How do the brain, ovaries and uterus stay in sync each month? Follow the monthly hand-off hormones from the brain to the ovaries and to the uterus. Quick checkpoints show what “typical” bleeding and discomfort look like, how hormonal contraception interrupts the signal chain and what shifts to expect as menopause approaches.
Scientific illustrator and designer, and founder of Bio-Graphics. His work can be explored at www.bio-graphics.es
Recently completed a PhD at the European Bioinformatics Institute and Wellcome Sanger Institute and just joined the Wellcome Sanger Institute as a staff scientist. Her research focuses on human reproductive development and the molecular mechanisms underlying endometriosis.
