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Cancer Biomarkers Group

Professor Johann de Bono’s group conducts biomarker-driven clinical and translational research to accelerate the development of novel cancer therapies and improve understanding of cancer biology, drug sensitivity and resistance.

Group leader

Professor Johann De Bono

Professor Johann De Bono

Divisional Head of Clinical Studies

Professor Johann de Bono is the Head of the Division of Clinical Studies and an international expert in the development of novel anticancer therapies against adult cancers. His group of runs one of the world’s largest phase I clinical trials units for cancer, with >100 staff including dedicated radiology and pathology staff; he also runs a separate group focused on improving prostate cancer care that have led pivotal phase III trials of several prostate cancer drugs including abiraterone, cabazitaxel, enzalutamide and olaparib as well more recently ipatasertib and lutetium-PSMA.

ORCID 0000-0002-2034-595X

Group members

Denisa Bogdan
Denisa Bogdan
Bioinfomatician +44 20 3437 6096

I am a bioinformatician working in the Cancer Biomarkers and Translational Therapeutics Teams at the Institute of Cancer Research. I work with next generation sequencing data to understand prostate cancer biomarkers in advanced disease. I have a multidisciplinary background in medicinal chemistry and molecular biology, as well as bioinformatics expertise, particularly in transcriptomics, epigenomics, integrative omics and biostatistics.

Yasmin Ball
Scientific Officer T +44 20 3437 6198
Ilona Bernett
Higher Scientific Officer T +44 20 3437 6542
Claudia Bertan
Higher Scientific Officer T +44 20 3437 6460
Dr Suzanne Carreira
Senior Staff Scientist T +44 20 3437 6317
Mateus Crespo
Senior Scientific Officer T +44 20 3437 6336
Berni Ebbs
Higher Scientific Officer T +44 20 8915 4343
Ana Ferreira
Higher Scientific Officer T +44 20 3437 6319
Ines Figueiredo
Senior Scientific Officer T +44 20 3437 6318
Penny Flohr
Senior Scientific Officer T +44 20 8915 4038
Jane Goodall
Senior Scientific Officer T +44 20 3437 6323
Dr Bora Gurel
Clinical Scientist T +44 20 8722 4567
Susana Miranda
Higher Scientific Officer T +44 20 3437 6316
Helder Ramos
Clinical Data Manager T +44 20 3437 6065
Rita Santos
Higher Scientific Officer T +44 20 3437 6972
Dr George Seed
T +44 20 3437 6063
Toby Speller
Laboratory Data Manager T +44 20 3437 3532
Franziska Weigl
PhD Student T +44 20 3437 6058