IFPA Meeting 2013 Workshop Report II: use of 'omics' in understanding placental development, bioinformatics tools for gene expression analysis, planning and coordination of a placenta research network, placental imaging, evolutionary approaches to understanding pre-eclampsia

W E Ackerman 4th; L Adamson; A M Carter; S Collins; B Cox; M G Elliot; L Ermini; A Gruslin; P A Hoodless; J Huang; D A Kniss; M R McGowen; M Post; G Rice; W Robinson; Y Sadovsky; C Salafia; C Salomon; J G Sled; T Todros; D E Wildman; S Zamudio; G E Lash

doi:10.1016/j.placenta.2013.11.011

IFPA Meeting 2013 Workshop Report II: use of 'omics' in understanding placental development, bioinformatics tools for gene expression analysis, planning and coordination of a placenta research network, placental imaging, evolutionary approaches to understanding pre-eclampsia

Placenta. 2014 Feb:35 Suppl:S10-4. doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2013.11.011. Epub 2013 Nov 28.

Authors

W E Ackerman 4th¹, L Adamson², A M Carter³, S Collins⁴, B Cox⁵, M G Elliot⁶, L Ermini⁷, A Gruslin⁸, P A Hoodless⁹, J Huang¹, D A Kniss¹, M R McGowen¹⁰, M Post¹¹, G Rice¹², W Robinson¹³, Y Sadovsky¹⁴, C Salafia¹⁵, C Salomon¹², J G Sled¹⁶, T Todros¹⁷, D E Wildman¹⁸, S Zamudio¹⁹, G E Lash²⁰

Affiliations

¹ Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Laboratory of Perinatal Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
² Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Oxford University, Oxford, UK.
⁵ Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁶ Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
⁷ Physiology and Experimental Medicine Program Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁸ Division Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Division Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department Cellular and Molecular Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
⁹ Terry Fox Laboratory, BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Medical Genetic, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
¹⁰ Centre for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA.
¹¹ Physiology and Experimental Medicine Program Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department Paediatrics & Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
¹² University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, Centre for Clinical Diagnostics, Herston, Queensland, Australia.
¹³ Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Child & Family Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
¹⁴ Magee-Women's Research Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
¹⁵ Placental Analytics LLC and Institute for Basic Research, New York, NY, USA.
¹⁶ Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
¹⁷ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sant'Anna Hospital, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
¹⁸ Centre for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA;; Perinatology Research Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Detroit, MI, USA.
¹⁹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hackensack University Medical Centre, Hackensack, NJ, USA.
²⁰ Reproductive and Vascular Biology Group, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Electronic address: gendie.lash@ncl.ac.uk.

PMID: 24315655
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2013.11.011

Abstract

Workshops are an important part of the IFPA annual meeting as they allow for discussion of specialized topics. At the IFPA meeting 2013 twelve themed workshops were presented, five of which are summarized in this report. These workshops related to various aspects of placental biology but collectively covered areas of new technologies for placenta research: 1) use of 'omics' in understanding placental development and pathologies; 2) bioinformatics and use of omics technologies; 3) planning and coordination of a placenta research network; 4) clinical imaging and pathological outcomes; 5) placental evolution.

Keywords: Bioinformatics; Placenta research network; Placental evolution; Placental imaging; Placental pathologies; ‘Omics’ technologies.

Publication types

Congress

MeSH terms

Animals
Biological Evolution
Computational Biology / methods*
Female
Gene Expression Profiling
Humans
Placenta / pathology*
Placentation*
Pre-Eclampsia / etiology*
Pregnancy