abigail Tucker

Biography

"Abigail Tucker obtained her DPhil from Oxford University in 1996 in the laboratory of Professor Jonathan Slack. She then worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Guy’s Hospital, London, in the laboratories of Professor Paul Sharpe and Professor Andrew Lumsden. Here, she started her interest in embryonic development of the head. She set up her own laboratory as a Wellcome Trust Research Career Development Fellow in 1999 in the Medical Research Centre for Developmental Neurobiology at King’s. In 2002, she moved to her current position as lecturer in the Department of Craniofacial Development within the Dental Institute at King’s College London and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2007"   "Abigail Tucker obtained her DPhil from Oxford University in 1996 in the laboratory of Professor Jonathan Slack. She then worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Guy’s Hospital, London, in the laboratories of Professor Paul Sharpe and Professor Andrew Lumsden. Here, she started her interest in embryonic development of the head. She set up her own laboratory as a Wellcome Trust Research Career Development Fellow in 1999 in the Medical Research Centre for Developmental Neurobiology at King’s. In 2002, she moved to her current position as lecturer in the Department of Craniofacial Development within the Dental Institute at King’s College London and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2007"  

Research Interest

Patterning of the branchial arches and development of the head.