CTR Annual Meeting 2021
Placental-endometrial dialogue and pregnancy
Celebrating the achievements of CTR Director
Prof. Graham Burton
12th and 13th July 2021 - Online*
* possibility of a hybrid event should Covid-19 restrictions allow at the time
We are really excited to announce the programme for the upcoming CTR annual meeting.
Registrations are now open. You can find price information and a link on the registrations page.
CTR Annual Meeting Programme
Day 1: Monday 12th July
13.50 Welcome and introduction by Wolf Reik, Babraham Institute
Session 1: Early placental development
Chair: Steve Charnock-Jones, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
14.00-14.30
Margherita Turco, Department of Pathology
Models to study early placental development
14.30-15.00
Miguel Branco, Blizard Institute
Species-specific regulation of placental gene expression by transposable elements
15.00-15.30
Janet Rossant, University of Toronto
Making the trophectoderm lineage- key events leading up to implantation
15.30-16.00 Coffee break
Session 2: Immunology and evolution
Chair: Francesco Colucci, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
16.00-16.30
Ashley Moffett, Department of Pathology
The immune system and the first few weeks
16.30-17.00
Naomi McGovern, Department of Pathology
Placental macrophage ontogeny and function
17.00-17.30
Paul Norman, University of Colorado Denver
Population-specific NK cell receptors and human-specific preeclampsia risk
Day 2: Tuesday 13th July
Session 3: Endometrium and decidua
Chair: Kathy Niakan, CTR
10.00-10.30
Hilary Critchley, University of Edinburgh
The normal cycling endometrium
10.30-11.00
Roser Vento, Wellcome Sanger Institute
Single cell technology at the placental-uterine interface
11.00-11.30 Coffee Break
Session 4: Placental development and pregnancy outcomes
Chair: Miguel Constancia, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
11.30-12.00
Romina Plitman, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Imaging and Modelling the Human Placenta
12.00-12.30
Gordon Smith, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Identifying novel biomarkers for human placental dysfunction
12.30-13.00
Eric Jauniaux, UCL
Oxygen modulates placental development like sound modulates fetal brain development
13.00-14.00 Lunch break
Session 5: Environment and placenta
Chair: Tereza Cindrova-Davies, CTR
14.00-14.30
Billy Yung, CTR
Placental unfolded protein response and pregnancy complications
14.30-15.00
Erica Watson, CTR
Trans-generational effect
15.00-15.30
Mike Nelson, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis
Trophoblast Injury and Repair, or Disrepair, in Human Placental Villi
15.30-16.00 Coffee break
Session 6: Placental biology
Chair: Theresa Powell, University of Colorado
16.00-16.30
Diana Bianchi, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Circulating nucleic acids as key markers of feto-maternal-placental health
16.30-17.00
Myriam Hemberger, University of Calgary
Early placental development in mice and humans
17.00-17.30
Kent Thornburg, The Moore Institute, Oregon Health Sciences University
The placenta is the culprit
Session 7: Celebratory closing session
Chair: Kathy Niakan
17.30-18.00
Graham Burton, CTR
Trophoblast-endometrial interactions
18.00 Closing remarks by Charlie Loke