Adrian L Harris

Growth Factor Group, Molecular Oncology Laboratory
Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford

Research Goals
1. Understand the mechanisms of tumour angiogenesis and how they are regulated by hypoxia.
2. Understand the pathways of differentiation of the vasculature and develop them as a therapeutic target.
3. Investigate the mechanism of survival of tumour cells under hypoxia.
4. To discover new targets for therapy.

Qualifications and Personal History
BSc 1970 Biochemistry, Liverpool University; MBChB Hons 1973. Liverpool University; DPhil 1978 University of Oxford; FRCP 1987.
Postdoctoral work ICRF Mutagenesis Laboratory, 1981; Professor of Clinical Oncology, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1981-1988.
ICRF Professor of Clinical Oncology, University of Oxford, 1989; Director of ICRF Medical Oncology Unit & Director of ICRF Molecular Oncology Laboratory, WIMM.