The PREG Lab

Professor Rosalind John leads the Pregnancy Research Epigenetics Group at Cardiff University. Maternal mental health, imprinted genes & placental hormones

[The PREG Lab @preg_lab]

An example of maternal behaviour? Or just an offspring that won't let go!

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

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

[The PREG Lab @preg_lab]

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" https://t.co/wXuakOfiBa @SWBio_DTP

[The Genetics Society @GenSocUK]

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: https://t.co/DLiR3ST2oZ

#GenSocRepro #meeting

[The Genetics Society @GenSocUK]

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.

https://t.co/DLiR3SSuzr

#GenSocRepro

[The PREG Lab @preg_lab]

Please retweet about this excellent one day meeting starring the most fundamentally important process = reproduction! #GenSocRepro

[The Genetics Society @GenSocUK]

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: https://t.co/DLiR3Ta5qZ

#GenSocRepro #meeting #conference

[The PREG Lab @preg_lab]

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
https://t.co/8zONwWJ11Y

[The Genetics Society @GenSocUK]

🎉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: https://t.co/DLiR3SSuzr

#GenSocRepro #conference

[The Genetics Society @GenSocUK]

One week left of early-bird registration to our Genetics of Reproduction conference @royalsociety & online!

https://t.co/DLiR3SSuzr

[The PREG Lab @preg_lab]

returning from #ISDBSDB22 - excellent developmental biology #singlecellrna-seq #oscillations ⁦@_BSDB_⁩ and what a location #malta

[The Genetics Society @GenSocUK]

Our Autumn meeting is on Genetics Of Reproduction, on 18th November @royalsociety and online. Registration is now open, find out more here: https://t.co/DLiR3SSuzr

#GenSocRepro

[The PREG Lab @preg_lab]

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

[Renata Frazão @RenataFrazaolab]

Amazing dinner with @ProlactinGuy , @preg_lab , @Sooraj_SVN !

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Surani lab mini reunion at Mendel’s 200th birthday celebration, RHS Wisley @GenSocUK @HGLeitch @GurdonInstitute @Kat_Arney @AnneF_S

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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

[The Genetics Society @GenSocUK]

Our last speaker of the day is our joint Mendel Medal Awardee Prof Azim Surani talking about 'Genomic Imprinting: why bother?'.

Join us here: https://t.co/w7py2ryqpp

#Mendel200 #Mendel200GenSoc @GurdonInstitute

[The PREG Lab @preg_lab]

New PhD opportunities at Cardiff University @CUBiosciences https://t.co/mVpYSynI2x 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

[The PREG Lab @preg_lab]

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! 🚼

[The PREG Lab @preg_lab]

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 https://t.co/L2M8WnMakZ

[Cardiff University School of Biosciences @CUBiosciences]

📢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

https://t.co/1UVM7xFhDq

[Cardiff University School of Biosciences @CUBiosciences]

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:
https://t.co/ClZSwgh1sk