Axel Behrens#
| Membership Number: | 4038 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2015 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.icr.ac.uk/research-and-discoveries/find-a-researcher/detail/professor-axel-behrens |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-1557-1143 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2020 - present Inaugural Scientific Director of the Cancer Research UK Convergence Science Centre
- 2015 - present Senior Group Leader, The Francis Crick Institute, London (UK)
- 2013 - present Principal Fellow, King’s College, London (UK)
- 2007 - present Honorary Full Professor, University College London (UK)
- 2006 - 2015 Senior Scientist, Cancer Research UK, London (UK)
- 2001 - 2005 Tenure Track Group Leader, ICRF/Cancer Research UK, London (UK)
Fields of Scholarship
- Stem cells
- Ubiquitylation
- Transcription
- DNA damage
- Cancer
Honours and Awards
- 2004 EMBO YIP
- 2007 Honorary Full Professor, University College London
- 2011 ERC Grant awarded
- 2012 EMBO member
