Placenta Satellite

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Room: 102

Organized by:
Priya Pantham, PhD, University of California San Diego
Helen Jones, PhD, University of Florida
Mancy Tong, PhD, Yale University

8:30 a.m. - 8:35 a.m.	Introductory Remarks Priya Pantham, PhD University of California San Diego
Session I: Keynote Moderator: Helen Jones, PhD, University of Florida
8:35 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.	The Transcriptional Landscape of Trophoblast Development: Conserved Molecular Mechanisms and Beyond Soumen Paul, PhD University of Kansas Medical Center
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.	COFFEE BREAK
Session II: Prenatal and Antenatal Exposures Moderators: Priya Pantham, PhD, University of California San Diego Elizabeth Enninga, PhD, Mayo Clinic
10:00 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.	The Effects of Oxycodone on Maternal, Placental and Fetal Outcomes in Pregnant Rats Lynda Harris, PhD University of Nebraska Medical Center
10:40 a.m. - 11:20 a.m.	Placental Regulation of Opioid Metabolism: Molecular Insights into Neonatal Withdrawal and Development Courtney Townsel, MD, MS University of Maryland
11:20 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Guinea Pig Models of Viral Infection during Pregnancy Craig Bierle, PhD University of Minnesota
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: Models of Early Placental Development Moderators: Virginia Cheung, PhD, University of California San Diego Xixi Plummer, MD, PhD, Stanford University
1:30 p.m. - 2:10 p.m.	Genetic and Epigenetic Insights into Early Placental Development from Stem Cell Models Francesca Soncin, PhD University of California San Diego
2:10 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.	Building Human Embryo and Placenta Models from Naive Stem Cells Thor Theunissen, PhD Washington University in St. Louis
Session IV: Intracellular and Extracellular Signaling in the Placenta and Pregnancy
Moderator: Virginia Cheung, PhD, University of California San Diego Xixi Plummer, MD, PhD, Stanford University
2:50 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.	Placental Exosome–β-Cell Crosstalk: Mechanisms Linking Aberrant Growth to Lifelong Metabolic Health Fredrick Rosario Joseph, PhD University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.	COFFEE BREAK
Moderator: Rebecca Wilson, PhD, University of Florida Leena Kadam, PhD, OHSU
4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.	Impact of maternal inflammation on decidual-placental communication Mancy Tong, PhD Yale University
4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	From Placental Signaling to Circulating Biomarkers: Pathways to Understanding Pregnancy Pathologies Lucy Bartho, PhD University of Melbourne

Funding for this conference was made possible in part by R13HD120082 from NICHD. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.