - 1786
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Somatic selection of poorly differentiating variant stem cell clones could be a key to human ageing.
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Bodmer WF. and Crouch DJM., (2020), J Theor Biol, 489