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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Somatic selection of poorly differentiating variant stem cell clones could be a key to human ageing.
Journal article
Bodmer WF. and Crouch DJM., (2020), J Theor Biol, 489
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Cellular polarity modulates drug resistance in primary colorectal cancers via orientation of the multidrug resistance protein ABCB1.
Journal article
Ashley N. et al, (2019), J Pathol, 247, 293 - 304
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Ruggero Ceppellini: A Perspective on His Contributions to Genetics and Immunology.
Journal article
Bodmer W., (2019), Front Immunol, 10
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Single-molecule DNA-mapping and whole-genome sequencing of individual cells.
Journal article
Marie R. et al, (2018), Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 115, 11192 - 11197
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Plasma ctDNA multigene mutation analysis for the diagnosis and treatment monitoring of colorectal cancer patients
Conference paper
Powell MJ. et al, (2018), CANCER RESEARCH, 78