3d Histopathology of the placenta in COVID-1

We propose to study microvascular alterations of human placenta in cases of maternal COVID-19 based on whole organ phase-contrast tomography with histological resolution. At the same time, the tripole wiggler and optical concept of BM18, will also allow us to perform in-line phase-contrast tomography also of healthy control organs, and will allow us to reconstruct the entire vasculature of the placenta in health and disease at unprecedented resolution