Dr Jennifer Frost

Jenny completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Durham, followed by an MSc in Human Reproductive Biology at Imperial College London’s Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology. With MRC funding, she earned a PhD focused on placental imprinting under Professor Gudrun Moore at the UCL Institute of Child Health.

Her postdoctoral work with Professor Rebecca Oakey at King’s College London examined fetal growth disorders. She then shifted focus to study genomic imprinting in flowering plants under Professor Bob Fischer at UC Berkeley, where she investigated chromatin remodeller FACT’s involvement in DNA demethylation and transposon regulation within Arabidopsis endosperm.

Returning to London in 2016, she joined Professor Miguel Branco’s laboratory at Queen Mary University of London’s Blizard Institute, securing a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship to investigate transposable elements in human placental tissue.

In March 2024, Jenny received a Wellcome Trust Career Development Award to examine transposons’ role in pregnancy complications. Her laboratory operates within King’s College London’s Medical and Molecular Genetics department at Guy’s Campus, Tower Wing.