The Genetic Recombination laboratory at Cancer Research UK is situated at Clare Hall in Hertfordshire.  As part of CR-UK's London Research Institute, Clare Hall primarily specialises in basic research into mechanisms of DNA replication, recombination, repair and cell cycle.  Studies such as these are critical for our understanding of the relationships between genome instability and tumourigenesis.

Steve received a PhD in biochemistry from Newcastle University, before joining the Department of Therapeutic Radiology at Yale University, where he was a post-doc with Paul Howard-Flanders. He moved to the UK in 1985 to set up a laboratory at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund (now Cancer Research UK) where he is Senior Group Leader and Associate Director of Clare Hall Laboratories.  He is a Fellow of the Royal Society, and of the Academy of Medical Sciences, and is a Member of EMBO. Steve's scientific contributions have been acknowledged by several awards, including the Swiss Bridge Prize Award for Cancer Research in 2001 and again in 2009, the Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine in 2007 and the Novartis medal & prize from the Biochemical Society in 2008.

Contact details

Dr Stephen C. West
Cancer Research UK - London Research Institute
Clare Hall Laboratories
South Mimms
Herts EN6 3LD, UK
tel: 44 (0)1707 625 868
stephen.west@cancer.org.uk