Alison Woollard

British scientist

Alison Woollard

Born|

Alison Claire S. Woollard[citation needed]

1968 (age 56–57) [citation needed]

Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England

Alma mater| Birkbeck College, London
University of Oxford
Awards| Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (2013)
Scientific career
Institutions|

* University College, London
* Birkbeck College, London[1]
* Hertford College, Oxford
* MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

Thesis| Cell cycle control in fission yeast (1995)
Doctoral advisor| Paul Nurse[2]
Website| https://www.bioch.ox.ac.uk/aspsite/index.asp?pageid=606

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] where she is also a Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford.[1]

## Early life and education

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Woollard was born in 1968 in Kingston-upon-Thames.[citation needed]

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]

## Academic career

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Woollard moved to the Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge in 1995.[7] Her research focuses on developmental biology of the nematode model organism Caenorhabditis elegans[8][9][10] particularly 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

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In 2013 Woollard presented the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures.[2][15][16] She has also been interviewed on the BBC radio programme The Life Scientific.[17]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Dr Alison Woollard: 'I've got the performing bug'". The Independent. 22 December 2013. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013.
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ Alison Woollard's publications in Google Scholar
4. ^ Alison Woollard publications indexed by Microsoft Academic
5. ^ Alison Woollard's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
6. ^ Woollard, Alison (1995). Cell cycle control in fission yeast (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford.[permanent dead link]
7. ^ "Alison Woollard on what she has learnt from mutant worms, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4". BBC.
8. ^ 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.
9. ^ 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.
10. ^ 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.
11. ^ 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.
12. ^ 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.
13. ^ "Support for Public Engagement | University of Oxford". www.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
14. ^ "Prof. Alison Woollard appointed as Academic Champion for Public Engagement with Research". www.bioch.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
15. ^ Woollard, Alison; Gilbert, Sophie. "Tales from the lobster tank". RIGB. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
16. ^ Sample, Ian (5 August 2013). "Christmas lectures will address ethical challenges posed by genetics". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
17. ^ "The Life Scientific: Alison Woollard". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 30 April 2021.

## External links

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* Official website
* Life Fantastic videos, Royal Institution Christmas Lectures 2013, presented by Alison Woollard

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