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Centre for Trophoblast Research

 

9-13 September 2024

Placental Biology Course - online on demand lectures with daily interactive live sessions. This online course is aimed at students, post-docs, established researchers, medical & veterinary healthcare professionals and industry colleagues interested in cutting-edge placental biology and research.

 

Most content will be pre-recorded lectures and practical sessions given by investigators at the forefront of the placental biology field. There will be daily, live and interactive sessions with the speakers on Zoom, and opportunities to give flash talks and network.

Lectures and practical topics included:

  • Human & mouse placental development
  • Organoids, explant and trophoblast cultures
  • Materno-fetal interactions
  • Immunology
  • Epigenetics and multi-omics
  • Placental structure, transport and function
  • Angiogenesis
  • Clinical study design
  • Placental metabolism
  • Stem cell embryo models
  • Genome editing
  • Grant/fellowship writing
  • History of human embryos

Course fees (2024) 

  • £125 Students - includes PhD, MPhil, MSc and undergraduate students
  • £150 Post-docs and professional research staff - includes post-doctoral scientists, research assistants, research associates, technicians, administrators.
  • £300 Medical & Veterinary Health Professionals and Group Leaders
  • £500 Industry colleagues

Registration open

5-minute Research Presentation opportunity

One of the most exciting aspects of the course is the opportunity for participants to give a 5-minute flash talk presentation on their research to the course lecturers and participants. This provides a great platform for networking with fellow attendees and our course lecturers. Our previous participants have consistently rated this experience as the highlight of the course, and we strongly encourage you to take part.

If you would like to be considered to give a 5-minute presentation on your research, please send a 150 word abstract (authors and affiliation information is not included in the word count) to course administrator by 9 August 2024. 

Applicants will be notified shortly thereafter.

Registration and key dates

Registration open
 

Bursary Application Form

 

Registration opens 13 May 2024
Bursary registration opens  13 May 2024 
Bursary registration closes  8 July 2024 
Abstract submission closes  9 August 2024 
Course registration closes 2 September 2024
Course content live date 14 August 2024 
Course dates 9-13 September 2024

 

 


Testimonials

“Today, I have in-depth understanding and practical knowledge of human placental development and the immunological interplay during normal and complicated pregnancies. In addition, the course structure prompted new ideas for my future research and I am hopeful this will open new avenues for collaborations”

Dr Dorotheah Obiri, Research Fellow, Dept. of Immunology, University of Ghana