Chris Parris

Academic qualifications

• 1980 - 1983: BSc. (Hons) Biology, University of Nottingham
• 1985 - 1989: PhD. Studies on the Biological Basis of Inherent Sensitivity and Induced Resistance to Anticancer Therapy. University College London

Committee responsibilities

• Head of undergraduate recruitment and marketing for Biosciences
• Chair of Biosciences Learning and Teaching Committee
• Level 3 undergraduate course coordinator 
• Member of Biosciences Research Committee
• Undergraduate and Postgraduate programme designer

Teaching responsibilities

Other responsibilities

Module Coordination

• BB2401 - Cellular, Molecular and Immunobiology
• BB2403 - Molecular & Cellular Biology

• BB3204 - The Biology and Treatment of Cancer
• BB3217 - Cancer Genetics

• BB5506 - The Biology, Genetics and Treatment of Cancer

• 2001 - date: Senior Lecturer, Division of Biosciences, School of Health Sciences and Social Care, Brunel University
• 1997 - 2001: Lecturer, Dept. Biological Sciences, Brunel University
• 1996 - 1997:Post Doc: Dept. Biological Sciences, Brunel University, Identification of human tumour suppressor genes
• 1993 - 1996: Post Doc. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Biology and Biotechnology Research Program, California, . Isolation of Human DNA repair genes.
• 1989 - 1993: Post Doc. National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland . . DNA repair and Mutagenesis. Lab of Molecular Carcinogenesis
• 1985 - 1989: Research Assistant / PhD student (part - time) University College London, UK
• 1983 - 1985: Research Technician Institute of Urology and Nephrology, University College London, UK

Research centres

• Brunel Institute for Cancer Genetics and Pharmacogenomics (BICGP)

Publications

Journal Papers

(2012) Ulus-Senguloglu, G., Arlett, CF., Plowman, PN., Parnell, J., Patel, N., Bourton, EC. and Parris, C., Elevated expression of artemis in human fibroblast cells is associated with cellular radiosensitivity and increased apoptosis, British Journal of Cancer 107 (9) : 1506- 1513 Download publication

(2012) Parris, CN., Bourton, EC. and Plowman, PN., Multispectral imaging flow cytometry reveals distinct frequencies of gamma-H2AX foci induction in DNA double strand break repair defective human cells lines, MUTAGENESIS 27 (1) : 132- 132

(2011) Bourton, EC., Plowman, PN., Smith, D., Arlett, CF. and Parris, CN., Prolonged expression of the γ-H2AX DNA repair biomarker correlates with excess acute and chronic toxicity from radiotherapy treatment, International Journal of Cancer 129 (12) : 2928- 2934

(2011) Bourton, EC., Plowman, PN., Smith, D., Arlett, CF. and Parris, CN., Prolonged expression of the γ-H2AX DNA repair biomarker correlates with excess acute and chronic toxicity from radiotherapy treatment, International Journal of Cancer Early Online Download publication

(2010) Abbaszadeh, F., Clingen, PH., Arlett, CF., Plowman, PN., Bourton, EC., Themis, M., Makarov, EM., Newbold, RF., Green, MH. and Parris, CN., A novel splice variant of the DNA-PKcs gene is associated with clinical and cellular radiosensitivity in a patient with xeroderma pigmentosum, Journal of Medical Genetics 47 (3) : 176- 181

(2010) Abbaszadeh, F., Clingen, PH., Arlett, C., Plowman, PN., Bourton, EC., Themis, M., Makarov, EM., Newbold, RF., Green, MHL. and Parris, CN., A novel splice variant of the DNA-PKcs gene is associated with clinical and cellular radiosensitvity in a xeroderma pigmentosum patient, Journal of Medical Genetics 46 (11) : 1- 24 Download publication

(2007) Parris, C., Arlett, CF., Clingen, PH. and Hartley, JA., Chemosensitivity of primary human fibroblasts with defective unhooking of DNA interstrand cross-links, Experimental Cell Research 313 (4) : 753- 760

(2006) Parris, C., Abbaszadeh, F., Arlett, CF. and Plowman, PN., Clinical and cellular ionizing radiation sensitivity in a patient with xeroderma pigmentosum, British Journal of Radiology 79 (942) : 510- 517

(2005) Boyle, J., Kill, IR. and Parris, CN., Heterogeneity of dimer excision in young and senescent human dermal fibroblasts, Aging Cell 4 (5) : 247- 255

(2005) Meaburn, KJ., Parris, CN. and Bridger, JM., The manipulation of chromosomes by mankind: The uses of microcell-mediated chromosome transfer, Chromosoma 114 (4) : 263- 274

(2002) Wilding, J., Meijne, E., Haines, J., Moody, J., Edwards, A., Newbold, RF., Parris, C., Cox, R. and Silver, A., Functional evidence from microcell-mediated chromosome transfer of myeloid leukemia suppressor genes on human chromosomes 7 and 11, Genes, Chromosomes and Cancer 34 (4) : 390- 397

(2000) Mokbel, K., Ghilchik, M., Williams, G., Akbar, N., Parris, C. and Newbold, R., The association between telomerase activity and hormone receptor status and p53 expression in breast cancer., Int J Surg Investig 1 (6) : 509- 516 Download publication