Helen Foster

Academic qualifications

• PGCert in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education - Brunel University
• PhD in Biological Sciences - Brunel University
• BSc (Hons) Medical Biology - Brunel University
  

Admin responsibilities

• Biosciences website coordinator
• Health and safety support

Other responsibilities

• First aider

Research interests

Contribute to research within the Division by participating in academic’s research projects providing both scientific knowledge and technical expertise within the laboratory. My input provides data for publications, preliminary results for grant applications and facilitates closer links with other Research Institutes and Schools.

Research centres

• Brunel Institute for Cancer Genetics and Pharmacogenomics (BICGP)
• Centre for Cell and Chromosome Biology (CCCB)
• Centre for Infection, Immunity and Disease Mechanisms (CIIDM)

Membership and affiliation

• Biochemical Society
• British Society for Cell Biology

Conferences

• Progeria Research Day, Brunel University, Apr 15, 2011
• ETC Brunel University, Industry & Impact, UK Mar 25, 2010, presented poster.
• 14^th World Congress of Gynaecology Endocrinology, Florence, Mar 4-7, 2010, presented poster.
• 3^rd Interuniversity Interhospital Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Crete Oct 16-18, 2009, invited speaker.
• 6^th International Meeting on Rapid Responses to Steroid Hormones, Elche, Sep 2-5, 2009, presented poster.
• Biochemical Society/Royal Society of Chemistry Workshop – Integration of Drug Discovery and Systems Biology, London, Nov 28, 2008.
• Keystone Symposia – Structural Biology and Activation Mechanisms of Membrane Receptors, Cambridge, Sep 16-21, 2008, presented poster.
• 5^th International Meeting on Rapid Responses to Steroid Hormones, Dublin, Sep 2-5, 2007, presented poster.
• Symposium in Stem Cell Repair and Regeneration, London, Oct 2-3, 2006.
• EMBO-FEBS Conference on Nuclear Structure and Dynamics, France, Sep 24-28, 2005, presented poster.
• Biosciences 2005 from genes to systems, Glasgow, Jul 17-21, 2005, presented poster.
• Dynamic Organization of Nuclear Function Meeting, USA, Sep 29-3 Oct 2004, presented poster.
• 15^th International Chromosome Conference, Brunel University, Sep 5-10, 2004, invited speaker.
• Cell Structure and Dynamics Conference, BSCB, Canterbury, Mar 31-3 Apr 2004, presented poster.
• 14^th International Chromosome Conference, Würzburg Germany, Sep 4-8, 2001.

Publications

Journal Papers

(2013) Foster, HA., Cui, M., Naveenathayalan, A., Unden, H., Schwanbeck, R. and Höfken, T., The Zinc Cluster Protein Sut1 Contributes to Filamentation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae., Eukaryot Cell 12 (2) : 244- 253 Download publication

(2012) Foster, HA., Griffin, DK. and Bridger, JM., Interphase chromosome positioning in in vitro porcine cells and ex vivo porcine tissues, BMC Cell Biology 1330 Download publication

(2011) Zachariades, E., Foster, H., Goumenou, A., Thomas, P., Rand-Weaver, M. and Karteris, E., Expression of membrane and nuclear progesterone receptors in two human placental choriocarcinoma cell lines (JEG-3 and BeWo): Effects of syncytialization, International Journal of Molecular Medicine 27 (6) : 767- 774 Download publication

(2010) Foster, H., Coley, HM., Goumenou, A., Pados, G., Harvey, A. and Karteris, E., Differential expression of mTOR signalling components in drug resistance in ovarian cancer, Anticancer Research 30 (9) : 3529- 3534 Download publication

(2010) Karteris, E., Foster, H., Karamouti, M. and Goumenou, A., Congenital imperforate hymen with hydrocolpos and hydronephrosis associated with severe hydramnios and increase of maternal ovarian steroidogenic enzymes., Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology 23 (3) : 136- 141 Download publication

(2010) Mparmpakas, D., Zachariades, E., Foster, H., Kara, A., Harvey, A., Goumenou, A. and Karteris, E., Expression of mTOR and downstream signalling components in the JEG-3 and BeWo human placental choriocarcinoma cell lines, International Journal of Molecular Medicine 25 (1) : 65- 69 Download publication

(2010) Foster, H., Reynolds, A., Stenbeck, G., Dong, J., Thomas, P. and Karteris, E., Internalisation of membrane progesterone receptor-alpha after treatment with progesterone: Potential involvement of a clathrin-dependent pathway, Molecular Medicine Reports 3 (1) : 27- 35 Download publication

(2009) Szczerbal, I., Foster, HA. and Bridger, JM., The spatial repositioning of adipogenesis genes is correlated with their expression status in a porcine mesenchymal stem cell adipogenesis model system, Chromosoma: biology of the nucleus 118 (5) : 647- 663

(2007) Foster, HA., Stokes, P., Forsey, K., Leese, HJ. and Bridger, JM., Lamins A and C are present in the nuclei of early porcine embryos, with lamin A being distributed in large intranuclear foci, Chromosome Research 15 (2) : 163- 174

(2005) Foster, HA. and Bridger, JM., The genome and the nucleus: A marriage made by evolution - Genome organisation and nuclear architecture, Chromosoma 114 (4) : 212- 229

(2005) Robertson, L., Williamson, SL., Mégy, K., Foster, H., Blott, SC., Griffin, DK. and Rocha, D., Mapping of the porcine serine carboxypeptidase vitellogenic-like gene (CPVL) to chromosome 18., Anim Genet 36 (2) : 160- 161 Download publication

(2005) Foster, HA., Abeydeera, LR., Griffin, DK. and Bridger, JM., Non-random chromosome positioning in mammalian sperm nuclei, with migration of the sex chromosomes during late spermatogenesis, Journal of Cell Science 118 (9) : 1811- 1820 Download publication

Conference Papers

(2008) Szczerbal, I., Foster, HA. and Bridger, JM., Changes in gene position in interphase during porcine adipogenesis are correlated with changes in gene expression, 18th International Colloquium on Animal Cytogenetics and Gene Mapping (ICACGM)

(2004) Sturmey, R., Foster, H., Stokes, P., Leese, H., Abeydeera, D., Griffin, D. and Bridger, J., Genome and nuclear architecture organisation during development and differentiation using the pig as a model organism, ICC XV, 15th International Chromosome Conference, Chromosome Research (12) : 3- 4

(2004) Bridger, J., Meaburn, K., Foster, H., Figgitt, M., Bonne, G., Levy, N., Griffin, D. and Kill, I., The role of nuclear structure in genomic health, ICC XV, 15th International Chromosome Conference, Chromosome Research (12) : 22- 22

Book Chapters

(2010) Foster, HA., Sturmey, RG., Stokes, PJ., Leese, HJ., Bridger, JM. and Griffin, DK., Fluorescence in situ hybridization on early porcine embryos. In: Bridger, JM. and Volpi, EV. eds. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Springer (659)