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Diagnostics and Therapeutics
 

Victoria James

Professor of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

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Biography

Victoria obtained a PhD in genetics from the University of Leicester in 2007. Following her PhD studies, she pursued postdoctoral training in the fields of molecular and cell biology. Victoria was awarded the prestigious JG Graves Research Fellowship in 2012, which she held at the University of Sheffield Cancer Research Center until joining the 糖心原创 as a lecturer in 2014. Victoria now splits her time between research and teaching and is an active member of the 糖心原创's Centre for Cancer Sciences.

Teaching Summary

Victoria is involved in teaching on a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses offered by the 糖心原创. Victoria's teaching philosophy centres on student interaction and… read more

Research Summary

Victoria's research is focussed on understanding mechanisms of gene regulation that underpin complex disease. Her group investigates how extracellular communication, via RNA and proteins, regulate… read more

Selected Publications

  • CASTANHEIRA, CIGD, ANDERSON, J. R., CLARKE, E. J., HACKL, M., JAMES, V., CLEGG, P. D. and PEFFERS, M. J., 2025. Int J Mol Sci. 26(7),
  • HOLMES, T. L., CHABRONOVA, A., DENNING, C., JAMES, V., PEFFERS, M. J. and SMITH, J. G. W., 2025. Open Biol. 15(3), 240371
  • BROWN, T. J., RUTLAND, C. S., CHOI, K. K., TSE, F., PEFFERS, M. J., MONGAN, N. P., ARKILL, K. P., RITCHIE, A., CLARKE, P. A., RATAN, H., ALLEGRUCCI, C., GRABOWSKA, A. M. and JAMES, V., 2024. Front Cell Dev Biol. 12, 1354606
  • SONG, X., MITCHELL, S. C., SMART, A. N., HARDIMAN, W., BAX, D. V., STALEY, C. E., PROBERT, C., COLLIER, P., MEAKIN, M., RITCHIE, A. A., MENDONCA, T., WRIGHT, A. J., JAMES, V., GRABOWSKA, A. M., MERRY, C. L. R., BEST, S. M., CAMERON, R. E. and ASHWORTH, J. C., 2025. Adv Healthc Mater. e04086

Victoria is involved in teaching on a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses offered by the 糖心原创. Victoria's teaching philosophy centres on student interaction and engagement, implemented through the integration of technology and traditional teaching strategies.

Current Research

Victoria's research is focussed on understanding mechanisms of gene regulation that underpin complex disease. Her group investigates how extracellular communication, via RNA and proteins, regulate cellular homeostasis and support progression of pathogenic states, with the aim of uncovering new mechanisms and identifying novel markers to better stage and predict disease behaviour.

  • BROWNE, W., HOPKINS, G., COCHRANE, S., JAMES, V., ONION, D. and FAIRCLOUGH, L. C., 2025. Int J Mol Sci. 26(12),
  • CASTANHEIRA, CIGD, ANDERSON, J. R., CLARKE, E. J., HACKL, M., JAMES, V., CLEGG, P. D. and PEFFERS, M. J., 2025. Int J Mol Sci. 26(7),
  • HOLMES, T. L., CHABRONOVA, A., DENNING, C., JAMES, V., PEFFERS, M. J. and SMITH, J. G. W., 2025. Open Biol. 15(3), 240371
  • SONG, X., MITCHELL, S. C., SMART, A. N., HARDIMAN, W., BAX, D. V., STALEY, C. E., PROBERT, C., COLLIER, P., MEAKIN, M., RITCHIE, A. A., MENDONCA, T., WRIGHT, A. J., JAMES, V., GRABOWSKA, A. M., MERRY, C. L. R., BEST, S. M., CAMERON, R. E. and ASHWORTH, J. C., 2025. Adv Healthc Mater. e04086
  • BROWN, T. J., RUTLAND, C. S., CHOI, K. K., TSE, F., PEFFERS, M. J., MONGAN, N. P., ARKILL, K. P., RITCHIE, A., CLARKE, P. A., RATAN, H., ALLEGRUCCI, C., GRABOWSKA, A. M. and JAMES, V., 2024. Front Cell Dev Biol. 12, 1354606
  • CHABRONOVA, A., HOLMES, T. L., HOANG, D. M., DENNING, C., JAMES, V., SMITH, J. G. W. and PEFFERS, M. J., 2024. Trends Mol Med. 30(6), 562-578
  • TUCIS, D., HOPKINS, G., BROWNE, W., JAMES, V., ONION, D. and FAIRCLOUGH, L. C., 2024. Int J Mol Sci. 25(8),
  • N GOMEZ, V JAMES, KP ARKILL, ZA NIZAMUDEEN, D ONION and LC FAIRCLOUGH, 2023. European Journal of Immunology.
  • ANDERSON, J. R., JOHNSON, E., JENKINS, R., JACOBSEN, S., GREEN, D., WALTERS, M., BUNDGAARD, L., HAUSMANS, B. A. C., VAN DEN AKKER, G., WELTING, T. J. M., CHABRONOVA, A., KHARAZ, Y. A., CLARKE, E. J., JAMES, V. and PEFFERS, M. J., 2023. Int J Mol Sci. 24(19),
  • GOMEZ, N. E., JAMES, V., ARKILL, K. P., NIZAMUDEEN, Z. A., ONION, D. and FAIRCLOUGH, L. C., 2023. Eur J Immunol. 53(6), e2250143
  • ANDERSON, J. R., JACOBSEN, S., WALTERS, M., BUNDGAARD, L., DIENDORFER, A., HACKL, M., CLARKE, E. J., JAMES, V. and PEFFERS, M. J., 2022. Front Vet Sci. 9, 901269
  • CLARKE, E. J., JOHNSON, E., CAAMANO GUTIERREZ, E., ANDERSEN, C., BERG, L. C., JENKINS, R. E., LINDEGAARD, C., UVEBRANT, K., LUNDGREN-AKERLUND, E., TURLO, A., JAMES, V., JACOBSEN, S. and PEFFERS, M. J., 2022. Front Vet Sci. 9, 1057667
  • CLARKE, E. J., LIMA, C., ANDERSON, J. R., CASTANHEIRA, C., BECKETT, A., JAMES, V., HYETT, J., GOODACRE, R. and PEFFERS, M. J., 2022. Anal Methods. 14(37), 3661-3670
  • GOMEZ, N., JAMES, V., ONION, D. and FAIRCLOUGH, L. C., 2022. Respir Res. 23(1), 82
  • RYMAN-TUBB, T., LOTHION-ROY, J. H., METZLER, V. M., HARRIS, A. E., ROBINSON, B. D., RIZVANOV, A. A., JEYAPALAN, J. N., JAMES, V. H., ENGLAND, G., RUTLAND, C. S., PERSSON, J. L., KENNER, L., RUBIN, M. A., MONGAN, N. P. and DE BROT, S., 2022. Vet Med Sci. 8(1), 110-120
  • WIJESINGHE, S. N., ANDERSON, J., BROWN, T. J., NANUS, D. E., HOUSMANS, B., GREEN, J. A., HACKL, M., CHOI, K. K., ARKILL, K. P., WELTING, T., JAMES, V., JONES, S. W. and PEFFERS, M. J., 2022. Front Mol Biosci. 9, 971621
  • CHULPANOVA DS, GILAZIEVA ZE, KLETUKHINA SK, AIMALETDINOV AM, GARANINA EE, JAMES V and RIZVANOV AA, 2021. Biology. 10(2), 141
  • OGURCOV, S, SHULMAN, L, GARANINA, E, BAICHURINA, I, KUZNETCOV, M, MASGUTOVA, G, KOSTENNIKOV, A, RIZVANOV, A, JAMES, V and MUKHAMEDSHINA, Y, 2021. Brain Science. 11(3),
  • KLETUKHINA, SK, NEUSTROEVA, OA, KURBANGALEAVA, SV, SALAFUTDINOV, II, ROGOV, AM, JAMES V, RIZVANOV, AA and GOMZIKOVA, MO, 2021. Biotechnology Reports. 30, e00616
  • THOMAS J BROWN, 2021. Cancers. 13(10), 2435
  • BAICHURINA, I., VALIULLIN, V., JAMES, V., RIZVANOV, A. and MUKHAMEDSHINA, Y., 2021. Int J Mol Sci. 23(1),
  • CHULPANOVA, D. S., GILAZIEVA, Z. E., KLETUKHINA, S. K., AIMALETDINOV, A. M., GARANINA, E. E., JAMES, V., RIZVANOV, A. A. and SOLOVYEVA, V. V., 2021. Biology (Basel). 10(2),
  • GOMZIKOVA, M. O., JAMES, V. and RIZVANOV, A. A., 2021. Front Cell Dev Biol. 9, 653322
  • JAMES, V., NIZAMUDEEN, Z. A., LEA, D., DOTTORINI, T., HOLMES, T. L., JOHNSON, B. B., ARKILL, K. P., DENNING, C. and SMITH, J. G. W., 2021. Stem Cells Dev. 30(24), 1215-1227
  • CHULPANOVA DS, SOLOVYEVA VV, JAMES V, ARKHIPOVA SS, GOMZIKOVA MO, GARANINA EE, AKHMETZYANOVA ER, TAZETDINOVA LG, KHAIBOULLINA SF and RIZVANOV AA, 2020. Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland). 7(2),
  • SHAIMARDANOVA, A. A., SOLOVYEVA, V. V., CHULPANOVA, D. S., JAMES, V., KITAEVA, K. V. and RIZVANOV, A. A., 2020. Neural Regen Res. 15(4), 586-596
  • KITAEVA KV, PRUDNIKOV TS, GOMZIKOVA MO, KLETUKHINA SK, JAMES V and RIZANOV AA, 2019. BioNanoScience. 9, 502-509
  • KLETUKHINA, SEVINDZH, NEUSTROEVA, OLGA, JAMES, VICTORIA, RIZVANOV, ALBERT and GOMZIKOVA, MARINA, 2019. International journal of molecular sciences. 20(19),
  • ES-HAGHI, MASOUMEH, GODAKUMARA, KASUN, HALING, ANNIKA, LATTEKIVI, FREDDY, LAVRITS, ARINA, VIIL, JANELI, ANDRONOWSKA, ANETA, NAFEE, TAMER, JAMES, VICTORIA, JAAKMA, ULLE, SALUMETS, ANDRES and FAZELI, ALIREZA, 2019. Cell communication and signaling : CCS. 17(1), 146
  • GOMZIKOVA MO, JAMES V and RIZVANOV AA, 2019. Frontiers in immunology. 10, 2663
  • MUKHAMEDSHINA Y, SHULMAN I, OGURCOV S, KOSTENNIKOV A, ZAKIROVA E, AKHMETZYANOVA E, ROGOZHIN A, MASGUTOVA G, JAMES V, MASGUTOV R, LAVROV I and RIZVANOV A, 2019. Biomolecules. 9(12),
  • SHAIMARDANOVA AA, SOLOVYEVA VV, CHULPANOVA DS, JAMES V, KITAEVA KV and RIZVANOV AA, 2019. Neural regeneration research. 15(4), 586-596
  • GALIEVA LR, JAMES V, MUKHAMEDSHINA YO and RIZVANOV AA, 2019. Frontiers in neuroscience. 13, 163
  • CHULPANOVA, D.S., KITAEVA K.V., TAZETDINOVA L.G., JAMES V., RIZANOVA A.A. and SOLOVYEVA V.V., 2018. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 9, 259
  • CHULPANOVA D.S, KITAEVA K.V, JAMES V, RIZANOV A.A and SOLOVYEVA V.V, 2018. Therapeutic Prospects of Extracellular Vesicles in Cancer Treatment. 9, 1534
  • PROBERT C, DOTTORINI T, SPEAKMAN A, HUNT S, NAFEE T, FAZELI A, WOOD S, BROWN JE and JAMES V, 2018. Oncogene. 38(10), 1751-1763
  • CATRIN S RUTLAND, SIMONE DE BROT, VICTORIA JAMES and NIGEL P MONGAN, 2017. Expression Mediated by Noncoding RNA in Cancer. In: JAYPROKAS CHAKRABARTI and SANGA MITRA, eds., Cancer and Noncoding RNAs 1. 1. Academic Press Elsevier. 359-366
  • SIMONE DE BROT, CATRIN S RUTLAND, NIGEL P MONGAN and VICTORIA JAMES, 2017. Epigenetic control of microRNA expression and cancer. In: JAYPROKAS CHAKRABARTI and SANGA MITRA, eds., Cancer and Noncoding RNAs 1. 1. Academic Press Elsevier. 373-378
  • MAJCHER V, GOODE A, JAMES V and LAYFIELD R, 2015. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 66, 43-52
  • JOSEPH INNS and VICTORIA JAMES, 2015. The Breast. 24(4), 364-9
  • DE BROT S, NTEKIM A, CARDENAS R, JAMES V, ALLEGRUCCI C, HEERY D, BATES DO, ODUM N, PERSSON JL and MONGAN NP, 2015. Endocrine-related cancer. 22(3), R107-23
  • INNS J and JAMES V, 2015. Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland). 24(4), 364-9
  • FOXLER, D.E., BRIDGEM, K.S., JAMES, V., WEBB, T.M., MEE, M., WONG, S.C.K., FENG, Y., CONSTANTIN-THEODOSIU, D., PETURSDOTTIR, T.E., BJORNSSON, J., INGVARSSON, S., RATCLIFFE, P.J., LONGMORE, G.D. and SHARP, T.V., 2012. Nature Cell Biology. 14(2), 201-208
  • GONZALEZ-ESTEVEZ, C., FELIX, D. A., SMITH, M. D., PAPS, J., MORLEY, S. J., JAMES, V., SHARP, T. V. and ABOOBAKER, A. A., 2012. PLoS Genet. 8(3), e1002619
  • JAMES V, WONG SC and SHARP TV, 2012. Biomolecular concepts. 3(1), 29-40
  • FOXLER, D.E., JAMES, V., SHELTON, S.J., VALLIM, T.Q.D.A., SHAW, P.E. and SHARP, T.V., 2011. FEBS Letters. 585(7), 1089-1096
  • BHATTI, I., LEE, A., JAMES, V., HALL, R. I., LUND, J. N., TUFARELLI, C., LOBO, D. N. and LARVIN, M., 2011. J Gastrointest Surg. 15(1), 199-208
  • JAMES, V., ZHANG, Y., FOXLER, D.E., DE MOOR, C.H., KONG, Y.W., WEBB, T.M., SELF, T.J., FENG, Y., LAGOS, D., CHU, C.-Y., RANA, T.M., MORLEY, S.J., LONGMORE, G.D., BUSHELL, M. and SHARP, T.V., 2010. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 107(28), 12499-12504
  • NASIM, MT, GHOURI, A, PATEL, B, JAMES, V, RUDARAKANCHANA, N, MORRELL, NW and TREMBATH, RC, 2008. Human Molecular Genetics. 17(11), 1683-1694
  • JAMES, V. *, ALDRED, M. A. *, MACHADO, R. D.*, MORRELL, N. W. and TREMBATH, R. C., 2007. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 176(8), 819-24
  • LONG, L, MACLEAN, MR, JEFFERY, TK, MORECROFT, I, YANG, XD, RUDARAKANCHANA, N, SOUTHWOOD, M, JAMES, V, TREMBATH, RC and MORRELL, NW, 2006. Circulation Research. 98(6), 818-827
  • MACHADO, RD, ALDRED, MA, JAMES, V, HARRISON, RE, PATEL, B, SCHWALBE, EC, GRUENIG, E, JANSSEN, B, KOEHLER, R, SEEGER, W, EICKELBERG, O, OLSCHEWSKI, H, ELLIOTT, CG, GLISSMEYER, E, CARLQUIST, J, KIM, M, TORBICKI, A, FIJALKOWSKA, A, SZEWCZYK, G, PARMA, J, ABRAMOWICZ, MJ, GALIE, N, MORISAKI, H, KYOTANI, S, NAKANISHI, N, MORISAKI, T, HUMBERT, M, SIMONNEAU, G, SITBON, O, SOUBRIER, F, COULET, F, MORRELL, NW and TREMBATH, RC, 2006. Human Mutation. 27(2), 121-132
  • ALDRED MA, VIJAYAKRISHNAN J, JAMES V, SOUBRIER F, GOMEZ-SANCHEZ MA, MARTENSSON G, GALIE N, MANES A, CORRIS P, SIMONNEAU G, HUMBERT M, MORRELL NW and TREMBATH RC, 2006. Human Mutation. 27(2), 212-3
  • JAMES V*, MACHADO RD*, SOUTHWOOD M, HARRISON RE, ATKINSON C, STEWART S, MORRELL NW, TREMBATH RC, ALDRED MA., 2005. Circulation. 111(5), 607-613

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