Alison Lloyd

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University College London
MRC Laboratory for Molecular
Cell Biology
Gower Street
London
WC1E 6BT
United Kingdom

Email: alison.lloyd@ucl.ac.uk
Tel: 02076792240
Web: Lab website

Professor Alison Lloyd, based at University College London, is studying  schwannoma - a cancer affecting Schwann cells, which surround and protect our nerve cells. Professor Lloyd and her team are finding out more about how Schwann cells grow out of control, leading to cancer.

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Schwann cells are the main glial cells of the peripheral nervous system. Properties of these cells make them a powerful model system for studying two fundamental biological processes: (1) Cell growth (2) Cell regeneration.
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Recent publications


EphB Signaling Directs Peripheral Nerve Regeneration through Sox2-Dependent Schwann Cell Sorting

Cell.2010;143 :145-155

A Genetic Screen for Anchorage-Independent Proliferation in Mammalian Cells Identifies a Membrane-Bound Neuregulin

PLoS ONE.2010;5 :e11774

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