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D-Index
54
Citations
15839
World Ranking
2304
National Ranking
182

Overview

Alan Forster is affiliated with the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several fields of study, predominantly in Engineering and Social Sciences, with significant contributions in related subfields such as Civil and Structural Engineering, Education, Earth-Surface Processes, Building and Construction, and Geology.

The main topics of Alan Forster's work include:

  • Building materials and conservation
  • Concrete and Cement Materials Research
  • Higher Education and Employability
  • 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage
  • Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation
  • Disaster Management and Resilience
  • Engineering Education and Curriculum Development

Their publication record includes papers covering multidisciplinary approaches, construction materials, and education within their fields. Some recent papers are:

  • Community resilience: A multidisciplinary exploration for inclusive strategies and scalable solutions, 2024, Resilient Cities and Structures
  • Role requirements in academic recruitment for Construction and Engineering, 2020, European Journal of Engineering Education
  • Beyond Heritage Science: A Review, 2024, Heritage
  • Digital Toolkit to Assist the Interpretation of Traditional Masonry Construction, 2023, International Journal of Architectural Heritage
  • The binder-aggregate interface in NHL mortar with non-calcitic aggregate: Physical properties, 2023, Construction and Building Materials

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Alan Forster include:

  • Laurent Galbrun
  • Nick Pilcher
  • Nigel Craig
  • Michael Murray
  • Stuart Tennant

Publication venues where Alan Forster has contributed multiple works include:

  • Construction and Building Materials
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Resilient Cities and Structures
  • European Journal of Engineering Education
  • Heritage

Best Publications

  • LMO2-associated clonal T cell proliferation in two patients after gene therapy for SCID-X1.

    S. Hacein-Bey-Abina;C. Von Kalle;C. Von Kalle;M. Schmidt;M. P. McCormack

  • The LIM‐only protein Lmo2 is a bridging molecule assembling an erythroid, DNA‐binding complex which includes the TAL1, E47, GATA‐1 and Ldb1/NLI proteins

    Isobel A. Wadman;Hirotaka Osada;Gerald G. Grütz;Alan D. Agulnick

  • Fusion of the dominant negative transcription regulator CHOP with a novel gene FUS by translocation t(12;16) in malignant liposarcoma.

    T H Rabbitts;A Forster;R Larson;P Nathan

  • An Mll–AF9 Fusion Gene Made by Homologous Recombination Causes Acute Leukemia in Chimeric Mice: A Method to Create Fusion Oncogenes

    Javier Corral;Isabelle Lavenir;Helen Impey;Alan J Warren

  • Diversity and rearrangement of the human T cell rearranging γ genes: nine germ-line variable genes belonging to two subgroups

    M.-P. LeFranc;A. Forster;R. Baer;M.A. Stinson

  • The T cell leukemia LIM protein Lmo2 is necessary for adult mouse hematopoiesis

    Yoshihiro Yamada;Alan J. Warren;Claire Dobson;Alan Forster

  • Metabolism of c-myc gene products: c-myc mRNA and protein expression in the cell cycle.

    P H Rabbitts;J V Watson;A Lamond;A Forster

  • Specific in vivo association between the bHLH and LIM proteins implicated in human T cell leukemia.

    Isobel Wadman;Jinxing Li;Robert O. Bash;Alan Forster

  • Effect of somatic mutation within translocated c- myc genes in Burkitt's lymphoma

    T. H. Rabbitts;A. Forster;P. Hamlyn;R. Baer;R. Baer

  • The LIM protein RBTN2 and the basic helix-loop-helix protein TAL1 are present in a complex in erythroid cells

    V E Valge-Archer;H Osada;A J Warren;A Forster

  • The mechanism of chromosomal translocation t(11;14) involving the T-cell receptor C delta locus on human chromosome 14q11 and a transcribed region of chromosome 11p15.

    T. Boehm;R. Baer;I. Lavenir;A. Forster

  • Association of erythroid transcription factors: complexes involving the LIM protein RBTN2 and the zinc-finger protein GATA1.

    H Osada;G Grutz;H Axelson;A Forster

  • Human immunoglobulin heavy chain genes: evolutionary comparisons of C mu, C delta and C gamma genes and associated switch sequences.

    T.H. Rabbitts;A. Forster;Celia P. Milstein

  • The Mll–AF9 gene fusion in mice controls myeloproliferation and specifies acute myeloid leukaemogenesis

    C.L. Dobson;A.J. Warren;R. Pannell;A. Forster

  • Rearrangement of two distinct T-cell gamma-chain variable-region genes in human DNA.

    M P Lefranc;A Forster;T H Rabbitts

  • New subgroups in the human T cell rearranging V gamma gene locus.

    A Forster;S Huck;N Ghanem;M P Lefranc

  • The oncogenic LIM-only transcription factor Lmo2 regulates angiogenesis but not vasculogenesis in mice.

    Yoshihiro Yamada;Richard Pannell;Alan Forster;Terence H. Rabbitts

  • TRIM21 is an IgG receptor that is structurally, thermodynamically, and kinetically conserved

    Anthony H. Keeble;Zahra Khan;Alan Forster;Leo C. James

  • Truncation of exon 1 from the c-myc gene results in prolonged c-myc mRNa stability.

    P H Rabbitts;A Forster;M A Stinson;T H Rabbitts

  • Alternating purine-pyrimidine tracts may promote chromosomal translocations seen in a variety of human lymphoid tumours.

    T Boehm;L Mengle-Gaw;U R Kees;N Spurr

Frequent Co-Authors

Terence H. Rabbitts
Terence H. Rabbitts Institute of Cancer Research
Marie-Paule Lefranc
Marie-Paule Lefranc University of Montpellier
Alan J. Warren
Alan J. Warren University of Cambridge
Lucio Luzzatto
Lucio Luzzatto University of Florence
David Bentley
David Bentley University of Colorado Denver
Neal G. Copeland
Neal G. Copeland The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Thomas Boehm
Thomas Boehm Max Planck Society
Andrew J.H. Smith
Andrew J.H. Smith University of Edinburgh
Nancy A. Jenkins
Nancy A. Jenkins The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Isidro Sánchez-García
Isidro Sánchez-García University of Salamanca

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