Richard Heery

Richard Heery is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences at Queen Mary University of London, working within Dr. Alexandre de Mendoza's research group. His computational biology expertise focuses on DNA methylation dynamics in cancer epigenomics and evolutionary inheritance patterns across eukaryotes.

He earned his PhD in computational biology from the European Institute of Oncology (IEO) in Milan, where he developed methodologies for analyzing DNA methylation alterations and transcriptional consequences in oncological contexts. His educational background bridges oncology, epigenetics, and bioinformatics.

Research centers on computational epigenomics, particularly DNA methylation variations in cancer progression and long non-coding RNA regulatory mechanisms. Key interests include epithelial-mesenchymal transition, tumour drug resistance, and cancer stem cell biology, utilizing high-throughput genomic data analysis to identify novel epigenetic drivers and therapeutic targets.

Recent publications reveal a strong trajectory in cancer epigenome mapping, combining computational modeling with molecular oncology to uncover driver events in DNA methylation landscapes and lncRNA-mediated regulatory networks across multiple cancer types.

As an active member of Dr. de Mendoza's team, he contributes to evolutionary epigenetics projects investigating conserved methylation patterns, utilizing the School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences' computational infrastructure within the G.E. Fogg Building.