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Endocrine Control Mechanisms Team

Professor Cathrin Brisken's team aims to understand how hormones drive breast cancer development to better prevent the disease and tumor recurrence. Professor Brisken also leads the in vivo modelling programme in the Patient Derived Models team.

 

Team leader

Professor Cathrin Brisken

Professor Cathrin Brisken

Team Leader

Professor Cathrin Brisken leads the Endocrine Control Mechanisms Team. Her research aims to understand how recurrent exposures to hormones contribute to breast cancer in order to better prevent and treat the disease.

ORCID 0000-0002-6857-3230

Team members

Dr Beatrice Howard
Dr Beatrice Howard 
Staff Scientist +44 20 3437 7359 ORCID 0000-0002-9162-0314

Dr Beatrice Howard is a Staff Scientist in the Endocrine Control Mechanisms Team at the ICR. She specialises in embryonic breast development and its relationship to breast cancer.

Samuel Jouny
Samuel Jouny
Higher Scientific Officer 020 7153 5324

Samuel Jouny is a Higher Scientific Officer in the Patient Derived Models Team. He specialises in the intraductal xenograft model and models of lobular breast cancer.

Dr Rebecca Marlow
Dr Rebecca Marlow
In Vivo Staff Scientist 020 3437 7380

Dr Rebecca Marlow leads the Patient Derived Models Team in the Breast Cancer Research Division. This team derives in vivo xenograft and 3D in vitro organoid models of breast cancer and supports research projects across the Division.

Samuel Owen
Samuel Owen
Scientific Officer

Samuel Owen is a Scientific Officer in the Patient Derived Models Team. He specialises in the intraductal xenograft model and models of triple-negative breast cancer.

Dr Renee Flaherty
Postdoctoral Training Fellow T +44 20 7153 5392
Flavia Hughes
Scientific Officer T +44 20 3437 7009