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  • Thursday, Jul 18th
    10:00 AM – 12:00 PM IST
    Trophoblast
    Location: The Liffey B
    Session Chair: Troy L. Ott, Ph.D. – Penn State University
    Session Co-Chair: Fernanda Fagali Franchi, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Milan
    Focus Session 16
  • Thursday, Jul 18th
    10:00 AM – 10:30 AM IST
    Bovine Beginnings: From Trophoblast Stem Cells to Placental Development
    Location: The Liffey B
    Invited Oral Speaker: Vimal Selvaraj, B.V.Sc., M.S. PhD (he/him/his) – Cornell University
    Focus Session 16
  • Thursday, Jul 18th
    10:30 AM – 11:00 AM IST
    Rethinking Pregnancy Recognition in Ruminants: Initial Insights on Pregnancy in Type I Interferon Receptor (IFNAR2) Knockout Ewes
    Location: The Liffey B
    Oral Presenter: Christopher J. Davies, DVM, PhD (he/him/his) – Utah State University
    Focus Session 16
  • Thursday, Jul 18th
    11:00 AM – 11:15 AM IST
    Cell-Type Specific Transcriptomic Changes Associated with Maternal Obesity in Term Human Placenta
    Location: The Liffey B
    Focus Session 16
  • Thursday, Jul 18th
    11:15 AM – 11:30 AM IST
    Exposure Of Trophoblast Cells to the Antiretroviral Drug Dolutegravir Impairs MMP Activity and Cytokine Release
    Location: The Liffey B
    Oral Presenter: Mona H. Al-Mugotir, PhD – University of Nebraska medical center
    Focus Session 16
  • Thursday, Jul 18th
    11:30 AM – 11:45 AM IST
    Microbial-Derived Tryptophan Metabolites Alter Trophoblast Differentiation and Metabolism Through G-Protein Coupled Receptors (GPCRs)
    Location: The Liffey B
    Oral Presenter: Priscilla Day-Walsh, PhD – University of Cambridge
    Focus Session 16
  • Thursday, Jul 18th
    11:45 AM – 12:00 PM IST
    3D-Cultured Human Blastoids Model Trophoblast Expansion, Diversification, and Invasion During Post-Implantation Development
    Location: The Liffey B
    Oral Presenter: Rowan M. Karvas, PhD – Washington University in St. Louis
    Focus Session 16