2010
XI International Congress in Reproductive Immunology
"Reproductive Immunobiology at the Great Barrier Reef"
15th - 19th August 2010 | Novotel Palm Cove Resort, Cairns, Australia
The XI International Congress in Reproductive Immunology will be held at the Novotel Palm Cove Resort near Cairns, in Australia’s tropical north. The resort is adjacent to two World Heritage listed sites, the Great Barrier Reef and Australia’s Tropical Rainforests. The program will feature world-class speakers on topics spanning innate and adaptive immune mechanisms in pregnancy and gamete development, role of the immune system in implantation, placental development and fetal programming, disorders of reproduction including infertility and endometriosis, miscarriage and preeclampsia, immunological approaches to contraception, and mucosal immunity, vaccines and STDs.
For further information, please contact A/Prof Sarah Robertson,
Chair of the local organising committee (sarah.robertson@adelaide.edu.au)
2010
International Federation of Placental Associations 2010 Meeting
FETUS AND PLACENTA: A Perfect Harmony
19-22 October 2010 | Santiago, Chile
The IFPA 2009 Conference will review cutting-edge placental research from around the world and provide a comprehensive platform for new ideas, exciting presentations and inspiring discussions on a wide range of basic and applied research topics.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Marilyn Renfree, University of Melbourne, Australia
Jenny Graves, Australian National University, Australia
TOPICS
Endothelium and trophoblast
Epigenetics and genetics
Immunology
Implantation
Metabolism
Morphology
Placenta developmental biology
Placental signaling
Pregnancy disease mechanisms (clinical and basic)
Programming and the placenta
Proteomics
Sex and placental function
Transplacental transport
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 14th May 2010.
Fetus and Placenta: A perfect harmony, is organized by the International Federation of Placenta Associations in association with the Placenta Associations of the Americas (PAA). Conference administration is provided by Elsevier, publisher of Placenta journal.
Program Committee
Luis Sobrevia (Chair) Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
Paola Casanello Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
Gernot Desoye Graz Medical University, Austria
Nicholas Illsley UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, USA
Leslie Myatt University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
Gregory Rice University of Melbourne, Australia
Aureo Yamada Universidad de Sao Paulo, Brazil
Stacy Zamudio UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, USA
International Scientific Committee
Luis Sobrevia (Chair), Chile
Nicholas Illsley, USA
Colin Sibley, UK
Paola Casanello, Chile
Stacy Zamudio, USA
Leslie Myatt, USA
Gregory Rice, Australia
Gernot Desoye, Austria
Berthold Huppertz, Austria
Rohan Lewis, USA
Annetine Staff, Norway
Margaret Petroff, USA
Denise Hemmings, Canada
Yoshiki Kudo, Japan
Claire Roberts, Australia
Aureo Yamada, Brazil
Estela Bevilacqua, Brazil
Reinaldo Marín, Venezuela
Alicia Jawerbaum, Argentina
For further information visit: http://www.ifpaconference.org
or contact ifpa-conference@elsevier.com
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