Henrietta J. Standley

Biography

I graduated from the University of Cambridge with a First Class BA (Hons) in Natural Sciences (Zoology). During my degree I became particularly interested in developmental biology. I continued at the University of Cambridge for my Ph.D., researching the community effect signalling interaction during Xenopus myogenesis (Fig. 2) in the laboratory of Professor Sir John Gurdon (1997-2001). I subsequently moved to the USA, joining Professor Janet Heasman’s laboratory at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Research Foundation as a postdoctoral Research Fellow (2002-2004). My research focussed on functional analyses of maternally-expressed Xpygopus and XTcfs in the Xenopus Wnt signalling pathway (Fig. 3). I rejoined Professor Sir John Gurdon’s laboratory, at the University of Cambridge, as a postdoctoral Research Associate investigating endoderm commitment and nuclear reprogramming (2005-2007). As College Lecturer in Cell Biology and Fellow of Newnham College, University of Cambridge, I was responsible for directing studies, small group teaching, and admissions interviewing (2005-2007). I also lectured on developmental and stem cell biology for Natural Sciences (Zoology). I joined the Cardiff University School of Biosciences as a Lecturer (Teaching and Scholarship) in 2007, and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2016. My teaching profile spans cellular, molecular and developmental biology, genetics, and biochemistry. I have led development of several new modules in developmental and stem cell biology.

Research Interest

My research background is in developmental biology. My specific interests are the community effect signalling interaction and the mechanism by which the dorsoventral axis is established in the Xenopus embryo.