Prof Mike Berridge
Cancer Cell & Molecular Biology Group Leader
- mberridge@malaghan.org.nz
- Phone
- +64 4 499 6914
- Fax
- +64 4 499 6915
Prof Berridge completed his postgraduate degree in Cell Biology at the University of Auckland in 1971. Following postdoctoral research at Purdue University, USA, and the National Institute for Medical Research, UK, Prof Berridge returned to Wellington in 1976 as the second Malaghan Fellow and established the Cancer Cell & Molecular Biology group. He recently held a James Cook Fellowship in the Health Sciences. Prof Berridge's current research concerns the elusive cancer stem cell, a minor population of quiescent, drug-resistant cancer cells that are thought to be responsible for the initiation of most cancers and their recurrence following treatment. His research group has developed cancer stem cell models for drug targeting and are now investigating immune responses against stem cells. Prof Berridge's research also centres around a stress adaptation and survival pathway in the cell membrane that has particular relevance to tumour cells, which is being targeted with small molecules designed to disrupt the pathway and eradicate cancer.
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