Speaker: Xin Lu
Professor
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, UK
Xin Lu has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society 2020, the UK’s distinguished academy of science, for her contributions to cancer biology. Xin is also a Member of the Academy of Medical Sciences, a member by election of the Academia Europaea, and a Member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation. Xin is Co-Director of the Cancer Research UK Oxford Centre, Cancer Theme Leader for the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Oxford Biomedical Research Centre and Director of the Oxford Centre for Early Cancer Detection. She has a BSc from Sichuan University, MSc from Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences in China, PhD from University College London (UCL) and the former Imperial Cancer Research Fund, and postdoctoral training at Dundee University, UK. She was appointed as the Director of Ludwig Institute in London at UCL in 2004 and she established Ludwig Oxford as Director in 2007.
