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We were delighted to welcome Greg FitzHarris www.fitzharrislab.com this week for his talk titled, 'Imaging quirky cell divisions during early mammalian development' as part of the Loke CTR seminar series. Thank you Greg for spending the day with us!

And thank you manda Sferruzzi-Perri for hosting

Loke CTR Annual Meeting 2026 - Epigenetics of embryogenesis and placentation | Loke Centre for Trophoblast Research Register for in-person Register for online The 2026 Loke CTR annual meeting theme, “Epigenetics of embryogenesis and placentation” brings together leading clinical and basic scientists to explore…

This July join us in Cambridge (or online) for our Annual Meeting 'Epigenetics of embryogenesis and placentation'

📅 16-17 July 2026
📍 St John’s College, Cambridge, UK (in-person or full programme available online)

👉 Learn more and register here: www.trophoblast.cam.ac.uk/ctrconferences

Exciting News!

🚀 Registration Open! | Loke CTR Annual Meeting 2026 🎉

📅 16-17 July 2026
📍 St John’s College, Cambridge | 💻 Hybrid conference (in-person & online)

🔬 Epigenetics of embryogenesis and placentation

📌 To find out more and to register
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⏰ Deadline Incoming - 30 January 2026! Join the Loke CTR as our Next Generation Fellow, a stepping stone to career independence in the field of placental and reproductive biology.

Want to learn more? Find all the application details on our website 🔗 lnkd.in/esBs5KPX

🚀 Please spread the word!

We were delighted to welcome Marika Charalambous yesterday for the latest talk in the Loke CTR Seminar Series. Over 50 of our network joined for her talk 'Conversations between mother and fetus: lipid dynamics in pregnancy'. Thanks Marika for joining us!
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Applications close tomorrow!! Fully funded 4-year PhD studentships in reproductive and placental biology.

Last chance to apply go to trophoblast.cam.ac.uk/phd-studentships

Calling all postdocs / early career researchers! The Loke CTR Next Generation Fellowship is a stepping stone to research independence!

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Need guidance to find a research sponsor? Register your interest via our short form forms.office.com/e/vST36RSB96

📢 Final call for applications! Closing 4 November 2025

Fully funded 4-year PhD studentships in reproductive and placental biology

🔗 Learn more about the projects and apply at trophoblast.cam.ac.uk/phd-studentships

Please spread the word! 📣

2 weeks left to apply! Fully-funded 4-year PhD studentships for home or overseas students, applications open till 4 November. 🔗 Please like and share to spread the word! www.trophoblast.cam.ac.uk/phd-students...

Take a look at projects for 2025/26 www.trophoblast.cam.ac.uk/opportunitie...

Fully-funded 4-year PhD studentships for home or overseas students, applications open till 4 November. 🔗 Please like and share to spread the word! www.trophoblast.cam.ac.uk/phd-students...

Take a look at projects for 2025/26 www.trophoblast.cam.ac.uk/opportunitie...

#PhD, #PhDPosition

Looking to pursue cutting-edge research in early development, maternal-fetal interaction, or placental biology? See 👇

- Funded PhD www.trophoblast.cam.ac.uk/phd-students...
- Next Generation Fellowship www.trophoblast.cam.ac.uk/next-generat...
- MPhil www.mphil.bio.cam.ac.uk/mphil-pathwa...

Cambridge marks centenary of IVF pioneer Sir Robert Edwards’ birth Celebrations at the University of Cambridge honour the life, work and legacy of Sir Robert Edwards, whose work revolutionised fertility treatment through the

Today we celebrate the life and legacy of Bob Edwards, pioneer of IVF, welcoming over 200 visitors for a two part event to mark what would have been his 100th birthday! Read more at www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...

Are you looking to pursue innovative research in the field of placental and reproductive biology?

The Loke CTR Next Generation Fellowship is a stepping stone to research independence!
📝 Applications are open for our 2026 NGF www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51104/
🗣️ Please spread the word!

Day 1 of Placental Biology Course ✅

After a day of learning, including a hands on organoids practical, our participants enjoyed a walking tour of Cambridge before a well earned rest!

#lokectr #placentalbiologycourse25 #pbc25

🚀 We’re all set!
This Sunday marks the return of the Placental Biology Course – our first in-person for six years. 25 participants joining for lectures and practical sessions delivered by experts in the field of placental biology!

We're excited! Next week we'll be welcoming our first in person attendees since 2019 to our 2025 Placental Biology Course for a week of lectures and practical sessions.

All the live lectures are being recorded. For 2026 the course will be online. Back in person for 2027.

Just over 6 weeks till the event 'Bob Edwards centenary: His life, work and legacy'
Do you have your tickets yet? www.tickettailor.com/events/churc...

Join us for scientific sessions and a life and legacy panel discussion in the wonderful surroundings of Churchill College

Technicians are the life blood of our lab - our own Alice featured earlier this year on the technicians network Day in the Life series, if you've not seen it yet why not take a look...
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#labtechnicians #labtech #lokectr

Sequencing cell-free RNA in maternal blood can predict pregnancy complications | Loke Centre for Trophoblast Research Loke CTR members Sung Gong, Gordon Smith and Steve Charnock-Jones, alongside colleagues in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and collaborators at Illumina, have shown that raised Leptin and Pappalysin2…

Loke CTR members Sung Gong, Gordon Smith and Steve Charnock-Jones, and collaborators have shown that raised Leptin and Pappalysin2 cell-free RNAs are hallmarks of pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia with fetal growth restriction.

📖 Read more:

Guest post 🙌 by Dr Priscilla Day-Walsh @loke-ctr.bsky.social Next Generation Fellow www.trophoblast.cam.ac.uk/staff/dr-pri..., Bye-fellow @homertoncollege.bsky.social and visiting scientist @quadraminstitute.bsky.social 🧵6/7

Attended our Annual Meeting last week? Any thoughts or reflections? Jump over to our LinkedIn to let us know!

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We're excited to welcome everyone for day 1 of our annual meeting 'The Placenta at Term' see you soon!

Next week! In-person registration is now closed but you can still join online:

See the programme
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Register online
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Are you passionate about data and do you enjoy coding in Stata? Come and work with me at the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology in Cambridge! Please share with anyone who might be interested, and feel free to reach out if you have any questions. www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51739/

The 2025 Kyoto Prize for Basic Sciences has been awarded to Professor Azim Surani for his “Discovery of Genomic Imprinting in Mammals and Elucidation of Its Molecular Mechanisms.” 🏅

Congratulations to Professor Surani on this tremendous honour! www.trophoblast.cam.ac.uk/news/azim-su...

In person registration for the Annual Meeting closes this Friday. To join us at Churchill College on 7-8 July visit
www.trophoblast.cam.ac.uk/ctrconferenc... to book your place

📣 We’re hiring!

Executive Manager (maternity cover) to help lead ops, HR, events & strategy in a collaborative, interdisciplinary research centre.

Find out more and share in your networks 👇
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51564/

Green Impact Team Member | Busma Butt I’m incredibly proud to have earned a Green Impact Sustainability Badge from Students Organising for Sustainability (SOS-UK)! This badge recognises the positive sustainability actions I’ve led as p...

Big congratulations to Busma Butt, our Chief Laboratory Research Technician, for earning a Green Impact Sustainability Badge from SOS-UK! 🌿

Fantastic work championing sustainable lab practices 👏 #Sustainability #GreenImpact #LabLeadership

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Thank you to everyone who has registered to attend YEN 2025!
You can still register for online attendence to hear talks and look at online posters.

We have sent out a programme to our attendees so if you haven't heard from us just email us or reach out on social media.
#yen2025