Location: Aqua AB

Morning Session: 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

The Placenta as Maternal-Fetal Conduit and the Role of Microbiota
Kjersti Aagard, MD, PhD
Baylor University

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

Break

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

Navigating the placental fortress with microbial friends and foes: Impact on fetal health and disease
Indira U. Mysorekar, PhD
Washington University

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

Physiological Exposure of the Fetus to Bacteria
Charles Wood, PhD
University of Florida

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

Intrauterine Placenta-Brain Lipid Transfer
Teresa Powell, PhD 
University of Colorado

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

Lunch

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

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

Maternal Obesity and Fetal Programming of Cardiometabolic Risk
Laura Cox, PhD
Wake Forest University

2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Fetal Programming of Metabolism Through Novel Maternal Factors
Maria Belen Rabaglino, DVM, PhD
CONICET, Argentina

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

Congenital Heart Disease, Fetal Growth and the Placenta
Helen Jones, PhD
University of Cincinnati

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

Break

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Fetal hypoxia and cardiac programming - integrated omics approach
Lubo Zhang, PhD
Loma Linda University