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Katharina Spath MSc, PhD

Principal Research Scientist
Juno Genetics

Biography

Katharina Spath is a reproductive biologist specialising in the genetics of human reproduction. She obtained her BSc in Biology from the University of Bayreuth (Germany) in 2009 and her MSc…

Katharina Spath is a reproductive biologist specialising in the genetics of human reproduction. She obtained her BSc in Biology from the University of Bayreuth (Germany) in 2009 and her MSc in Reproductive Biology from the University of Edinburgh in 2011. She completed her PhD at the Nuffield Department of Women’s & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford in 2019. In her current role as Principal Research Scientist at Juno Genetics UK, she focuses on the development and application of molecular genetic techniques for the diagnosis and study of infertility-related conditions.

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Education and Training

BSc (Biology) University of Bayreuth, Germany (2009)
MSc (Reproductive Biology) University of Edinburgh, UK (2011)
DPhil/PhD (Women’s and Reproductive Health) University of Oxford, UK (2019)
Laboratory Technician Reprogenetics UK (2011-2012)
Senior Research Scientist CooperGenomics UK (2016-2018)
Post-Doctoral Research Scientist Team IVI UK (2022)
Principal Research Scientist Juno Genetics (2022)

Honors and recognition

Co-author on the abstract titled ‘Frequency and clinical relevance of mosaic segmental aneuploidy in blastocyst stage human embryos’ which was nominated for the Clinical Science Award at the ESHRE Annual Meeting 2017, Geneva, Switzerland. 2017
Co-author on the publication titled ‘Characterization and quantification of proteins secreted by single human embryos prior to implantation’ which won the Specialty Research Medal Award of the Royal College of Pathologists. 2016
Prize for best oral presentation titled ‘Preclinical validation of a next-generation sequencing based comprehensive chromosome screening method in cleavage- and blastocyst-stage embryos’ at the DPhil Day of the Nuffield Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 2014
Prize for best poster titled ‘Development of a rapid blastocyst chromosome screening method using quantitative real-time PCR’ at the Fertility Biannual Conference of UK Fertility Societies (ACE, BFS and SRF), Liverpool, UK. 2013
Scholarship from the NIHR (National Institute for Health Research) Oxford Biomedical Research Centre for the duration of my DPhil/PhD at the Nuffield Department of Women’s and Reproductive Health. 2013
Scholarship from the NIHR (National Institute for Health Research) Oxford Biomedical Research Centre for the duration of my DPhil/PhD at the Nuffield Department of Women’s and Reproductive Health. 2012
Scholarship from the University of Edinburgh/UK for the duration of my MSc in Reproductive Biology. 2010

Publications

Presentations

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