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    Boyd Collection Images of implantation Embryo and Tissue Donations External Resources Key datasets

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Loke CTR members

Loke CTR members overview Membership Central Loke CTR lab space Loke CTR Seminars Journal Club Half Day Away Download the Loke CTR logo

Annual Meeting

Annual Meeting overview Programme 2026 Poster and flash talk presenter corner Registration and fees for 2026 Travel, Accessibility and Sustainability Past Loke CTR Annual Meetings

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Resources overview Boyd Collection Images of implantation External Resources Key datasets

Embryo and Tissue Donations

Embryo and Tissue Donations overview Placental and Endometrial Donations Research in the Niakan Laboratory
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    Professor Kathy  Niakan

    Professor Kathy Niakan

    • Director, Loke Centre for Trophoblast Research
    • Mary Marshall and Arthur Walton Professor of Reproductive Physiology
    Dr Catherine Aiken

    Dr Catherine Aiken

    • Academic Clinical Lecturer, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
    Dr Ioakeim Ampartzidis

    Dr Ioakeim Ampartzidis

    • Research Associate
    • Department of Biochemistry
    • Hollfelder Group
    Dr Dafina Angelova

    Dr Dafina Angelova

    • Next Generation Fellow (2025)
    Doug Antczak

    Doug Antczak

    • Dorothy Havemeyer McConville Professor of Equine Medicine
    Dr Anna Arutyunyan

    Dr Anna Arutyunyan

    • Wellcome Sanger Institute
    Dr Nooria Atta

    Dr Nooria Atta

    • PhD student
    • Supervisor: Stephen O'Rahilly
    Dr Irving  Aye

    Dr Irving Aye

    • Group Leader & MRC Career Development Fellow
    • 2018 Next Generation Fellow
    Holly Bachas Brook

    Holly Bachas Brook

    • Postdoctoral Research Associate
    • Dept. of Pathology; Obstetrics and Gynaecology
    • Research Groups: Naomi McGovern, Catherine Aiken
    Dr Giorgia Battistoni

    Dr Giorgia Battistoni

    • Research Associate
    • Hannon laboratory
    • Cancer Research UK – Cambridge Institute
    Dr Miriam Baumgarten

    Dr Miriam Baumgarten

    • Consultant, Gynaecology
    Dr Sofia Bellalta

    Dr Sofia Bellalta

    • Postdoctoral Research Associate
    • Hanin Lab
    • Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
    Dr  Christian Belton

    Dr Christian Belton

    • Post-doctoral Research Scientist, The Babraham Institute
    Dr Adam  Bendall

    Dr Adam Bendall

    • Postdoctoral Research Scientist
    • Rugg-Gunn Lab
    • Babraham Institute, Epigenetics Division
    Josephine Blagrove

    Josephine Blagrove

    • Graduate Student, Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
    • Supervisor: Kathy Niakan
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