Evan Simpson, Associate

Evan Simpson is an associate of the Centre and is Professor at Prince Henry’s Institute of Medical Research (PHI) in Australia. Evan will be a symposium speaker at the 18th International Conference on Cytochrome P450 in Seattle, 18-22nd June 2013, and at the ESHRE conference in London, 7-10th July in London. He is also on [...]

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PhD student’s paper for Endocrinology

Congratulations to PhD student Fiona Connolly. Her paper, to be published in Endocrinology next month, has been seen as important enough to merit a news and views commentary in the journal which may be viewed here ».   Fiona is part of the Colin Duncan team.

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News from the Richard Sharpe Group

Congratulations are due to several team members (and our collaborative colleagues): To Sander van den Driesche on the award of an Early Career Development grant from the Society for Endocrinology. To Karen Kilcoyne for winning a poster prize at the British Endocrine Societies meeting in Harrogate in March. To Rod Mitchell and Sander van den [...]

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Grant success heralds new era in Imaging

Scientists at Little France have been awarded £1.7 million for a grant entitled ‘Integrated multi-dimensional molecular organ imaging’. The award was made by the MRC as part of an initiative to support the establishment of sustainable and innovative optical imaging platforms across the UK. The lead PI on the grant is Professor Jeffrey Pollard with [...]

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Centre Professor at the House of Commons

Professor Nicola Gray was able to talk with the Chair of the Commons Select Committee on Science and Technology, Andrew Miller, when she attended a Parliamentary Reception at the House of Commons on December 12th. The remit of the Science and Technology Committee (http://www.parliament.uk/science/) is to ensure that Government policy and decision-making are based on [...]

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Graduation of MSc Reproductive Sciences students

                      Here is a group photo, unfortunately incomplete, of the MSc by Research in Reproductive Sciences students who attended graduation on Friday 30th November. We didn’t manage to get everyone together in the rush for the photograph. Best wishes also to the graduates who were [...]

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Centre appoints New Director

Professor Jeffrey Pollard will formally take up appointment as Director of the MRC Centre for Reproductive Health with effect from 17th December 2012.    Professor Pollard is currently Director of the Centre for the Study of Reproductive Biology and Women’s Health at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, where he holds the [...]

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Successful Grant Applications

Congratulations to Dr Laura O’Hara (a Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr Lee Smith’s group), who has been awarded a prestigious Society for Endocrinology Early Career Grant. Laura will use her first independent grant funding to explore the role of androgen signalling in the male pituitary. Congratulations to Dr Rod Mitchell who has been awarded a prestigious [...]

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Congratulation to the MSc by Research in Reproductive Sciences students

We would like to warmly congratulate the MSc by Research in Reproductive Sciences students, for successfully completing the programme. They are a truely global group – from China, Columbia, Ethiopia, Germany, Greece, Iran, Mexico, and Scotland – you see them here at the end of their three day trip to the University Field Station in [...]

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Centre Scientists Appointed to BBSRC Pool of Experts

Programme Leaders Nicola Gray and Lee Smith have both been appointed to the BBSRC Pool of Experts. Experts are called upon to join wider BBSRC Research Committees, contributing their specialist knowledge and expertise to facilitate funding decisions on relevant grant applications submitted to the BBSRC.

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