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Funding celebration for PDN lab

11 November 2024

Prof Katja Röper was recently awarded a Wellcome Discovery Award of more than £3m over 8 years to study ’Supracellular coordination in tissue morphogenesis’. Using the fruit fly and human renal organoids as models, her lab aims to understand how processes are coordinated across the molecular, cell and tissue scale during...

Novel strategy for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders

7 November 2024

A new study published by the Fleming lab reveals a novel strategy for treating neurodegenerative disorders. Tauopathies are neurodegenerative diseases which show intracellular accumulation and aggregation of tau protein. In diseases such as Pick's disease, progressive supranuclear palsy, corticobasal degeneration, and...

Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar

23 October 2024

Congratulations to Anna Cochrane, a PhD student in the Giussani Lab, who has been selected by PDN to represent the University of Cambridge at the Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar this year. Anna's selection is based on the quality of her ongoing PhD work, academic achievement, and international conference...

Research Culture Celebration

14 October 2024

Congratulations to Professor Kathy Niakan and Dr Fenzhu Xiong on their nomination for the Research Culture Celebration 2024 , in recognition of their contributions to positive Research Culture among their colleagues. Both were nominated both as an individual PI and Dr Fenzhu Xiong's group was also nominated in the group...

AstraZeneca funded studentships

14 October 2024

Two new AstraZeneca funded studentships, working with the Rawlins and Robinson labs at PDN, and starting Oct 2025 are now accepting applications. AstraZeneca Funded Non Clinical PhD Studentship (Fixed Term) in Ion channels and excitability in neuroendocrine cancer a collaborative project jointly supervised by Prof Hugh...

Image of a marmoset embryo implanting into the uterus. The embryo (blue, central) expands to fill out the cavity and establishes only superficial contact with the uterus (green)

Marmoset Trophoblast Stem Cells Model Shallow Embryo Implantation

25 September 2024

PDN scientists have developed a pioneering method to culture marmoset placental cells in the lab, offering new insights into embryo implantation. Unlike human embryos, which implant deeply into the uterus, marmoset embryos undergo a much shallower implantation. This research opens new avenues for understanding the...

Mother’s gut microbiome during pregnancy shapes baby’s brain development

21 August 2024

A study in mice has found that the bacteria Bifidobacterium breve in the mother’s gut during pregnancy supports healthy brain development in the fetus. Researchers from the Centre for Trophoblast Research, PDN, have compared the development of the fetal brain in mice whose mothers had no bacteria in their gut, to those...

Multiple faces of anxiety: a frontal lobe perspective

21 August 2024

A review written recently by senior postdoctoral scientist, Kevin G. Mulvihill and Professor Angela Roberts in PDN will be published in Trends in Neurosciences by Cell Press. Their review provides a novel perspective on understanding the multiple faces of anxiety, with a focus on the highly varied functions of the frontal...

Kisspeptin signaling in astrocytes modulates the reproductive axis

9 August 2024

A new paper shows that astrocyte cells in the brain influence and modify the reproductive axis. Previously, it was thought that only neurons did this. The paper, Kisspeptin signaling in astrocytes modulates the reproductive axis , is published in Journal of Clinical Investigation, and co-authored by members of the Colledge...

PDN Professors elected to the EMBO

12 July 2024

Congratulations to Professor Kathy Niakan and Professor Emma Rawlins as they are elected as Members of the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO), in its 60th anniversary year. Joining 120 scientists, elected from across Europe, the Membership celebrates research excellence and outstanding achievements in life...

Funding celebration for PDN lab

Novel strategy for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders

Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar

Research Culture Celebration

AstraZeneca funded studentships

Marmoset Trophoblast Stem Cells Model Shallow Embryo Implantation

Mother’s gut microbiome during pregnancy shapes baby’s brain development

Multiple faces of anxiety: a frontal lobe perspective

Kisspeptin signaling in astrocytes modulates the reproductive axis

PDN Professors elected to the EMBO

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