CTR Seminar Series
2021 Zoom Talks
Wednesday 24th February at 16.00h
Placental kisspeptin: a novel role in the pregnant pancreatic islet
Dr James Bowe, Senior Lecturer in Physiology, Department of Diabetes, Kings College
Host: Bill Colledge
Wednesday 17th March at 16.00h
A new mechanism of fetomaternal tolerance
Prof. Adrian Erlebacher, Department of Laboratory Medicine, UCSF
Host: Francesco Colucci
Wednesday 19th May at 16.00h
Novel roles for phospholipids in placental function and fetal growth
Prof. Theresa Powell, Department of Paediatrics, Neonatology, University of Colorado
Host: Kathy Niakan
Wednesday 23rd June at 16.00h
Placenta Growth Factor: Diagnostic and Management Implications in High-Risk Obstetrics
Dr John Kingdom, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialist, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto
Host: Gordon Smith
Wednesday 22nd September at 16.00h
New Insights into Placental Small Extracellular Vesicles in Maternal-Fetal Communication
Prof. Yoel Sadovsky, Executive Director, Magee Womens Research Institute; Distinguished Professor, OBGYN University of Pittsburgh
Host: Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri
Wednesday 20th October at 16.00h
Signaling between fetus and mother in the timing of birth
Prof. Carole Mendelson, University of Texas; Director, North Texas March of Dimes Birth Defects Center
Host: Courtney Hanna
Wednesday 17th November at 09.30h
Decidual natural killer cells and their roles in promoting pregnancy
Prof. Binqing Fu, University of Science and Technology of China
Host: Francesco Colucci
Wednesday 15th December at 16.00h
Uterus transplantation
Prof. Paige Porrett, Vera Hauptfeld-Dolejsek Endowed Professor in Transplant Immunology,
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Host: Francesco Colucci
2022 Talks
Wednesday 23rd February at 9:30h (Zoom)
A study on the primate embryonic and extraembryonic development
Prof. Hongmei Wang
State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Host: Kathy Niakan
Thursday 15th September at 16:00h (Hybrid)
Our hunt to find new treatments for preeclampsia: an update, and lessons learnt
Prof Stephen Tong
Obstetrics and Gynaecology Royal Women's Hospital/Mercy, University of Melbourne
Host: Gordon Smith
Please contact ctradmin@pdn.cam.ac.uk if you would like to organise a 30min meeting with the speakers after the seminar