We want to hear from our Early Career Members

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Postdoc ECR: Dr. Haidee Tinning haidee-g@hotmail.co.uk

University of Leeds, UK

Dr Haidee Tinning is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Leeds, where she investigates the impact of heat stress on the peri-implantation period in pigs as a model species, working in the group of Professor Niamh Forde (now at the University of Edinburgh). She earned her MBiol in 2018 and PhD in 2024 at the University of Leeds, with research focused on conceptus-endometrial communication during early pregnancy. Haidee’s research combines advanced in vitro models (including organoids and endometrium-on-a-chip microfluidic systems) with molecular biology and multi-omic approaches to explore endometrial function and its role in pregnancy success. Her current work examines how climate change-related heat stress affects reproductive tissues, including the endometrium and placenta, to better understand the impact of environmental stressors on fertility and long-term offspring health.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          PhD ECR: María Sol Martinez mariasolmartinez@unc.edu.ar

National University of Córdoba, Argentina

Maria is a PhD candidate in Chemical Sciences at the National University of Córdoba, Argentina, working at the Center for Research in Clinical Biochemistry and Immunology (CIBICI-CONICET) under the supervision of Dr. Rubén D. Motrich. My research focuses on understanding how chronic inflammation of the male genital tract impacts fertility, uterine immune modulation, and offspring health. This work integrates immunology, reproduction, and translational biology, reflecting my main scientific motivation: to uncover how immune communication between the male and female reproductive systems shapes reproductive success and long-term health.

Postdoc: Vipul Batra

Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield

Vipul completed a M.Sc. in System Biology and Bioinformatics at the Panjab University and a PhD in Animal Biotechnology from ICAR-NDRI, India. Currently a postdoctoral researcher at The University of Sheffield, he explores how a father’s diet influences gamete quality, embryonic development, maternal health, fetal growth, and the lifelong health of offspring. His research focuses on whether extracellular vesicles (EVs) from the male reproductive tract play a role in parental programming under the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) paradigm.

PhD: Rebecca Ainslie

Second year PhD student on the Precision Medicine Doctoral Training Programme at the University of Edinburgh

Rebecca is a Precision Medicine PhD student based at the Institute for Regeneration and Repair at the University of Edinburgh. She completed an Honours degree in Biological Sciences (Immunology) and Masters by Research degree in Biomedical Sciences (Life Sciences) at the University of Edinburgh before starting her PhD in the Reproductive Immunology field. Her PhD research sets out to interrogate the phenotype and function of immune cells during post-menstrual endometrial repair. Rebecca’s research combines the use of in vivo models as well as a multi-centre clinical study to better understand the process of both normal and abnormal menstruation.