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Shifting Parturition Perspectives in Perinatology Research
Nardhy Gómez-López investigates the placental immunology of preterm birth.
Shifting Parturition Perspectives in Perinatology Research
Shifting Parturition Perspectives in Perinatology Research

Nardhy Gómez-López investigates the placental immunology of preterm birth.

Nardhy Gómez-López investigates the placental immunology of preterm birth.

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Placental Gene Expression Hints at Preterm Birth
Deanna MacNeil, PhD | Feb 12, 2024 | 4 min read
Researchers mapped out cellular changes in the maternal-fetal interface to uncover term and preterm labor complexities.
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University of California, Striking Workers Unions Reach Tentative Deal
Dan Robitzski | Dec 20, 2022 | 2 min read
The agreement, which is not yet ratified, would increase academic workers’ salaries, but some call for an ongoing strike as the raises are less than desired.
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Many Japanese Scientists’ Jobs at Risk from Labor Law Loophole
Dan Robitzski | Jul 19, 2022 | 2 min read
Universities and institutes are preparing to terminate thousands of technically temporary researchers by next spring instead of granting them the permanent employment mandated by a 2013 labor law.
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University of Pittsburgh Faculty Unionize
Lisa Winter | Oct 21, 2021 | 2 min read
The faculty voted 1511 to 612 to affiliate with United Steelworkers.
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Gene Offers Clue to How Human Labor Starts
Christie Wilcox, PhD | Aug 1, 2021 | 2 min read
Genes associated with preterm birth and protecting the fetus from the mother’s immune system appear to be regulated by HAND2.
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Blood Biomarkers Predict the Onset of Labor: Study
Abby Olena, PhD | May 6, 2021 | 3 min read
Researchers integrated information from 45 protein, metabolite, and immune data points to identify a window two to four weeks before a pregnant person will go into labor.
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Students Stand Up for Sub-Contracted Workers Amid COVID-19 Crisis
Amy Schleunes | May 1, 2020 | 6 min read
At universities across the US, student-led efforts to achieve protection for custodial, food service, and other vendors’ employees have been met with mixed levels of success.
Rising Temperatures Expected to Spur More Early Births
Ashley Yeager | Dec 2, 2019 | 2 min read
From 1969 to 1988, 25,000 infants were born early each year as a result of hot weather, and with global warming pushing temperatures higher, more babies will be at risk for early birth.
Federal Agency Proposes Rule Against Graduate Student Unions
Emily Makowski | Sep 23, 2019 | 2 min read
The National Labor Relations Board has gone back-and-forth on whether graduate students at private universities can form unions three times in the past 19 years.
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Labor Agency Revisits Whether Graduate Students Can Unionize
Shawna Williams | May 28, 2019 | 2 min read
Observers expect that the National Labor Relations Board will reverse an Obama-era determination that graduate students are employees entitled to form unions.
Columbia University Graduate Students Go on Strike
Jim Daley | Apr 25, 2018 | 2 min read
Administration officials contend that research and teaching assistants are students, not workers, and want to take the matter to federal court.
Graduate Student Unions Opt Out of Federal Recognition
Abby Olena, PhD | Feb 22, 2018 | 3 min read
Student workers seek voluntary recognition of their unions by university administrators out of concern that political appointees may deny their unions legal status.
University of Chicago Graduate Students Vote to Unionize
Abby Olena, PhD | Oct 27, 2017 | 3 min read
The university’s administration tried unsuccessfully to stop the vote.
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