Profile of Dr Fiona Behan
Fiona Behan is a post-doctoral research fellow at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. Following the completion of her PhD implementing siRNA screens to identify novel drug targets in oesophageal adenocarcinoma, Fiona spent 1 year at the Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge. This project involved investigating the use of miRNA profiling to discriminate subsets of soft tissue sarcomas. Her current postdoctoral position with Mathew Garnett at the Sanger Institute utilises whole genome CRISPR drop-out screens in a panel of cancer cell lines to identify novel oncology drug targets.