Andrew Holding
Andrew is a Senior Research Associate and Fellow of Downing College Cambridge. Within the lab he is responsible for the experimental research programme, his research is working to obtain evidence on the dynamic nature of nuclear receptors, include the oestrogen receptor in breast cancer tumour cells. This will provide the basis for the development of a quantitative model and facilitate our understanding of what drives this process. In the long term, the model could be used to predict the effects of perturbing components of the pathway with drugs and potentially lead to improved combinatorial treatment regimes.
Degrees
PhD in Chemical Biology
Studies on the biosynthesis of non-ribosomal peptides
University of Cambridge, UK
Masters in Chemistry
University of Oxford, UK
Vita
2015 - date
Fellow of Natural Sciences
Downing College
2015 - date
Senior Research Associate
Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute
2013 - 2014
Research Associate
Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute
2009 - 2013
Career Development Fellow
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
2005 - 2009
PhD student
Deparment of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, UK.
Advisors: Dr. J. Spencer and Dr. F. Leeper
Awards and fellowships
2018 Turing Fellowship, Alan Turing Institute
2017 Thomas Jefferson Visiting Fellow at University of Virginia
2017 CRUK Research Travel Award
2015 CRUK Rising Star in Research Engagement Prize
2015 Fellow Downing College
2014 Unltd Try-It Award
2013 College Lecturer and Bye-Fellow Downing College
2012 Wellcome Trust People Award
2012 British Mass Spectrometry Society Travel Award
2012 MRC Award via the Special Awards Scheme for contributions to the MRC
2012 British Science Association Media Fellowship
2011 UnLtd Catalyst Award for Social Entrepreneurship
2009 MRC Career Development Fellowship
2005 BBSRC PhD Studentship
Professional Memberships
2015 Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
2014 Member Biochemical Society
2009 Member Royal Society of Chemistry