Group Leader, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Maria Alcolea studies epithelial stem cell plasticity in response to injury and tumour development.
Research AreasEpithelial stem cells
Fate plasticity
Tissue regeneration
Ageing
Early tumorigenesis
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TechniquesQuantitative lineage tracing
3D long-term primary cultures
3D whole-tissue confocal reconstruction
Single-cell RNA sequencing
Mechanical manipulation of epithelial tissues
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Areas for CollaborationEpigenetics
Tissue engineering Ageing Alternative models of tissue injury |
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