Course Schedule

5^th July 2021

Day 1 - Placental Cell Culture & Novel Technologies

Duration

Content

Speaker

10 min

Introduction

Kathy Niakan

1h

Human placental structure and development

Graham Burton

1h

Comparative placentation and evolution

Mick Elliott

1h

Cell lineage segregation
(non-human primate placental development)

Thorsten Boroviak

1h

Human trophectoderm initiation and genome editing

Kathy Niakan

1h

Data drive technologies in embryo selection in IVF

Lucy van de Wiel

1h

Stem cell-based embryo models

Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz

1h

Epigenetic mechanisms

Multi-omics

Claire Senner

Courtney Hanna

1h

Mouse placental structure and development

Erica Watson

1h

Anatomy and Development practical (mouse placenta) – different stages of embryos & placentas.

Erica Watson & Thorsten Boroviak

1.5h

Live Q&A session

Part I: live presentations of 4 selected abstracts

Part II: Q&A

4 selected participants

All lecturers

6^th July 2021

Day 2 - Placental Cell Culture & Immunology

Duration

Content

Speaker

1h

Immune genes and cells in pregnancy

Andrew Sharkey

1h

Clinical and evolutionarily aspects of immunology of placentation

Ashley Moffett

1h

Immune genes and cells in pregnancy

Francesco Colucci

1.5h

Cell isolation and sorting practical

Principles of cell isolation and methods to identify cells from the human placenta and decidua

Naomi McGovern & Anna Appios

Andrew Sharkey

1h

Stem cells and cell lines

Margherita Turco

1h

Placental and endometrial organoids practical

Margherita Turco

1.5h

Live Q&A session

Part I: live presentations of 4 selected abstracts

Part II: Q&A

4 selected participants

All lecturers

7^th July 2021

Day 3 - Placental Cell Biology and History of Human Embryos

Duration

Content

Speaker

1h

Trophoblast invasion and spiral artery remodelling

Steve Charnock-Jones

1h

Placental transport

Abby Fowden

1.5h

Human placenta histology practical

(the Boyd collection)

Comparative placenta slides

Tereza Cindrova-Davies

1h

Placental endocrinology

Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri

1h

Placental metabolism

Andrew Murray

1.45h

Respirometry practical (Oroboros system)

(45 min)

Placental explant isolation and culture practical (30 min)

Isolation of term trophoblast cells practical

(30 min)

Andrew Murray

Tereza Cindrova-Davies

Irving Aye

1h

History of human embryos

Nick Hopwood

1.5h

Live Q&A session

Part I: live presentations of 4 selected abstracts

Part II: Q&A

4 selected participants

All lecturers

8^th July 2021

Day 4 - Placental Physiology, Bioinformatics and Data Driven Technologies

Duration

Content

Speaker

1h

Placental angiogenesis

Steve Charnock-Jones

1h

Trophoblast fusion, apoptosis, and senescence

Graham Burton

1h

Clinical study design

Gordon Smith

4h

Bioinformatics Practical / Workshop

Russell Hamilton

2h

11 am – 1 pm GMT

Fellowship application workshop

(25 participants)

Live session, which needs to be pre-booked

Facilitated by: 

Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri &

Miguel Constáncia

1.5h

Live Q&A session

Part I: live presentations of 4 selected abstracts

Part II: Q&A

4 selected participants

All lecturers

9^th July 2021

Day 5 - Animal models and clinical approaches

Duration

Content

Speaker

1h

Congenital Infection

Naomi McGovern

1h

Mouse genetic models of placental function

Miguel Constáncia

1h

Developmental programming

Dino Giussani

1h

Volume and Vascularity: Can ultrasound unlock the secrets of the first trimester placenta?

Sally Collins

1.5h

Live Q&A session

Part I: live presentations of 4 selected abstracts

Part II: Q&A

4 selected participants

All lecturers