RESEARCH FOCUS
Our laboratory investigates specialized survival strategies used by the embryo as it grows within the uterus. Central to the embryo's survival is the formation of an organ derived from the embryo called the placenta. This organ gains access to the maternal blood supply and facilitates the delivery of nutrients to the fetus. We study how early stem cells develop into the placenta. We have learned that the placenta is built in response to cues present in the maternal environment; and diseases of pregnancy, such as preeclampsia and intrauterine growth restriction, result when the embryo is not successful in its adaptations to the maternal environment. Inadequate in utero adaptive responses have potentially long-lasting impacts on adult health and disease.
UPCOMING EVENTS
International Federation of Placenta Associations Annual Meeting
2021
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The 17th Annual Gilbert S. Greenwald Symposium
October 7-8, 2020
Kansas City, Missouri
Society for the Study of Reproduction Annual Meeting
August 4-7, 2021
St. Louis, Missouri
Society for Reproductive Investigation Annual Meeting
July 6 - 9, 2021
Boston, Massachusetts
RECENT UPDATES
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Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Reproduction:
Regan L. Scott: Recipient of a 2020 Lalor Foundation Merit Award and a Pre-doctoral Poster Award from the Society for the Study of Reproduction
Ayelen Moreno: Recipient of a 2020 Lalor Foundation Merit Award and a Post-doctoral Platform Finalist from the Society for the Study of Reproduction
Ross P. McNally: Recipient of a 2020 Lalor Foundation Merit Award and a Post-doctoral Poster Award from the Society for the Study of Reproduction
Marija Kuna: Recipient of a 2020 Society for the Study of Reproduction Trainee Travel Award
Vinay Shukla: Recipient of a 2020 Society for the Study of Reproduction Trainee Travel Award
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Fellowships:
Ayelen Moreno: Recipient of a Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Lalor Foundation, https://lalorfound.org/
Vinay Shukla: Recipient of a K-INBRE Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, https://www.k-inbre.org/
Publications:
Poorly controlled diabetes mellitus alters placental structure, efficiency, and plasticity
Nteeba, J, Varberg, KM, Scott, RL, Simon, M, Iqbal, K, Soares, MJ. BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care. 2020; 8(1):e001243.
PMID: 32595139 PMCID: PMC7322553
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