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PhD Student within the Placenta Lab at The University of Southampton’s Institute of Developmental Sciences

Southampton, England
Joined February 2020
Photo by Laura Cooke (@Lauracooke40)Photo by Laura Cooke (@Lauracooke40)
Guardian letter writers are on a roll at the moment!👇🏻 👏👏
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We've been keeping a secret... 🤫 Earlier this year, Sir David Attenborough visited our @muVISxrayCT to film for his new @BBCOne documentary, airing 1 Jan 🎥 Our dino expert @NeilJGostling shares his experience of meeting Sir David 👇 Discover more 👉 brnw.ch/21wFm1u
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Post #viva having successfully defended my thesis. What a surreal feeling! Huge thanks to my examiners for their time and expertise @KateAWard17 @mich_desforges And of course to my brilliant supervisors for all their support over the last 4 years @ClealDr @r_m_lewis @jazzset👩🏼‍🔬
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Celebrating #PhysiologyWeek in the Southampton Placenta Lab!! @physoc @uosIDS
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Just getting set up for our physiology event to celebrate #PhysiologyWeek part of @physoc “Measuring muscle” is just one of the many great activities we have today! If you are at Southampton General Hospital, come and say hi! @MyAgeNetwork @UoS_Medicine @MRC_LEU
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Replying to @Lauracooke40
@Lauracooke40 demonstrating hand grip strength measurement and getting one of our highest scores! 💪🏻
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Absolutely savage stuff 🙈
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Congratulations to Southampton Placenta Lab PhD student Laura Cooke for winning the @rankprize presentation prize for her fantastic talk on vitamin D uptake by the placenta at the Rank Prize Symposium. @Lauracooke40 @UoS_Medicine
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All the fun at @NewForestShow as part of the Wessex Medical Tent @r_m_lewis @Lauracooke40 @ClealDr @UoS_Medicine naturally I’ve gravitated towards #theamazeingplacenta oh and bought some fudge…
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This is the best #immunology meme ever created. Fight me.
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Our new paper is out! This work demonstrates how N-actelycysteine exposure alters the placental proteome and investigates the role of the xCT exchanger in the placenta #placenta #membranetransport #antioxidants @uosIDS @UoS_Medicine sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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A seriously well deserved award for @Anastasianna01. Your hard work to build and establish a fantastic ECR initiative has been inspiring. I have some big shoes to fill, but sincerely hope we can keep it going with the same momentum that you achieved
Replying to @Union_Soton
Best Contribution to Faculty Award - Faculty of Medicine Leah Crabtree, BM5 Medicine Course Representative, Year 4 Anastasia Polydorou, PGR Representative
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Lab meeting when you don’t have new results
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Everything you need to know about endocytosis by the placenta! Our PhD student @Lauracooke40 has published her first review addressing this important area. Available online now! doi.org/10.1016/j.placenta.2… @UoS_Medicine @IFPA_Official @ClealDr
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Funny for some of us!
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Sun cream protects against sunburn, By blocking the light, UV-B. But this also triggers all, Cholecalciferol, Better known as the vitamin D3.
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A busy morning in the placenta lab! @Lauracooke40 doing her first practice with villous fragments and after all my moaning yesterday I had a perfusion! #placentaresearch #placentalperfusion
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Me presenting my work at lab meeting
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