Ian Tomlinson

Molecular and Population Genetics Laboratory
London Research Institute
Lincoln's Inn Fields Laboratories
London

Research Goals
To identify cancer predisposition genes.
To identify genetic changes that predict response to cancer therapy or indicate prognosis.
To work out molecular pathways of tumorigenesis.
To use genetic methods to elucidate the functional effects of mutations in tumour growth.
To set up model systems for the analysis of tumorigenesis.
To produce information that is clinically relevant.

Qualifications and Personal History
PhD 1988 University of Cambridge.
Postdoctoral work at Imperial Cancer Research Fund (ICRF), Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) and Oxford.
Head of Cancer Research UK (formerly known as ICRF) Laboratory from 1998.