Title: Testosterone can it make men live longer Speaker: Daniel Kelly (Sheffield Hallam University) Date: Wednesday 1 November 2017 Time: 1200 – 1300 Venue: Ian Cooke Lecture Theatre, Level 4, Jessop Wing Daniel Kelly is a Lecturer in Biochemistry at Sheffield Hallam University with research interests in cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity and the…
Continue reading →Title: Is the Key to Saving Babies Lives Better Identification of Placental Failure Speaker: Dr Alexander Heazell (University of Manchester) Date: Wednesday 7 June 2017 Time: 1200-1300 Venue: Ian Cooke Lecture Theatre, Level 4, Jessop Wing Alex’s research focuses on the role of placental dysfunction in pre-eclampsia and stillbirth. He is a Senior Clinical Lecturer…
Continue reading →Fertile Ground Seminar Series Title: Sperm in the Fast Lane: birds, balls and BrdU Speaker: Dr Alexander Ball (Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield) Venue: Ian Cooke Lecture Theatre, Level 4, The Jessop Wing Date and Time: Thursday 13 April 1230-1330 Dr Alex Ball is an evolutionary biologist focussing on understand the selection pressures…
Continue reading →Fertile Ground Seminar Series Date: Wednesday 15 March 2017 Time: 1200-1300 Title: From gamete to granddad; the paternal origins of offspring programming Speaker: Dr Adam Watkins, Aston University Venue: Ian Cooke Lecture Theatre, Level 4, Jessop Wing Dr Watkins’ research is focused on investigations into the impact of parental nutrition on offspring health. He was…
Continue reading →Doctors and scientists from the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS foundation trust to use pioneering technology to develop and test new device that could predict onset of premature labour Small pencil-tip probe detects properties that are known to change in the cervix prior to the onset of premature labour Once tested, all…
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