Benura Azeroglu
Principal Laboratory Research Scientist
- Email Address: Crick email
Benura Azeroglu obtained her B.Sc. in Molecular Biology and Genetics from Istanbul University, Türkiye, in 2009. She then joined the laboratory of Professor David Leach at the University of Edinburgh, where she received her M.Sc. in Genetics in 2011 and her Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology in 2015.
Benura completed her postdoctoral training at the National Cancer Institute (NIH) in the laboratory of Dr. Eros Lazzerini Denchi, where she investigated the regulation of alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT) and identified potential therapeutic vulnerabilities in ALT-dependent cancers.
In 2025, she joined the Francis Crick Institute, supporting Simon Boulton’s translational research efforts focused on targeting ALT in cancer.
