Basic and Translational Cancer Research Group

Main Research Focus: Cancer biology; biomarkers and diagnostics; chemical carcinogenesis; epigenetics
regulation or epigenetics of cancer; diet/epigenetic mediated tumorigenesis; nutrient roles in cancer prevention
and therapy; experimental models of human cancer; targeted therapies; cancer associated thrombosis; immune-
oncology; computational analysis of cancer genomes and novel approaches to cancer treatments based on
patient genetics.
Title of Most Recent Research Project: Breast Tumour Xenograft from Nigerian Women: A Tool for
Investigation of Breast Cancer Metastasis
Name of the Coordinator: Dr Uzoamaka Okoli
UNN email address of the RG: btcancerresearch@unn.edu.ng
UNN email address of the Coordinator: uzoamaka.okoli@unn.edu.ng
Current webpage of the RG: https://collegeofmedicine.unn.edu.ng/education/research/research-groups/btcrg
Phone number of the RG:
Phone Number of the Coordinator: +2348101510072
Base Faculty/Institute/Center: Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences
Department of the Coordinator: Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology