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Centre for Trophoblast Research

 

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CTR ANNUAL MEETING 2019

MONDAY 8 JULY- TUESDAY 9 JULY

PROGRAMME AND INFORMATION

Registration is now closed (closing date was 4th June)

 

 

The CTR Annual Trophoblast Meeting is aimed at scientists and academic clinicians with an interest in placental research.

The 2019 Meeting will take place on Monday 8th and Tuesday 9th July.

Monday afternoon is dedicated to open presentations on a wide range of topics relating to placental biology.

The second day of the conference, Tuesday, will focus on:  PLACENTAL METABOLISM AND ENDOCRINOLOGY

The meeting will take place at Saint John's College Cambridge.

Registration is now closed (closing date 4th June).

Price for CTR members: free registration and £25 for the dinner on Monday payable as an option through the online registration process.

Price for non-CTR members: £75 registration and £30 for the dinner on Monday payable as an option through the online registration process.

 

CALL FOR PAPERS: Short presentation slots (ten minutes) are available on Monday 8th July (2pm-5.30pm). Please submit your presentation abstract (about 150  words) to the CTR administrator by email by 30 April 2019. We welcome presentations in any area of placental research.

CALL FOR POSTERS: Posters are welcome at the conference. Please submit your poster abstract (about 150 words) to the CTR administrator by email by 30 April 2019. We welcome posters in any area of placental research. Poster size: A1 (59.40cm by 84.10cm).

 

Programme

Monday 8th July 2019

 

13.15 Registration opens

13.50 Welcome by Graham Burton, Director of CTR

14.00-17.30 Open presentations on placental biology

19.00 Reception at the backs, Saint John's College

19.30 Conference dinner in the college hall (booking essential)

 

Tuesday 9th July:

Placental metabolism and endocrinology

 

8.30-9.00    Registration and coffee, Foyer of the Fisher Building

9.00-9.10    Welcome by Graham Burton, Director of the CTR

 

Session 1: Placental metabolism

9.10-9.50     Professor Thomas Jansson, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus

Trophoblast mTOR signaling: a critical hub linking maternal, placental and fetal metabolism

 

9.50-10.20    Dr Tereza Cindrova-Davies, University of Cambridge

Insights into early placental metabolism from transcriptome analysis

 

10.20-11.00  Prof Anthony Perkins, Griffith University, Brisbane

Placental mitochondrial activity and trophoblast fusion

          

11.00-11.30  Coffee, Foyer of the Fisher Building

 

11.30 -12.00 Dr Marika Charalambous, King’s College London

Imprinted genes and placental metabolism

 

12.00-12.30  Dr Karen Forbes, University of Leeds

Extracellular vesicles and placental metabolism

 

12.30-13.00 Dr Perry O’Tierney-Ginn, Tuft’s University Boston

Obesity and placental metabolism

 

13.00-14.00         Buffet lunch in the College dining hall

                                   

Session 2:    Metabolic changes in pathological pregnancies

 

14.00-14.30      Prof David Hill, Children’s Health Research Institute, London, ON   

Maternal pancreatic adaptations to pregnancy

 

14.30-15.00     Dr Colleen Glyde Julian, University  of Colorado                          

Placental metabolism at high altitude

 

 15.00-15.30      Prof Alicia Jawerbaum, University of Buenos Aires

Dietary lipids and placental function in diabetes mellitus            

                     

 15.30-16.00      Tea, Foyer of the Fisher Building

 

16.00-16.30      Dr Irving Aye, University of Cambridge

 Pre-eclampsia and placental metabolism

 

 16.30-17.00      Dr Tatiana El-Bacha, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro              

Dietary lipids and the placenta in pre-eclampsia

 

 17.00-17.30     Prof Dino Giussani, University of Cambridge            

 Pre-eclampsia link to hypoxic pregnancy

 

 

17.30                 Closing remarks by Graham Burton