Owen Sansom

Owen Sansom
Born
Owen James Sansom

(1975-04-21) 21 April 1975 (age 49)
Alma materUniversity of Nottingham
Known forWork on Wnt signalling in cancer
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsCancer
Institutions

Owen Sansom, FRSE.,[1] FMedSci[2] is the Director of the Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute (formerly known as the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research). He is known for his work determining the molecular hallmarks of colorectal cancer (CRC), including demonstrating the roles of the tumour suppressor protein APC and the WNT signalling pathway, as well as the involvement of intestinal stem cells in tumourigenesis[3][4]

  1. ^ a b "The Royal Society of Edinburgh: Professor Owen Sansom". Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  2. ^ a b "The Academy of Medical Sciences: Professor Owen Sansom". Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Loss of Apc was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Barker, N; Ridgway, RA; van Es, JH; van de Wetering, M; Begthel, H; van den Born, M; Danenberg, E; Clarke, AR; Sansom, OJ; Clevers, H (2009). "Crypt stem cells as the cells-of-origin of intestinal cancer". Nature. 457 (7229): 608–11. Bibcode:2009Natur.457..608B. doi:10.1038/nature07602. PMID 19092804. S2CID 4422868.