Ross McNally, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow​

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Hometown: 

Portstewart, Northern Ireland

Education: 

BSc (Hons) Genetics, University of Aberdeen 

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PhD: The role of a novel anti-angiogenic protein, FKBPL, in pre-eclampsia; Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, Queen’s University Belfast (Laboratory of Lana McClements). 

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Research interests: 

My research will facilitate elucidation of conserved molecular pathways controlling the invasive trophoblast cell lineage and uterine spiral artery remodelling, thus creating a platform for understanding the pathogenesis of diseases impacting placentation.

I utilize a combination of human stem cell culture and transgenic rat models to explore molecular mechanisms of anti-coagulation factor action in human trophoblast cells and investigate roles of anti-coagulation factors in the regulation of hemochorial placentation. In particular, the roles of TFPI and THBD in modulation of coagulation and in regulating differentiation of the invasive/extravillous trophoblast cell lineage.