A/Prof Jo James
@drjojames.bsky.social
Placenta obsessed scientist working to better understand and predict why some babies are born dangerously small, teacher, mentor, mum, outdoor explorer. She/her
Here (in work led by Dr Anna Boss and her student Isha) we are imaging the blood vessels in the placenta (red) and the surrounding tissue (green) in 3D to see how the vascular architecture of the placenta is impacted by obesity.
August 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Here (in work led by Dr Anna Boss and her student Isha) we are imaging the blood vessels in the placenta (red) and the surrounding tissue (green) in 3D to see how the vascular architecture of the placenta is impacted by obesity.
And yes, I did send many follow up emails over this time, and threatened to pull it at least once!
August 14, 2025 at 9:30 AM
And yes, I did send many follow up emails over this time, and threatened to pull it at least once!
This paper has been building for a while - started by gene expression work done by Teena Gamage in her PhD, and then contains almost all of Cherry Sun’s PhD work following this up in functional experiments. Amazing work by these two! 🤩
July 31, 2025 at 9:51 PM
This paper has been building for a while - started by gene expression work done by Teena Gamage in her PhD, and then contains almost all of Cherry Sun’s PhD work following this up in functional experiments. Amazing work by these two! 🤩
This helps explain why FGR placentas are smaller and less able to transport oxygen and nutrients to the baby. Knowing this will hopefully let us identify therapeutic strategies to target this upstream dysfunction, in turn improving a range of downstream consequences for the placenta.
July 31, 2025 at 9:51 PM
This helps explain why FGR placentas are smaller and less able to transport oxygen and nutrients to the baby. Knowing this will hopefully let us identify therapeutic strategies to target this upstream dysfunction, in turn improving a range of downstream consequences for the placenta.
(Final paper from her PhD hopefully out soon 🤞🤞... watch this space!)
May 15, 2025 at 9:13 AM
(Final paper from her PhD hopefully out soon 🤞🤞... watch this space!)
I’m keeping my upcoming March 🇺🇸 conference plans that are booked because a) can’t get the money back, and b) our US colleagues in women’s health at said conference are not the enemy and need our support. But I will be trying to avoid US travel after that tbh.
February 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I’m keeping my upcoming March 🇺🇸 conference plans that are booked because a) can’t get the money back, and b) our US colleagues in women’s health at said conference are not the enemy and need our support. But I will be trying to avoid US travel after that tbh.
Larry has a real one in his office next door to me (not signed), I’m not sure he will part with it when he retires, but I swear to god if it isn’t left to me in his will….
January 31, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Larry has a real one in his office next door to me (not signed), I’m not sure he will part with it when he retires, but I swear to god if it isn’t left to me in his will….
It’s impossible to get as it has been out of print so long. When Larry retires and the copy I use is at risk of leaving the building you will find me begging desperately at his door for the mere hope of it passing on to me… 🤞🤞
December 21, 2024 at 8:57 AM
It’s impossible to get as it has been out of print so long. When Larry retires and the copy I use is at risk of leaving the building you will find me begging desperately at his door for the mere hope of it passing on to me… 🤞🤞
This research should be done in NZ.. because I am the one who had the idea and has the background that best places me to do the research, and you should count yourself lucky that I currently still live/work in NZ and it can be done here 🤷♀️. Honestly 🤬 to all of this.
December 16, 2024 at 6:17 AM
This research should be done in NZ.. because I am the one who had the idea and has the background that best places me to do the research, and you should count yourself lucky that I currently still live/work in NZ and it can be done here 🤷♀️. Honestly 🤬 to all of this.
This was part of the great work Cherry Sun did in her PhD (with more to come..), and was made possible thanks to funding from @ranzcog.bsky.social Mercia Barnes Trust and the AMRF (@medresearchnz.bsky.social) who supported her PhD scholarship 🙏
December 6, 2024 at 3:40 AM
This was part of the great work Cherry Sun did in her PhD (with more to come..), and was made possible thanks to funding from @ranzcog.bsky.social Mercia Barnes Trust and the AMRF (@medresearchnz.bsky.social) who supported her PhD scholarship 🙏