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Epigenetics and Genome Stability Group

Professor Jessica Downs’s group investigates how DNA packaging into chromatin influences the stability of genetic information, and studies how chromatin and its regulation can influence the development and progression of cancer.

Group leader

Professor Jessica Downs

Professor Jessica Downs

Professor Jessica Downs is Deputy Head of the Division of Cancer Biology. She is investigating the interplay between epigenetics and genome stability. The goal of this research is to understand how the packaging and organisation of DNA in cells helps to maintain its integrity and prevent tumourigenesis.

ORCID 0000-0002-6600-849X

Group members

Nawa Amin

Clinical Research Fellow/PhD Student

Katie Begg

Postdoctoral Training Fellow +44 20 7153 5397

Dr Hanna Braun

Postdoctoral Training Fellow +44 20 3437 6914

Ayoub El Azoui

+44 20 3437 6349

Dr Nagham Ghaddar

Postdoctoral Training Fellow +44 20 3437 6619

Dr Alison Harrod

Postdoctoral Training Fellow +44 20 7153 5037

Dr Karen Lane

Postdoctoral Training Fellow +44 20 3437 7459

Dr Susana Sousa

Postdoctoral Training Fellow

Lillian Wu

PhD Student

Pedro Zuazua-Villar

Senior Scientific Officer