Scope of the Meeting
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The theme of the IFPA Meeting 2008 / 12th EPG Conference is "Placenta – Established hypotheses and current concepts”. This title reflects the fact that the last decade has seen an enormous input from researchers and clinicians on proving established hypotheses and generating new concepts, some of them even disproving old hypotheses.
This meeting aims to provide a comprehensive platform for new ideas, exciting presentations and inspiring discussions on a wide range of basic and applied research topics. This will be achieved in the exciting atmosphere of Seggau castle with its isolated location on top of a hill - and a great view of southern Styria. Special attention will be given to the young (of age and heart) and new investigators, giving them a lot of time, a large audience and low registration fees.
The meeting will consist of:
- Special presentations:
- Keynote Lecture
- Gabor Than Award Lecture
- Trophoblast Research Award Lecture
- Four plenary sessions with sixteen speakers
- Three plenary sessions designated for twelve young investigators
- Twelve workshops in four sessions
- Two attended and one unattended poster sessions
- Social events
Main Topics:
- Aetiology of preeclampsia
- Evolution of placental function
- Genetics and proteomics in pregnancy
- Immunology of placentation
- Placental transport
- Pregnancy disorders
- Toxicology
- Trophoblast: Apoptosis and cell cycle
- Trophoblast: Neoplasia
- Trophoblast: Regulation of differentiation
And others already proposed such as:
- Angiogenesis
- Fetal programming
- Genomic imprinting and epigenetics
- Imaging the placenta
- Oxidative stress and miscarriage
- Placental infection
- Placental markers in prenatal diagnosis
- Placental stem cells
- Reproductive failure and potential for therapies
- Signaling in implantation and invasion
- Stereology in placental investigations
