Pedro R. Cutillas

Pedro R. Cutillas is a Professor of Cell Signalling and Proteomics at the Barts School of Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, leading a research group at the Barts Cancer Institute. He holds a BSc and PhD from University College London (2004) and has held academic positions including Lecturer at the Centre for Cell Signalling at Barts (2007) and Head of Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics at the MRC Clinical Sciences Centre (2012-2013).

His research focuses on:

• Decoding kinase signaling networks in cancer using proteomics and computational methods
• Developing machine learning algorithms to predict drug responses in tumors
• Advancing personalized cancer therapies through phosphoproteomic analysis

Key research themes:

• Cell Signalling
• Proteomics
• Bioinformatics
• Cancer Therapeutics
• Computational Biology

Major funding:

• Blood Cancer UK (2020-2023): £245,281 for AML kinase pathway research
• MRC (2018-2022): £202,131.99 for translational biology
• CRUK (2017-2021): £350,000
• Barts Charity (2017-2019): £371,000 for proteomics mass spectrometry

Scientific awards:

• Turing Fellow (since 2018)

Research team:

• Dr. Pedro Casado-Izquierdo (Postdoctoral Researcher)