MRC INTEGRATIVE EPIDEMIOLOGY UNIT

SEMINAR SERIES

 Wednesday, 11th July, 2018 : 14.00 - 15.00
Room OS6, Second Floor, Oakfield House

 Louise Humphrey
Researcher in Human Origins, Natural History Museum, London

 Tooth enamel: A retrospective archive of early development

 

Abstract

As tooth enamel does not remodel, it retains a durable retrospective record of an individual’s environmental and physiological circumstances during the period of enamel formation. The enamel of the deciduous teeth develops during gestation and infancy. This research, based on histological and trace element analysis of teeth donated by children enrolled with ALSPAC, explores whether maternal diet and health during pregnancy, the circumstances of birth, and infant diet and health are reflected in the chemical composition and structure of enamel of the deciduous canines. 

Biography

Louise Humphrey is a researcher in Human Origins at the Natural History Museum in London. Her research addresses growth, development and life history in recent and early humans. 

 

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