15 individual research projects
​ modelling placenta for Maternal and Fetal Health

  • Modelling the placenta

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    Multi-disciplinary collaboration

  • 15 early-stage researchers

Multi-disciplinary collaboration
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About us
Modelling the placenta
in vitro placenta
integrative placenta
​imaging placenta
The research project
15 early-stage researchers
​from 10 countries
in 8 new countries
​at 11 research institutions
The team

Recently published

INSERM (Vaiman lab):
Molecular Mechanisms of Trophoblast Dysfunction Mediated by Imbalance between STOX1 Isoforms.
​Ducat A, …., Apicella C, …, Ruano San Martin C et al.  
iScience 23, 2020.
Open Access ​| Go to article
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University of Torino (Bussolati lab):
Extracellular Vesicles, Apoptopic Bodies and Mitochondria: Stem Cell Bioproducts for Organ Regeneration.
​Gebara N et al.
Curr Transpl Rep (2020).
Open Access ​| Go to article
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St George's, University of London (Thilaganathan/Khalil):
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy and Future Cardiovascular Health. 
​Melchiorre K, ... Giorgione V, Ridder A et al.
Front. Cardiovasc. Med. 2020; 7:59.
​Open Access ​| Go to article

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​Latest blog posts

18/06/2020
Agathe Lermant, University of Dundee
6 features that make the placenta a super-hero of pregnancy 
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07/05/2020
Veronica Giorgione, St George's Hospital London
How to Adopt a Healthy Lifestyle after Preeclampsia. Veronica shares practical tips. 
Go to article
06/05/2020
​Natalia Gebara, University of Torino
"La Dolce Vita": Natalia counts the good things the research world has learned in quarantine
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​Many thanks also to Audrey Bell, Medical Illustrator, for her fantastic image of the baby and placenta! ​