Trophoblast

Session Chair(s)

• TO

  Troy Ott, Ph.D.

  Professor
  Animal Sciences
  Penn State University
  University Park, Pennsylvania, United States

Session Co-Chair(s)

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  Fernanda Fagali Franchi, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Post-doctoral fellow
  University of Milan
  Lodi, Lombardia, Italy

Presentations:

• 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM IST

  Bovine Beginnings: From Trophoblast Stem Cells to Placental Development
  

  Invited Oral Speaker: Vimal Selvaraj, B.V.Sc., M.S. PhD (he/him/his) – Cornell University
• 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM IST

  Rethinking Pregnancy Recognition in Ruminants: Initial Insights on Pregnancy in Type I Interferon Receptor (IFNAR2) Knockout Ewes
  

  Oral Presenter: Christopher J. Davies, DVM, PhD (he/him/his) – Utah State University
• 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM IST

  Cell-Type Specific Transcriptomic Changes Associated with Maternal Obesity in Term Human Placenta
  

  Oral Presenter: Fatima Gunter-Rahman, B. S. (she/her/hers) – MIT
• 11:15 AM – 11:30 AM IST

  Exposure Of Trophoblast Cells to the Antiretroviral Drug Dolutegravir Impairs MMP Activity and Cytokine Release
  

  Oral Presenter: Mona H. Al-Mugotir, PhD – University of Nebraska medical center
• 11:30 AM – 11:45 AM IST

  Microbial-Derived Tryptophan Metabolites Alter Trophoblast Differentiation and Metabolism Through G-Protein Coupled Receptors (GPCRs)
  

  Oral Presenter: Priscilla Day-Walsh, PhD – University of Cambridge
• 11:45 AM – 12:00 PM IST

  3D-Cultured Human Blastoids Model Trophoblast Expansion, Diversification, and Invasion During Post-Implantation Development
  

  Oral Presenter: Rowan M. Karvas, PhD – Washington University in St. Louis