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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