Simon Boulton PhD

Simon studied molecular biology at the University of Edinburgh and did his Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge with Professor Steve Jackson (Gurdon Institute). He then conducted EMBO and HFSP funded postdoctoral fellowships at Harvard Medical School, Boston, with Prof. Nick Dyson (MGH Cancer Centre) and Prof. Marc Vidal (Dana Farber Cancer Institute). In 2002, he returned to the UK to establish the DNA Damage Response Laboratory at Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, Clare Hall Laboratories. He is now a senior group leader at the Francis Crick Institute and an honorary Professor at University College London.

Simon's lab exploits the respective experimental strengths of C and mouse genetics, cell biology, and biochemistry to study the mechanisms of DNA double-strand break repair in mitotic and meiotic cells. Over the years Simon's lab has discovered novel DNA repair genes and provided molecular insights into human diseases. As a result of his ground-breaking work, Simon has received a number of prestigious accolades for his work, notable election as a member of EMBO, and to the Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences.