Dr. Louise Fets

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Louise Fets is the Head of the Drug Transport and Tumour Metabolism Group at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, focusing on gene-environment interactions and their implications in cancer metabolism. Her research prominently features membrane transporters, which are crucial in regulating the uptake of small molecules, metabolites, and drugs within cellular membranes. With a PhD from the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology and multiple postdoctoral fellowships, she has built a career centered on understanding how transporters influence drug distribution and chemotherapy responses in patients. Her lab, formed in 2019, emphasizes the significance of transporters in drug metabolism and aims to develop strategies for personalized cancer therapies based on transporter signatures. Fets is also an honorary lecturer at Imperial College London and has been awarded the CRUK Career Establishment Award for her impactful research.

Research Interests

Experience

Hon. Lecturer

2019-01-01 — Present

Imperial College London • London, ENG

Programme Leader

2019-01-01 — Present

MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology • Cambridge, ENG

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

2013-01-01 — 2019-01-01

Francis Crick Institute • London, ENG

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

2011-01-01 — 2013-01-01

MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology • Cambridge, ENG