Placenta Satellite

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Room: E219D

Organized & Supported by:
Kaela Varberg, PhD, Children's Mercy Research Institute at Children's Mercy Kansas City
Andreas Lackner, MD, PhD, Stanford University
Ina Stelzer, PhD, UC San Diego
Serena Gumusoglu, PhD, The University of Iowa
Thomas Jansson MD, PhD, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Supported in part by NICHD 1R13HD084096

SESSION I: CUTTING EDGE MODELS Moderators: Elisa Zhang, PhD, UC Davis Madeline Keenen, PhD, Duke University
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.	Trophoblast organoids as placenta modeling platforms: current strengths, limitations, and future developments Alexander Beristain, PhD University of British Columbia
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.	In vitro modeling of human embryo implantation Matteo Molè, PhD Stanford University
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.	COFFEE BREAK
SESSION II: EARLY DEVELOPMENTAL IMPACTS Moderators: Andreas Lackner, MD, PhD, Stanford University Inna Averbukh, PhD, Stanford University
10:00 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.	Decoding human early pregnancy: a spatial multiomics map of trophoblast development Ana Paredes, PhD Wellcome Trust Sanger Insitutute
10:40 a.m. - 11:20 a.m.	Metabolic regulation of epigenetics in early placental development Irving Aye, PhD University of Cambridge
11:20 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Role of Placenta in regulating insulin resistance and glycemia in pregnancy Marie France-Hivert, MD Harvard Medical School
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.	LUNCH BREAK Meet-The-Speaker Luncheon for pre-registered In-Training Investigators, by invitation only
SESSION III: IMMUNOLOGY AT THE INTERFACE Moderators: Ina Stelzer, PhD, UC San Diego Dorien Feyaerts, PhD, Stanford University
1:30 p.m. - 2:10 p.m.	Evolutionary insights into antiviral signaling at the maternal-fetal interface using organoid models Carolyn Coyne, PhD Duke University
2:10 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.	B cell mechanisms of fetomaternal tolerance Gabrielle Rizzuto, MD, PhD Memorial Sloan Kettering
2:50 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.	Maternal immune alterations in post-partum preeclampsia - postnatal role for the placenta Sylvie Girard, PhD Mayo Clinic
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.	COFFEE BREAK
SESSION IV: INVASION INSIGHTS Moderators: Kaela Varberg, PhD, Children's Mercy Research Institute at Children's Mercy Kansas City Ayelen Moreno-Irusta, PhD, University of Kansas Medical Center
4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.	Placenta accreta: when wombmates overstay their welcome Yalda Afshar, MD, PhD UCLA
4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Stromal cell regulation of trophoblast and cancer cell invasion Gunter Wagner, PhD Yale University