Professor Spencer Collis

School of Medicine and Population Health

Professor of Genome Stability

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s.collis@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 215 9043

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Professor Spencer Collis
School of Medicine and Population Health
The Medical School
Beech Hill Road
Sheffield
S10 2RX
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For enquiries please contact - SMPH-West-Operational@sheffield.ac.uk

1994 - 1997
BSc (Hons): Biochemistry, UMIST

1997 - 2000
PhD: Oncology, CRUK Paterson Institute for Cancer Research

2001 - 2004
Post-Doc: Prof. Theodore DeWeese laboratory, Johns Hopkins University

2004 - 2009
Post-Doc: Dr Simon Boulton laboratory, Clare Hall Laboratories, CRUK London Research Institute

2009 - 2013
Group leader: Institute for Cancer Studies, University of Sheffield

2013 - 2015
Senior Lecturer: Academic unit of Molecular Oncology, Department of Oncology, University of Sheffield

2016 - 2024
Reader:  Academic unit of Molecular Oncology, Department of Oncology, University of Sheffield

2024 - present
Professor: Division of Clinical Medicine, University of Sheffield

Research interests

I am a molecular and cancer cell biologist with nearly 30 years of experience in the field of  DNA damage/repair and genome stability mechanisms. In collaboration with both clinicians and industry partners, my laboratory studies these processes in relation to cancer biology and potential therapeutic strategies, with a particular emphasis on glioblastomas.

Publications

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Journal articles

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Journal articles

Book chapters

  • Marples B, Krueger SA, Collis SJ & Joiner MC (2008) Low dose hyper-radiosensitivity: A historical perspective, Targeted Radionuclide Tumor Therapy Biological Aspects (pp. 329-347). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Collis SJ (2007) Molecular targeting of DNA repair: A means to improve therapeutic index, New Research on DNA Repair (pp. 1-37). RIS download Bibtex download

Conference proceedings

Preprints

Research group

Research Group

  • Dr. Cerys Evens (Postdoctoral Research Associate)
  • Dr. Katie Myers (Research Assistant/Lab Manager)
  • Dr. Callum Jones (Postdoctoral Research Associate)
  • Dr. Sophie Williams (Clinical PhD Fellow)
  • Kelsey Wosnitzka (PhD student with Mr. Ola Rominiyi)
  • Rebecca Livesey (PhD student with Prof. Fred Claeyssens)
  • Tegan Torpey (PhD student with Mr. Ola Rominiyi and Prof. Fred Claeyssens)
Teaching interests

M.Sc. Molecular Medicine
M.Sc. Translational Oncology
MSc Genomic Medicine