Prof Alan Handyside

BA, MA, PhD, Cambridge.
Visiting Professor
Institute of Integrative and Comparative Biology

Background: Co-Director, Leeds Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis Centre; Scientific Director, The Bridge Fertility Centre, London Bridge, London


Phone: +44(0) 113 34 32874
Email: email address for Prof Alan Handyside 

Lab: Leader of the Handyside group

Publications

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Human cleavage stage embryo from which a single blastomere with a single visible interphase nucleus is being removed by micromanipulation.

Research Interests

The origins and mechanisms of nuclear and chromosomal abnormalities in the human preimplantation embryo in vitro. Human trophoblast and embryo stem cell lines.

  • Early mouse and human development
  • Human embryo and trophoblast stem cell lines
  • Preimplantation genetics
 

Current Projects

  • Etiology of chromosomal abnormalities in the human embryo in vitro.
 

Studentship information

Principal interests:

  • The origins and mechanisms of nuclear and chromosomal abnormalities in the human preimplantation embryo in vitro. Human trophoblast and embryo stem cell lines.

Undergraduate project topics:

  • Single cell genetics and diagnostics for preimplantation genetic diagnosis.

Postgraduate studentship areas:

  • Stem cell lines derived from mouse and human preimplantation embryos; The origins and mechanisms of Nuclear and Chromosomal Abnormalities in the Human preimplantation Embryo in vitro.

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