Prof Dino Giussani's lab @Cambridge_Uni and @PDN_Cambridge. We study how the environment during pregnancy and early life programmes heart disease in later life.

Joined January 2019
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Natural daylight and improved glucose control in Type 2 diabetes cell.com/cell-metabolism/fulโ€ฆ @Cell_Metabolism
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Congratulations to Zhongchao Wang from @PDN_Cambridge for winning the Early Investigator Prize 2024 in the #General physiology category! ๐Ÿ”Ž ๐Ÿ† ๐Ÿ“œ Read the winning paper here: buff.ly/rj9JfAp ๐Ÿ”— See the full list of winners: buff.ly/HnHdfqa
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Hamilton et al found hyperactivity of the cardiac #RyR promotes structural remodeling of #mitochondria. Learn how preventing mitochondrial remodeling can attenuate calcium-dependent #arrhythmia at ahajrnls.org/3Kw6fMp @S_HamiltonLab @jinxi_wang22 @OhioStatePCB
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Congratulations to Dr Anna Cochrane! Our newly minted doctorate from the Giussani Lab at University of Cambridge, who passed her PhD viva with flying colours! I couldnโ€™t be prouder of Annaโ€™s work investigating obesity in pregnancy and its effects on the fetus. ๐Ÿคฉ
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A recent study (shared below) reminded me that ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฌ ๐š ๐๐ก๐ƒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ, ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง. Over the years, I have supervised 53 PhD students, and I can say with conviction that ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜€๐˜๐˜†๐—น๐—ฒ that works for all. Each student is different, and every PhD journey has its ups and downs. With some students, I spent a disproportionate amount of time helping them gain confidence. With stronger ones, my role was to ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ-๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป. ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€. Unless a student gets genuinely interested in what he or she is doing, great work rarely happens. A good ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€. I never restricted my students from seeking advice from other faculty. In fact, I always encouraged it and built a network they could freely approach. I also followed an ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป-๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜† - any student could walk into my office anytime for advice. I never had a lab of my own in any institution I worked at. Instead, I built common labs, shared by all, to promote collaboration and collective ownership. I have always believed that the ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ. I have always taken ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—— ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฏ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป. Since most of them worked on industry-supported projects, this was never a problem. Nearly 90% of my PhD students wrote their first peer-reviewed paper with me. Unlike in the US, where professors often get students with prior research experience, ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€. Faculty in Indian institutions (at least in the institutions where I worked so far - IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi and BITS Pilani) often put in far more time and effort per student than many of our counterparts abroad. The ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€. That makes everything worthwhile.
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The US DOHaD Society is looking forward to attending the 13th DOHaD World Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina! Will we see you there? Check out our latest post with a quick survey to help you meet up with other US DOHaD Society Members: usdohad.org/2025/08/20/conneโ€ฆ

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Sudhahar & colleagues found #exercise protects blood vessel in #diabetes by turning on natural #antioxidants (#SOD3) that produce physiological levels of hydrogen peroxide to keep blood vessels healthy. Learn more at ahajrnls.org/3IU4wz5
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Free for all Eurodohad members! Join us for this hybrid meeting. Donโ€™t miss this great opportunity to connect and network
Last chance to register!โฐ @EuropeanDOHaD Society presents MIREDA โ€“ harmonising UK birth cohort data through OMOP! Dive into the OMOPed dataset, attend exciting workshops & shape future maternal & infant health research. Don't miss out! ๐Ÿ”—eventbrite.co.uk/e/european-โ€ฆ @HDR_UK
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We're here, looking forward to welcoming everyone for day 1 of our annual meeting 'The Placenta at Term' @ChurchillCol
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Don't loose this opportunity to join us in Buenos Aires! Late-Breaking Abstract Submission ends on July 14. @DOHaD2025 @DOHaD_Society @DOHaDChile @BrasilDohad @EuropeanDOHaD @USDOHaD @Dohadcanada
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Our latest report highlights an important window of opportunity in the first 1,000 days of life to prevent childhood obesity and set children on a healthy path for life. ๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ Read @DailyMail for more: bit.ly/4lzIAr6 ๐Ÿ“™ See the full report: bit.ly/4eAt6ku
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How much does severe earlyโ€onset fetal growth restriction cost for hospitals & parents? Find out here in our economic assessment obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.coโ€ฆ Of 135 births, 46% were extremely preterm <28 0โ€‰weeks, costing an extra mean ยฃ157โ€‰832 per infant compared to term birth @ucl
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This highlights the need for long-term cardiovascular follow up in offspring (of both sexes!) from human metformin-treated pregnancies to inform decisions about its use in pregnancy - a tricky question that requires balancing mum and baby's health ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿผ
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Membership renewal is now available! Be sure to renew your membership by June 30th to keep your member status & continue receiving member benefits. Renew simply by logging into your SRI account, selecting the 'Dues' tab on your dashboard, & continuing to renew your membership!
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We were delighted to host the @Cambridgecardio monthly talk with guest speaker Norbert Weissmann from @jlugiessen discussing; Tobacco smoke-induced pulmonary hypertension & lung emphysema.
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๐Ÿ‘ฅMeet our Members!๐Ÿ‘ฅ Dr. Emmanuel Amabebe is a researcher at UTMB Galveston studying molecular pathways behind preeclampsia, preterm birth & more. Dr. Amabebe is a part of the Menon lab & teaches reproductive biology & physiology to both undergraduate & postgraduate students.
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This is a very exciting time for research into Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) and we are fully supportive of International HG Awareness Day taking place today- 15 May 2025. #HGProgress #IHGAD25 #HyperemesisGravidarum #PregnancySicknessSupport
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Congratulations to the @Gates_Cambridge Class of 2025, who have been awarded scholarships in Gates Cambridge 25th year. A very warm welcome also to Tess Stanley and Yimeng Wang, who will be joining the PDN community! We look forward to working with you cam.ac.uk/stories/gates-cambโ€ฆ
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