Loke CTR Seminars
The Loke CTR Seminar Series take place in-person with a hybrid audience. Details will be shared over email.
Upcoming Seminars - 2026 / 2027
Wednesday 30th September 2026 at 16:00 - ONLINE TALKS
Speakers: Karolina Radziun, University of Liverpool and Megan Sharps, University of Manchester
(IFPA Charlie Y. W. Loke Travel Awards winners in 2024)
About the Charlie YW Loke New Investigator Travel Awards
Wednesday 14th October 2026 at 16:00
Talk title: Origins of the mammalian germline
Speaker: Ramiro Alberio
Host: Marta Shabhazi
Wednesday 18th November 2026 at 16:00
Talk title: Reconstructing the maternal–fetal interface in vitro
Speaker: Shun Shibata
Host: Roser Vento
Tuesday 8th December 2026 at 16:00
Talk title: From Atoms to Embryos: Understanding mammalian pre-implantation development across scales at the chromatin level
Speaker: Wataru Kobayashi
Host: Desislava Staneva
Wednesday 24 February 2027 at 16:00
Talk title: Pregnancy complications, the placenta and lifelong cardiovascular health in mothers and their offspring
Speaker: Abigail Fraser
Host: Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri
Wednesday 28 April 2027 at 16:00
Talk title: Modelling Early Human Embryogenesis and Epigenetic Regulation with Naïve Pluripotent Stem Cells
Speaker: Vincent Pasque
Host:Marta Shabhazi
Past Seminars
Monday 29th June 2026 at 16:00
Talk title: DNA Methylation in embryonic and placental development: where, why and whither without?
Speaker: William Pastor
Host: Peter Rugg-Gunn
Wednesday 27th May 2026 at 16:00 (Please note date updated from original of 20th May)
Talk title: From Inheritance to Intervention: Reprogramming the Sperm Epigenome.
Speaker: Sarah Kimmins
Tuesday 2nd June 2026 at 16:00
Talk title: Functional evolution of menstruation in primates
Speaker: Camille Berthelot
Host: Tom Rawlings
Thursday 30th April 2026 at 16:00 - CANCELLED
Talk title: Modelling Early Human Embryogenesis and Epigenetic Regulation with Naïve Pluripotent Stem Cells
Speaker: Vincent Pasque
Host:Marta Shabhazi
Wednesday 18th March 2026 at 16:00
Talk title: Assisted Reproduction: Lessons from History
Speaker: Kay Elder
Host: Kathy Niakan
Wednesday 25th February 2026 at 16:00
Talk title: Imaging quirky cell divisions during early mammalian development
Speaker: Greg Fitzharris
2025 Seminars
Tuesday 25th November 2025 at 16:00
Talk title: Conversations between mother and fetus: lipid dynamics in pregnancy
Speaker: Marika Charalambous
Host: Courtney Hanna
Friday 28th March 2025 at 13:30
Uterine-placental crosstalk – The impact of extraembryonic tissues on developmental outcom
Speaker: Myriam Hemberger
Host: Claire Senner
Tuesday 4th March 2025 at 15:30
Introduction to Inclusion: getting more comfortable with the uncomfortable
Introduction: Dr Jennifer Jardine
Workshop facilitator: Bilal Harry Khan
Host: Loke CTR and the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience EDI committee
2024 Seminars
Wednesday 7th February 2024 at 16:00
Development of endometrial diagnostics for the prediction and prevention of early pregnancy loss
Professor Jan Brosens (Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Warwick Medical School)
Host: Ana Paredes
Wednesday 3rd April 2024 at 16:00
Human early embryonic development: what single cell sequencing can tell us?
Fuchou Tang (Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Genomics)
Host: Courtney Hanna and Thorsten Boroviak
Wednesday 1st May 2024 at 16:00
Hyperspectral Imaging of Human Embryos: Exploring the Metabolic and Mechanics Dynamics in Early Development and Implantation.
Samuel Ojosnegros Martos (Head of Bioengineering in Reproductive Health, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC)
Host: Thorsten Boroviak and Albert Cardona
Thursday 5th September 2024 at 16:00
Calcium signaling at fertilization: drivers and consequences
Carmen Williams (Senior Investigator, Reproductive & Developmental Biology Laboratory, NIEHS)
Host: Gavin Kelsey and Kathy Niakan
Tuesday 8th October 2024 at 16:00
Periconceptional Biology: Parental diet, placental health, and Strategies for effective public engagement
Deborah Sloboda (Professor and Associate Chair, McMaster University, Canada)
Host: Dino Giussani and Alison Forhead
Tuesday 5th November 2024 at 16:00
Professor Anna David (Professor and Consultant in Obstetrics and Maternal Fetal Medicine, University College London)
Host: Naomi McGovern
Wednesday 4th December 2024 at 16:00
Endometrial regulation of human embryo implantation and placental development in health and disease?
Dr Peter Ruane (MFH Research Fellow, Division of Developmental Biology & Medicine, The University of Manchester)
Host: Irving Aye