Prof Susana Godinho

Susana Godinho

Principal Investigator

FMD/Barts Cancer Instiute
Queen Mary University of London

Research

cancer biology, cytoskeleton, cell migration and invasion, microenviroment, centrosome, cell

Interests

Our lab is interested in 3D culture models that better recapitulate different aspects of cell physiology relevant to study cancer. These include 3D spheroid co-culture, 2D micropatterning. We have a strong expertise in confocal imaging to take the most out of in vitro model system. We are particularly interested in models that incorporate different cellular components of the tumour microenvironment to study complex cell-cell interactions and invasion.

Publications

solid heart iconPublications of specific relevance to Predictive in vitro Models

2023

The Glucose Transporter 2 regulates CD8+ T cell function via environment sensing.
Fu H, Vuononvirta J, Fanti S, Bonacina F, D’Amati A, Wang G, Poobalasingam T, Fankhaenel M, Lucchesi D, Coleby R, Tarussio D, Thorens B, Hearnden RJ, Longhi M, Grevitt P, Madeeha S, Egle S, Godinho S, Bombardieri M, Smith D, Cooper D, Asif I, Rathmell JC, Schaefer S, Morales V, Bianchi K, Norata GD and Marelli-Berg F
, Editors: Figliuolo ML. Nature Metabolism, Nature Research 
26-10-2023
Centrosome amplification fine tunes tubulin acetylation to differentially control intracellular organization
Monteiro P, Yeon B, Wallis SS and Godinho SA
The Embo Journal, Springer Nature vol. 42 (16) 
05-07-2023
Low HER2 enables dedifferentiation and transformation of normal breast epithelial cells via chromatin opening
Hayat A, Carter EP, King HW, Ors A, Doe A, Teijeiro SA, Charrot S, Godinho S, Cutillas P, Mohammed H, Grose RP and Ficz G
Disease Models & Mechanisms, The Company of Biologists vol. 16 (2) 
01-02-2023

2022

Too close for comfort? Endomembranes promote missegregation by enclosing lost chromosomes
Donker L and Godinho SA
Journal of Cell Biology, Rockefeller University Press vol. 221 (6) 
10-05-2022

2021

Centrosome amplification mediates small extracellular vesicle secretion via lysosome disruption
Adams SD, Csere J, D’angelo G, Carter EP, Romao M, Arnandis T, Dodel M, Kocher HM, Grose R, Raposo G, Mardakheh F and Godinho SA
Current Biology, Elsevier vol. 31 (7), 1403-1416.e7.  
15-02-2021

2020

Centrosome amplification mediates small extracellular vesicles secretion via lysosome disruption
Adams SD, Csere J, D’angelo G, Carter EP, Arnandis T, Dodel M, Kocher H, Grose R, Raposo G, Mardakheh F and Godinho SA
, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 
20-08-2020
Macrophages induce malignant traits in mammary epithelium via IKKε/TBK1 kinases and the serine biosynthesis pathway
Wilcz‐Villega E, Carter E, Ironside A, Xu R, Mataloni I, Holdsworth J, Jones W, Moreno Béjar R, Uhlik L, Bentham RB, Godinho SA, Dalli J, Grose R, Szabadkai G, Jones L, Hodivala‐Dilke K and Bianchi K
Embo Molecular Medicine, Springer Nature vol. 12 (2) 
13-01-2020

2019

Early Career Advisory Board: Q&A on career and publishing
Marat A
Journal of Cell Biology, Rockefeller University Press vol. 218 (9), 2815-2818.  
22-08-2019
Early Career Advisory Board

Journal of Cell Biology, Rockefeller University Press vol. 218 (9), 2813-2814.  
22-08-2019
The principles of spindle bipolarity
Godinho SA
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, Springer Nature vol. 20 (6), 325-325.  
24-04-2019

2018

Oxidative Stress in Cells with Extra Centrosomes Drives Non-Cell-Autonomous Invasion
Arnandis T, Monteiro P, Adams SD, Bridgeman VL, Rajeeve V, Gadaleta E, Marzec J, Chelala C, Malanchi I, Cutillas PR and Godinho SA
Developmental Cell, Elsevier vol. 47 (4), 409-424.e9.  
01-11-2018
Structural Centrosomal Abnormalities Push Cells toward Invasion
Monteiro P and Godinho SA
Developmental Cell, Elsevier vol. 45 (3), 286-288.  
01-05-2018
Over-elongation of centrioles in cancer promotes centriole amplification and chromosome missegregation
Marteil G, Guerrero A, Vieira AF, de Almeida BP, Machado P, Mendonça S, Mesquita M, Villarreal B, Fonseca I, Francia ME, Dores K, Martins NP, Jana SC, Tranfield EM, Barbosa-Morais NL, Paredes J, Pellman D, Godinho SA and Bettencourt-Dias M
Nature Communications, Springer Nature vol. 9 (1) 
28-03-2018
Cell scientist to watch – Susana Godinho

Journal of Cell Science, The Company of Biologists vol. 131 (4) 
14-02-2018

2017

Loss of E-cadherin provides tolerance to centrosome amplification in epithelial cancer cells.
Rhys AD, Monteiro P, Smith C, Vaghela M, Arnandis T, Kato T, Leitinger B, Sahai E, McAinsh A, Charras G and Godinho SA
J Cell Biol, Rockefeller University Press vol. 217 (1), 195-209.  
13-11-2017
Dividing with Extra Centrosomes: A Double Edged Sword for Cancer Cells.
Rhys AD and Godinho SA
Adv Exp Med Biol, Springerlink vol. 1002, 47-67.  
10-06-2017
Centrosomes: PIDDosome Joins the Counting Game
Godinho S
Current Biology, Elsevier vol. 27 (6), r237-r239.  
01-03-2017

2015

Concerted copy number variation balances ribosomal DNA dosage in human and mouse genomes
Gibbons JG, Branco AT, Godinho SA, Yu S and Lemos B
Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America, Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences vol. 112 (8), 2485-2490.  
12-01-2015
Chapter 3 Studying centrosome function using three-dimensional cell cultures
Arnandis T and Godinho SA
Methods in Cell Biology, Elsevier vol. 129, 37-50.  
01-01-2015

2014

Centrosome amplification and cancer: Branching out
Godinho SA
Molecular & Cellular Oncology, Taylor & Francis vol. 2 (1) 
01-12-2014
Causes and consequences of centrosome abnormalities in cancer.
Godinho SA and Pellman D
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci vol. 369 (1650) 
05-09-2014
Oncogene-like induction of cellular invasion from centrosome amplification.
Godinho SA, Picone R, Burute M, Dagher R, Su Y, Leung CT, Polyak K, Brugge JS, Théry M and Pellman D
Nature vol. 510 (7503), 167-171.  
05-06-2014

2012

The cell-cycle regulator c-Myc is essential for the formation and maintenance of germinal centers.
Calado DP, Sasaki Y, Godinho SA, Pellerin A, Köchert K, Sleckman BP, de Alborán IM, Janz M, Rodig S and Rajewsky K
Nat Immunol vol. 13 (11), 1092-1100.  
01-11-2012

2011

Centrosomes and cilia in human disease.
Bettencourt-Dias M, Hildebrandt F, Pellman D, Woods G and Godinho SA
Trends Genet vol. 27 (8), 307-315.  
01-08-2011

2010

Cytokinesis Failure In Fanconi Anemia Pathway Deficient Hematopoietic Cells
Parmar K, Vinciguerra P, Godinho S, Hamilton A, Pellman D and D'Andrea AD
Blood, American Society of Hematology vol. 116 (21) 
19-11-2010
Cytokinesis failure occurs in Fanconi anemia pathway-deficient murine and human bone marrow hematopoietic cells.
Vinciguerra P, Godinho SA, Parmar K, Pellman D and D'Andrea AD
J Clin Invest vol. 120 (11), 3834-3842.  
01-11-2010

2009

Cytokinesis Failure in Fanconi Anemia Pathway Deficient Murine Hematopoietic Stem Cells.
Vinciguerra P, Godinho S, Parmar K, Pellman D and D'Andrea A
Blood, American Society of Hematology vol. 114 (22) 
20-11-2009
A mechanism linking extra centrosomes to chromosomal instability.
Ganem NJ, Godinho SA and Pellman D
Nature vol. 460 (7252), 278-282.  
09-07-2009
Centrosomes and cancer: how cancer cells divide with too many centrosomes.
Godinho SA, Kwon M and Pellman D
Cancer Metastasis Rev vol. 28 (1-2), 85-98.  
01-06-2009

2008

Mechanisms to suppress multipolar divisions in cancer cells with extra centrosomes.
Kwon M, Godinho SA, Chandhok NS, Ganem NJ, Azioune A, Thery M and Pellman D
Genes Dev vol. 22 (16), 2189-2203.  
15-08-2008
A role for Drosophila Polo protein in chromosome resolution and segregation during mitosis.
Godinho S and Tavares AA
Cell Cycle vol. 7 (16), 2529-2534.  
15-08-2008

2007

Forkhead transcription factor FoxM1 regulates mitotic entry and prevents spindle defects in cerebellar granule neuron precursors.
Schüller U, Zhao Q, Godinho SA, Heine VM, Medema RH, Pellman D and Rowitch DH
Mol Cell Biol vol. 27 (23), 8259-8270.  
01-12-2007

2006

Heterologous expression of mammalian Plk1 in Drosophila reveals divergence from Polo during late mitosis.
Pearson J, Godinho SA, Tavares A and Glover DM
Exp Cell Res vol. 312 (6), 770-781.  
01-04-2006
The Drosophila orthologue of xPlkk1 is not essential for Polo activation and is necessary for proper contractile ring formation.
Alves PS, Godinho SA and Tavares AA
Exp Cell Res vol. 312 (3), 308-321.  
01-02-2006

Grants

solid heart iconGrants of specific relevance to Predictive in vitro Models
bullet iconDissecting the role of tubulin acetylation in DNA repair to improve response to PARPi
Susana Godinho
£641,270 MRC Medical Research Council
29-07-2024 - 29-07-2027
bullet iconThe Role of Microtubule Acetylation in SASP Modulation
Susana Godinho
£471,382 Wellcome Trust
08-01-2024 - 07-01-2028
bullet iconExploiting radiation to improve the outcome of centrosome-based therapies
Susana Godinho
£146,895 CR-UK Cancer Research UK
27-09-2021 - 26-09-2025
bullet iconInvestigating the impact of amplified centrosomes in cancer
Susana Godinho
£1,489,238 CR-UK Cancer Research UK
01-06-2021 - 31-05-2027


bullet iconA confocal microscope for multidisciplinary dynamic studies of complex biological systems
Conrad Mullineaux, Caroline Brennan, Alexandre De Mendoza Soler, Viji Draviam Sastry, Maurice Elphick, Christoph Engl, Isabel M Palacios, Matteo Palma, Marina Resmini, Alexander Ruban, Peter Thorpe, Angelika Stollewerk, Jose Martin Duran, Paulo Baptista Ribeiro, Susana Godinho, Richard Grose, Stephanie Kermorgant, Peter McCormick and Tyson Sharp
£390,834 BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
01-08-2022 - 31-07-2023
bullet iconSuper-Resolution Microscopy of live cells in 3D
Viji Draviam Sastry, Conrad Mullineaux, Vidya Darbari, Lakxmi Subramanian, Fabrice Caudron, Richard Pickersgill, Guy Hanke, Alexander Ruban, Peter Thorpe, Christopher Duffy, Jose Martin Duran, John Connelly, Peter McCormick, Paul Chapple, Vardhman Rakyan, Tyson Sharp, Susana Godinho and David Lee
£369,201 BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
01-12-2020 - 31-03-2022
bullet iconDissecting the role of exosomes on the remodelling of PDAC microenvironment
Susana Godinho
£40,006 Barts and the London Charity
01-04-2020 - 31-03-2022
bullet iconDissecting the role of extra centrosomes-induced exosome secretion in PDAC microenvironment
Susana Godinho
£477,197 MRC Medical Research Council
01-12-2019 - 30-11-2023
bullet iconCENTROSOTME - The role of extra centrosomes on the tumour microenvironment
Susana Godinho
£158,991 EU Commission - Horizon 2020
01-06-2019 - 12-04-2021
bullet iconNon-Clinical Training Award , Cycle 4, 2018 (Hale, Close and Yeon)
Nicholas Lemoine, Ivana Sestak, Jude Fitzgibbon and Susana Godinho
£297,105 CR-UK Cancer Research UK
01-10-2018 - 30-09-2022
bullet iconLister Institute Research Fellowship Prize - 2016
Susana Godinho
£199,974 Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine, The
01-10-2016 - 30-09-2024
bullet iconDTP 2015
Susana Godinho
£42,000 MRC Medical Research Council
01-10-2015 - 30-09-2018