lab profile
Abigail Tucker King Craniofacial Development
Floor 27 Guy
London, London SE1 9RT
United Kingdom
abigail.tucker@kcl.ac.uk +44-207-188-7384
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PI: |
YES |
Taxa Studied: |
Vertebrate Animals |
Techniques Employed: |
In Situ Hybridization, Antibody Staining, Sectioning for Histology, Confocal Microscopy, Time-Lapse Microscopy, Transgenesis, Other, Organ culture |
Research Description: |
My lab researchers development of the face, and key organs including teeth, glands, ear and articulations. We work on a range of developmental models, including mouse, chick, zebrafish, lizard and snake. We use developmental biology to help understand evolutionary mechanisms, and to aid our understanding of craniofacial disorders. |
Lab Web Page: |
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/dentistry/research/cell/tucker |
Willing to Host Undergraduates: |
YES |
Actively Seeking Undergraduates: |
NO |
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