UMR PhAN’s research focuses on nutrition during the first 1,000 days and the mechanisms by which it can regulate fetal and postnatal growth and neurodevelopment, thus conditioning cognitive capacities and metabolic outcomes via the phenomenon of nutritional programming. The aim of the project is to study the effect of external exposures during pregnancy on the regulation of placental function and the consequences on the development of neurodevelopmental disorders. This will involve a multi-omics approach combining transcriptomics and epigenomics of the placenta with metabolomic/lipidomic analysis of the mother-placenta-fetus triad and anlysis of the childrens’ microbiota. 22 months, beginning March 2024.

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Contact veronique.ferchaud-roucher@univ-nantes.fr and valerie.amarger@univ-nantes.fr