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Alexander Beristain
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Research
Latest papers
IFPA meeting 2016 workshop report III: Decidua-trophoblast interactions; trophoblast implantation and invasion; immunology at the maternal-fetal interface; placental inflammation.
Placenta · 2017
Latest funding
- $2,023,426
Understanding the impact of early-life RSV infections on infant immunity and long-term health
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $787,950
The contribution of uterine endothelial cell ageing to reproductive decline with advanced age
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
- $735,356
Role of BMP2 signaling at the maternal-fetal interface
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator
1 publications.
IFPA meeting 2016 workshop report III: Decidua-trophoblast interactions; trophoblast implantation and invasion; immunology at the maternal-fetal interface; placental inflammation.
Aplin JD, Beristain A, DaSilva-Arnold S, Dunk C, Duzyj C, Golos TG, Kemmerling U, Knöfler M, Mitchell MD, Olson DM, Petroff M, Pollheimer J, Reyes L, Schedin P, Soares MJ, Stencel-Baerenwald J, Thornburg KL, Lash GE
Understanding the impact of early-life RSV infections on infant immunity and long-term health
Principal investigators: Lavoie, Pascal
Keywords: Asthma/Wheezing; B Cell/Antibody Immune Responses; Flow Cytometry; Human Cohort Study; Immune Development; Immunization; Infant; Respiratory Syncytial Virus; Rna-Sequencing; Seasonal Respiratory Viruses
The contribution of uterine endothelial cell ageing to reproductive decline with advanced age
Principal investigators: Riddell, Meghan
Keywords: Advanced Maternal Age; Angiogenesis; Decidua; Endothelial Cells; Progestrone; Single Cell Rna-Seq
Role of BMP2 signaling at the maternal-fetal interface
Principal investigators: Leung, Peter C; Beristain, Alexander G
Keywords: Implantation, Placenta, Growth Factors, Pregnancy, Uterus
The contribution of uterine endothelial cell ageing to reproductive decline with advanced age
Principal investigators: Riddell, Meghan
Keywords: Advanced Maternal Age; Angiogenesis; Decidua; Endothelial Cells; Progesterone; Single Cell Rna-Seq
Placental sex as a biological determinant in trophoblast function and trophoblast-directed immune activity
Principal investigators: Beristain, Alexander G; Robinson, Wendy P
Keywords: Biological Sex; Chromosomal Sex; Organoids; Placenta; Single Cell Rna Sequencing; Trophoblast; Trophoblast Stem Cells; Uterine Immune Cells
Placental sex as a biological determinant in trophoblast function and trophoblast-diected immune activity
Principal investigators: Beristain, Alexander G; Robinson, Wendy P
Keywords: Biological Sex; Chromosomal Sex; Organoids; Placenta; Single Cell Rna Sequencing; Transcriptomics; Trophoblast; Trophoblast Stem Cells; Uterine Immune Cells
Hypoxia Culture Suite
Principal investigators: Beristain, Alexander
Deciphering cellular and molecular pathways controlling invasive trophoblast differentiation
Principal investigators: Beristain, Alexander
Keywords: developmental biology; cell differentiation; cell biology; single cell rna sequencing; trophoblast; placenta; oxygen; adam proteases
Deciphering cellular and molecular pathways controlling invasive trophoblast differentiation
Principal investigators: Beristain, Alexander
It takes two to tango: Parental obesity and sex-specific impacts on placental development
Principal investigators: Sloboda, Deborah M; Beristain, Alexander G
Keywords: Early Origins Of Disease; Fetal Development; Metabolism; Obesity; Placenta; Sex
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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