2023 Annual Meeting Programme
Day 1 - Monday 3rd July
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Time |
Event |
Location |
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13:00 – 13:30 |
Registration and coffee upon arrival |
Cynthia Beerbower foyer |
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13:30-13:45 |
Welcome and housekeeping |
Cynthia Beerbower room & online |
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13:45-15:39 |
Session 1: Stemness and trophoblast identity Chair: Thorsten Boroviak
Paulina Latos: Repressive mechanisms governing trophoblast identity
Vicente Perez Garcia: Double edged sword role of the tumour suppressor BAP1 in placentation
Kathy Niakan: Molecular mechanisms regulating trophectoderm initiation in human development
Hubert Schorle: TFAP2C and me – 20x years of research in Trophoblast stem cell biology |
Cynthia Beerbower room & online |
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15:39-16:00 |
Flash talks |
Cynthia Beerbower room & online |
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16:00-16:30 |
Break: Tea, coffee, and pastries |
College hall |
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16:30-18:45 |
Session 2: Maternal-placental-fetal dialogues Chair: Andrew Sharkey
Irving Aye: Metabolic determinants of placental development
Priscilla Day-Walsh: Understanding the mechanism of maternal gut microbiota derived trimethylamine (TMA) and trimethylamine -N-Oxide (TMAO) effects on placental function
Nick Burton: Maternal insulin signaling to oocytes promotes changes in offspring metabolism via a mitochondrial ETC dependent mechanism
Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri: Balancing needs; placental mechanisms regulating materno-fetal resource allocation and its implications for life-long health
Theresa Powell: Adiponectin constitutes an adipose to placenta signal that directs pregnancy outcomes and life-long health |
Cynthia Beerbower room & online |
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18:45-19:30 |
Drinks reception |
College Hall |
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19:30 – end of day |
Conference dinner |
College Hall |
Day 2 – Tuesday 4th July
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Time |
Event |
Location |
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8:30-9:00 |
Registration and coffee upon arrival |
Cynthia Beerbower room & online |
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9:00-10:30 |
Session 3: Maternal-placental-fetal impacts across the life course Chair: Roser Vento-Tormo
Hilary Critchley: Menstruation: a necessary prelude to implantation?
Annette Nakimuli: Longitudinal Studies of Fetal Growth and Pre-Eclampsia in Sub-Saharan Africa
Erica Watson: Multigenerational legacy of folate metabolism on development |
Cynthia Beerbower room & online |
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10:30-10:45 |
Flash talks |
Cynthia Beerbower room & online |
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10:45-11:45 |
Poster session with tea, coffee, and cake |
College hall |
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11:45-14:00 |
Session 4: Determinants of placental development Chair: Ionel Sandovici
Miguel Branco: Transposable Element Regulation in Trophoblast
Courtney Hanna: Epigenetic regulation of placental development
Claire Senner: Nonsense Mediated Decay in Mammalian Reproduction
Naomi McGovern: Utilising epigenetics to understand placental macrophage ontogeny
Yoel Sadovsky: The ins and outs of placenta-specific miRNAs |
Cynthia Beerbower room & online |
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14:00 |
End of conference |
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