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Margherita Turco awarded the L’OREAL women in science fellowship award in House of Commons

16 May 2019

Loke CTR member Margherita Turco was awarded the L’OREAL women in science fellowship award in the House of Commons on 15 May 2019. Many congratulations!

Hommage to Joan Hunt- After raising her son, she returned to school, earning her terminal degree from the University of Kansas at age 49 and eventually became one of the world's foremost reproductive immunology scientists

15 May 2019

We are saddened to hear of the passing of Joan Hunt on April 20th 2019. Joan was a University Distinguished Professor at the University of Kansas, specialising in reproductive immunology. She made several seminal discoveries regarding the role of the maternal immune system in regulating events during trophoblast invasion...

The Dance of Life, new book by Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz and Roger Highfield coming out in July 2019

13 May 2019

The Dance of Life will take you inside the incredible world of life just as it begins and reveals the wonder of the earliest and most profound moments in how we become human. Through Magda’s trailblazing research as a professor at Cambridge – where she has with her team doubled the survival time of human embryos in the...

Chris Redman recognised as a Giant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

10 May 2019

Congratulation to Chris Redman for being recognised as a Giant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Full details here: https://www.ajog.org/article/S0002-9378(19)30498-3/fulltext

Professor Myriam Hemberger receives march of Dimes prize

10 May 2019

Congratulations to Myriam Hemberger for her march of Dimes prize. Full details here: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/myriam-hemberger-receives-2019-march-of-dimes-prize-for-breakthrough-research-on-placental-biology-300839128.html

Many congratulations to Professor Ashley Moffett on her election to Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences

8 May 2019

Election to Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences Ashley Moffett is the foremost international authority and investigator of the immunology of human reproduction. She began her career as a practising doctor, specializing in histopathology. During this time, Ashley identified a population of immune cells in...

SRI Reproduction Networking Event 14th May, 2:00pm -5:00pm Location – Downing College, Howard Building

8 May 2019

SRI Reproduction Networking Event 14 th May, 2:00pm- 5:00pm Location – Downing College, Howard Building Programme 2:00pm – 3:15 pm - Flash talks The obstetric dilemma – Dr Emma Pomeroy Social History – Dr Yuliya Hileuych Reproductive rights – Jinal Dadiya Paradigms of parent-child relationships – Dr Jens Scherpe (TBC)...

Low levels of oxygen in the womb – which can be caused by smoking or conditions such as pre-eclampsia – may cause problems with fertility later in life. New study published by Professor Ozanne's lab in collaboration with Professor Giussani's lab.

12 April 2019

"It’s as if low levels of oxygen caused the female’s ovarian tissue to age faster"- Catherine Aiken Low levels of oxygen in the womb – which can be caused by smoking or conditions such as pre-eclampsia – may cause problems with fertility later in life, a study carried out in rats suggests. The research, led by members of...

Guissani Lab publishes an important article on combined antioxidant and glucocorticoid therapy for safer treatment of preterm birth.

26 March 2019

The clinical use of glucocorticoids both in mothers at risk of premature labour and in premature babies has become common practice in the last 40 years. The treatment is based on research which discovered the important role played by glucocorticoids in fetal development and that giving premature babies synthetic...

CTR members receive prestigious awards at the 66th meeting of the Society for Reproductive Investigation in Paris. A very successful year for the CTR!