Dr Ceren Canse

As a medical doctor by training and an aspiring physician-scientist, I aim to improve women's health care by integrating my medical background with fundamental research. I am interested in extra-embryonic lineage differentiation and obstetric complications stemming from defective placentation. To this end, for my MPhil in Biological Sciences, Reproduction and Embryogenesis at the University of Cambridge, I worked on a microfluidic-based human stem cell model to elucidate the mechanisms of amnion formation as part of the Boroviak Lab. During my PhD in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, I will be focusing on early placental development, particularly with an angle on the metabolic regulation of trophoblast fate through epigenetic mechanisms under the supervision of Dr Irving Aye and Prof Steve Charnock-Jones. 

My interest in women's health extends to addressing the gender-based knowledge gap in fundamental research, creating translational experimental models with clinical applicability to enhance women's healthcare and advocating for equal access to healthcare services.