Year 4, 2012-13
Module leaders
Professor Kate Hardy Dr Pascale Guillot
Mr Ben Lavender Dr Mark Sullivan
Reproductive and developmental sciences
Monday 12 November - Friday 14 December 2011

Module 2: Aspects of development: before and after birth - timetable [Word]

PowerPoint presentations, unless otherwise indicated:
Mon 12 Nov Cell biology of preimplantation development [pdf] - Professor Kate Hardy
Human preimplantation development [pdf] - Professor Kate Hardy
Human IVF: potential of the human embryo [pdf] - Professor Kate Hardy
Tues 13 Nov

Environmental regulation of preimplantation development [pdf] - Professor Kate Hardy
Growth factors and preimplantation development [pdf] - Professor Kate Hardy
Ageing and reproduction [pdf] - Professor Kate Hardy
Wed 14 Nov Fundamentals of assisted reproduction - Dr Lisa Webber

Success and failure of ART - Dr Lisa Webber
Thurs 15 Nov

Preimplantation genetic diagnosis - Mr Stuart Lavery
Mon 19 Nov

Human pregnancy overview - Dr Mark Sullivan
Tues 20 Nov

Placental development - Dr Mark Sullivan
Wed 21 Nov Growth factors in placenta - Dr Mark Sullivan

Biology of fetal membranes - Dr Mark Sullivan
Thurs 22 Nov

Basic embryology and the regulatory mechanisms - Dr Mark Sullivan
Mon 26 Nov Gestational trophoblastic disease - Dr Rosemary Fisher

Stress of pregnancy on the maternal system - Dr Ruth Curry
Wed 28 Nov

Case study of a Mendelian disorder [pdf] - Dr Dagmar Tapon, Professor Catherine Williamson
Thurs 29 Nov

Pre-eclampsia - Dr Mark Sullivan
Mon 3 Dec Stem cells and regenerative medicine - Dr Wei Cui
Tues 4 Dec Immunology of pregnancy + learning objectives/refererences [Word] - Professor Andrew George
Thurs 6 Dec Adult vs embryonic stem cells for cardiac repair - Professor Sian Harding
Epigenetic signatures and stem cell potency part 1 and part 2 [pdf] - Dr Véronique Azuara
Fetal programming [pdf] - Professor Vivette Glover
Fri 7 Dec Reprogramming of somatic cells to pluripotency - Dr Wei Cui
Perinatal glucocorticoid priming - Dr Chris John
Tues 11 Dec Adjunct therapies for neonatal encephalopathy [pdf] - Professor Nicola Robertson

Neonatal brain injury: term and preterm infants [pdf] - Professor Nicola Robertson
Reading: Patterns of brain injury in term neonatal encephalopathy

Which neuroprotective agents are ready for bench to bedside translation in the newborn infant?
Techniques for therapeutic hypothermia during transport and in hospital for perinatal asphyxial encephalopathy
The encephalopathy of prematurity - brain injury and impaired brain development inextricably intertwined
Thurs 13 Dec Injury of the immature brain - Dr Denis Azzopardi
Fri 14 Dec Growth [pdf] - Dr Sabita Uthaya

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