Name: Partner 3: University of East Anglia, United Kingdom

Address: Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom

Link: http://www.uea.ac.uk/

Summary: The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963, the university has four faculties and 26 schools of study. The campus is located in 320 acres of rolling parkland just two miles from the centre of Norwich, the cathedral city, and England’s first UNESCO City of Literature. This uniquely-placed University is also a leading member of Norwich Research Park, one of Europe’s biggest concentrations of researchers in the fields of environment, health and plant science.

UEA is ranked in the UK Top 25 (The Times/Sunday Times 2020 and Complete University Guide 2020), and the World Top 200 Universities (The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020). It is an internationally renowned university based in a campus that provides top quality academic, social and cultural facilities to over 17,000 students across a diverse range of Undergraduate and Postgraduate degree courses.

Gene regulatory networks during early embryonic development and in cancer: Prof. Grant N Wheeler is a principle contributing researcher from University of East Anglia, School of Biological Sciences. The Wheeler lab is a dynamic group using the amphibian Xenopus as a model organism to study aspects of cell and developmental biology in a whole animal situation. The group uses modern methods of embryology and molecular biology in the lab. Current research looks at the molecular events that govern the origin of the Neural Crest and its derivatives in the early embryo.

Prof. Wheeler’s lab will be hosting the young researchers ESR5 and ESR6.

Click here for research team details