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: Environmental and professional exposure on fertility, Jeanne PERRIN, IMBE Marseille

10:30-11:00: Organoids from women’s endocrine-reproductive system and derived embryo implantation models, amenable to reprotoxicity screening, Hugo VANKELECOM, University of Leuven (KU Leuven, Belgium)

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

11:30-12:00: Round table

12:00-12:30: Sponsor session

12:30-13:30: Lunch

13:30-14:30: 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

14:30-15:00: 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)

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

15:30-16:00: Challenges in the reproductive toxicity assessment of live-attenuated virus vaccines : a case study, Rajamuthu SRINIVASAN, Sanofi Vaccines R&D

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

16:30-17:00: Embryofetal exposure: qualification and quantification through the development of a predictive in vitro      human placental barrier model, Romain GRALL, L'Oréal R&I – Advanced Research

17:00-17:30: Round table

17:30-18:00: 2025 SFT congress thesis awards

18:00-19:00: General Assembly