Xin Lu#
Membership Number: | 6272 |
Membership type: | ORDINARY |
Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
Elected: | 2022 |
Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
Homepage(s): | https://www.ludwig.ox.ac.uk/team/xin-lu |
ORCID: | 0000-0002-6587-1152 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2007 - present Director of Research and Full Member, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Oxford Branch, Professor of Cancer Biology, University of Oxford, UK
- 2004 - 2007 Director of Research and Full Member, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research London Branch, and Professor of Cancer Biology, University College London, UK
- 2000 - 2004 Full Member of Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research St. Mary’s Branch and Professor of Cancer Biology, Imperial College London, UK
- 1996 - 2000 Associate Member of Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, St. Mary’s Branch, Imperial College London, UK
- 1993 - 1996 Assistant Member, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, St. Mary’s Branch, Imperial College London, London, UK
- 1991 - 1993 Postdoctoral Fellow, Cancer Research Campaign Laboratories, Department of Biochemistry, University of Dundee, UK
- 1986 - 1987 Visiting Scientist, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London, UK
- 1985 - 1986 Research Assistant, Cancer Institute, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China
Fields of Scholarship
- p53 biology
- Programmed cell death
- Gene transcription
- Nuclear transport
- Cancer biology
Honours and Awards
- 2020 Fellow of the Royal Society
- 2016 CDD Award for her work on cell death
- 2013 Elected Fellow of Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedsci)
- 2013 Elected Supernumerary Fellow of Magdalen College, University of Oxford
- 2011 Elected Member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO)
- 2011 Elected Fellow of the Society of Biologists, UK (FSB)
- 2007 Elected Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists (FRCPath), UK
- 2007 Ninth James Gibson Visiting Professor, University of Hong Kong
- 1989 'Young Cell Biologist of 1989', British Society for Cell Biology, UK
- 1986 - 1987 Research Training Fellowship Award, World Health Organisation International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France