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Author: Miss Esme MacKrill
Supervisor: Professor Graham Burdge
Group: Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Physiology
Keywords: docosahexaenoic acid, childhood behaviour disorders, dietary supplementation, omega 3 fatty acids, eicosapentaenoic acid (epa)

Does Maternal Omega-3 LCPUFA Supplementation During Pregnancy Decrease the Risk of Problem Behaviour in Childhood?

Systematic Review (2015-2016)

Author: Miss Asiko Manukyan
Supervisor: Professor Graham Burdge
Group: Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Physiology
Keywords: n 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, omega 3, cancer, cachexia, eicosapentaenoic acid (epa)

Systematic review: Is n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFA) supplementation beneficial for treating cancer cachexia?

Systematic Review (2015-2016)

Author: Miss Rebecca Knapton
Supervisor: Dr Lucy Green and Dr Kirsten Poore
Group: Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Physiology
Keywords: vitamin d, deficiency, pregnancy, cardiometabolic disease, fetal programming

A systematic review of the effect of vitamin D deficiency in pregnancy on cardiometabolic dysfunction in the offspring in later life

Systematic Review (2015-2016)

Author: Miss Noorunisa Suhail
Supervisor: Professor Graham Burdge
Group: Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Physiology
Keywords: rheumatoid arthritis (ra), docosahexaenoic acid (dha), eicosapentaenoic acid (epa), fish oil, omega 3

The Effects of Omega-3 Fish Oil in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review

Systematic Review (2015-2016)

Author: Miss Marion Head
Supervisor: Dr Kirsten Poore, Dr Lucy Green
Group: Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Physiology
Keywords: obesity, pregnancy, fetus, adrenal gland, cortex/medulla ratio

Changes to adrenal morphology in mice offspring fed a high-fat diet

Research Project Report (2018-2019)

Author: Mr Thomas Maguire
Supervisor: Karen A. Lillycrop
Group: Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Physiology
Keywords: sarcopenia, satellite cells, mitochondria, qrt pcr, myoblasts

Comparing gene expression using qRT-PCR in sarcopenic and non-sarcopenic myoblast cultures at different stages of muscle growth

Research Project Report (2018-2019)

Author: Miss Joanna Vale
Supervisor: Dr Christopher Torrens, Geraldine Clough
Group: Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Physiology
Keywords: endothelium derived hyperpolarisation (edh), intermediate conductance calcium activated potassium channels (ikca), the developmental origins of health and disease hypothesis, maternal high fat diet, cardiovascular disease

Does A Maternal High-Fat Diet Affect Expression of the Intermediate-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel in the Cardiac Vasculature of the Offspring?

Research Project Report (2018-2019)

Author: Miss Daisy Parsons
Supervisor: Rohan Lewis, Jane Cleal
Group: Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Physiology
Keywords: placenta, 3d imaging, basal membrane, syncytiotrophoblast, cytotrophoblast

Does the Basal Membrane of the Syncytiotrophoblast Have Microvilli?

Research Project Report (2018-2019)

Author: Miss Victoria Thomas
Supervisor: Karen Lillycrop
Group: Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Physiology
Keywords: breast cancer, epigenetics, mammary glands, folic acid, neoplasm

Effect of folic acid supplementation on mammary gland morphology and gene expression

Research Project Report (2016-2017)

Author: Miss Emily Gentle
Supervisor: Kirsten Poore
Group: Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Physiology
Keywords: obesity, hpa axis, inflammation, hippocampus, fetus

Investigating the effects of maternal and postnatal obesity on inflammation and HPA-axis function in the offspring.

Research Project Report (2016-2017)

Author: Miss Monica Nahar
Supervisor: Christopher Torrens
Group: Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Physiology

Mechanism of taurocholate-induced vasoconstriction

Research Project Report (2017-2018)

Author: Ms Melanie Gregg
Supervisor: Dr Christopher Torrens
Group: Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Physiology
Keywords: resolvin d1, resolvin e1, vascular contractility, endothelial dysfunction

Modulation of rat thoracic aorta contraction by novel vasoactive lipids Resolvins D1 and E1.

Research Project Report (2016-2017)

Author: Miss Salima Yasmin
Supervisor: Judith Eckert
Group: Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Physiology
Keywords: pre implantation period, developmental origins of health and disease, epigenetics, plasticity

Short-term maternal high-fat diet in non-obese dams during the pre-implantation period affects lipid deposition in offspring livers.

Research Project Report (2016-2017)

Author: Miss Alice Sturgess
Supervisor: Karen Lillycrop, Mark Burton, Reyna Penailillo Escarate
Group: Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Physiology
Keywords: folic acid, gene expression, methylation, mammary gland, breast cancer, pregnancy, brca1, oct4, ezh2, suz12, bmi1

The effect of high folic acid diet on gene expression in the mammary gland of pregnant mice

Research Project Report (2017-2018)

Author: Miss Ayushi Mahesh
Supervisor: Dr Felino Cagampang, Ms Kerry Lovell
Group: Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Physiology
Keywords: metformin, non alcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld), mitochondria, pregnancy, mouse

The effect of metformin treatment in obese pregnant mice on mitochondrial electron transport chain status in adult offspring livers

Research Project Report (2016-2017)

Author: Mr Harry Waite
Supervisor: Rohan Lewis, Jane Cleal
Group: Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Physiology
Keywords: placenta, human immunodeficiency virus, antiretroviral therapy, villi, immunofluorescence

The effects of differential timing of Antiretroviral Therapy initiation on the placenta in HIV positive women

Research Project Report (2018-2019)

Author: Miss Heather Tough
Supervisor: Lucy Green, Pam Mahon
Group: Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Physiology
Keywords: developmental origins of health and disease, doppler ultrasound, femoral artery, fetal growth, 25 hydroxyvitamind

The impact of low maternal vitamin D on fetal regional blood flow and growth

Research Project Report (2018-2019)

Author: Miss Olivia Etter
Supervisor: Rohan Lewis
Group: Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Physiology
Keywords: placenta, 3 dimensional imaging, placental villi, void space, fibroblasts

Three-dimensional Imaging of Placental Villous Fibroblasts

Research Project Report (2016-2017)

Author: Miss Rebecca Davies
Supervisor: Rohan Lewis
Group: Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Physiology
Keywords: placenta, microvesicle, 3d imaging, microvilli membrane, preeclampsia

Three-dimensional imaging of microvesicles in the placenta

Research Project Report (2017-2018)

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