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Dr

Anke Nijhuis

Advanced Research Fellow

Department of Surgery & Cancer - Faculty of Medicine

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  • Advanced Research Fellow
    Department of Surgery & Cancer - Faculty of Medicine
  • Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Hammersmith Campus, United Kingdom

BIO

Anke is a Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Career Development Fellow and Group Leader within the Division of Cancer at Imperial College London. Her research aims to understand how alternative RNA splicing contributes to cancer and identify targets to develop new therapeutics.

Her work focuses on various RNA splicing inhibitors such as small molecular glue protein degraders of splicing factor RBM39. Through integrative multi-omic analyses she aims to understand how targeting RNA splicing can be utilized for therapeutic intervention or improve current clinical agents with rationale drug combination strategies.

Current funding


Cancer Research UK Career Development Fellowship

American Association for Cancer Research Career Development Award

Children with Cancer UK
Ovarian Cancer Action, NIHR Imperial BRC
PhD studentships (Imperial College London President's Scholarship, CSC, CRUK Convergence Science Centre)

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Advanced Research Fellow (Cancer Research UK Career Development Fellow)
    Imperial College London, London, United KingdomJul 2024 - present
  • Research Fellow (ICRF)
    Imperial College London, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom2019 - 2024
  • Post doctoral Researcher
    Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom2017 - 2019
  • Post doctoral Researcher
    Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom2015 - 2017
  • Research Technician
    Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom2010 - 2011

DEGREES

  • PhD
    Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom2011 - 2015
  • MSc Biomedical Sciences
    University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands2008 - 2010
  • BSc Biomedical Sciences
    University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands2005 - 2008

FACULTY

  • Faculty of Medicine

POSITION NAME

  • Advanced Research Fellow

FIELDS OF RESEARCH