Peripheral nerves – stable but regenerative

Alison Lloyd, PhD
Professor & Director
University College London
MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology
London, United Kingdom

This conference is hosted by Michel Cayouette, PhD. This conference is part of the 2024-2025 IRCM conference calendar.

About this conference
Peripheral nerves are highly quiescent structures in adulthood, yet are regenerative. How a quiescent nerve maintains its size and function throughout adulthood is poorly understood but regulation must reside at the level of the individual cell. This requires a robust steady-state, whilst retaining plasticity to regenerate following injury. In this talk, I will discuss novel insights into the control of the homeostatic state of peripheral nerves and how a complex multicellular response is required for their regeneration.
 

About Alison Lloyd
Professor Alison Lloyd is currently Director of the Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology (LMCB) at University College London (UCL), where she runs the Cell Biogenesis and Tissue Regeneration research group. Her group studies the homeostasis and regeneration of peripheral nerves and the links between these processes and the development and spread of cancer. She studied Biochemistry for her undergraduate studies at UCL, a PhD with Chris Marshall at the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) in London, followed by two postdoctoral fellowships in Strasbourg, France and at the Imperial College Research Facility (ICRF) laboratories in London. In 1998, she started her laboratory at the UCL Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology where she currently runs a research group. She is co-chair of the UCL Cancer Domain, a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) and a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.  

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