
Professor Anne Ridley
BA Hons (Cantab.), PhD(London)
Expertise
I study how cells migrate through their environment, using cell surface receptors to change their internal cytoskeleton dynamically to move faster or more slowly. I currently work on cancer progression and cancer spreading.
Current positions
Professor
School of Cellular and Molecular MedicineHead of School
School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
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Biography
I started my independent laboratory at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University College London, UK, progressing to a Professorship. I moved to King's College London in 2007 to become Professor of Cell Biology. At the University of Bristol, UK, I have been Head of the School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine since January 2018.
My laboratory studies cell migration, cell adhesion, and their links to cancer invasion and metastasis. We focus on intracellular signalling by Rho family GTPases and protein kinases, including how they are activated by cell surface receptors.
I am an elected Member of EMBO (European Molecular Biology Organization), a Fellow of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology and a Fellow of the Royal Society.
My laboratory studies cell migration, cell adhesion, and their links to cancer invasion and metastasis. We focus on intracellular signalling by Rho family GTPases and protein kinases, including how they are activated by cell surface receptors.
I am an elected Member of EMBO (European Molecular Biology Organization), a Fellow of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology and a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Regulation of epithelial and endothelial cell-cell junctions by mechanical forces
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Cellular and Molecular MedicineDates
01/04/2021 to 31/03/2026
Nuclear actin assembly in chromatin structure and dynamics for cell cycle control and reprogramming
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Cellular and Molecular MedicineDates
01/06/2016 to 31/05/2019
MRC_NIRG_2015
Principal Investigator
Description
Understanding and targeting chromatin surveillance mechanisms in human ageingManaging organisational unit
School of Cellular and Molecular MedicineDates
05/10/2015 to 04/10/2018
Wellcome Trust Seed Award in Science
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Cellular and Molecular MedicineDates
01/07/2015 to 31/12/2016
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
11/01/2023Statins change the cytokine profile in Trypanosoma cruzi-infected U937 macrophages and murine cardiac tissue through Rho-associated kinases inhibition
Frontiers in Immunology
Rho GTPase gene expression and breast cancer risk
Scientific Reports
Analyzing the Roles of Rho GTPases in Cancer Cell Adhesion to Endothelial Cells Under Flow Conditions
Metastasis
Bcl-3 promotes multi-modal tumour cell migration via NF-κB1 mediated regulation of Cdc42
Carcinogenesis
Rnd3 interacts with TAO kinases and contributes to mitotic cell rounding and spindle positioning
Journal of Cell Science
Teaching
My teaching focuses on cell signalling in normal and tumour cells. I teach first year undergraduate students on how receptors on the surface of cells lead to immediate and long-term cellular responses. In the second year, I teach about the importance of the tumour microenvironment to cancer growth and progression to metastasis.
I teach third year students on the two cancer units, Cancer Mechanisms and Therapeutics, and Developmental Genetics and Embryonal Cancers. My teaching concerns oncogenic and tumour suppressor pathways that involve small GTPases such as Ras and Rho, and lipid and protein kinases.
I host undergraduate, Masters and PhD students for research projects in my laboratory.
I teach third year students on the two cancer units, Cancer Mechanisms and Therapeutics, and Developmental Genetics and Embryonal Cancers. My teaching concerns oncogenic and tumour suppressor pathways that involve small GTPases such as Ras and Rho, and lipid and protein kinases.
I host undergraduate, Masters and PhD students for research projects in my laboratory.