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Dr Sandra Van Schaeybroeck

School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences
Sandra Van Schaeybroeck

Dr Sandra Van Schaeybroeck

School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences

RAS and BRAF mutated (MT) colorectal cancers (CRC) occur in >60% of CRC patients and are associated with poor outcome. Although the therapeutic armamentarium of CRC has increased over the last 2 decades, there are subgroups of RAS and BRAFMT CRC in urgent need for novel treatments.

The research is focused on the identification of novel targets and pathways that are particularly relevant to drug resistance in the context of RAS/BRAFMT at the bench and applying this at the bedside.

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  • askmhls@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 2954

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Open to PhD applications in the field of

  • Laboratory based investigations into molecular mechanisms including altered pro-survival signaling pathways in RASMT and BRAFMT CRC
  • Discovery of novel resistance mechanisms to therapy mechanisms in RASMT and BRAFMT CRC
  • Innovative biomarker development using samples from RASMT and BRAFMT CRC patients

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PhD Title Investigating the RAL GTPases as novel targets for the treatment of RASMT CRC
Country Pakistan
   
PhD Title  Oncogenic deregulation of epithelial apical biogenesis as a unifying mechanism for colorectal cancer (CRC) morphological heterogeneity
Country  Northern Ireland 
   

 


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