Manon did such a great job representing the lab at SRI and this award was well deserved 🤩 Congratulations Manon Owen. I couldn’t be more proud of you 🥂🥳

Delighted to be part of the new Tommy’s National Centre for Preterm Birth Research. Novel collaborative translational science. Working together to improve outcomes #leeds #mechanosensing #mechanisms Tommy's LICAMM Nigel Simpson Leeds Pregnancy Research Group Rebecca Spencer Marjolaine Debant nic orsi

Superb launch of ⁦Tommy's⁩ National Centre for Preterm Birth Research today thanks to Sarah & Ben for sharing their story of Olive’s birth @ 24 weeks & hearing from ⁦Andrew H Shennan OBE⁩ & Cath Williamson about how it will improve mum & baby outcomes

There is no ‘backstory’ to ending of 2/care NHS Practitioner Health other than (we’re told) - no budget. To remind, it was established following suicide of a psychiatry who also killed her baby and highlighted the barriers doctors have in accessing mental health care.

A worrying trend: Number of FTE obstetricians & gynaecologists working as clinical academics has declined between 2005 & 2023. <2% of UK nursing & midwifery workforce engaged in research in 2022. Who will research to improve care? sands.org.uk/sites/default/… sands.org.uk/sites/default/…

Yesterday we hosted 10th North of England Reproductive Group meeting. Inspiring talks, competition, best practice, science, debate, patient advocacy. Honour to open with Adam Balen and introduce Helen Picton. Dr Harish Bhandari zero on sol Leeds Teaching Hospitals LICAMM Leeds Pregnancy Research Group

Interested in mechanisms linking diabetes in pregnancy to short-and long-term complications in mum and baby? Check out this article on miRNAs from Leeds Pregnancy Research Group researchers doi.org/10.1042/CS2023…

Delighted to talk about ovulation induction & preparing for healthy pregnancy in PCOS tonight The Royal Society of Medicine webinar following on from Adam Balen Bill Smith, twin prematurity prevention from Asma Khalil and prize-winning trainees and students LICAMM Leeds Pregnancy Research Group. Thank you!

Delighted to see our review of Piezo1 channel pharmacology in print British Journal of Pharmacology (BJP) David Beech Marjolaine Debant LICAMM Leeds Pregnancy Research Group bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

…and notable that these deficits were largely predictable at the age of 2, suggesting few therapeutic options exist to close the gap from an early age

Delighted to be one of the co-applicants and can’t wait to start recruiting in 2025 Leeds Teaching Hospitals CARE Fertility Leeds . Well done Bassel Wattar been a long journey and this is just the start! #MFI #menshealth

So proud of this new initiative 🤩🤩please share widely to all networks.

#Fertility2025 in icy Liverpool representing LICAMM Leeds Pregnancy Research Group CARE Fertility Leeds Leeds Teaching Hospitals, prize for placental mechanosensor research (Marjolaine Debant Nigel Simpson David Beech), inspiring and emotional talk by Adam Balen, new collaborations and growing friendships

New bioRxiv paper from our group: A conserved microRNA #miR-185 & potential function in implantation Congrats to all authors & (not all on here) including Bill, Dr Jessica Edge Dr Haidee Tinning Dr. Emma Lucas Nigel Simpson Prof Mary J. O'Connell #reprorocks biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Delighted that the last three+ years of work have come to fruition! Please read and share! ajog.org/article/S0002-… Prof Eleanor Scott Nigel Simpson Rachel Farrelly Karen Forbes #type2diabetes #pregnancyoutcomes #fetalmedicine

🚨 Urgent Action Needed: The Decline of Clinical Researchers in the UK 🚨 A new report by the Medical Research Council (MRC) warns that the UK is facing a critical shortage of clinically trained researchers—a decline that threatens patient care, NHS innovation, and economic

Prof Cath Williamson, Director of our National Centre for Preterm Birth Research, is at the UK Preterm Birth Conference this week, giving an update on the groundbreaking research the centre has delivered over its first year. Read more about our research: bit.ly/3hfsSDz

Applications invited for a bright, motivated O&G trainee to take up a Tommy's Research Fellowship unlocking the microarchitecture of the cervix in #PTB - loads of clinical skills in TVS and cerclage to be acquired along the way too! jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/joba…

Sophie Earle, a Clinical Research Fellow in Leeds is running the marathon for Tommy’s pregnancy and baby charity. We are so proud! LICAMM Leeds Pregnancy Research Group Tommy's Check out their JustGiving page. Thank you! #JustGiving justgiving.com/page/sophie-ea…

Cesarean scar niche: comparison of transvaginal ultrasound findings and uterine tissue samples after hysterectomy - Cesarean scar niche (internal) ow.ly/mRCk50VLS0k