IFPA meeting 2016 workshop report II: Placental imaging, placenta and development of other organs, sexual dimorphism in placental function and trophoblast cell lines

Jennifer Adibi, Graham J. Burton, Vicki Clifton, Sally Collins, Antonio E. Frias, Lobke Gierman, Peta Grigsby, Helen Jones, Cheryl Lee, Alina Maloyan, Udo R. Markert, Diana M. Morales-Prieto, Padma Murthi, Leslie Myatt, Jurgen Pollheimer, Victoria Roberts, Wendy Robinson, Carolyn Salafia, Matthias Schabel, Dinesh ShahJohn Sled, Cathy Vaillancourt, Maja Weber, Perrie F. O'Tierney-Ginn

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Abstract

Workshops are an important part of the IFPA annual meeting as they allow for discussion of specialized topics. At IFPA meeting 2016 there were twelve themed workshops, four of which are summarized in this report. These workshops addressed challenges, strengths and limitations of techniques and model systems for studying the placenta, as well as future directions for the following areas of placental research: 1) placental imaging; 2) sexual dimorphism; 3) placenta and development of other organs; 4) trophoblast cell lines.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)S10-S14
JournalPlacenta
Volume60
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2017

Keywords

  • Imaging
  • Placenta
  • Sexual dimorphism
  • Trophoblast

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Reproductive Medicine
  • Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Developmental Biology

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