28 Jan 2010 18:01:57.940 An internationally-acclaimed University
of Nottingham scientist has won a prestigious Fellowship award
to help solve one of the mysteries of cell biology. Professor
Anne Willis, a pioneering expert in Cancer Cell Biology, is to
receive a Professorial Fellowship of around £750,000 from the
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).
It will allow her to focus full time on research into how cells
re-programme themselves to repair damage to their DNA from
stresses such as UV radiation. Professor Willis is setting up a
five year study into a little-known mechanism by which damaged
cells are able to select the best repair process for the
particular damage they have suffered. The results are expected
to shed light on important aspects of cellular behaviour in
response to different stresses. Alterations in protein synthesis
are associated with all varieties of cancer as well as many
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