British scientist
Alison Woollard (born 1968) is a British biologist. She is a lecturer in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Oxford [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] Hertford College, Oxford .[ 1]
Early life
Woollard was born in 1968 in Kingston-upon-Thames .[citation needed
Education
Woollard was educated at University of London , gaining her undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences in 1991 and gained her Doctor of Philosophy degree at the University of Oxford on fission yeast supervised by Paul Nurse in 1995.[ 2] [ 6]
Research
Woollard moved to the Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge in 1995.[ 7] developmental biology of the nematode model organism Caenorhabditis elegans [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] RUNX genes .[ 11] [ 12]
She is currently the Academic Champion for Public Engagement with Research at the University of Oxford, a post which she has held since 2017.[ 13] [ 14]
Awards and honours
In 2013 Woollard presented the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures .[ 2] [ 15] [ 16] The Life Scientific .[ 17]
References
^ a b "Dr Alison Woollard: 'I've got the performing bug' . The Independent . 22 December 2013. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013.^ a b c "The Royal Institution of Great Britain | Dr Alison Woollard explores the frontiers of developmental biology in the 2013 CHRISTMAS LECTURES" . Archived from the original on 14 August 2013.^ Alison Woollard's publications in Google Scholar ^ Alison Woollard publications indexed by Microsoft Academic ^ Alison Woollard's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required) ^ Woollard, Alison (1995). Cell cycle control in fission yeast ^ "Alison Woollard on what she has learnt from mutant worms, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4" . BBC .^ Woollard, A. ; Hodgkin, J. (2000). "The caenorhabditis elegans fate-determining gene mab-9 encodes a T-box protein required to pattern the posterior hindgut" . Genes & Development . 14 (5): 596– 603. doi :10.1101/gad.14.5.596 . PMC 316422 PMID 10716947 .^ Hayles, J.; Fisher, D.; Woollard, A. ; Nurse, P. (1994). "Temporal order of S phase and mitosis in fission yeast is determined by the state of the p34cdc2-mitotic B cyclin complex". Cell . 78 (5): 813– 822. doi :10.1016/S0092-8674(94)90542-8 . PMID 8087848 . S2CID 7449103 . ^ Chang, F.; Woollard, A. ; Nurse, P. (1996). "Isolation and characterization of fission yeast mutants defective in the assembly and placement of the contractile actin ring". Journal of Cell Science . 109 (1): 131– 142. doi :10.1242/jcs.109.1.131 . PMID 8834798 . ^ Appleford, P. J.; Woollard, A. (2009). "RUNX genes find a niche in stem cell biology". Journal of Cellular Biochemistry . 108 (1): 14– 21. doi :10.1002/jcb.22249 . PMID 19562739 . S2CID 35703786 . ^ Newbury, S.; Woollard, A. (2004). "The 5'-3' exoribonuclease xrn-1 is essential for ventral epithelial enclosure during C. Elegans embryogenesis" . RNA . 10 (1): 59– 65. doi :10.1261/rna.2195504 . PMC 1370518 PMID 14681585 . ^ "Support for Public Engagement | University of Oxford" . www.ox.ac.uk . Retrieved 28 April 2021 .^ "Prof. Alison Woollard appointed as Academic Champion for Public Engagement with Research" . www.bioch.ox.ac.uk . Retrieved 28 April 2021 .^ Woollard, Alison; Gilbert, Sophie. "Tales from the lobster tank" . RIGB . Retrieved 17 November 2016 . ^ Sample, Ian (5 August 2013). "Christmas lectures will address ethical challenges posed by genetics" . The Guardian . Retrieved 17 November 2016 . ^ "The Life Scientific: Alison Woollard" . www.bbc.co.uk . Retrieved 30 April 2021 .
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