The Placenta at Term
The 2025 Loke CTR annual meeting theme, “The Placenta at Term,” brings together leading clinical and basic scientists to explore topics including placental ageing, senescence, prolonged pregnancy, and the pathophysiology of term complications as pre-eclampsia.
Where: Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge CB3 0DS
When: Monday 7th and Tuesday 8th 2025
Format: Hybrid
Confirmed speakers:
Alexander Heazell
University of Manchester
'Understanding the origins and significance of placental lesions relating to late pregnancy loss and stillbirth.'
Ananth Karumanchi
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
'Vascular Mechanisms for Preeclampsia'
Annetine Staff
Oslo University Hospital
'The twilight placenta and late placenta malperfusion: A tribute to Chris Redman'
Catherine Aiken
University of Cambridge
'Long-term outcomes of pregnancies complicated by placental dysfunction'
David Williams
University College London
'Placental inflammation: a preventable cause of recurrent stillbirth'
Gordon Smith
University of Cambridge
'Preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction share common early pregnancy origins but exhibit divergent gestational development'
Karen Forbes
University of Leeds
'The placenta in pregnancies complicated by maternal diabetes'
Perrie O'Tierney-Ginn
Tufts University
'Impact of maternal-placental crosstalk on fetal fat accrual: lessons from the term placenta'
Yan-Ling Wang
Chinese Academy of Sciences
'Metabolic control of placental trophoblast cell fate'
Venue
The annual meeting will be 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 invite abstract submissions for flash talk and poster presentation for the 2025 Annual Meeting on topics related to the placenta at term.
Registration and fees 2025
|
Loke CTR members* |
Free |
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Academic (non-members) |
£50 |
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Industry |
£150 |
In-person registration fee includes:
- 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 2025
|
Loke CTR members* |
Free |
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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 Loke CTR group leaders. More information on membership can be found on our membership page.
Artwork for 2025
Our wonderful conference artwork for 2025 was created by Claudia Stocker © Vivid Biology.
Sponsors
We invite sponsors to support the 2025 Loke CTR Annual Meeting, The Placenta at Term. If you are interested in sponsoring the meeting, please contact us or download our Meeting Prospectus for details on sponsorship packages and benefits.