Kriss
@krissf.bsky.social
Researcher at the Centre for Reproduction Research, DMU Leicester
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This is the review of the stream that @precas-project.bsky.social sponsored on Expanded Carrier Screening: How Is It Used? What Are the Ethical Implications? at PET 2025. A lively, productive discussion to kick off a great event . Thanks @pet-bionews.bsky.social! www.progress.org.uk/expanded-car...
Expanded Carrier Screening: Uses and Ethical Implications | PET
The first session of the PET 2025 Annual Conference explored expanded carrier screening in assisted reproduction and more broadly...
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December 23, 2025 at 11:29 AM
This is the review of the stream that @precas-project.bsky.social sponsored on Expanded Carrier Screening: How Is It Used? What Are the Ethical Implications? at PET 2025. A lively, productive discussion to kick off a great event . Thanks @pet-bionews.bsky.social! www.progress.org.uk/expanded-car...
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Final PET Fertility Policy Tracker of 2025
The December PET Fertility Policy Tracker audit has been completed, and it was not good news for the 1 in 6 people affected by infertility in England.
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#IVFpower3 #infertility #fertility #ivf
The December PET Fertility Policy Tracker audit has been completed, and it was not good news for the 1 in 6 people affected by infertility in England.
www.progress.org.uk/fertility-po...
#IVFpower3 #infertility #fertility #ivf
December 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Final PET Fertility Policy Tracker of 2025
The December PET Fertility Policy Tracker audit has been completed, and it was not good news for the 1 in 6 people affected by infertility in England.
www.progress.org.uk/fertility-po...
#IVFpower3 #infertility #fertility #ivf
The December PET Fertility Policy Tracker audit has been completed, and it was not good news for the 1 in 6 people affected by infertility in England.
www.progress.org.uk/fertility-po...
#IVFpower3 #infertility #fertility #ivf
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Make sure you make time to visit the exhibition ‘Fertility Fortunes’ which is running throughout the conference. Say hello to Isabel and Anna who would love to chat to you about their work!
#PETconf25
#PETconf25
December 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Make sure you make time to visit the exhibition ‘Fertility Fortunes’ which is running throughout the conference. Say hello to Isabel and Anna who would love to chat to you about their work!
#PETconf25
#PETconf25
A great discussion on expanded carrier screening at PET Conference, with @cathy-herbrand.bsky.social Sara Levene, Heidi Mertes and Jackson Kirkman Brown - sponsored by @precas-project.bsky.social Many thanks to everyone who came came along and asked a question #PET25
December 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
A great discussion on expanded carrier screening at PET Conference, with @cathy-herbrand.bsky.social Sara Levene, Heidi Mertes and Jackson Kirkman Brown - sponsored by @precas-project.bsky.social Many thanks to everyone who came came along and asked a question #PET25
@cathy-herbrand.bsky.social speaking at PET Conference this morning about expanded carrier screening and policy in the UK. The PRECAS Project @precas-project.bsky.social has sponsored this session - the presenters are currently discussing ECS and taking questions. #PET25 @pet-bionews.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 10:48 AM
@cathy-herbrand.bsky.social speaking at PET Conference this morning about expanded carrier screening and policy in the UK. The PRECAS Project @precas-project.bsky.social has sponsored this session - the presenters are currently discussing ECS and taking questions. #PET25 @pet-bionews.bsky.social
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Cathy will close the session by discussing 'Expanded Carrier Screening in the UK: Mind the Policy Gap'
#PETConf25
#PETConf25
December 10, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Cathy will close the session by discussing 'Expanded Carrier Screening in the UK: Mind the Policy Gap'
#PETConf25
#PETConf25
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It's great to hear from Sara - a super helpful introduction to what carrier screening is and how it has evolved over the years, what it can mean for various ethnic groups and how it can be used.
#PETConf25
#PETConf25
December 10, 2025 at 9:54 AM
It's great to hear from Sara - a super helpful introduction to what carrier screening is and how it has evolved over the years, what it can mean for various ethnic groups and how it can be used.
#PETConf25
#PETConf25
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December 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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Heidi’s presentation for today is enticingly titled - 'Just Because You Can, Doesn't Mean You Should'
#PETconf25
#PETconf25
December 10, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Heidi’s presentation for today is enticingly titled - 'Just Because You Can, Doesn't Mean You Should'
#PETconf25
#PETconf25
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Sara will be kicking the day off by giving us her talk - 'An Introduction to Recessive Carrier Screening'
#PETconf25
#PETconf25
December 10, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Sara will be kicking the day off by giving us her talk - 'An Introduction to Recessive Carrier Screening'
#PETconf25
#PETconf25
The @precas-project.bsky.social project is sponsoring a panel on Expanded Carrier Screening on 10 December at PET Annual Conference, featuring Sara Levene, @heidimertes.bsky.social, Jackson Kirkman Brown, and @cathy-herbrand.bsky.social Excited to be sharing findings and having the conversation.
December 9, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The @precas-project.bsky.social project is sponsoring a panel on Expanded Carrier Screening on 10 December at PET Annual Conference, featuring Sara Levene, @heidimertes.bsky.social, Jackson Kirkman Brown, and @cathy-herbrand.bsky.social Excited to be sharing findings and having the conversation.
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The exact people now saying "Nigel Farage was young and foolish at school" (to excuse his racism, bullying and harassment of fellow pupils at Dulwich College) are the same people who said "Shamima Begum was old enough to know what she was doing".
December 7, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The exact people now saying "Nigel Farage was young and foolish at school" (to excuse his racism, bullying and harassment of fellow pupils at Dulwich College) are the same people who said "Shamima Begum was old enough to know what she was doing".
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Want to use archaeology in your local history research? In my new @ihr.bsky.social 'Discovery' short course (29 April-1 May 2026) you will learn where to locate and how to use records of surveys, excavations and finds in your area. Plus a visit to the @antiquaries.bsky.social library and...
December 2, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Want to use archaeology in your local history research? In my new @ihr.bsky.social 'Discovery' short course (29 April-1 May 2026) you will learn where to locate and how to use records of surveys, excavations and finds in your area. Plus a visit to the @antiquaries.bsky.social library and...
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
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A call for papers!
Hegemonies, Counter-Hegemonies, Anti-Hegemonies: The Theory and Politics of Social Control and Resistance
A call for papers! The Midlands Conference in Critical Thought will be held on 21st and 22nd May 2026 at the University of Warwick. The ca...
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November 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
A call for papers!
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As today is International Men's Day, it's important to highlight that male/masc individuals experiences of intimate partner violence victimisation (regardless of partner's gender) are vastly underreported.
Some research on this from Queen's University Belfast: www.cvocni.org/files/cvocni...
Some research on this from Queen's University Belfast: www.cvocni.org/files/cvocni...
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November 19, 2025 at 9:36 AM
As today is International Men's Day, it's important to highlight that male/masc individuals experiences of intimate partner violence victimisation (regardless of partner's gender) are vastly underreported.
Some research on this from Queen's University Belfast: www.cvocni.org/files/cvocni...
Some research on this from Queen's University Belfast: www.cvocni.org/files/cvocni...
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If the Prescott memo is true, and there is a secret cabal of LGBTQ+ journalists stopping any negative stories about trans people being published or aired at BBC News, then, I have to say, they’re doing a really fucking shit job of that.
November 12, 2025 at 10:41 AM
If the Prescott memo is true, and there is a secret cabal of LGBTQ+ journalists stopping any negative stories about trans people being published or aired at BBC News, then, I have to say, they’re doing a really fucking shit job of that.
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We know from scientific research that up to 75% of intersex people with varations of sex chromosomes never become aware of this during their life.
You, a boring cis woman, might find yourself in the man section of a DHS holding facility and being charged with fraud just by traveling to the US.
You, a boring cis woman, might find yourself in the man section of a DHS holding facility and being charged with fraud just by traveling to the US.
1. A new proposed rule at the Department of Homeland Security would institute biological sex DNA testing of immigrants and visa applicants if DHS has reason to believe it would be relevant to their immigration status.
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DHS Wants to Make Some Immigrants and Visitors Take a DNA Sex Test
The public comment period for the proposal has begun.
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November 6, 2025 at 12:39 PM
We know from scientific research that up to 75% of intersex people with varations of sex chromosomes never become aware of this during their life.
You, a boring cis woman, might find yourself in the man section of a DHS holding facility and being charged with fraud just by traveling to the US.
You, a boring cis woman, might find yourself in the man section of a DHS holding facility and being charged with fraud just by traveling to the US.
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Are you being made to pay for #fertility treatment?
If you are affected by the lack of NHS-funding for fertility care, then write to your MP and ask them for their help as part of the PET Power of Three Campaign . Find out more here: www.progress.org.uk/fertility-po...
@merckgroup
If you are affected by the lack of NHS-funding for fertility care, then write to your MP and ask them for their help as part of the PET Power of Three Campaign . Find out more here: www.progress.org.uk/fertility-po...
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October 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Are you being made to pay for #fertility treatment?
If you are affected by the lack of NHS-funding for fertility care, then write to your MP and ask them for their help as part of the PET Power of Three Campaign . Find out more here: www.progress.org.uk/fertility-po...
@merckgroup
If you are affected by the lack of NHS-funding for fertility care, then write to your MP and ask them for their help as part of the PET Power of Three Campaign . Find out more here: www.progress.org.uk/fertility-po...
@merckgroup
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Join us on Monday 17 November 12-1:30 online for our first Centre for Reproduction Research (CRR) seminar of the year. @DrKrysWilkinson will be speaking about 'Complex fertility journeys and employment: Research insights and real-world impact'. Email crr@dmu.ac.uk by 12 Nov to register.
October 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Join us on Monday 17 November 12-1:30 online for our first Centre for Reproduction Research (CRR) seminar of the year. @DrKrysWilkinson will be speaking about 'Complex fertility journeys and employment: Research insights and real-world impact'. Email crr@dmu.ac.uk by 12 Nov to register.
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Read my two letters to the #UK:
1. Protests: I call for a review of the legal framework and the reconsideration of provisions in the Crime & Policing Bill that could restrict freedom of assembly.
2. Trans people: I warn against exclusion&zero-sum approaches
👇#HumanRights
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
1. Protests: I call for a review of the legal framework and the reconsideration of provisions in the Crime & Policing Bill that could restrict freedom of assembly.
2. Trans people: I warn against exclusion&zero-sum approaches
👇#HumanRights
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
United Kingdom: Commissioner addresses human rights issues in policing of protests and the situation of trans people - Commissioner for Human Rights - www.coe.int
Strasbourg 14/10/2025
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October 14, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Read my two letters to the #UK:
1. Protests: I call for a review of the legal framework and the reconsideration of provisions in the Crime & Policing Bill that could restrict freedom of assembly.
2. Trans people: I warn against exclusion&zero-sum approaches
👇#HumanRights
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
1. Protests: I call for a review of the legal framework and the reconsideration of provisions in the Crime & Policing Bill that could restrict freedom of assembly.
2. Trans people: I warn against exclusion&zero-sum approaches
👇#HumanRights
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
Thank you @pet-bionews.bsky.social ! If you'd like to find out more, please contact me, always happy to chat about the project.
Can you take part? Researchers are looking for UK couples and #donor recipients using/planning to use #preconception #ExpandedCarrierScreening tests, to talk about their decision and experiences. Find out more: @precas-project.bsky.social
precas.dmu.ac.uk
precas.dmu.ac.uk
October 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Thank you @pet-bionews.bsky.social ! If you'd like to find out more, please contact me, always happy to chat about the project.
QT this post with someone you wish was still alive.
October 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
QT this post with someone you wish was still alive.
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Join our meet and greet session on Thursday October 30th to share your experiences as a writer with a disability, as we devise a range of targeted supports for disabled writers.
Please contact Declan Meade by Wednesday October 22nd
We’d love to hear from you.
stingingfly.org/news/a-call-...
Please contact Declan Meade by Wednesday October 22nd
We’d love to hear from you.
stingingfly.org/news/a-call-...
October 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Join our meet and greet session on Thursday October 30th to share your experiences as a writer with a disability, as we devise a range of targeted supports for disabled writers.
Please contact Declan Meade by Wednesday October 22nd
We’d love to hear from you.
stingingfly.org/news/a-call-...
Please contact Declan Meade by Wednesday October 22nd
We’d love to hear from you.
stingingfly.org/news/a-call-...
Currently listening to this event - Mary Herbert talking about the development of mitochondrial donation. Amazing stuff.
Upcoming Event
The event will discuss use of mitochondrial donation to avoid #mitochondrialdisease.
This is a joint UK/Australian event, taking place at a different time of day to most other PET events.
Full details:
www.progress.org.uk/event/mitoch...
#mitoaware #fertility #raredisease
The event will discuss use of mitochondrial donation to avoid #mitochondrialdisease.
This is a joint UK/Australian event, taking place at a different time of day to most other PET events.
Full details:
www.progress.org.uk/event/mitoch...
#mitoaware #fertility #raredisease
October 8, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Currently listening to this event - Mary Herbert talking about the development of mitochondrial donation. Amazing stuff.