2023 Course schedule:
Day 1 - History, development, & Novel Technologies
Day 2 - Placental Cell Isolation, Culture & Immunology
Day 3 - Placental Cell Biology, Histology & Pregnancy
Day 4 - Placental Physiology & Metabolism, (Pr-booked) Fellowship Workshop (11:00 - 13:00 hrs. BST)
Day 5 - Animal models & Clinical Approaches
Daily Q&A sessions will take place on each of the course days 1 - 5, July 10 - 14, from 16:30 - 18:30 hrs. UK BST. (These sessions will be recorded and available shortly afterwards).
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10 July 2023
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Day 1 - History, Development, & Novel Technologies
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10 min |
Introduction |
Kathy Niakan |
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| History of human embryos | Nick Hopwood | ||
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Human placental structure and development |
Graham Burton |
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Cell lineage segregations in primate embryogenesis |
Thorsten Boroviak |
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Human trophectoderm initiation and genome editing |
Kathy Niakan |
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Principles of self-assembly of natural and stem cell embryos |
Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz |
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Epigenetic mechanisms |
Claire Senner |
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Multi-omics |
Courtney Hanna |
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Mouse placental structure and development |
Erica Watson |
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Mouse embryo and placenta practical |
Erica Watson |
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| Mouse morula and blastocyst isolation practical | Thorsten Boroviak | ||
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16:30h BST start
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Live Q&A session Part I: live presentations of selected abstracts
Part II: Q&A
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Selected participants
Lecturers from the day |
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11 July 2023
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Day 2 - Placental Cell Isolation, Culture & Immunology
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CONTENT |
SPEAKER |
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Evolutionary aspects of human pregnancy |
Ashley Moffett |
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The role of uterine NK cells in regulating placentation |
Andrew Sharkey |
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Principles of cell isolation and methods to identify cells from the human placenta and decidua |
Andrew Sharkey |
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Cell isolation and sorting practical |
Naomi McGovern & Anna Appios |
| Stem cells and cell lines | Margherita Turco | |
| Placental and endometrial organoids practical |
Margherita Turco |
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| Immune genes and cells in pregnancy | Francesco Colucci | |
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16:30h BST start
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Live Q&A session Part I: live presentations of selected abstracts
Part II: Q&A |
Selected participants
Lecturers from the day
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12 July 2023
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Day 3 - Placental Cell Biology, Histology & Pregnancy
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CONTENT |
SPEAKER |
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Trophoblast invasion and spiral artery remodelling |
Steve Charnock-Jones |
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Placental angiogenesis |
Steve Charnock-Jones |
| Clinical study design | Gordon Smith | |
| Isolation of term trophoblast cells practical | Irving Aye | |
| Placental explant isolation and culture practical | Tereza Cindrova-Davies | |
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Human placenta histology (Boyd Collection slides) and comparative animal placental histology practical |
Tereza Cindrova-Davies |
| Bioinformatics Practical / Workshop 1 | Laura Woods | |
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16:30h BST start
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Live Q&A session Part I: live presentations of selected abstracts
Part II: Q&A |
Selected participants
Lecturers from the day
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13 July 2023
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Day 4 - Placental physiology & Metabolism, fellowship Workshop
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DURATION |
CONTENT |
SPEAKER |
| Trophoblast fusion, apoptosis, and senescence | Graham Burton | |
| Placental transport | Abby Fowden | |
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Placental endocrine function |
Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri |
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Placental metabolism |
Andrew Murray |
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Placental mitichondrial respiration practical |
Andrew Murray |
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2h 11 am – 1 pm BST |
Fellowship application workshop (25 participants limit) Live session, which needs to be pre-booked. (Attendees will be sent a Zoom link) |
Facilitated by: Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri & Irving Aye
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16:30h BST start
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Live Q&A session Part I: live presentations of selected abstracts
Part II: Q&A |
Selected participants
Lecturers from the day
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14 July 2023
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Day 5 - Animal models and clinical approaches
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DURATION |
CONTENT |
SPEAKER |
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Congenital Infection |
Naomi McGovern |
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Mouse genetic models of placental function |
Miguel Constáncia |
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Developmental programming |
Dino Giussani |
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Volume and Vascularity: Can ultrasound unlock the secrets of the first trimester placenta? |
Sally Collins |
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| Bioinformatics Practical / Workshop 2 | Laura Woods | |
| Data drive technologies in embryo selection in IVF | Lucy van De Wiel | |
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16:30h BST start 1.5h
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Live Q&A session Part I: live presentations of selected abstracts
Part II: Q&A |
Selected participants
Lecturers from the day
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Summary of Day 1-5 2023 schedules:
Day 1 - History, Development, & Novel Technologies
Day 2 - Placental Cell Isolation, Culture & Immunology
Day 3 - Placental Cell Biology, Histology & Pregnancy
Day 4 - Placental Cell Culture & Immunology
Day 5 - Animal models and clinical approaches