Louise Briggs

Contact

• workRoom 318 Wolfson, University Park Nottingham NG7 2RD UK
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• work01157486159
• Louise.Briggs@nottingham.ac.uk
• https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/technicians/technical-skills/materials-wolfson.aspx

Biography

Louise Briggs is part of the Advanced Materials Research Group specialising in Cell Culture, teaching assays to undergraduate, MSc, post-graduate students and researchers.

Research Summary

Louise is currently investigating the alterations in antioxidant micronutrients (Se, Cu, Zn & Mn) in Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy alongside Dr Hiten Mistry and Dr Lesia Kurlak.

Selected Publications

• PAULA J. SCAIFE, AMY SIMPSON, LESIA O. KURLAK, LOUISE V. BRIGGS, DAVID S. GARDNER, FIONA BROUGHTON PIPKIN, CAROLYN J.P. JONES and HITEN D. MISTRY, 2021. Increased Placental Cell Senescence and Oxidative Stress in Women with Pre-Eclampsia and Normotensive Post-Term Pregnancies International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(14), 13

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Past Research

Louise has assisted with the following studies and liaised /project managed with trial coordinators, academics and multidisciplinary teams:

• Nurturing and development of pregnancies - understanding the genetics of pregnancy and setting up a biobank (The University of Nottingham)
• The BHF funded Salt in Pregnancy Study (The University of Nottingham)
• Obstetric Cholestasis Clinical Research Study (King's College London & The University of Nottingham)

Conference Abstract Publications

1. Comparison of in vitro pre-eclampsia (PE) cell models with PE placental tissue. Kallol, S., Briggs, L. V., Mistry, H. D., Moser, R., Schneider, H. & Albrecht, C., Aug 2019, In : Placenta. 83, p. E104-E104.
2. Increase expression of placental oxidative stress and reduced antioxidant markers in post-term deliveries. Simpson, A., Briggs, L., Kurlak, L. & Mistry, H., Aug 2019, In : Placenta. 83, p. E99-E99.
3. Reduced concentration trace element selenium in placentae from women with pre-eclampsia; Influence of fetal sex. Kurlak, L. O., Scaife, P. J., Briggs, L. V., Pipkin, F. B., Gardner, D. S. & Mistry, H. D., Mar 2019, In : Reproductive Sciences. 26, p. 181A-181A.
4. Reduced sodium concentration in placentae from women with pre-eclampsia. Scaife, P. J., Kurlak, L. O., Briggs, L. V., Pipkin, F. B., Gardner, D. S., Mohaupt, M. G. & Mistry, H. D., Mar 2019, In : Reproductive Sciences. 26, p. 363A-363A.

• LESIA O. KURLAK, PAULA J. SCAIFE, LOUISE V. BRIGGS, FIONA BROUGHTON PIPKIN, DAVID S. GARDNER and HITEN D. MISTRY, 2023. Alterations in Antioxidant Micronutrient Concentrations in Placental Tissue, Maternal Blood and Urine and the Fetal Circulation in Pre-eclampsia Int. J. Mol. Sci.. 24(4), 3579
• BEN MILBORNE, LAUREN MURRELL, IAN CARDILLO-ZALLO, JEREMY TITMAN, LOUISE BRIGGS, COLIN SCOTCHFORD, ALEXANDER THOMPSON, ROBERT LAYFIELD and IFTY AHMED, 2022. Developing Porous Ortho- and Pyrophosphate-Containing Glass Microspheres; Structural and Cytocompatibility Characterisation Bioengineering. 9, 611
• PAULA J. SCAIFE, AMY SIMPSON, LESIA O. KURLAK, LOUISE V. BRIGGS, DAVID S. GARDNER, FIONA BROUGHTON PIPKIN, CAROLYN J.P. JONES and HITEN D. MISTRY, 2021. Increased Placental Cell Senescence and Oxidative Stress in Women with Pre-Eclampsia and Normotensive Post-Term Pregnancies International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(14), 13