Scientific Program • Thursday 31 May, 2012

09.00–10.30 Genetic and Epigenetic Regulation of Genomic Imprinting and Fetal Development
Chairs N. Hanna (Mineola, NY/US)
  I. Buhimschi (New Haven, CT/US)
   
09.00 Epigenetic regulation of trophoblast differentiation and antigen repertoire expression to ensure normal uterine vascularization and fetal growth
  M. Hemberger (Cambridge, UK)
   
09.20 Placental Epigenetics, a Window on Fetal Life
  J. F. Padbury (Providence, RI/US)
   
09.40 Gestational diabetes, inflammation and obesity: new insights into genetic markers and phenotype
  S. Daher (Sao Paolo, BR)
   
10.00 STOX1 overexpression in mice induces severe preeclampsia-like symptoms prevented by aspirin at low doses
  L. Doridot (Paris, FR)
   
10.15 An experimental insulin dependent diabetes model to investigate diabetic dysfunctions in early pregnancy
  R. Thieme (Hamburg, DE)
   
   
10.30–11.00 Coffee Break
   
   
11.00–13.00 Immune Aspects of Male Reproduction and Contraception
Chairs A. Meinhardt (Gießen, DE)
  K. Koyama (Nishinomiya, JP)
   
11.00 Aetiology of defective sperm function and DNA damage in the male germ line
  J. Aitken (Callaghan, AU)
   
11.30 Role of testosterone on regulatory T cell expansion in rat experimental autoimmune orchitis
  M. Fijak (Gießen, DE)
   
12.00 Regulatory T cells control tolerogenic versus autoimmune response to sperm in vasectomy
  K. Tung (Charlottesville, VA/US)
   
12.30 Ablation of a2 Vacuolar-ATPase decreases Bax and p53 expression in testis and leads to implantation failure in the female mouse
  M. Jaiswal (North Chicago, IL/US)
   
12.45 Effect of systemic inflammation (by LPS induction) on mouse sperm parameters and IL-6 and TNF expression levels in the testis and in the different regions of the epididymis
  M. Huleihel (Beer-Sheva, IL)
   
   
13.00–14.30 Lunch Break
   
   
13.00–14.30 Poster Session 1
Chairs G. Mor (New Haven, CT/US)
  R. Thieme (Hamburg, DE)
   
  Poster-Walk 1
  Immune Regulation during Gestation: what’s new on NK cells?
   
  Immune Regulation during Gestation: What’s new on T Regulatory Cells? – Part 1
   
  Poster-Walk 2
  Immune Regulation during Gestation: What’s new on T Regulatory Cells? – Part 2
   
  It Takes 2 to Tango: Endocrine-immune Cross talk in Reproduction
   
   
14.00–15.00 Lunch Symposium - Biolegend
  New Brilliant Violet™ Fluorophores for Multicolor Flow Cytometry
   
  Brilliant Violet™ Fluorophores: Greater Resolution and More Options for the Violet Laser
  C. Wiethe (Fell, DE)
   
  Improving Immune Effector Cell Analysis with Brilliant Violet™ Fluorophores
  E. Tolosa (Hamburg, DE)
   
   
15.00–16.30 Immune Regulation during Gestation: What’s new on T Regulatory Cells?
Chairs D. Clark (London, UK)
  B. Toth (Heidelberg, DE)
   
15.00 Human Natural Killer Cells in Pregnancy
  L. Moretta (Genova, IT)
   
15.30 Trophoblast cells can induce regulatory T cells
  I. Guleria (Boston, MA/US)
   
15.45 Expression and function of costimulatory molecules of spleen antigen presenting cells during pregnancy in mice
  A. Chelmonska-Soyta (Wroclaw, PL)
   
16.00 Paternal antigen-specific inducible regulatory T cells are increased just before the implantation by seminal fluid-priming
  T. Shima (Toyama-shi, JP)
   
16.15 G-CSF treatment increases Treg peripheral blood levels in women with recurrent miscarriage
  M. Sbracia (Rome, IT)
   
   
16.30–17.00 Coffee Break
   
   
17.00–19.00 Presidential Symposium
Chairs M. Kurpicz (Poznan, PL)
  S. Sharma (Providence, RI/US)
   
17.00 Interactions between the embryo and maternal immune system during the preimplantation period in domestic animals
  P. J. Hansen (Gainesville, FL/US)
   
17.30 Preeclampsia 2012 and Beyond
  J. Roberts (Pittsburgh, PA/US)
   
18.00 Acquisition of uterine receptivity-partaking of inflammation
  N. Dekel (Rehovot, IL)
   
18.30 Inflammation, NK and implantation: friend and foe
  G. Chaouat (Paris, FR)