The 2019 Meeting will take place on Monday 8th and Tuesday 9th July 2019.
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 conference will take place at Saint John's College Cambridge. Registration online through the secure Cambridge University online store here:
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 (ctradmin@hermes.cam.ac.uk) 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 (ctradmin@hermes.cam.ac.uk) by 3o April 2019. We welcome posters in any area of placental research. Poster size: A1 (59.40cm by 84.10cm).
Programme
Monday 8th July 2019 (afternoon)
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 Centre for
Trophoblast Research
Session 1: Placental metabolism
9.10-9.50 Professor Thomas Jansson, University of Colorado
Title TBC
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, Ontario
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
MitoQ as a placental antioxidant
17.30 Closing remarks by Graham Burton