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Read more at: Royal Society PhD Studentship (Four years) available at CTR to conduct research under the supervision of Dr Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri (Role of placental endocrine malfunction in the programming of disease in offspring)

Royal Society PhD Studentship (Four years) available at CTR to conduct research under the supervision of Dr Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri (Role of placental endocrine malfunction in the programming of disease in offspring)

17 May 2018

Royal Society PhD Studentship (Four years) available at the CTR Applications are invited for a four year PhD studentship funded by The Royal Society to conduct research under the supervision of Dr Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri at the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience. Title: Role of placental endocrine...

Read more at: Congratulations to CTR members Janne Rozemarijn Smit, Jyothi Jayaraman, Nadia Capatina and Hannah Yong who all won prizes at the 2018 PDN symposium!

Congratulations to CTR members Janne Rozemarijn Smit, Jyothi Jayaraman, Nadia Capatina and Hannah Yong who all won prizes at the 2018 PDN symposium!

23 April 2018

Congratulations to CTR members Janne Rozemarijn Smit, Jyothi Jayaraman, Nadia Capatina and Hannah Yong who all won prizes at the 2018 PDN symposium! Janne Rozemarijn won 1st place and Jyothi joint 3rd in the 1 year PhD and MpHil category. Nadia won 1st place in the image competition. Hannah won the third price for the best...

Read more at: Warm congratulations to Romina Plitman, CTR funded PhD student, who has recently been approved for the PhD degree after a successful viva!

Warm congratulations to Romina Plitman, CTR funded PhD student, who has recently been approved for the PhD degree after a successful viva!

29 March 2018

Warm congratulations to Romina Plitman, CTR funded PhD student, who has recently been approved for the PhD degree after a successful viva! Romina was the recipient of one of our CTR PhD studentships. We wish her all the best for the future.

Read more at: Many congratulations to Professor Azim Surani from the Gurdon Institute who won the 2018 Canada Gairdner International Award along with Davor Solter of the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics!

Many congratulations to Professor Azim Surani from the Gurdon Institute who won the 2018 Canada Gairdner International Award along with Davor Solter of the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics!

28 March 2018

Many congratulations to Professor Azim Surani from the Gurdon Institute who won the 2018 Canada Gairdner International Award along with Davor Solter of the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, for their "discovery of mammalian genomic imprinting that causes parent-of-origin specific gene expression and...

Read more at: Congratulations to Dr Sferruzzi-Perri who has been awarded a New Investigator Research Grant from the MRC for work on biomarkers of materno-fetal health and the role of placental endocrine mediators in normal and obese pregnancies!

Congratulations to Dr Sferruzzi-Perri who has been awarded a New Investigator Research Grant from the MRC for work on biomarkers of materno-fetal health and the role of placental endocrine mediators in normal and obese pregnancies!

19 March 2018

Congratulations to Dr Sferruzzi-Perri who has been awarded a New Investigator Research Grant from the MRC for work on biomarkers of materno-fetal health and the role of placental endocrine mediators in normal and obese pregnancies.

Read more at: Congratulations to CTR Next Generation Research Fellow Dr Simon Tunster who secured an Early Career Grant from the Society for Endocrinology!

Congratulations to CTR Next Generation Research Fellow Dr Simon Tunster who secured an Early Career Grant from the Society for Endocrinology!

9 February 2018

Congratulations to Dr Simon Tunster who secured an Early Career Grant from the Society for Endocrinology! Simon is a CTR Next Generation Research Fellow and his current work is on nutrient transport function to explore whether elevated Phlda2 impairs nutrient transport and to identify mechanisms through which the placenta...

Read more at: View mouse pre-implantation blastocyst immunostained for DNA in blue and microtubules in green. Some cells in both the trophectoderm and the inner cell mass are undergoing mitosis. Imaged by Nadia Capatina CTR PhD student

View mouse pre-implantation blastocyst immunostained for DNA in blue and microtubules in green. Some cells in both the trophectoderm and the inner cell mass are undergoing mitosis. Imaged by Nadia Capatina CTR PhD student

7 February 2018

Read more at: Professor Dino Giussani awarded the 2017 Nick Hales Award by The International Society for Developmental Origins of Health & Disease (DOHaD).

Professor Dino Giussani awarded the 2017 Nick Hales Award by The International Society for Developmental Origins of Health & Disease (DOHaD).

24 November 2017

The International Society for Developmental Origins of Health & Disease (DOHaD) has awarded Professor Dino Giussani the 2017 Nick Hales Award. This award, in memory of the late Professor Nick Hales, is awarded every two years to a scientist who has made an outstanding scientific contribution to the DOHaD field.

Read more at: CTR PhD student Oisin Huhn wins first prize for best poster at the 18th Cambridge Immunology Forum, a one-day conference attended by Editors of Nature and Science who judged the posters.

CTR PhD student Oisin Huhn wins first prize for best poster at the 18th Cambridge Immunology Forum, a one-day conference attended by Editors of Nature and Science who judged the posters.

29 September 2017

CTR PhD student Oisin Huhn has won the first prize for best poster at the 18th Cambridge Immunology Forum, a one-day conference attended by Editors of Nature and Science who judged the posters. Oisin Huhn is a PhD student in Francesco Colucci and Ashley Moffett's laboratory both CTR leading investigators. https://www...

Read more at: CTR PhD student Oisin Huhn wins the first prize for best poster at the 18th Cambridge Immunology Forum, a one-day conference attended by Editors of Nature and Science who judged the posters. Oisin Huhn is a PhD student in Francesco Colucci and Ashley M

CTR PhD student Oisin Huhn wins the first prize for best poster at the 18th Cambridge Immunology Forum, a one-day conference attended by Editors of Nature and Science who judged the posters. Oisin Huhn is a PhD student in Francesco Colucci and Ashley M