Meet the Team

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Professor Andrew Beggs 

Principal Investigator and Head of the Laboratory

Andrew is a professor of Genomics and Surgery at the University of Birmingham.

He is a cancer geneticist, who undertook his PhD in the laboratory of Professor Ian Tomlinson whilst he was based at the University of Oxford, followed by a post-doctoral period as a Wellcome Trust Clinician Scientist at the University of Birmingham.

He was awarded a Cancer Research UK / Royal College of Surgeons Advanced Clinician Scientist fellowship and promoted to professor in 2020.  He has recently been awarded an MRC Senior Clinical Fellowship.

He is also a Consultant Colorectal and General Surgeon at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.


Our Scientists & Clinician-Scientists

Dr Mo Elasrag 

Bioinformatician and Post-doctoral scientist  

Dr Neeraj Lal

Academic Clinical Lecturer, post-doctoral scientist, General Surgeon

Dr Elaine Leung

NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer (Gynaeoncology), Post-doctoral translational scientist

Ms Samita Patel

Research Technician, Specialist in tumour spheres, 3D tissue culture 

Dr Maria Pinna

Senior Post Doctoral Scientist, Human Cancer Models

Dr Joanne Stockton

Post-doctoral scientist

Ms Louise Tee

Research Technician, CRISPR specialist and PhD Candidate

Dr Jing Zhang

Post-doctoral research associate, Cancer Models

Dr Samantha Tull

Genomics Facility Manager

Mr Matt Newbould

Genomics Specialist

Mr Luke Ames

CRUK ECMC  Biomarker Validation Scientist

Ms Elena Efstathiou

Senior Research Technician 

Mr Tom Nieto 

Consultant Transplant Surgeon
Honorary Associate Professor of Transplant Surgery 

Ms Kamila Orzechowska

Senior Genomics Techinician 

Dr Zeynep Kaya

Post-doctoral research scientist, Cancer Models 

Mr Nick Tovey

Senior Research technician, Cancer Genomics 

Ms Kate Carruthers

Genomics Specialist 

Ms Cristina Escribano-Gonzalez

Senior  Genomics Technician

Ms Faleigh Harriot

Senior Genomics Technician

Ms Laura Bills

Senior Research Technician, Cancer Models

Ms Kaitlin Marley

Laboratory Techincian 

The Students

The lab hosts numerous full-time PHD, Masters and Undergraduate students as well as students / postgraduates on observerships, work experience placements.

Helen Bermingham

PhD Candidate, Clinical Research Fellow, General Surgery Registrar, UK

Helen Robbins

CRUK PhD Candidate, Oncology Trainee, UK

Lina Antoun

PhD Candidate, Clinical Research Fellow, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Registrar, UK

Shafquat Zaman

PhD Candidate, Clinical Research Fellow, General Surgery Registrar, UK

Rebecca Lefroy

MD / PhD Candidate, Clinical Research Fellow, General Surgery Registrar, UK

Louise Tee

PhD Candidate, Cancer and Genomics

Isaac Kim

PhD Candidate, Clinical Research Fellow, General Surgery Registrar 

Michael Wong

PhD Candidate, Clinical Research Fellow, General Surgery Registrar

Alasdair Ball

PhD Candidate, Clinical Research Fellow, General Surgery Registrar

Nahla Elzefzafy

PhD Candidate, Egyptian Government Scholar 

Duygu Erhan Keskin

PhD Candidate, Turkish Government Scholar 

Alumni

Mr Mark Dilworth

MD 2013-2015, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, UK

Ms Aneta Drodz

Masters in Bioinformatics, 2020

Dr Neeraj Lal

PhD 2014-2017, General Surgeon, UK

Mr Thomas Nieto

PhD 2016-2019, Transplant Surgeon, UK

Dr Nabil Quraishi

PhD 2016-2019, Consultant Gastroenterologist

Dr Sally Hallam

PhD 2017-2021, General Surgeon,
UK

Dr Oliver Pickles

PhD 2018-2022, Oncologist, UK

Dr Toju Sillo

PhD 2018-2021, General Surgeon, 
UK

Dr Robert Tyler

PhD 2018-2022, General Surgeon, UK

Dr Agata Stodolna

PhD 2017-2022
Nonacus

Dr Kasun Wanigasooriya

PhD 2018-2022, General Surgeon, UK

Ms Charlie Poxon

Genomic Technologist 2018-2023

Ms Celina Whalley 

Genomics Facility Manager 2014-202

Ms Rachel Wheat

Research Technician 2019-2021

Dr Anetta Ptasinska

Genomic Technologist 2019-2023

Dr Victoria Simms

Post Doctoral Scientist, Cancer Research 2019-2022

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Address

2nd Floor, IBR West, The College of Medical and Dental Science, UoB, Vincent Drive
Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, GB

About us

The Beggs Lab is based at the Institute of Cancer and Genomic Science at the University of Birmingham. We research cutting edge cancer genetics, focusing primarily on colorectal, oesophageal cancers and sarcomas. We also run the human next generation sequencing facility within the College of Medical and Dental Sciences within the University of Birmingham and provide diagnostic services for the Sars-COV-2 novel Coronavirus.


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