Scientific program

From Mother to Child:
Identifying and Understanding Reprotoxic Risks

Thursday, 11 December 2025

8:30-9:25: Welcome coffee

9:25-9:30: Welcome by Marie-Christine CHAGNON, President of the SFT

9:30-10:00: Introductory conference by Jeanne STADLER

1st session
Environment and fertility: the effects of xenobiotics

Moderators: Caroline Page & Saadia KERDINE-RÖMER

10:00-10:30: Organoids from women’s endocrine-reproductive system and derived embryo implantation models, amenable to reprotoxicity screening, Hugo VANKELECOM, University of Leuven (KU Leuven, Belgium)

10:30-11:00: Embryotoxicity of plastic consumables used in IVF, Lucie DELAROCHE, Biogroup Parly 2

11:00-11:30: Round table

11:30-12:00: Sponsor session

12:00-13:00: Lunch

13:00-14:00: Posters - Special session to dedicate time to discussions around the posters

2nd session
Embryofetal exposure: Hazard and risk of maternal exposure

Moderators: Matthew BURBANK & Isabelle LECONTE

14:00-14:30: Drug-induced teratology in humans. The role of CRAT in the evolution of knowledge and the analysis of the benefit/risk balance, Elisabeth ELEFANT, Reference Center for Teratogenic Agents (CRAT)

14:30-15:00: NAMs in developmental toxicity testing: how can we move the needle towards regulatory use?             Steven VAN CRUCHTEN, University of Antwerp (Belgium)

15:00-15:30: Challenges in the reproductive toxicity assessment of live-attenuated virus vaccines : a case study, Rajamuthu SRINIVASAN, Sanofi Vaccines R&D

15:30-16:00: Coffee break, Posters

16:00-16:30: Qualification and Quantification of a New Human In Vitro Syncytiotrophoblast Barrier: a Predictive Tool for Maternal Exposure, Romain GRALL, L'Oréal R&I – Advanced Research

16:30-17:00: Round table

17:00-17:30: 2025 SFT thesis award

17:30-18:30: SFT General Assembly