Casmir Turnquist

Casmir Turnquist is a Research Fellow at the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, with concurrent roles as an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow and Specialty Registrar in Histopathology at OUH NHS Foundation Trust. His work bridges clinical practice and research in pediatric brain/spine cancers and neurodegenerative pathologies.

• BA, MSc, BM BCh, DPhil

His research investigates fusion-driven cancers in young patients using long-read sequencing and single-cell genomics, alongside studying neurotoxicity from cancer therapies through spatial transcriptomics and developmental neuroscience perspectives. Recent work includes characterizing CLIPPERS inflammatory disorders and SLONM myopathy.

Publications demonstrate expertise in CNS tumors, inflammatory pathologies, and digital pathology implementation, with methodological focus on genomic heterogeneity and precision diagnostics.

• NIH Director's Innovation Award

Supervises DPhil students Hannah Brooks and Claire Lewis, maintaining collaborations with Oxford Brain Bank and NIH institutions while advancing translational research in neuro-oncology and neuropathology.