Arran Turnbull Research Group

Translational Oncology Research Group – Breast Cancer

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Dr Arran Turnbull, Senior Lecturer and Group Leader
Dr Arran Turnbull, Senior Lecturer and Group Leader

Research in a Nutshell

Our group aims to investigate the mechanisms of resistance to endocrine therapy and other treatments in breast cancer and develop clinically-applicable approaches to identify patients who are at higher risk of disease progression or relapse.

Research Programme 

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Arran Turnbull Research Group

People

 
Dr Arran TurnbullPrincipal Investigator and Group Leader
Prof Mike DixonCo-Group Leader
Dr Carlos Martinez-PerezPostdoctoral Research Fellow
Charlene KayResearch Associate & PhD student
Zuzanna GedziorowskaPhD student
Jillian VanOrsouwResearch Nurse
Sue HopeResearch & Ethics Coordinator and Group Admin Support
Lorna RenshawResearch Nurse Coordinator
Natalie WilsonClinical Research Support (Affiliate – CRUK/ECMC Tissue Group)
Mihail HalachevBioinformatician (Affiliate – IGC Bioinformatics Core)

Contact

a.turnbull@ed.ac.uk

 

 

Cancer Research Collaborations

  • Professor Charles Perou, University of North Carolina 
  • Professor Lisa Carey, University of North Carolina 
  • Professor Bob Clarke, Hormel Institute 
  • Professor Val Brunton, University of Edinburgh
  • Professor Igor Goryanin, University of Edinburgh
  • Professor David Cameron, University of Edinburgh
  • Dr Tak Kitamura, University of Edinburgh
  • Dr Olga Oikonomidou, University of Edinburgh
  • Dr Peter Hall, Cancer Informatics, University of Edinburgh
  • Astra Zeneca
  • Genomic Health
  • Philips
  • InnoSIGN
  • Digistain
  • APIS Technologies
  • Wobble Genomics
  • Macromics

Partners and Funders (current)

  • Breast Cancer Now
  • Breast Cancer Institute
  • The Urology Foundation
  • Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • Tenovus Scotland
  • CSO
  • NHS Lothian Charity
  • Len Thomson Trust
  • John Black Foundation
  • SULSA
  • National Institute of Health (NIH) – Georgetown University

 

Scientific Themes

Breast cancer, endocrine therapy, chemotherapy, prediction of treatment response, mechanisms of treatment resistance, cancer and stratified medicine

Technology expertise

RNA and DNA sequencing, bioinformatics, transcriptomics, mass spec, proteomics, spatial geomics, clinical, biomarkers selection and statistics