 Lane founded the Dundee-based Biotechnology company, Cyclacel Ltd and was the Chief Scientific Officer from 1996 to 2004.From 2004 to 2007, he was the Executive Director of the Institute of Molecular & Cell Biology (IMCB) in Singapore.Sir David is currently Chief Scientist of Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR, Singapore) 
heading the p53 laboratory.