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We are a research centre at De Montfort University focusing on reproductive health. Check here for more information: https://linktr.ee/CRR_DMU?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=b340c289-6047-48a2-af77-809271c4d86a
Prof Cathy Herbrand talks on the BBC World Service about the news that sperm from a donor with an undetectable gene mutation has been used to produce nearly 200 children, some with childhood cancer. Available for 25 days, listen from 26m 50s into the recording. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
17.12.2025 09:27 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Outgoing CRR Director Prof Nicky Hudson provides expert comment on the tragic news that sperm from a donor who unknowingly carried the gene variant for Li-Fraumeni syndrome was used to create almost 200 children. Some have since had childhood cancer. theconversation.com/one-sperm-do...
12.12.2025 14:16 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Flyer with the following text: Preconception Health: What Is the Problem Represented to Be? Merissa Hickman, PhD Candidate, University of Leicester Centre for Reproduction Research Seminar Series; Social Sciences Research and Innovation Institute, De Montfort University. Monday 19th January 2026, 12:30-14:00, in person at De Montfort University, Leicester. To register email crr@dmu.ac.uk (deadline to register 13 January). And a photo of the speaker
Join us on Monday 19 Jan 12:30-14:00, at DMU Leicester, for an in-person Centre for Reproduction Research (CRR) seminar. Merissa Hickman, University of Leicester, will be speaking about 'Preconception Health: What Is the Problem Represented to Be?'. Email crr@dmu.ac.uk by 13 Jan to register.
10.12.2025 12:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Sara, Jackson, Heidi and Cathy will now join Sarah for the first Q&A of the day, taking questions from our lovely audience!
#PETConf25
What do stakeholders in the UK really think of carrier screening? What are the benefits, and how useful is it?
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The final speaker for this session is Professor Cathy Herbrand, Principal Investigator at PRECAS (precas.dmu.ac.uk)
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A great discussion on expanded carrier screening at PET Conference, with @cathy-herbrand.bsky.social Sara Levene, Heidi Mertes and Jackson Kirkman Brown - sponsored by @precas-project.bsky.social Many thanks to everyone who came came along and asked a question #PET25
10.12.2025 11:02 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The CRR PRECAS team are at the @pet-bionews.bsky.social annual conference ‘What does genomics mean for fertility treatment’ . Project lead Prof Cathy Herbrand is presenting study findings
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Centre for Reproduction Research Seminar Series; Social Sciences Research and Innovation Institute, De Montfort University. Monday 17th November - 12-1.30 GMT, online. Complex fertility journeys and employment: Research insights and real-world impact. Dr Krystal Wilkinson, Centre for Decent Work and Productivity, Manchester Metropolitan University. To register email crr@dmu.ac.uk (deadline to register 12 November).
Join us on Monday 17 November 12-1:30 online for our first Centre for Reproduction Research (CRR) seminar of the year. @DrKrysWilkinson will be speaking about 'Complex fertility journeys and employment: Research insights and real-world impact'. Email crr@dmu.ac.uk by 12 Nov to register.
16.10.2025 11:08 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A new piece in @uk.theconversation.com from Nicky Hudson on the birth of the ‘world’s oldest baby’
theconversation.com/worlds-oldes...
Congratulations to @cathy-herbrand.bsky.social on this thought-provoking piece for The Conversation looking at the realities behind mitochondrial donation, following the news that eight babies have now been born using the technique in the UK.
Well worth a read.
Thank you so much to Rachel for coming all the way from @kent.ac.uk to deliver this fantastic and thought provoking seminar. Rachel has just submitted her thesis and her viva is early next month. We hope you will join with us in wishing her every success with this and with her important topic.
23.06.2025 13:19 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A screen shot of Rachel Arkell's header slide on the use of sodium valproate in pregnancy and reproduction.
Today we're delighted to welcome Rachel Arkell to talk about her research on the use of sodium valproate in pregnancy. Sodium valproate is a potentially lifesaving medication for epilepsy and bipolar disorder yet is associated with risk in pregnancy, raising queries about how it should be used.
23.06.2025 13:14 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Our (@gmthomas.bsky.social Tanisha Spratt @amychandler.bsky.social) book went to print - very exciting! The @britsoci.bsky.social London MedSoc Study Group is hosting a launch event (thanks @twiterney.bsky.social) on 19 June 18:00-19:30. All welcome, register here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/bsa-london...
Egg donation: what's really being said, and not said, to potential donors?
Our new research analyzes how fertility clinics across Belgium, Spain, and the UK present medical risks and incentives on their websites- and what that means for women considering donation.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
Check out this paper! Exploring how direct-to-consumer genetic testing is reshaping the world of gamete donor conception — and what that means for families, professionals, and policy makers
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Exploring how direct-to-consumer genetic testing and social media are reshaping donor conception and kinship. Parents share their views on the ‘right age’ for kids to connect with donor relatives and how childhood influences these decisions🧬 journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
09.04.2025 17:32 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Read this paper by Nicky Hudson, Cathy Herbrand and Lorraine Culley on the emergence and use of expanded carrier screening in gamete donation. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
09.04.2025 17:21 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Celebrating the professorial inaugural lecture of Prof. Cathy Herbrand this week… 🥳
28.03.2025 08:50 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Happening this evening! Still time to book a place - check out our linktree
25.03.2025 10:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
front page of slide deck giving the seminar title, sibling mismatches in donor conception
We are delighted to welcome Dr Sophie Zadeh @sussex.ac.uk to present a seminar on 'Sibling ‘mismatches’ in donor conception'. She looks at how challenging 'resemblance talk' is when donor siblings connect with bio family but find out they don't resemble or feel an affinity with them.
19.03.2025 12:22 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Join us for Cathy Herbrand’s upcoming lecture! Still time to book with the link below and on our linktree
19.03.2025 11:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1
Bupa plans to offer a new genomic screening approach to clients that, it is claimed, can evaluate an individual's risk of developing seven common diseases. Dr Joanne Delange writes in BioNews: www.progress.org.uk/polygenic-ri...
#polygenicriskscores #polygenics #genomics #genetics #healthinsurance
A white hand with pink painted nails holds up a notebook against a dark purple wall, opened at the front page. The handwritten text on this page reads: ‘BA/Lev Small Grant. Doulas as Liminal Actors. 2025-2026.
Delighted that @bevclough.bsky.social & I have received a BA/Leverhulme Small Grant for our project ‘Birth Doulas as a Liminal Actor With/in Medical Law: Identifying Regulatory & Conceptual Tensions’. We’ve been plotting this project for over 2 years & are so excited to bring it to life!
13.03.2025 17:26 — 👍 15 🔁 2 💬 4 📌 2
A step forward in the improvement of endometriosis management:
‘First-of-a-kind’ daily pill for endometriosis treatment approved for NHS in England
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
You can find out more about Kate’s work here: www.dmu.ac.uk/about-dmu/ac...
14.03.2025 06:51 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0CRR member Kate Pleace has this week published a book about life with premature ovarian insufficiency. This is also the topic of Kate’s PhD : olympiapublishers.com/book/progest....
14.03.2025 06:49 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Our next in-person seminar on 19th March focuses on gamete donation - come join us! Email crr@dmu.ac.uk for
more information or to book a
place
