Professor Rosalind John leads the Pregnancy Research Epigenetics Group at Cardiff University. Maternal mental health, imprinted genes & placental hormones
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18 Oct 2022
An example of maternal behaviour? Or just an offspring that won't let go!
18 Oct 2022
Baby pangolins are called pangopups, they ride on the slope of their mothers tail, this way she can curl up in a ball around her baby to protect it, a mother acting as a shield for her infant
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18 Oct 2022
Interested in developmental origins of health and disease #DoHaD #FetalProgramming #pregnancy #StemCells? Want to study in Cardiff? Funded PhD: "Aging before birth: identifying influences of modifiable maternal lifestyle on telomere length" swbio.ac.uk/ @SWBio_DTP
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The PREG Lab retweeted
10 Oct 2022
One week left of our early-bird registration! Join us in November @royalsociety and online for our fantastic meeting on #Genetics of #Reproduction.
Register here: genetics.org.uk/events/genet…
#GenSocRepro #meeting
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The PREG Lab retweeted
5 Oct 2022
Deadline to submit abstracts to our Genetics of Reproduction meeting is this Friday!
We have a fantastic line-up of speakers for our meeting @royalsociety and online on 18 Nov.
genetics.org.uk/events/genet…
#GenSocRepro
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26 Sep 2022
Please retweet about this excellent one day meeting starring the most fundamentally important process = reproduction! #GenSocRepro
26 Sep 2022
Interested in Reproduction? Join us on 18Nov @royalsociety & online for our Genetics of Reproduction meeting. Deadline for abstract submission is next week: 7Oct.
Early-bird registration until 17 Oct: genetics.org.uk/events/genet…
#GenSocRepro #meeting #conference
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22 Sep 2022
In support of maternal mental health - we reported #postnataldepression linked to lower levels of placental lactogen. We now report that consuming a Health Conscious diet in pregnancy linked to higher levels of this important hormone @PMHPUK @Perinatal_MH
frontiersin.org/articles/10.…
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The PREG Lab retweeted
20 Sep 2022
🎉Great news! Early-bird registration for our Genetics of Reproduction conference has been EXTENDED until 17 Oct. Join us @royalsociety & online on 18 Nov.
Registration: genetics.org.uk/events/genet…
#GenSocRepro #conference
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The PREG Lab retweeted
12 Sep 2022
One week left of early-bird registration to our Genetics of Reproduction conference @royalsociety & online!
genetics.org.uk/events/genet…
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8 Sep 2022
returning from #ISDBSDB22 - excellent developmental biology #singlecellrna-seq #oscillations @_BSDB_ and what a location #malta
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The PREG Lab retweeted
31 Aug 2022
Our Autumn meeting is on Genetics Of Reproduction, on 18th November @royalsociety and online. Registration is now open, find out more here: genetics.org.uk/events/genet…
#GenSocRepro
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31 Aug 2022
Delighted to promote the next @GenSocUK meeting taking place @royalsociety in November focused on the genetics of reproduction. Truly talented group of speakers and excellent opportunities for ECRs to present. Please retweet! #GenSocRepro
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7 Aug 2022
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29 Jul 2022
Surani lab mini reunion at Mendel’s 200th birthday celebration, RHS Wisley @GenSocUK @HGLeitch @GurdonInstitute @Kat_Arney @AnneF_S
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26 Jul 2022
Super proud to have contributed to the supervision of Nicola Savory who was the research midwife on our MRC funded #GrownInWalesStudy #placenta
#maternaldepression. Graduated! Congratulations Dr Savory! @CUBiosciences @CUHealthSci
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The PREG Lab retweeted
20 Jul 2022
Our last speaker of the day is our joint Mendel Medal Awardee Prof Azim Surani talking about 'Genomic Imprinting: why bother?'.
Join us here: youtube.com/watch?v=zP8hB4ij…
#Mendel200 #Mendel200GenSoc @GurdonInstitute
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13 Jun 2022
New PhD opportunities at Cardiff University @CUBiosciences swbio.ac.uk/phd-projects-sta… We study prenatal adversity in human pregnancy and have project in this round: Aging before birth: identifying prenatal influences of lifestyle on telomeres and the epigenetic clock
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25 May 2022
Congratulations to ex-Preg_lab member @RBoqueSastre for her very own Grown in Wales/delivered in Spain baby. Baby Berta and mother are doing well. And yes - she did send me a photo of the placenta! 🚼
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19 May 2022
New research suggests inheritance of impaired #epigenetic regulators from oocyte rather than direct change to DNA methylation: Maternal inheritance of glucose intolerance via oocyte TET3 insufficiency | Nature nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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The PREG Lab retweeted
📢Rydym yn falch iawn o rannu bod ymchwil @CUBiosciences y:
➡️7fed yn y DU am effaith ymchwil 👏👏👏
➡️8fed yn y DU am bŵer ymchwil 👏👏👏
HEFYD:
Cyfrifir 88% o’n hymchwil yn swyddogol gyda’r gorau yn y byd neu’n rhagorol yn rhyngwladol
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The PREG Lab retweeted
From the protection of #endangeredspecies🐘 to the management of healthy #freshwaterecosystems🌊 today we are celebrating the difference our research makes.
Huge congratulations to all our researchers and everyone in our School who supports their work:
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