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John’s publications

John’s Master degree work on DNA methylation changes in preeclampsia has come out in two publications. The first study demonstrates how many changes in DNA methylation there are in placentas with preeclampsia—Thousands! So many its hard to know what to say except –wow! How does the placenta support the baby at all when so much…

Transitions

First of all congratulations to Courtney Hanna who completed her PhD late last spring and moved on to an exciting postdoctoral fellowship at the Babraham Institute in Cambridge, England. Also to John Blair who completed his Masters last summer and moved on to my former Alma Mater (UC Berkeley) and is now enjoying all the…

Papers accepted for publication

This has been a good week with two papers accepted for publication: Hanna C, Fujimoto V, Robinson W, Kim D, Parsons P, vom Saal F, Taylor J, Steuerwald, A, Bloom M. DNA methylation changes associated with exposure to the environmental contaminants, mercury, lead, cadmium and bisphenol A, in women undergoing ovarian stimulation for IVF. Human…