Spring Half Day Seminar
The Spring Half Day Seminars are held annually, and are organised by the CTR NGFs and PhD students, covering the excellent research carried out across the CTR.
The seminars are set up for CTR Members only. Details and registration information will be shared over email.
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2024 Half Day Away
17th May 2024, afternoon
The Postdoc Centre at Eddington, 105 Eddington Pl, Cambridge CB3 1AS
Organising Committee: Priscilla Day-Walsh, Giulia Avellino, Andreea Cristian, Ana Elisa Ribeiro Orsi, Natasha Cavell
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Travel and Accessibility
Eddington Accessibility & Travel Information | Postdoc Academy (cam.ac.uk)
Parking:
Madingley Road Park & Ride, Lansdowne Rd, off Madingley Road, CB3 0EZ. Free parking for drivers up to 18 hours. 5 min. walk from Eddington.
Limited parking on site. Parking charges apply 8am-6pm Monday to Friday. The majority of spaces have a maximum stay of 2 hours and no return within 1 hour. There is disabled parking on site for Blue Badge holders. (Eddington access and parking information: https://www.postdocacademy.cam.ac.uk/postdoc-centres/eddington-access-information
Draft Programme:
12:30-12:45 Welcome and housekeeping
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12:30 |
Kathy Niakan: Welcome and housekeeping |
12:45 - 2:25 Session 1: Chaired by Priscilla Day-Walsh and Ana Ribeiro Orsi
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12:45 |
Opening keynote - Sue Ozanne Interventions during obese pregnancy: an opportunity to improve the health of two generations |
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1:25 |
Giulia Avellino: ACLY regulates the metabolic control of histone acetylation to promote human trophoblast stemness |
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1:40 |
Claire Senner: RNA decay pathways in mammalian development |
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1:55 |
Jonas Zaugg: Maternal and paternal obesity impact fetal growth via parent-specific changes in placental structure, transport, and mitochondrial metabolism |
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2:10 |
Oliver Bower: Investigating the role of NANOG in human embryogenesis |
2:25 - 2:45 Tea & coffee break
2:45 – 4:00 Session 2: Chaired by Andreea Cristian and Natasha Cavell
| 2:45 | Georgia Lea: Determinants of DNA methylation in trophoblast |
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3:00 |
Chris Penfold: Endometrial models of function and pathology |
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3:15 |
Dafina Angelova: Single Cell RNA Sequencing Identifies CXADR as a Fate Determinant of the Placental Exchange Surface |
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3:30 |
Rachael Crew |
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3:45 |
Amy Wilkinson: Investigating gene-regulatory mechanisms of human post-implantation development: A developing toolbox |
4:00-4:10 Refreshment break
4:10 Closing Keynote
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4:10 |
Closing Keynote - Gavin Kelsey
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4:55 |
Closing remarks |
5:00 Pizza & drinks