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SUMMARY:Pharmacology Seminar Series:Dr Alecia-Jane Twigger\, Milk it! The 
 Cambridge Lactation Lab Vision  - Alecia-Jane Twigger\, Cambridge Lactatio
 n Lab
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DESCRIPTION:Friday 21 February 16:00\n\nMilk it! The Cambridge Lactation L
 ab Vision \n\nDr Alecia-Jane Twigger\n\nPrincipal Investigator\, Cambridge
  Lactation Lab\n\nBiography:\nDr Twigger began her research career with a 
 PhD in the Human Lactation Research Group at the University of Western Aus
 tralia. Securing two prestigious postdoctoral fellowships back-to-back\, s
 he moved to Dr Christina Scheel’s laboratory at the Helmholtz Centre Mun
 ich\, Germany to develop a milk cell derived mammary organoid model. In 20
 19\, she was invited to join Walid Khaled’s laboratory at the Department
  of Pharmacology at UoC and Cambridge Stem Cell Institute. Here she focuse
 d on understanding differences in cell states of the mammary gland in norm
 al (lactation) or abnormal (cancer) development using single cell protein 
 and transcriptomic technologies. For the past 3 years\, she has collaborat
 ed with a large interdisciplinary team lead by Prof Greg Hannon (CRUK-CI) 
 and Jean Abraham (Breast Unit Addenbrookes) on a Wellcome LEAP funded proj
 ect to determine the molecular mechanisms of triple negative breast cancer
  patient response to chemotherapy. Recently\, she secured the prestigious 
 UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship to start her own research group\, the Cambr
 idge Lactation Lab. The focus of the lab’s ongoing research programme is
  to develop models of human lactation to untangle the biosynthesis of milk
  to support breastfeeding and long-term health of mothers and infants.
LOCATION:Seminar Room (Level 2)\, Dept of Pharmacology 
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