Hector Keun

Professor Keun joined Imperial in 2001 after completing undergraduate and postgraduate degrees from Oxford University in Chemistry and Biochemistry. His research programme centres on the application of small molecule profiling (metabolomics & small RNA sequencing) to problems in oncology and toxicology . His current work includes:

• using systems biology to understand and exploit post-transcriptional regulation of metabolism by microRNAs and RNA splicing
• identifying translational biomarkers of drug toxicity
• investigating metabolic inhibitors as an anti-cancer therapies
• measuring metabolic risk factors for cancer in population studies
• understanding the links between lifetime environmental exposure ('the exposome') and health outcomes

Prof Keun's research is supported by Cancer Research UK, EU-FP7/Horizon 2020, AstraZeneca/BBSRC Prostate Cancer UK

Education

• DPhil Oxford University (1997 — 2001)
• MChem Oxford University (1993 — 1997)
• Wimbledon College