Translational Neuroscience
Professor Hubert Hondermarck
Hubert Hondermarck is a Professor of biochemistry specialised in understanding how nerve cells communicate with cancer cells. Following a PhD in developmental neurobiochemistry at the University of Lille in France, a post-doc in biomedical proteomics at the University of California in Irvine, he worked in several European laboratories before joining the University of Newcastle.
Professor Hondermarck is internationally renowned for his work in proteomics and neuroscience, focusing on the role of the nervous system in cancer. Brain cancer cells are surrounded by neuronal cells that are critically important for the initiation and progression of brain tumours. Professor Hondermarck investigates what goes wrong with neurons and how they contribute to cancer progression and the associated pain. His multidisciplinary research team aims at defining the impact of neuronal cells in brain cancer and translate this basic knowledge in the development of new biomarkers and therapeutic targets for improving early diagnosis and treatment options.
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