Session 12: Preterm labor and preterm birth: Maternal and Child Health
08:30–10:00
Chairs: Sandra M Blois (Germany) & Alexandra Gellhaus (Germany)
08:30–08:55
M2-polarized macrophages prevent preterm birth and improve neonatal survival and immunity
Nardhy Gomez-Lopez, Wayne State University (USA)08:55–09:20
Leveraging the host immune:microbe interaction for preterm birth prediction and prevention
Lynne Sykes, Imperial College London (UK)09:20–09:45
Short and long term consequences of early preterm birth: challenges in understanding
Andrei S. Morgan, University of Paris (France)09:45–09:55
The role of cervical neutrophils in cervicovaginal inflammation in women at high-risk of delivering preterm
Belen Gimeno-Molina, Imperial College London (UK)09:55–10:05
Prematurity alters telomere length in children
Josina Hofer, UKE (Germany)
10:05–10:30 Coffee Break
Session 13: Awards
10:30–11:00
Chairs: Joanne Kwak Kim (USA), Udo Markert (Germany), Anke Diemert (Germany), Sandra M. Blois (Germany)
- JRI Award (Basic and Clinical Science)
- ISIR New Investigator (Basic and Clinical Science)
- ESRI New Investigator (Basic and Clinical Science)
- German Reprod. Immunology Award (Basic and Clinical Science)
Session 14: Mentors
11:00–12:00
11:00–11:30
Remembering Great Mentors
Prof. Gerard Chaouat, Prof. Daniel Rukavina and Prof. Guy Andre Voisin11:30–12:00
Appreciating our mentors
Concluding Remarks & Lunch
12:00–13:00