Cancer Biology
 

Andrew Benest

Associate Professor in Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

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Biography

After completing my first degree in Physiology, I stayed on to complete a PhD with Prof David Bates looking at angiogenesis, arteriolargenesis and lymphangiogenesis. I moved to Heidelberg, Germany with Prof Hellmut Augustin to learn about the endothelial cell itself - and how its phenotype changes during inflammation and angiogenesis. In order to start I family I moved to Leeds where I struggled with GTPase biology in endothelial cells, but was able to contribute to exploring how NK cells regulate endothelial cell phenotypes during inflammation.

This led to my next move to Nottingham, where i have worked on several projects involving endothelial cell biology and sensing the local environment; shear stress, growth factors, and inflammation. This resulted in my research area today of how the local endothelial microenvironment determines transcriptional changes in the endothelial cell and how this regulates its phenotype. I currently have projects involving transcription factors, hypoxia and extracellular matrix composition and in particular how this is important in vascular diseases, inflammation, cancer and eye disease

Expertise Summary

Endothelial cells

Angiogenesis

Lymphangiogenesis

Cytokines

Transcription factors

Teaching Summary

I am the Deputy Director, senior tutor and DLO for the BSc/MSci Cancer Sciences degree and teach across all 4 years of the course. I am also lucky enough to teaching 3rd year medic students in their… read more

Research Summary

Angiogenesis

Lymphangiogenesis

Endothelial cell biology

Recent Publications

I am the Deputy Director, senior tutor and DLO for the BSc/MSci Cancer Sciences degree and teach across all 4 years of the course. I am also lucky enough to teaching 3rd year medic students in their BMedSci course.

Cancer Biology Unit

School of Medicine
The University of Nottingham
D Floor, West Block, Queen's Medical Centre
Nottingham, NG7 2UH


telephone: +44 (0) 115 82 31135
email:cancer-biology@nottingham.ac.uk