On Friday May 11th, 2018, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Toronto celebrated their 35th annual research day. This research day provides a platform for trainees (graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, medical students, residents, and clinical fellows) to present their research. This year, Dr. Tommaso Falcone was invited as the presenter of the Henderson Lecture. Dr. Falcone is a Professor of Surgery at Cleveland Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University and Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology at Cleveland. researcher and Canada’s Chief Science Advisor.
The projects that the Matthews Lab presented this year are as follows:
Antenatal Synthetic Glucocorticoid Exposure Modified Gene Expression at the Post-Natal Blood-Testes Barrier (Elizabeth Eng – Poster presentation)
Antenatal Glucocorticoid Treatment Disrupts the Maternal and Fetal Methionine Cycle (Alexandros Mouratidis – Oral presentation)
Effects of Antenatal Synthetic Glucocorticoid Exposure on Oxidative Stress in the Fetal Liver and Placenta (Susmita Sarkar – Poster presentation)
Synthetic Glucocorticoids During Pregnancy and Epigenetic Outcomes in Guinea Pig Offspring’s Brain Tissue and Whole Blood (Abigail Lee – Poster presentation)