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Professor Stephen Tait is a leading researcher in the field of cell death and mitochondrial biology at the University of Glasgow's School of Cancer Sciences and the Cancer Research UK Scotland Institute (formerly Beatson Institute for Cancer Research). As a Group Leader since 2012, his work focuses on understanding how mitochondria control cell death processes and how these mechanisms are deregulated in cancer. His research has significant implications for improving existing cancer therapies and developing new tumor-selective treatments.
Professor Tait's research interests center on the critical role of mitochondria in apoptosis, the major form of programmed cell death. His laboratory investigates how mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization (MOMP) regulates cell death signaling, the role of mitochondrial DNA in inflammation, and how sublethal apoptotic signaling contributes to tumor development. His work bridges fundamental cell biology with clinical cancer research, exploring how understanding these processes can lead to better therapeutic interventions.
His laboratory has published extensively in top-tier journals including Nature, Cell, Nature Cell Biology, and Nature Reviews Immunology, with research spanning from basic mechanisms of cell death to translational applications in cancer therapy. Recent work has explored mitochondrial dynamics, mtDNA release during senescence, and how apoptotic stress influences tumor microenvironment and therapeutic resistance.
Professor Tait leads an active research group comprising postdoctoral researchers, PhD students, and scientific officers working on various aspects of mitochondrial biology in cancer. His team includes researchers investigating non-lethal apoptosis in oncogenesis, apoptotic caspases in pancreatic cancer, and mitochondrial protein ubiquitylation.
