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Dr Vikki Rand
Lecturer

  • Email: v.rand@ncl.ac.uk
  • Telephone: 0191 282 1316
  • Address: Leukaemia Research Cytogenetics Group
    5th Floor
    Sir James Spence Institute
    Royal Victoria Infirmary
    Queen Victoria Road
    Newcastle upon Tyne
    NE1 4LP

Research Interests

Cancer Genomics and Bioinformatics

Selected Publications

  • Russell LJ; Capasso M; Vater I; Akasaka T; Bernard OA; Calasanz MJ; Chandrasekaran T; Chapiro E; Gesk S; Griffiths M; Guttery DS; Haferlach C; Harder L; Heidenreich O; Irving J; Kearney L; Nguyen-Khac F; Machado L; Minto L; Majid A; Moorman AV; Morrison H; Rand V; Strefford JC; Schwab C; Tonnies H; Dyer MJ; Siebert R; Harrison CJ. Deregulated expression of cytokine receptor gene, CRLF2, is involved in lymphoid transformation in B cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Blood 2009, 114(13), 2688-2698.
  • Rand V; Prebble E; Ridley L; Howard M; Wei W; Brundler MA; Fee BE; Riggins GJ; Coyle B; Grundy RG. Investigation of chromosome 1q reveals differential expression of members of the S100 family in clinical subgroups of intracranial paediatric ependymoma. British Journal of Cancer 2008, 99(7), 1136-1143.
  • Ridley L; Rahman R; Brundler MA; Ellison D; Lowe J; Robson K; Prebble E; Luckett I; Gilbertson RJ; Parkes S; Rand V; Coyle B; Grundy RG. Multifactorial analysis of predictors of outcome in pediatric intracranial ependymoma. Neuro-Oncology 2008, 10(5), 675-689.
  • Gallia GL; Rand V; Siu IM; Eberhart CG; James CD; Marie SK; Oba-Shinjo SM; Carlotti CG; Caballero OL; Simpson AJ; Brock MV; Massion PP; Carson BSSr; Riggins GJ. PIK3CA gene mutations in pediatric and adult glioblastoma multiforme. Molecular Cancer Research 2006, 4(10), 709-714.
  • Rand V; Huang J; Stockwell T; Ferriera S; Buzko O; Levy S; Busam D; Li K; Edwards JB; Eberhart C; Murphy KM; Tsiamouri A; Beeson K; Simpson AJ; Venter JC; Riggins GJ; Strausberg RL. Sequence survey of receptor tyrosine kinases reveals mutations in glioblastomas. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2005, 102(40), 14344-14349.
  • Humphray SJ; Oliver K; Hunt AR; Plumb RW; Loveland JE; Howe KL; Andrews TD; Searle S; Hunt SE; Scott CE; Jones MC; Ainscough R; Almeida JP; Ambrose KD; Ashwell RIS; Babbage AK; Babbage S; Bagguley CL; Bailey J; Banerjee R; Barker DJ; Barlow KF; Bates K; Beasley H; Beasley O; Bird CP; Bray-Allen S; Brown AJ; Brown JY; Burford D; Burrill W; Burton J; Carder C; Carter NP; Chapman JC; Chen Y; Clarke G; Clark SY; Clee CM; Clegg S; Collier RE; Corby N; Crosier M; Cummings AT; Davies J; Dhami P; Dunn M; Dutta I; Dyer LW; Earthrowl ME; Faulkner L; Fleming CJ; Frankish A; Frankland JA; French L; Fricker DG; Garner P; Garnett J; Ghori J; Gilbert JGR; Glison C; Grafham DV; Gribble S; Griffiths C; Jones SG; Grocock R; Guy J; Hall RE; Hammond S; Harley JL; Harrison ESI; Hart EA; Heath PD; Henderson CD; Hopkins BL; Howard PJ; Howden PJ; Huckle E; Johnson C; Johnson D; Joy AA; Kay M; Keenan S; Kershaw JK; Kimberley AM; King A; Knights A; Laird GK; Langford C; Lawlor S; Leongamornlert DA; Leversha M; Lloyd C; Lloyd DM; Lovell J; Martin S; Mashreghi-Mohammadi M; Matthews L; McLaren S; McLay KE; McMurray A; Milne S; Nickerson T; Nisbett J; Nordsiek G; Pearce AV; Peck AI; Porter KM; Pandian R; Pelan S; Phillimore B; Povey S; Ramsey Y; Rand V; Scharfe M; Sehra HK; Shownkeen R; Sims SK; Skuce CD; Smith M; Steward CA; Swarbreck D; Sycamore N; Tester J; Thorpe A; Tracey A; Tromans A; Thomas DW; Wall M; Wallis JM; West AP; Whitehead SL; Willey DL; Williams SA; Wilming L; Wray PW; Young L; Ashurst JL; Coulson A; Blocker H; Durbin R; Sulston JE; Hubbard T; Jackson MJ; Bentley DR; Beck S; Rogers J; Dunham I. DNA sequence and analysis of human chromosome 9. Nature 2004, 429(6990), 369-374.

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Qualifications

2004 PhD Genomics and Bioinformatics, University of Cambridge/Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute

1999 BSc(Hons) Biomedical Sciences, University of Bradford

Previous Positions

Jan 2006-Aug 2008 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Children's Brain Tumour Research Centre, University of Nottingham

Jan 2004-Dec 2005 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, US