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Read more at: Congratulations to former CTR members Kathy Niakan and Norah Fogarty on their paper in Nature describing the central importance of the gene OCT4 to human embryonic development as shown using CRISPR gene editing of human blastocysts for the first time.

Congratulations to former CTR members Kathy Niakan and Norah Fogarty on their paper in Nature describing the central importance of the gene OCT4 to human embryonic development as shown using CRISPR gene editing of human blastocysts for the first time.

21 September 2017

Congratulations to Kathy Niakan and Norah Fogarty on their paper in Nature describing the central importance of the gene OCT4 to human embryonic development as shown using CRISPR gene editing of human blastocysts for the first time. Both are former members of the CTR. See https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/genome-editing-...

Read more at: Success for CTR members at IFPA Manchester: Hannah Yong received a Harold Fox New Investigator Award; Joanna Rakoczy and Nadejda Capatina both won a Y.W Loke New Investigator Award.

Success for CTR members at IFPA Manchester: Hannah Yong received a Harold Fox New Investigator Award; Joanna Rakoczy and Nadejda Capatina both won a Y.W Loke New Investigator Award.

1 September 2017

Many congratulations to Hannah Yong (Sferuzzi-Perri lab) who received a Harold Fox New Investigator Award and to Joanna Rakoczy (Watson Lab) and Nadejda Capatina (G. Burton group) who both received a Y.W Loke New Investigator Award at IFPA in Manchester this week.

Read more at: Tina Napso, a Marie Curie Fellow in the Sferruzzi-Perri lab was awarded the Early Career Grant from the Society for Endocrinology.

Tina Napso, a Marie Curie Fellow in the Sferruzzi-Perri lab was awarded the Early Career Grant from the Society for Endocrinology.

25 August 2017

Tina Napso, a Marie Curie Fellow in the Sferruzzi-Perri lab was awarded the Early Career Grant from the Society for Endocrinology. We congratulate Dr Tina Napso for her Early Career Grant. This grant will further increase Tina's research capacity during her time in the CTR.

Read more at: Tina Napso, a Marie Curie Fellow in the Sferruzzi-Perri lab was awarded the Early Career Grant from the Society for Endocrinology.

Tina Napso, a Marie Curie Fellow in the Sferruzzi-Perri lab was awarded the Early Career Grant from the Society for Endocrinology.

25 August 2017

Tina Napso, a Marie Curie Fellow in the Sferruzzi-Perri lab was awarded the Early Career Grant from the Society for Endocrinology. We congratulate Dr Tina Napso for her Early Career Grant. This grant will further increase Tina's research capacity during her time in the CTR. For more information on the Society for...

Read more at: Breath of life: how your risk of heart disease may stem back to your time in the womb. Read the latest article published in Research Horizons on the work of CTR members.

Breath of life: how your risk of heart disease may stem back to your time in the womb. Read the latest article published in Research Horizons on the work of CTR members.

12 July 2017

" Smoking, lack of exercise, bad diet and our genes are all well-known risk factors for heart disease, cancer and diabetes. But, as researchers are beginning to understand, the environment in the womb as we first begin to grow may also determine our future" Click here to read the latest article from Research Horizons...

Read more at: New paper published by CTR team working with Michelle Oyen and Ashley Moffett. This project is a collaboration between biologists (Ashley’s group) and bioengineers (Michelle’s group). Click to read more and for a link to the full article.

New paper published by CTR team working with Michelle Oyen and Ashley Moffett. This project is a collaboration between biologists (Ashley’s group) and bioengineers (Michelle’s group). Click to read more and for a link to the full article.

5 June 2017

New paper published by CTR team working with Michelle Oyen and Ashley Moffett. This project is a collaboration between biologists (Ashley’s group) and bioengineers (Michelle’s group). By using microfluidic technology the team has advanced how trophoblast invasion can be studied in the lab. http://rsif...

Read more at: Dr Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri awarded the Andrée Gruslin Award from IFPA: the Andrée Gruslin Award is named in honour of Dr. Andrée Gruslin, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist and is offered every year to an outstanding female mid-career investigator.

Dr Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri awarded the Andrée Gruslin Award from IFPA: the Andrée Gruslin Award is named in honour of Dr. Andrée Gruslin, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist and is offered every year to an outstanding female mid-career investigator.

25 May 2017

Dr Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri has been awarded the Andrée Gruslin Award from IFPA: the Andrée Gruslin Award is named in honour of Dr. Andrée Gruslin, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist and is offered every year to an outstanding female mid-career in the field of placental or placental-related biology. Amanda will receive the...

Read more at: Dr Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri awarded grant from the Academy of Medical Sciences Springboard

Dr Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri awarded grant from the Academy of Medical Sciences Springboard

12 May 2017

We are delighted to announce that Dr Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri has been awarded a substantial grant from the Academy of Medical Sciences Springboard in support of her project entitled: Materno-fetal resource allocation; altering placental endocrine function by IGF2. This two-year grant will allow Amanda to investigate how the...

Read more at: Anne Ferguson-Smith elected to FRS. This is a fantastic achievement and recognition of her great contributions in the fields of genomic imprinting, epigenetics and placental biology.

Anne Ferguson-Smith elected to FRS. This is a fantastic achievement and recognition of her great contributions in the fields of genomic imprinting, epigenetics and placental biology.

5 May 2017

Warmest congratulations to Anne Ferguson-Smith for her election to FRS. This is a fantastic achievement and recognition of her great contributions in the fields of genomic imprinting, epigenetics and placental biology.

Read more at: New Post Doctoral Fellowships offered by EMBL-EBI, the NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre and the University of Cambridge’s School of the Biological Sciences in 2017. Click to see details.

New Post Doctoral Fellowships offered by EMBL-EBI, the NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre and the University of Cambridge’s School of the Biological Sciences in 2017. Click to see details.

4 May 2017

"An Evolutionary Approach to Understanding Transcriptional Control in the Human Placenta" is one of 11 joint postdoctoral fellowships offered by EMBL-EBI, the NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre and the University of Cambridge’s School of the Biological Sciences in 2017. Further details: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/research...

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