Location: Aqua EF

Session 1: 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Moderators:
Fredrick Rosario, PhD
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Helen Jones, PhD
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center 

At the Cutting Edge of Trophoblast Biology

Plasticity and Placentation
Michael Soares, PhD
University of Kansas/Children’s Mercy-Kansas City

9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Break

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Modeling Human Trophoblast Differentiation Using Pluripotent Stem Cells
Mana Parast, MD, PhD
University of California San Diego

11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Constructing Gene-enhancer Networks to Understand Regulation of Diverse Trophoblast Functions
Geetu Tuteja, PhD
Iowa State University

Session 2: 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Moderator:
Terry Morgan, MD, PhD
Oregon Health Science University

The Placental Atlas Tool

11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

The Placental Atlas Tool: A Web-based NICHD Resource
John V Ilekis, PhD
NICHD, NIH

12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Lunch

Session 3: 1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Moderators:
Yoel Sadovsky, MD, PhD
Magee Women’s Research Institute

Jessica Hebert, PhD Candidate
Portland State University 

The placenta as a regulator of fetal brain development

1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Prenatal Exposures and Placental Serotonin: A Pathway for the Developmental Programming of Mental Disorders
Alexandre Bonnin, PhD
University of Southern California

2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Placental Gene Expression Mediates the Interaction Between Obstetrical History and Genetic Risk for Schizophrenia
Danny Weinberger, MD
Lieber Institute for Brain Development, Johns Hopkins University

3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Break

4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Placental Epigenetics Establish Female Resilience from Neurodevelopmental Dysfunction Following Prenatal Stress
Bridget Nugent, PhD
University of Pennsylvania