Victor H Villar

Dr. Victor H Villar is a Research Fellow at the School of Medicine, University of St Andrews. He is affiliated with the Sir James Mackenzie Institute for Early Diagnosis and Cellular Medicine Division. His work focuses on cancer metabolism, biomarker discovery, and therapeutic strategies.

• Metabolism and Biomarkers Lab
• LC-MS-based metabolomics research

His research interests include:

• Hepatocellular Carcinoma
• Soft Tissue Sarcoma
• Esophageal Cancer
• Tumor metabolism
• Cell signaling
• Autophagy

Recent publications reveal trends in:

• Metastasis mechanisms
• Lipid metabolism in cancer
• Immunotherapy targets
• Metabolic pathway analysis
• Stromal-tumor interactions
• Physiological cell culture models

Dr. Villar supervises postgraduate research students Mark Kelly and Keira Hughes, who are investigating biomarker discovery for hepatocellular carcinoma and sarcoma subtypes, respectively. The Metabolism and Biomarkers Lab employs LC-MS metabolomics to identify metabolic alterations in cancers.