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CTR to take part in SRI in Reproduction: The University has funded an SRI in Reproduction that aims to bring together the biological, social and clinical sciences with the arts and humanities to provide a multidisicplinary approach.

9 October 2018

The University has funded an SRI in Reproduction that aims to bring together the biological, social and clinical sciences with the arts and humanities to provide a multidisicplinary approach to current challenging topics in reproduction, such as inheritance, artificial gametes and embryos, and parenting. The Centre for...

CTR Associate Romina Plitman publishes article on "Advances in Human Placental Biomechanics". Romina, now a Cambridge college lecturer, was previously one of our CTR funded PhD students.

12 September 2018

Loke CTR Associate Romina Plitman publishes article on "Advances in Human Placental Biomechanics" in the " Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal". Romina, now a Cambridge college lecturer, was previously one of our Loke CTR funded PhD students. The article can be found here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/...

The 2018 CTR Annual conference gathered together more than 130 world experts on placental biology. Highlights included discussions on the link between caesarean sections and placenta accreta, a dangerous condition that can be life threatening for women.

17 July 2018

The 2018 Loke CTR Annual conference gathered together more than 130 world experts on placental biology. Highlights included discussions on the link between caesarean sections and placenta accreta, a dangerous condition that can be life threatening for new mothers and might lead to emergency hysterectomies.

The CTR contributed to hosting the 2018 Global Women’s Health (GLOW) meeting in Cambridge in June. Ashley Moffett introduced the meeting and Graham Burton, Gordon Smith, Charlotte Patient and Annettee Nakimuli all gave presentations.

27 June 2018

The Loke CTR contributed to hosting the 2018 Global Women’s Health (GLOW) meeting in Cambridge in June. Ashley Moffett introduced the meeting and Graham Burton, Gordon Smith, Charlotte Patient and Annettee Nakimuli all gave presentations.

Many congratulation to CTR funded Romina Plitman who won a DEPUY BEST POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL ENGINEERING PROJECT award!

21 June 2018

Romina Plitman received the prestigious award for her PhD work funded by the Loke CTR. Romina was a Loke CTR funded PhD student until March 2018 when she was awarded her PhD. The award (DEPUY BEST POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL ENGINEERING PROJECT) was given by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and more details can be found on...

Guissani Lab scoops 5 out of 25 awards at International Meeting of the society for Reproductive Investigation

12 June 2018

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 Loke 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...

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 Loke 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...

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, Loke 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 Loke CTR PhD studentships. We wish her all the best for the future.

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...