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Gene Function Team

Professor Chris Lord's team investigates the genetic basis of breast cancer as a means to understand and treat the disease.

Group leader

Professor Chris Lord

Professor Chris Lord

Professor Chris Lord is Deputy Head of Division and the leader of the CRUK Gene Function Team, which applies concepts such as synthetic lethality and non-oncogene addiction to provide one route to identifying novel approaches to treating cancer.

ORCID 0000-0002-3226-0515

Group members

Dr Rachel Brough

Senior Scientific Officer

Dr Sheyne Choi

Higher Scientific Officer +44 20 3437 7052

Lauren Dawson

Postdoctoral Training Fellow +44 20 3437 7008

Michael Gruet

Postdoctoral Training Fellow +44 20 3437 6179

Roan Hulks

PhD Student +44 20 3437 6576

Dr Will Kerrison

Postdoctoral Training Fellow

Dr Asha Konde

Higher Scientific Officer +44 20 3437 7580

Lorena Magraner

Marie Curie Research Fellow +44 20 3437 7020

Amaara Marzook

Scientific Officer +44 20 3437 6976

Lovely Paul Solomon Devakumar

Postdoctoral Training Fellow +44 20 7153 5529

Dr Stephen Pettitt  

Senior Staff Scientist and Deputy Team Leader 020 7153 5322

Dr Feifei Song

Higher Scientific Officer

Rebeca Uceda Castro

Higher Scientific Officer +44 20 3437 3621

Andrew Wicks

PhD Student

Dr Will Yang

Postdoctoral Training Fellow