The Aplin/Westwood Laboratory is part of Maternal and Fetal Health Research
within the Developmental Biomedicine Research Group
Aplin/Westwood Laboratory

Placental biology and development

Research topics

Further information

CD34 immunostaining picks out the developing vascular network in first trimester villous placenta Nuclei in a syncytial sprout visualised using a fluorescent dye Cross section of a first trimester placental villus stained with toluidine blue Ki67 immunostaining picks out an in cycle cytotrophoblast subpopulation in first trimester placental villous tissue Whole mount micrograph of villous placenta at term Trophoblasts immunostained with an antibody to MMP-12 A syncytial sprout in first trimester placenta