New post: Whose Publication? When publication metrics are given so much weight in career progression, it really matters whose name appears where in the author list. It may not be quite what it seems occamstypewriter.org/athenedonald...

New paper “Isthmin-2 is essential for extravillous trophoblast invasion and is a first trimester predictor of preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction” published today in Nature Medicine! @natmed.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Isthmin-2 is a first-trimester predictor of preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction - Nature Medicine

Through exploration of serum proteomics from pregnancy cohorts, Miao et al. have shown that ISM2 is involved in extravillous trophoblast invasion and that lower levels in early pregnancy may indicate ...

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March is Endometriosis Awareness Month 🎗️ Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory condition that is characterised by endometrial-like tissues being found outside of the uterine lining It affects 1 in 9 women and is a debilitating condition and ~9 years and 4 months for a diagnosis

Celebrating 50 years of the School of Clinical Medicine @cam.ac.uk 🎉 As part of the @cambridgebiocampus.bsky.social, we are honoured to contribute to world-leading medical research, education and patient care. Learn more & join anniversary events @cambridgefestival.bsky.social: buff.ly/X8lQSQs

Celebrating 50 years of The School of Clinical Medicine

Join in the 50 year celebrations of the School of Clinical Medicine at the Cambridge Festival. Formally established in 1976, it has been home to pioneering discoveries, inspirational teaching,…

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⭐ NEW VIDEO 🎬 : "The importance of sample size for the development & evaluation of AI-based prediction models for healthcare" youtu.be/EN8NuKBS0W4 Training or evaluating prediction models for AI-based healthcare? This talk is for you!

Importance of sample size for AI-based prediction models in healthcare

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This Thursday join "Cambridge Conversations" for a discussion on maternal health. 26 Feb, 7-8pm online. Featuring four fantastic researchers in a panel conversation and Q&A All welcome to join online www.alumni.cam.ac.uk/events/cambr...

1/ Fortunately, as someone who travels on an Irish passport, I'm (so far) exempt from this ludicrously high charge. But worth reflecting on why so many of us, with dual nationality, chose not to use our UK one. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Dual nationals to be denied entry to UK from 25 February unless they have British passport

New border controls require ‘certificate of entitlement’ to attach to second nationality passport that costs £589

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What does it take to succeed in science? Failure. Cambridge scientists from @labliston.bsky.social share the self-doubt behind their careers. Self-Doubt by Adrian Liston from @stcatharines.bsky.social and the Department of Pathology is Out tomorrow 👇 https://bit.ly/4a4tWUE #Careers #Science

An update of our work on the development of risk prediction tools for pregnancy complications.

Funding is open! We have funds from £500 to £5000 to support interdisciplinary projects, events, training and development for members Lent schemes are open until 13 February. Visit www.repro.cam.ac.uk/funding

The senior university is a wonderful idea and widely implementable. Can't help but agree that such institutions are democratically important. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

‘Keeps your mind alert’: older Swedes reap the benefits of learning for pleasure

Retirees with ‘fantastic hunger for education’ taking part in university organised events in record numbers

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Are you a proficient Stata coder? Come and work with me as a Research Associate in Data Science at the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology in Cambridge! Please share with anyone who might be interested, and feel free to reach out if you have any questions. Apply at: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51739/

In this week’s Science Without Anguish: ‘Short cuts to lost potential’. How confusing the simplifications we make to understand the world with the real thing can lead us astray. www.sciencewithoutanguish.com/blog/the-sho...

The short cuts to lost potential

We know how it goes – a day spent reacting to other people’s emails or “quick chats” while our own to do list remains untouched at the end. Or losing ourselves in the first item on our list...

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🌿 Sustainability & Reproduction: Individuals, Populations & Systems 🌿 🔗 Learn more and register at repro.cam.ac.uk/events/sustainability-reproduction-individuals-populations-systems #Sustainability #Reproduction #Interdisciplinary #CambridgeResearch

Looking to pursue cutting-edge research in early development, maternal-fetal interaction, or placental biology? See 👇 - Funded PhD www.trophoblast.cam.ac.uk/phd-students... - Next Generation Fellowship www.trophoblast.cam.ac.uk/next-generat... - MPhil www.mphil.bio.cam.ac.uk/mphil-pathwa...

Today is the start of Baby Loss Awareness Week (BLAW) which runs from October 9th to the 15th. You can donate to Sands at www.justgiving.com/page/obs-and...

Department of O&G fundraiser for Sands - BLAW 2025

Help Amy Sutton-Cole raise money to support Sands

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📚 Cambridge Reading Group on Reproduction is back! Join us on 14 October, discussing 'Women's Health across the life course' with Dr Shobi Nagraj, (Department of Public Health) 👉 Registration is open www.repro.cam.ac.uk/events/cambr...

#endometriosisawareness #WomensHealth #EndometriosisDiagnosis 🎗️#Endometriosis is a gynaecological disease, characterised by the presence of tissue similar to the endometrium found outside the #uterus and with an unpredictable rate of disease progression

👋 Hey everyone, let's talk about PMDD! Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder is a severe, debilitating form of PMS, but getting a diagnosis for it is often an incredibly difficult and prolonged journey. Learn why the diagnostic process is so challenging, and join us in raising awareness! 💓

Loke CTR members Sung Gong, Gordon Smith and Steve Charnock-Jones, and collaborators have shown that raised Leptin and Pappalysin2 cell-free RNAs are hallmarks of pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia with fetal growth restriction. 📖 Read more:

Sequencing cell-free RNA in maternal blood can predict pregnancy complications | Loke Centre for Trophoblast Research

Loke CTR members Sung Gong, Gordon Smith and Steve Charnock-Jones, alongside colleagues in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and collaborators at Illumina, have shown that raised Leptin and Pappalysin2…

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Polygenic prediction of body mass index and obesity through the life course and across ancestries www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Why is a woman 50% more likely than a man to get the wrong initial diagnosis for a heart attack? For centuries, women were excluded from health research – fluctuating #hormones believed to complicate results. @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social researchers are working to drive change 👉 bit.ly/44rtQ6J

Putting women’s health in the spotlight

Cambridge researchers are working to undo a longstanding male bias in health research, to help drive more effective healthcare for all.

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Are you passionate about data and do you enjoy coding in Stata? Come and work with me at the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology in Cambridge! Please share with anyone who might be interested, and feel free to reach out if you have any questions. www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51739/

We are hiring a Data Scientist! Please share with anyone who might be interested, and feel free to reach out if you have any questions. Read the details and apply at: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51739/

What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders? Validated does not mean it works as intended. It means someone has evaluated it (and may have concluded it doesn’t work at all)

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What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders? We're not clear on what peer review is, at all.

@appgblackhealth.bsky.social is calling for evidence on Reproductive Equity & the Fibroids Crisis! Complete our 10-minute survey to contribute to our official report. tinyurl.com/fibroidssurvey #BlackHealth #Fibroids #WHUM #ReproductiveEquity

Women are 50% more likely to get Alzheimer’s disease 🧠 and scientists still do not know why! 👩‍🔬 1/4

Check out youtube.com/@nihrcambrid... for our latest uploads from our Capacity Building team on their Spring talks on the importance of a healthy research culture. If you're a research trainee, early/mid-career researcher or just interested in research, these are MUST-SEE! @cambridgeuni.bsky.social

Registration is now open! Celebrate the importance of happiness and well-being in people’s lives with a series of events on Campus for staff, patients and the public on the International Day of Happiness - with free Zumba, a painting class, music and talks: cambridge-biomedical.com/event/intern...

International Day of Happiness

Cambridge Biomedical Campus is celebrating International Day of Happiness with activities celebrating the importance of happiness and wellbeing

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👉 Book now for tomorrow's #IWD2025 talk on 'Demystifying the menopause' with Clare Spencer via: bit.ly/4gZ6o59 @cuhnhs.bsky.social @uniofcam.bsky.social @cruk-ci.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @cambridgebiocampus.bsky.social @royalpapworth.bsky.social #AccelerateAction

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Next up in the series of excellent #IWD2025 talks by @uniofcam.bsky.social 'Demystifying the menopause' by Registered Menopause Specialist, GP and co-founder (My Menopause Centre) Clare Spencer 📅 Tue 11 March ⏰ 11.30am 💻 Online ➡️ book: bit.ly/4gZ6o59 @cuhnhs.bsky.social #accelerate #action