UCL Cancer Institute Seminar Series

Andrew Fry is Director of Research for the College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology, and Professor of Cell Biology at the University of Leicester. The goal of his research is to identify novel and important mechanisms that control human cell division with a particular focus on regulation of the microtubule cytoskeleton. His ambition is to understand how microtubules and microtubule organizing centres are remodelled during progression through the cell cycle, including how primary cilia are assembled and resorbed upon entry into and exit from quiescence, and how interphase microtubule arrays are converted into a bipolar spindle upon transition into mitosis. 

One specific aim of this research is to provide new insights into the complex organization of the mammalian centrosome, while much of his work involves studying how the eleven members of the human NEK serine/threonine kinase family control these events. His overarching purpose is to answer fundamental questions about microtubule biology and cell cycle control, discover how defects in these processes contribute to human disease, including cancer, and search for new and innovative therapies that exploit these discoveries. Professor Andrew Fry academic profile

Hosted by: Professor Hiro Yamano

The seminar will be followed by a sandwich buffet lunch.  

Location

UCL Cancer Institute
Courtyard Café
72 Huntley Street
London, WC1E 6DD

Contact: Veronica Dominguez v.dominguez@ucl.ac.ukView Map

This seminar has been sponsored in part by Merck, the Biomedical Research Centre and Cancer Research UK