Mary Herbert PhD

Mary Herbert is Professor of Reproductive Biology at Newcastle University and Honorary Consultant Embryologist at Newcastle Fertility Centre. As a clinical embryologist she established the IVF laboratories at Newcastle Fertility Centre in 1990 and was awarded a PhD from Newcastle University in 1998. She moved from the NHS to a university post in 2006 and now leads a closely integrated team of research and clinical scientists. Her work in the field of mammalian reproductive cell biology is focused on understanding the basic mechanisms of chromosome segregation in oocytes and on developing clinically relevant methods for prevention of disease transmission through the female germline.