Staff Profile

I am a Prostate Cancer UK fellow at the Newcastle University Centre for Cancer. My group is focussed on investigating mechanisms of immune suppression in prostate cancer. I am interested in targeting these mechanisms by developing new combination immunotherapies. Currently, I am studying siglec receptors as targetable immune checkpoints in cancer.

I first became interested in siglecs in prostate cancer when I worked with Dr Jennifer Munkley on androgen regulation of glycosylation patterns. Here, we investigated a panel of glycosyltransferases as biomarkers and therapeutic targets for prostate cancer. In 2020 I was awarded a Prostate Cancer UK fellowship to combine my work on prostate cancer glycobiology with immunology.

For a full list of publications see Google Scholar: here

Education and training

Prostate Cancer UK Fellow - Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University

Research Associate. Glycans as therapeutic targets and biomarkers for prostate cancer - Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University

Ph.D. in Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma - Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University

MBiolSci. Genetics - University of Liverpool

Targeting the sialic acid-siglec axis in prostate cancer

1. Understanding how siglec ligands (sialic acid containing glycans) change during prostate cancer pathogenesis using patient tissue samples and datasets, ex vivo tissue culture and cell models
2. Phenotyping siglec+ immune cell populations in the prostate tumour immune microenvironment
3. Using mouse models of prostate cancer to study the tumour immune microenvironment and to test new combinations of immunotherapies.

Undergraduate seminar lead

Undergraduate practical lead

I regularly supervise Undergraduate and MRes project students in the lab. 

PhD Supervision:

Primary supervisor

Rebecca Garnham 2020-2024

Co-supervisor

Kayla Bastian 2019 - 2023

Emily Archer-Goode 2020-2024

• Articles

  • Scott E, Hodgson K, Calle B, Turner H, Cheung K, Bermudez A, Marques FJG, Pye H, Yo EC, Islam K, Oo HZ, McClurg UL, Wilson L, Thomas H, Frame FM, Orozco-Moreno M, Bastian K, Arredondo HM, Roustan C, Gray MA, Kelly L, Tolson A, Mellor E, Hysenaj G, Goode EA, Garnham R, Duxfield A, Heavey S, Stopka-Farooqui U, Haider A, Freeman A, Singh S, Johnston EW, Punwani S, Knight B, McCullagh P, McGrath J, Crundwell M, Harries L, Bogdan D, Westaby D, Fowler G, Flohr P, Yuan W, Sharp A, de Bono J, Maitland NJ, Wisnovsky S, Bertozzi CR, Heer R, Guerrero RH, Daugaard M, Leivo J, Whitaker H, Pitteri S, Wang N, Elliott DJ, Schumann B, Munkley J. Upregulation of GALNT7 in prostate cancer modifies O-glycosylation and promotes tumour growth. Oncogene 2023, epub ahead of print.
  • Garnham R, Geh D, Nelson R, Ramon-Gil E, Wilson L, Schmidt EN, Walker L, Adamson B, Buskin A, Hepburn A, Hodgson K, Kendall H, Frame FM, Maitland NM, Coffey K, Robson CN, Elliott DJ, Heer R, Macauley MS, Munkley J, Gaughan L, Leslie J, Scott E. ST3Gal1 synthesis of Siglec ligands mediates anti-tumour immunity in prostate cancer. bioRxiv 2023.
  • Scott E, Garnham R, Cheung K, Duxfield A, Elliott DJ, Munkley J. Pro-Survival Factor EDEM3 Confers Therapy Resistance in Prostate Cancer. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2022, 23(15), 8184.
  • Hall Z, Chiarugi D, Charidemou E, Leslie J, Scott E, Pelligrinet L, Allison M, Mocciaro G, Anstee QM, Evan GI, Hoare M, VidalPuig A, Oakley F, Vacca M, Griffin JL. Lipid remodelling in hepatocyte proliferation and hepatocellular carcinoma . Hepatology 2021, 73(3), 1028-1044.
  • Munkley J, Li L, Krishnan SRG, Hysenaj G, Scott E, Dalgliesh C, Oo HZ, Maia TM, Cheung K, Ehrmann I, Livermore KE, Zielinska H, Thompson O, Knight B, McCullagh P, McGrath J, Crundwell M, Harries LW, Daugaard M, Cockell S, Barbosa-Morais NL, Oltean S, Elliott DJ. Androgen-regulated transcription of ESRP2 drives alternative splicing patterns in prostate cancer. eLife 2019, 8, e47678.
  • Govaere O, Petz M, Wouters J, Vandewynckel Y-P, Scott EJ, Topal B, Nevens F, Verslype C, Anstee QM, Van Vlierberghe H, Mikulits W, Roskams T. The PDGFRα-laminin B1-keratin 19 cascade drives tumor progression at the invasive front of human hepatocellular carcinoma. Oncogene 2017, 36, 6605-6616.
  • Luukkonen PK, Zhou Y, Nidhina Haridas PA, Dwivedi OP, Hyotylainen T, Ali A, Juuti A, Leivonen M, Tukiainen T, Ahonen L, Scott E, Palmer JM, Arola J, Orho-Melander M, Vikman P, Anstee QM, Olkkonen VM, Oresic M, Groop L, Yki-Jarvinen H. Impaired hepatic lipid synthesis from polyunsaturated fatty acids in TM6SF2 E167K variant carriers with NAFLD. Journal of Hepatology 2017, 67(1), 128-136.

• Reviews

  • Bastian K, Scott E, Elliott DJ, Munkley J. Fut8 alpha-(1,6)-fucosyltransferase in cancer. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2021, 22(1), 1-22.
  • Scott E, Elliott DJ, Munkley J. Tumour associated glycans: A route to boost immunotherapy?. Clinica Chimica Acta 2020, 502, 167-173.
  • Munkley J, Scott E. Targeting Aberrant Sialylation to Treat Cancer. Medicines 2019, 6(4), 102.
  • Garnham R, Scott E, Livermore KE, Munkley J. ST6GAL1: A key player in cancer (Review). Oncology Letters 2019, 18(2), 983-989.
  • Scott E, Munkley J. Glycans as Biomarkers in Prostate Cancer. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2019, 20(6), 1389.
  • Scott EJ, Anstee QM. The genetics of alcoholic liver disease and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. Clinical Medicine 2018, 18(Suppl. 2), s54-s59.