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Ian Mills is a Professor of Translational Prostate Cancer Biology at Queen’s University of Belfast and an Honorary Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge. He holds an M.Biochem from Oxford University and a Ph.D. in Molecular Physiology from the University of Liverpool. His doctoral research focused on the molecular mechanisms involved in endosomal membrane fusion, particularly the function of lipid-binding proteins with FYVE domains. After his Ph.D., he was a recipient of a MRC Career Development Fellowship at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, working on mechanochemical enzymes such as dynamin. His research emphasizes prostate cancer, particularly the biological drivers of prostate cancer progression and treatment resistance. Mills has led significant projects at various institutions, focusing on the metabolic control of prostate cancer and the effects of glycosylation stress response. His ongoing work aims to identify key regulators of metabolic stress response pathways that help cancer cells adapt and survive. He has also been involved in developing biomarkers for targeted therapies in prostate cancer and is focused on understanding immune-modulatory pathways in treatment-resistant cancer cells.