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Daily Q&A sessions will take place on each of the course days 14-18 September, from 16:30 - 18:30 hrs. UK BST. (These sessions will be recorded and available shortly afterwards).

These Q&A sessions will be attended by 1-2 of the lecturers from the course each day. 

A detailed course schedule will be circulated to registered participants two weeks before the course opens. 

Registration open

Kathy Niakan

Human trophectoderm initiation and genome editing

Thorsten Boroviak

Cell lineage segregations in primate embryogenesis

Marta Shabhazi

Aneuploidy and early human development

Claire Senner

Trophoblast stem cells

Peter Rugg-Gunn

Human peri-implantation development

Geraldine Jowett

Development of the human germline

Graham Burton

Human placental structure and development

Tereza Cindrova-Davies & Graham Burton

Human placental histology practical (Boyd collection slides)

Courtney Hanna

Multi-omics

Erica Watson

Mouse placental structure and development

Margherita Turco

Stem cells and cell lines

Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri

Placental endocrine function

Andrew Sharkey

The role of uterine NK cells in regulating placentation

Ashley Moffet

Evolutionary aspects of human pregnancy

Andrew Murray

Placental metabolism

Nick Hopwood

Science & society lecture history of human embryos

Andrew Murray

Placental mitochondrial respiration practical

Naomi McGovern

Congenital Infection

Francesco Colucci

Immune responses in pregnancy

Tereza Cindrova-Davies

The role of the endometrium in pregnancy

Sue Ozanne

Effects of obesity and gestational diabetes during pregnancy on the maternal-fetal interface

Miguel Constancia

Mouse genetic models of placental function

Catherine Aiken

Drug safety during pregnancy

Dino Giussani

Developmental programming

Gordon Smith

Clinical study design

Irving Aye

Translating placental research

Kay Elder

In vitro culture of human embryos, 1969 - 2025

Steve Charnock-Jones

Placental angiogenesis

Irving Aye & Claire Senner

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Priscilla Day-Walsh & Iva Kelava

Career fellowship workshop aimed at postdocs

 

Career fellowship workshop aimed at PhD students

 

Registration and key dates

Course fees for 2026

  • £125 Students
  • £150 Post-Docs
  • £300 Medical & Veterinary Health Professionals and Group Leaders
  • £500 Industry colleagues

Registration open

Any questions? Contact us

Key Dates

Abstract deadline 19 June 2026
Bursary application closes 10 July 2026
Course Registration Deadline 7 September 2026

 

Testimonials

"Thank you for organising this enriching course: being able to learn more about placental biology from such clear and comprehensive lectures was an incredible opportunity."

Miriam Toffoli, University of Trieste

 
“A huge thanks to the lecturers and organizers, for the incredible experience and knowledge gained!” (feedback via LinkedIn)

Yasmin Azizbayli, University of Nottingham

 
"First, thank you for the organization of this great course! It was very exciting and motivating to see so many different sub-topics and backgrounds of lecturers in the course."

Malva Doroshenko, Karolinska Institute
 

“Thank you very much, this course exceeded all my expectations. Thank you for making it online, these initiatives break down barriers and make knowledge accessible to everyone.”

Lyda Forero, University of Illinois