Determining how hormones and growth factors render the uterus receptive for embryo implantation

Daniel Dufort, PhD

Associate professor, McGill University

research axis 3

  • Deciphering the signals involved in maternal-fetal crosstalk
  • Determining how hormones and growth factors render the uterus receptive for embryo implantation
  • Elucidating the role of the Nodal signaling pathway in proper timing of parturition and how its deregulation leads to preterm birth in mice and humans