All communications will be held in English. No simultaneous translation.
1. Differentiation of the trophoblast
9h00-9h30 : Trophoblast and human implantation

Paul Bischof Prof Hormone Therapy Laboratory, University of Geneva , Switzerland
9h30-10h00 : Human trophoblast differentiation

Daničle Evain Brion Director Inserm U767, Normal and pathological pregnancy, University of Paris Descartes, Paris
10h00-10h30 : Trophoblast stress and complications of pregnancy

Graham Burton Prof of reproductive biology, University of Cambridge, UK
10h30-11h00 : Biology of the trophoblast in cloned animals

Jean Paul Renard Director INRA UMR 1198 ENVA - Developmental Biology and Reproduction, Jouy en Josas, France
- Coffee break -
2. Pathology of pregnancies
11h30-12h00 : Preeclampsia

Christopher Redman Redman Departement of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University of Oxford, England
12h00-12h30 : Intrauterine growth retardation

Irene Cetin Hospital Luigi Sacco University of Milan, Italy
12h30-13h00 : Bank of sera and placental pathology

Annetine Staff Prof, faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway
- Lunch -
Young investigators supported by PremUP
14h30-15h15 :
Bovine trophoblastic cells characterization

Severine Degrelle
Premimage and uteroplacental blood flow

Olivier Morel
cAMP signaling and trophoblast fusion

Guillaume Pidoux
- Break -
3. New direction in placental research
15h30-16h00 : Human uterine NK cells and pregnancy

Philippe Le Bouteiller Research Director, Inserm U563, University Paul Savatier, Toulouse, France
16h00-16h30 : The uteroplacental vascularisation

Jean Michel Foidart Prof of gynaecology obstetrics, University of Liege, Belgium
16h30-17h00 : Placenta and stem cells

Olga Genbacev Prof of Biology, University of California, San Francisco, USA
17h00 : Lola, the little prince and I


Audiovisual show (8 minutes) by Daničle and Christian Brion with the participation of Christopher Redman giving

the opportunity to the placenta to express himself.