Programme | September 14, 2023

Welcome & Registration

  • 08:30–10:30

ISIR council meeting
Location: Building W26, Entrance A, 1st floor, Seminar room 19

  • 08:30–10:00

  • 10:00–10:30 Coffee Break

Session 1: Welcome & Keynote Lectures

  • 10:30–12:00

  • Chairs: Udo Markert (Germany) & Surendra Sharma (USA)

  • 10:30–10:35
    Welcome | Anke Diemert & Sandra M Blois (Germany)


    10:35–11:10
    Maternal tissue immune cells support fetal growth
    Francesco Colucci, Medical School Cambridge (UK)


    11:10–11:45
    Transplacental Morse code: Mediators, mechanisms, mice and women
    Petra Arck, UKE (Germany)


    11:45–12:00
    Discussion

  • 12:00–13:00 Lunch Break and JRI Board Meeting
    room: W26, entrance A, 1st floor, room Kaminzimmer (118)

Session 2: Preeclampsia, cardiovascular Adaptation in pregnancy

  • 13:00–15:00

  • Chairs: Annetine Staff (Norway) & Tanja Groten (Germany)

  • 13:00–13:25
    CD4+ T Cells from Women with Preeclampsia During Pregnancy Contribute to Hypertension, AT1-AA, and Neurovascular Dysfunction in a pregnant rat model of PE.
    Babette LaMarca, University of Mississippi (USA)


    13:25–13:50
    Alzheimer’s Disease Etiology in Younger Population: Lessons from Preeclampsia, A Severe Pregnancy Complication
    Surendra Sharma, Brown University (USA)


    13:50–14:15
    Molecular subclasses of preeclampsia: potential clinical applications for early detection and personalized prevention
    Nandor G. Than, Hungarian Academy of Science (Hungary)


    14:15–14:25
    Plasma level of Placental Protein13 (PP13) in Placental-Derived Extracellular Vesicles (PEV) is elevated in patients with preeclamsia but not in preterm delivery and the impact of corticosteroids.
    Marei Sammar, Braude College of Enginering, Biotechnology Engineering (Israel)


    14:25–14:35
    Preeclamptic oocyte donation pregnancies show differences in peripheral T helper 1 and regulatory T cell cytokine profiles compared to uncomplicated oocyte donation pregnancies.
    Kim van Bentem, Leiden University Medical Center (Netherlands)


    14:35–14:45
    Regulatory functions of placental galectins at the maternal-fetal interface and their impairment in pregnancy complications associated with inflammation.
    Andrea Balogh, Eötvös Loránd Research Network (Hungary)


    14:45–14:55
    Preeclampsia-associated vascular aging (PAVA) – senescence induction in endothelial cells in the context of preeclampsia pathophysiology.
    Lena Lode, Jena University Hospital (Germany)

  • 15:00–15:30 Coffee Break

Session 3: Preventive medicine approaches

  • 15:30–16:40

  • Chair: Natalie Ledee (France) & Gabriela Dveksler (USA)

  • 15:30–16:00
    Multiomic Modeling and Data-Driven Selection of Reliable Biomarkers for Predicting Pregnancy Complications
    Brice Gaudilliere, Stanford University (USA)


    16:00–16:10
    Elevated endometrial T-bet/GATA3 ratio predicts reproductive failure in infertile patients during the peri-implantation period.
    Yuye Li, Shenzhen Zhongshan Urology Hospital (China)


    16:10–16:20
    The composition of the endometrial microbiota alters the endometrial immune environment and significantly impacts clinical outcomes of assisted reproduction treatments.
    L. Medina-Ruiz, IGLS (Spain)


    16:20–16:30
    The investigation of endometrial microbiota and its possible role in IVF success.
    Eva Miko, University of Pécs (Hungary)


    16:30–16:40
    Evaluation of the proangiogenic role of the complement component C1q in endometriosis
    Chiara Agostinis, Institute for Maternal and Child Health, IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste (Italy)

Express Presentation Session

  • 16:40–19:30

  • Chairs: Kristin Thiele (Germany), Joanne Kwak Kim (USA), Brice Gaudilliere (USA)