Madalena Tarsounas PhD

Madalena Tarsounas is Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology (since 2015) and a CRUK Senior Group Leader within the Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology (since 2006).

After obtaining her PhD at York University in Toronto, Canada (1999), she undertook postdoctoral training at the CRUK Clare Hall Laboratories of the London Research Institute (1999-2005), where she held postdoctoral fellowships from the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) and the Breast Cancer Campaign. In 2010, she was elected EMBO Young Investigator. In 2011 Madalena has initiated the EMBO Conference Series on ‘DNA damage responses in cell physiology and disease’ held in Cape Sounio, Greece, which has since become a biennial international event.