The Genomes of Cancer Cells | Professor Sir Mike Stratton FRS FMedSci

In November 2013, Professor Sir Mike Stratton FRS FMedSci delivered the 2013 Jean Shanks Lecture at the AGM of the Academy of Medical Sciences. Mike is Director of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. His primary research interests have been in the genetics of cancer. His early work focused on inherited susceptibility. He mapped and identified the major high risk breast cancer susceptibility gene BRCA2 and subsequently a series of moderate risk breast cancer and other cancer susceptibility genes. Find out more about his research: http://www.sanger.ac.uk/research/faculty/mstratton/ We are the independent body in the UK representing the diversity of medical science. Our mission is to advance biomedical and health research and its translation into benefits for society. Find the Academy of Medical Sciences online: Website: http://acmedsci.ac.uk/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/AcMedSci Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/acmedsci Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/acmedsci/