Reposted by Amy InksterUS DOHaD Society @usdohad.bsky.social · 30/07/2025We're off to a great start for our Trainee Day! Thanks to Dr. Patricia Hunt, Leah Payne, and Dr. Kyle Siemers for their fantastic and highly informative professional development talks! 001
Reposted by Amy InksterWendy Robinson 🇨🇦 @wprobins.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Congrats to Iciar and Ella on their newly minted degrees! And great to have previous grad @amy-inkster.bsky.social back for support! What a team! 171
Amy Inkster @amy-inkster.bsky.social · 24/04/2025We’re excited to share a new review article from the Robinson lab: lessons learned from genomic and epigenomic studies of the placenta. Key highlights below! doi.org/10.1016/j.pl... 252
Amy Inkster @amy-inkster.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Feels like a strange time to be sharing research news, but the final manuscript from my PhD is now available online! In this article we explore the unique low-methylated state of the inactive X chromosome in the human placenta. doi.org/10.1186/s132... 281
Reposted by Amy InksterEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 22/01/2025The role of the maternal X chromosome in brain aging www.nature.com/articles/s41... www.nature.com/articles/d41... @nature.comnature.comX chromosome passed from mother to daughter influences brain ageingX-chromosome inactivation affects age-related decline in spatial memory. 412937
Reposted by Amy InksterWendy Robinson 🇨🇦 @wprobins.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Cool work adding to our understanding of the unique DNAmethylation landscape in human trophoblast cells 041
Reposted by Amy InksterSamantha L Wilson, PhD @samanthalwilson.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Another preprint from the lab! This time from Laiba, who did an independent study course in the lab, and our MSc student, Keaton. Here we use public data to show changes in immune cell composition over gestation and with preeclampsia. 1122
Reposted by Amy InksterKeaton Smith @smithk63.bsky.social · 14/11/2024For my colleagues in placental research, the November installment of the North American Placenta Lab Meeting is happening this Tuesday (Nov 19) at 9:00 am PST/12:00 pm EST over Zoom (mcmaster.zoom.us/j/96005378701). See details on our scheduled speakers below! 055