Professor Graham Burton FRS FMedSci

Graham Burton is Professor of Reproductive Biology at the University of Cambridge. He is a world-leading authority in human placentation, whose groundbreaking findings have led to a paradigm shift in our understanding of human early pregnancy, and the pathophysiology of pregnancy complications. He was the first to demonstrate that nutrition of the embryo during the first three months of pregnancy is derived from the uterine glands, rather than from the maternal circulation to the placenta. In addition, he showed that oxygen is a major regulator of placental development. He is acknowledged as the pre-eminent international authority in the area of oxidative- and ER-stress in the placenta.