The placenta and maternal metabolic regulation in health and disease
This satellite symposium, The placenta and maternal metabolic regulation in health and disease, explored the latest research into the biological significance of placental endocrine function in adapting maternal physiology during pregnancy to support fetal growth in both normal and compromised environments.
Symposium organisers
Luis Sobrevia, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
Raheela Khan, University of Nottingham, UK
Abigail Fowden, University of Cambridge, UK
Placental metabolism
Chair: Luis Sobrevia, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- 09:30 Novel insights into the regulation of human placental function
- Thomas Jansson, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, USA
- 10:05 Lipid homeostasis at the feto-placental interface
- Gernot Desoye, Medical University of Graz, Austria
Placental-maternal interactions
Chair: Raheela Khan, University of Nottingham, UK
- 11:15 Placental programming of maternal behaviour: Relevance to lifelong health
- Rosalind John, Cardiff University, UK
- 11:50 Placental endocrine control of maternal metabolism and its importance for long term health
- Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri, University of Cambridge, UK
Placenta signalling
Chair: Luis Sobrevia, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- 13:30 Placental aging and stillbirth
- Roger Smith, The University of Newcastle (UON), Australia
- 14:05 Placental derived extracellular vesicles: indicators of normal and complicated pregnancies
- Carolina Motta-Mejia, University of Oxford, UK
- 14:40 Placental-maternal immune modulation via extracellular vesicles
- Beth Holder, Imperial College London, UK
Placenta proteomics/epigenetics
Chair: Raheela Khan, University of Nottingham, UK
- 15:45 The impact of maternal vitamin D on the placental epigenome, transcriptome and proteome
- Jane Cleal, University of Southampton, UK
- 16:20 Proteomic signatures of human placental vascular maturation
- Michael Taggart, Newcastle University, UK
Travel
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Physiology 2019 will be hosted at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre, Exhibition Ave, Bridge of Don, Aberdeen AB23 8BL. The AECC is the largest convention centre in northern Scotland, hosting 600 events and welcoming over 300,000 visitors each year.
AECC sits right next to the A90. It’s only a 15-minute taxi ride from Aberdeen railway and bus stations in the city centre.
By Bus
- First Bus services – 1 and 2, Park and Ride X40
- Stagecoach services – 62, 63, 67, 68, 250