Scientific program

From Mother to Child:
Identifying and Understanding Reprotoxic Risks

Friday, 12 December 2025

3rd session
Pre- and post-natal exposure and development: impact of toxins

Moderators: Marie-Christine CHAGNON & Christian BLOT

8:30-9:00: Short- and long-term impact of endocrine disruptions occurring during embryonic development, Jean-Baptiste FINI, National Museum of Natural History

9:00-9:30: Impact of paternal exposures on offspring, Jeanne PERRIN, IMBE Marseille (conference from Session 1, which has to be moved)

9:30-10:00: Issues of exposure to environmental toxicants during the first 1000 days, Laurent STORME, CHU and University of Lille

10:00-10:30: Coffee break, Posters

10:30-11:00: Contaminants in breast milk vs. infant formula, Virginie RIGOURD, Necker Lactarium

11:00-11:30: Functional development of the newborn and environment: special case of sleep, Karen CHARDON, Péritox

11:30-12:15: Round table

12:15-13:15: Lunch

13:15-13:45: 2025 SFT congress and ETS poster awards

4th session
DART Regulations: State of play in 2025

Moderators: Marie-Laure SOLA & Joffrey DUCROQ

13:45-14:15: From the Laboratory to the RCP: integration of reprotoxicity data, Fabien LAVERGNE, ANSM

14:15-14:45: Regulation and Unwritten Regional Differences, Paul BARROW, Freelance consultant

14:45-15:15: Considerations for dose level selection for developmental and reproductive toxicity studies: 3Rs and scientific perspectives, Fiona SEWELL, UK National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3R) (UK) [video conference]

15:15-15:45: Round table

15:45-16:20: Concluding conference by Christophe DE LA ROCHE SAINT-ANDRÉ

Epigenetics: the missing link between early exposures and long-term toxicity

16:20-16:30: Congress wrap-up by Marie-Christine CHAGNON, President of the SFT