1984 - BSc Biology (magna cum laude), Marygrove College, Detroit Michigan, USA 1990 - PhD Developmental Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette Indiana, USA 1993 - 1999 Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Aberdeen 1999 - 2002 Independent Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Aberdeen 2002 - 2008 Lecturer, School of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen 2008- present Senior Lecturer, School of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen

I am interested in the process by which cells use environmental conditions as guidance cues during development, wound healing and regeneration. My work has potential applications in tissue engineering and for devising clinical strategies to aid wound healing and nervous system repair

Findlay, AS., Panzica, DA., Walczysko, P., Holt, AB., Henderson, DJ., West, JD., Rajnicek, AM. & Collinson, JM. (2016). 'The core planar cell polarity gene, Vangl2, directs adult corneal epithelialcell alignment and migration'. Royal Society Open Science, vol 3, 160658. DOI: [ONLINE] DOI: 10.1098/RSOS.160658 [ONLINE] AURA: 160658.FULL.PDF Walczysko, P., Rajnicek, AM. & Collinson, JM. (2016). 'Contact-mediated control of radial migration of corneal epithelial cells'. Molecular vision, vol 22, pp. 990-1004. [ONLINE] AURA: MV_V22_990.PDF [LINK] HTTP://WWW.MOLVIS.ORG/MOLVIS/V22/990 Pruski, M., Rajnicek, A., Yang, Z., Clancy, H., Ding, Y., McCaig, CD. & Lang, B. (2016). 'The ciliary GTPase Arl13b regulates cell migration and cell cycle progression'. Cell Adhesion & Migration, vol 10, no. 4, pp. 393-405. DOI: [ONLINE] DOI: 10.1080/19336918.2016.1159380 [ONLINE] AURA: THE_CILIARY_GTPASE_ARL13B_REGULATES_CELL_MIGRATION_AND_CELL_... Hoare, JI., Rajnicek, AM., McCaig, CD., Barker, RN. & Wilson, HM. (2016). 'Electric fields are novel determinants of human macrophage functions'. Journal of Leukocyte Biology, vol 99, no. 6, pp. 1141-1151. DOI: [ONLINE] DOI: 10.1189/JLB.3A0815-390R Kucerova, R., Dorà, N., Mort, RL., Wallace, K., Leiper, LJ., Lowes, C., Neves, C., Walczysko, P., Bruce, F., Fowler, PA., Rajnicek, AM., McCaig, CD., Zhao, M., West, JD. & Collinson, JM. (2012). 'Interaction between hedgehog signalling and PAX6 dosage mediates maintenance and regeneration of the corneal epithelium'. Molecular vision, vol 18, pp. 139-150. Kucerova, R., Walczysko, P., Reid, B., Ou, J., Leiper, LJ., Rajnicek, AM., Mccaig, CD., Zhao, M. & Collinson, JM. (2011). 'The role of electrical signals in murine corneal wound re-epithelialization'. Journal of Cellular Physiology, vol 226, no. 6, pp. 1544-1553. DOI: [ONLINE] DOI: 10.1002/JCP.22488 Ford, LA., Roelofs, AJ., Anavi-Goffer, S., Mowat, L., Simpson, DG., Irving, AJ., Rogers, MJ., Rajnicek, AM. & Ross, RA. (2010). 'A role for L-α-lysophosphatidylinositol and GPR55 in the modulation of migration, orientation and polarization of human breast cancer cells'. British Journal of Pharmacology, vol 160, no. 3, pp. 762-771. DOI: [ONLINE] DOI: 10.1111/J.1476-5381.2010.00743.X McCaig, CD., Song, B. & Rajnicek, AM. (2009). 'Electrical dimensions in cell science'. Journal of Cell Science, vol 122, no. 23, pp. 4267-4276. DOI: [ONLINE] DOI: 10.1242/JCS.023564 Ou, J., Walczysko, P., Kucerova, R., Rajnicek, AM., McCaig, CD., Zhao, M. & Collinson, JM. (2008). 'Chronic wound state exacerbated by oxidative stress in Pax6+/-aniridia-related keratopathy'. The Journal of pathology, vol 215, no. 4, pp. 421-430. DOI: [ONLINE] DOI: 10.1002/PATH.2371 Rajnicek, AM., Foubister, LE. & McCaig, CD. (2008). 'Alignment of corneal and lens epithelial cells by co-operative effects of substratum topography and DC electric fields'. Biomaterials, vol 29, no. 13, pp. 2082-2095. DOI: [ONLINE] DOI: 10.1016/J.BIOMATERIALS.2008.01.015