Staff Profile
Dr Alistair Poll
Research Associate
- Address: Wolfson Childhood Cancer Research Centre
6th Floor Herschel Building
Brewery Lane
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
Background
I completed my PhD in School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, before joining the Faculty of Medical Sciences and the Norther Institute for cancer Research on a project assessing the diagnostic potential of Circulating Tumour Cells in patients with oesophageal adenocarcinoma. Since 2020 I have been a part of the Wolfson Childhood Cancer Research Centre, with research focussing on improving outcomes for children with relapsed and refractory T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia.
Area of expertise
- Cellular and molecular biology
- Bioinformatics
- Flow Cytometry and Imagine Flow Cytometry
- High Throughout Image Analysis
Publications
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Articles
- Germann M, Maffitt NJ, Poll A, Raditya M, Ting JSK, Baker SN. Pairing Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Loud Sounds Produces Plastic Changes in Motor Output. Journal of Neuroscience 2023, 43(14), 2469-2481.
- Tapia JA, Tohyama T, Poll A, Baker SN. The Existence of the StartReact Effect Implies Reticulospinal, not Corticospinal, Inputs Dominate Drive to Motoneurons During Voluntary Movement. Journal of Neuroscience 2022, 42(40), 7634-7647.
- Poll AA, Lee J, Sanderson RA, Byrne E, Gatehouse JA, Sadanandom A, Gatehouse AM, Edwards MG. Septoria leaf blotch and reduced nitrogen availability alter WRKY transcription factor expression in a codependent manner. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2020, 21(11), 4165.
- Wilson R, Ahmmed AA, Poll A, Sakaue M, Laude A, Sieber-Blum M. Human peptidergic nociceptive sensory neurons generated from human epidermal neural crest stem cells (hEPI-NCSC). PLoS ONE 2018, 13(6), e0199996.