PhD Projects on offer
Listed below are the current PhD projects available:
- Dissecting the molecular mechanisms of extraembryonic endoderm differentiation
Supervisor: Dr Kathy Niakan - Glucocorticoid programming of the ovine placenta Supervisor: Professor Abbey Fowden
- Biomechanical Factors in Placental Development Mechanotransduction
Supervisors: Michelle Oyen and Graham J Burton - Stem cells in the early placenta: Mechanisms underlying self-renewal and differentiative potency of this unique stem cell population
Supervisor: Myriam Hemberger - Mechanisms and functions of epigenetic reprogramming in the mammalian embryo
Supervisor: Wolf Reik - First signalling events in the mouse embryo – the genesis and function of the extra-embryonic ectoderm signalling centre.
Supervisor: Magdalena Zernika-Goetz - How do killer cells contribute to reproductive success?
Supervisor: Francesco Colucci - History of the Placenta since 1750
Supervisors: Martin H Johnson and Nick Hopwood - In vivo effects of antioxidants on the uterine and umbilical circulations
Supervisor: Dino A Giussani - Is fetal Igf2 a demand signal that controls placental supply?
Supervisors: Miguel Constancia and Ionel Sandovici - Placento-fetal hypoxia and preeclampsia
Supervisor: Dino A Giussani - Intergenerational programming of the placenta
Supervisors: Abigail L Fowden and Graham J Burton -
Reprogramming germ cells for extraembryonic and embryonic development
Supervisor: Azim Surani -
System A amino-acid transport and placental adaptive responses to fetal growth demands
Supervisors: Miguel Constancia and Katharina Hoelle - Trophoblast and endometrial gland function during human early pregnancy
Supervisor: Graham J Burton - Trophoblast differentiation in vitro and in vivo
Supervisors: Ashley Moffett and Kathy K Niakan - Prediction of adverse pregnancy outcome using routine serial ultrasonic fetal biometry and utero-placental Doppler
Supervisor: Gordon CS Smith

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