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Season 2, Episode 5 - Pregnancy, the placenta, and its complications
Updated: Aug 4, 2022
All the important links, repro news and guest bios from this month's episode
Guests
Professor Natalie Hannan
Professor Natalie Hannan is a NHMRC CDF Principle Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne, where she leads the Therapeutics Discovery and Vascular Group (laboratories based at both the Mercy Hospital for Women and at the Northern Health Research Precinct) and holds an honorary position at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Mercy Hospital for Women and the Northern Hospital Epping. Prof Hannan has a dedicated focus on reproduction, understanding serious pregnancy complications and women’s health.
Early Career Researcher Spotlight
Assistant Professor Rachel West
Dr. West received her B.S. and M.S. in Animal and Dairy Science from the University of Georgia (UGA) where she worked to derive and characterize avian induced pluripotent stem cells and primordial germ cells. After completing her M.S. degree, she moved to Colorado State University (CSU) to pursue a Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences. Her work at CSU focused on early pregnancy and how the molecular pathways that cause cancer in adult tissues are critical for healthy placental development. Rachel continued her training in reproductive physiology with a postdoctoral position at the Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine where she studied the peri-implantation stage placenta and the mechanisms contributing to recurrent implantation failure.
Repro News
Fun Fact
If you want to learn more about this episode's fun fact, check out the articles below:
Ovum transmigration after salpingectomy for ectopic pregnancy
Contralateral corpus luteum in ectopic pregnancy: what does it tell us about ovum pickup?
Upcoming conferences and abstract deadlines
IFPA-ANZPRA Satellite Meeting
17th - 18th November 2022, Hammer Springs, NZ
Abstracts due 26th August 2022
https://www.anzpra.org/anzpra-satellites
ESA-SRB-APEG-NZSE
13th - 16th November 2022, Te Pae, Christchurch, NZ
Abstracts due 19th August 2022
https://www.esa-srb-apeg-nzse.org/
AI Fertility Conference
15th - 18th September 2022, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Registration open
Upcoming training
ESHRE Hybrid Campus Events
Range of courses available in person and virtually
Upcoming course on 'Endometriosis: what nurses and midwives should know for their daily practice' held on 15th - 17th September 2022, Paris, France
https://www.eshre.eu/Education/Calendar-Campus-events
Epididymis VIII International Workshop
5th - 7th September 2022, Giessen, Germany
https://www.uni-giessen.de/fbz/fb11/institute/anatomie/epididymis2022
Upcoming awards and grants
SOMANZ Research Grant
Offered every second year by the SOMANZ Society
Application due date TBC
https://www.somanz.org/grants-awards/research-grants/
ASA Awards - Distinguished Andrologist Award
Nominations due in late August - early September
https://andrologysociety.org/distinguished-andrologist/
ASA Awards - Matthew P. Hardy Young Andrologist Award
Nominations due in late August - early September
https://andrologysociety.org/young-andrologist-award/
Paper of the month
Maternal inheritance of glucose intolerance via oocyte TET3 insufficiency
Can't get enough?
Check out a recent paper from Nat's lab on new approaches to treating preeclampsia.
Brush up on your placenta knowledge with this recent comprehensive review on placental biology, which also touches on in vitro placenta organoids!
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