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2024 Speakers

Emerging models of human and non-human primate placental development

The conference was an opportunity to discuss progress and challenges in trophoblast stem cell and placental organoid research. 

Where: Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge CB3 0DS 

When: Monday 1st and Tuesday 2nd July 2024 

Programme: 2024 Digital Annual Meeting Booklet

Confirmed speakers: 

  • Hiroaki Okae (IMEG, Kumamoto University)
  • Margherita Turco (Friedrich Miescher Institute)
  • Thorold Theunissen (Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis)
  • Yasuhiro Takashima (CIRA, Kyoto University)
  • Yonatan Stelzer (Weizmann Institute)
  • Laurent David (University of Nantes)
  • Mana Parast (University of California San Diego)
  • Hongmei Wang (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
  • Martin Knoefler (Medical University of Vienna)
  • Irene Zorzan (University of Cambridge)
  • Claudia Gerri (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG))
  • Thorsten Boroviak (University of Cambridge)

Venue

The annual meeting was held at Churchill College and online. Churchill College, founded in 1960, is set amongst picturesque parkland of one of the largest Cambridge campuses, but still only a short walk from central Cambridge.

Churchill’s alumni includes the in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) pioneer Professor Sir Robert Edwards whose records are held in the Churchill Archives Centre.

Call for posters & flash talks

We invited abstract submissions for flash talk and poster presentation for the 2024 Annual Meeting on topics related to emerging models of human and nonhuman primate placental development.

Registration and fees (2024) 

CTR members* Free
Academic (non-members)    £50
Industry £150

In-person registration fee included:

  • Full access to scientific programme: oral and poster presentations, and networking on campus
  • Access to the online conference portal to network with online participants
  • Refreshments during the conference

Online attendance (2024) 

CTR members* Free
Any non-members £25

Virtual registration fee included:

  • Access to the virtual event portal (Log in details emailed a few days before the event)
  • Live-stream sessions, including online networking channels

* Please note that this includes honorary members and group members of CTR group leaders.

Sponsors

2024 Annual Meeting Gold Sponsors

 

Other Support

The Centre for Trophoblast Research is grateful to the Company of Biologists for supporting us in uniting trophoblast research with hybrid conference technology through their Scientific Meeting and Sustainable Conferencing funds.

By convening our online and in-person audiences, we aim to invite global perspectives and participation while minimising the environmental footprint of our meetings. Climate change is an urgent global crisis with dramatic consequences for health and reproduction. Simple software solutions that enable remote participation will enable the global reproductive biology research community to make sustainability central to our work.

 

If you'd like to sponsor the 2025 Annual Meeting please contact us

Registration

Registration for 2025 Annual Meeting will open March 2025

If you'd like to know more complete our short enquiry form and we'll let you know when 2025 registration opens. 

Fees for 2024 attendance
(both days) 

CTR members* Free 
Academic (non-members)    £50
Industry £150 

 

Online attendance

CTR members* Free   
Any non-members £25

 

Key Dates for 2024

Abstract submission 6 May
In-person registration  10 June   
Virtual registration 1 July 

 

* Please note that this includes honorary members and group members of CTR group leaders.

 

Programme for 2024

Monday July 1 

2:30 - 4:30 Scientific Session 1

4:30-5:00 Break

5:00-6:30 Scientific Session 2

6:30-7:30 Drinks and poster session

7:30 Conference Dinner

 

Tuesday, July 2 

9:30-10:30 Scientific Session 3

10:30-11:10 Break

11:10-12:30 Scientific Session 4

12:30-1:30 Lunch

1:30-2:20 Scientific Session 5

2:20-3:30 Panel discussion and closing remarks