Bruce Ponder
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Professor Sir Bruce Ponder is the Director and Professor of Oncology at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute. Ponder's team helped to identify the breast cancer susceptibility genes BRCA1
and BRCA2
.
He carried out his PhD studies with Lionel Crawford
in London working on chromatin organisation and DNA sequence specificity using polyoma virus.
BRCA1
BRCA1 is a human caretaker gene that produces a protein called breast cancer type 1 susceptibility protein, responsible for repairing DNA. The first evidence for the existence of the gene was provided by the King laboratory at UC Berkeley in 1990...
and BRCA2
BRCA2
BRCA2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the BRCA2 gene.BRCA2 orthologs have been identified in most mammals for which complete genome data are available....
.
He carried out his PhD studies with Lionel Crawford
Lionel Crawford
Lionel Vivian Crawford FRS FRSE is a British cancer expert and virologist.He was educated at Rendcomb College between 1941 and 1950 before being called up for National Service. After demobilization in 1952 he studied at Emmanuel College, Cambridge with a State Scholarship, graduating with a first...
in London working on chromatin organisation and DNA sequence specificity using polyoma virus.