Niamh is Professor and Chair of Molecular Reproductive Biosciences, at the University of Edinburgh. Her group is focused on understanding the function of the uterine endometrium and what regulates early pregnancy and life-course health in mammals. Some key questions we are aiming to answer currently are 1) What are the regulatory networks involved in implantation and placental function in mammals and how have they evolved, 2) How have the male and female systems evolved their interactions -specifically the role of microRNAs, and 3) How does heat stress associated with climate change impact on maternal and child health, and 4) What are the causal factors for heavy menstrual bleeding in humans. To help answer these questions we use comparative approaches, develop novel 3D in vitro tools, and use multi-omics including single cell/nuclei to understand fundamentally how both protein coding and non-coding parts of the genome regulate endometrial function for health, fertility, food production, and conservation.