About

Introduction

The Placentome is an international consortium of mathematicians, bioengineers, physiologists and clinicians with interests in the human placenta as a complex integrated system.

The Placentome Atlas is a collection of placental structural and functional datasets that facilitate data sharing, discovery and reuse.

Objectives

• 1. Identify mechanisms of placental structure and function interaction in norm and pathology

  2. Provide a platform for collaboration, data and model sharing, standardization and validation

Contributors

• • Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario

  • Clarkson University

  • King's College London

  • Placental Analytics LLC

  • St Mary's Hospital, Manchester

  • Tel Aviv University

  • University of Auckland

  • University of Bern

  • University of Cambridge

  • University of Manchester

  • University of Nottingham

  • University of Southampton

  • University of Western Australia

Funding acknowledgements

The Placentome Atlas data generated by the consortium members have been supported by

• German Research Foundation (DFG)

• National Institute of Health (NIH)

• New Zealand Royal Society (RSNZ) Marsden Fund

• Swiss Research Council (SNF)

• UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)

• UK Medical Research Council (MRC)

Contacts

Current coordinators: Igor Chernyavsky (Manchester) and Alys Clark (Auckland)

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