Research Operations Office

Reproductive Health

A one-day seminar held on 1st April 2009 at the University of Cambridge.

Presentations

Here are the presentations from the day that we have available for download:

Opening and Welcome
Chair: Professor Gordon Smith, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Session 1: Pre-natal origins of disease. Imprinted Genes
Dr Wolf Reik
The importance of imprinted genes for a healthy pregnancy
Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith, Dept of Physiology, Development & Neuroscience
Epigenetic control of fetal growth and developmental programming
Dr Miguel Constancia, Dept of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Epigenetic mechanisms of cell lineage commitment in early development
Dr Myriam Hemberger, Barbraham Institute
Session 2 : Pre-natal origins of disease. Developmental programming
Dr Ken Ong
The mechanism of intruterine programming
Professor Abigail Fowden, Department of Physiology, Development & Neuroscience
Heart disease link to lack of oxygen in the womb
Dr Dino Giussani, Department of Physiology, Development & Neuroscience
Birth weight and the risk of cardiovascular disease
Professor Gordon Smith, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Session 3: Placental biology
Chair: Professor Charlie Loke
Changing concepts of early placental development
Professor Graham Burton, Department of Physiology, Development & Neuroscience
How does the maternal immune system contribute to reproductive success?
Professor Ashley Moffett, Department of Pathology
Endothelial cell function and placental angiogenesis
Dr Steve Charnock-Jones, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Session 4: Female reproductive cancer
Chair: Professor Andrew Wyllie
Recent developments in the genetics of breast and ovarian cancer
Professor Doug Easton, Dept of Public Health and Primary Care
HPV vaccines - a success story from the bench to the clinic
Professor Margaret Stanley, Department of Pathology
Translational research in ovarian cancer
Dr Helena Earl, Department of Oncology
The North-South divide in sexual and reproductive health
Close: Professor Paul Van Look