Program
Interdisciplinary Autumn School for Reproductive Sciences and related Research Fields
18th – 21st October 2017
Herrenkrug Park Hotel, Magdeburg
Wednesday, 18th October 2017
15:00 Arrival and registration
17:00 Welcome
17:30 Prof. Gil Mor (Keynote lecture), Yale University, USA
“Pregnancy: A unique immunologic and microbial condition”
18:30 Speed dating
19:30 Dinner and “Get Together”
Thursday, 19th October 2017
Session 1: Placental development in normal and pathologic pregnancy
08:00 Prof. Berthold Huppertz, Medical University of Graz, Austria
“Placenta and Preeclampsia: data versus belief – guess what is stronger?”
08:40 Prof. Jürgen Pollheimer, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
“The role of the invasive extravillous trophoblast during early human placentation”
09:20 O1: Desiree Forstner, Medical University of Graz, Austria
“Influence of platelet-derived factors on the villous trophoblast”
09:35 Coffee break
Session 2: Immune cells and fetal tolerance induction
09:55 Dr. David Sharkey, University of Adelaide, Australia
“The role of male seminal fluid in priming the female immune system for pregnancy”
10:35 Dr. Nicole Meyer, Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology, Germany
“Role of natural killer cells and mast cells for reproductive processes”
11:15 Prof. Andrea Steinborn-Kröhl, University of Heidelberg, Germany
“The role of regulatory T-cells (Tregs) for tolerance induction during pregnancy”
11:55 Prof. Marijke Faas, University of Groningen, Netherlands
“Sex differences in immune responses”
12:35 O2: Iva Filipovic, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
“Ontogeny, cell identity and function of uterine group 1 innate lymphoid cells”
12:50 Lunch
14:00 Theoretical introduction in the laboratory methods
15:00 Practical demonstration of the laboratory methods
(A) Visual demonstration of fetal development using ultrasound
(B) Isolation of sperms and oocytes followed by in vitro fertilization
18:00 “Q&A” Session
19:00 Poster-Party (in the Herrenkrug Park Hotel)
Friday, 20th October 2017
Session 3: Reproductive sciences: From bench to bedside
08:00 Prof. Serban-Dan Costa, University Women’s Clinic, Germany
“Knowledge transfer from the lab into the clinic”
08:40 Prof. Jürgen Kleinstein, Clinic for Reproductive Medicine and Gynecologic Endocrinology, Germany
“High end IVF”
09:20 Coffee break
Session 4: Autoimmunity and pregnancy
09:40 Prof. Gabriela Gutierrez, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentinien
“Endometrial immunosenescence and autoimmunity: recurrent abortion or implantation failure?”
10:20 Prof. Guillermina Girardi, King´s College London, United Kingdom
“Of mice and women: statins as a potential treatment to prevent adverse pregnancy outcomes in the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS)””
11:00 Prof. Ralf Dechend, Max-Delbrück-Center Berlin, Germany
“(Auto-)immune dysregulation and the cardioplacental syndrome called preeclampsia"
11:40 Prof. Margaret Petroff, Michigan State University, USA
“Central immune tolerance and reproductive fertility”
12:20 O3: Rabia Anwar, Max-Delbrück-Center Berlin, Germany
“Trophoblast-specific gene expression driven by endogenous retrovirus LTRs in normal vs
pre-eclamtic (PE) pregnancy”
12:35 O4: Ioannis Pavlidis, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
“A new model of cervical damage during pregnancy”
12:50 Lunch
Sessin 5: Hormones and pregnancy
14:00 Prof. Horacio Rodriguez, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Argentinien
“Influence of endocrine disrupters on fertility”
14:40 Stefanie Ehrentraut, Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology, Germany
“Human Chorionic Gonadotropin as a pivotal player for pregnancy immune tolerance”
15:20 O5: Susanne Grund
“The role of endometrial claudin-3 for implantation, decidualization and embryo development”
15:35 PD Dr. Robert Kammerer, Friedrich-Löffler-Institut Greifswald, Germany
“Evolution and function of Pregnancy-specific glycoproteins in humans and animal models”
16:15 Coffee break
16:35 “Q&A” Session
19:00 Dinner-Party (in the Mückenwirt)
Saturday, 21st October 2017
09:00 Departure
