Symposia
Symposium I: Evolution of Placental Function
Organizers: Anthony M. Carter (Denmark) / Derek E. Wildman (USA)
Reasons for diversity of placental structure
Allen C. Enders (USA)Evolution of different strategies for the maintenance of pregnancy and initiation of parturition by the placenta
John R. G. Challis (Canada)Evolution of the immunological response to pregnancy: comparative aspects of lymphocyte recruitment to implantation sites
Anne Croy (Canada)Evolution of mechanisms for placental oxygen exchange
Anthony M. Carter (Denmark)
Symposium II: Aetiology of Preeclampsia: Old Concepts & New Hypotheses
Organizer: Berthold Huppertz (Austria) / Chris Redman (UK)
Pre-eclampsia, the placenta and intrinsic or extrinsic stress
Chris Redman (UK)Placental endoplasmic reticulum stress in intrauterine growth restriction and preeclampsia; a difference in degree?
Graham Burton (UK)Challenging the current hypothesis on the placental origin of preeclampsia
Berthold Huppertz (Austria)
Symposium III: Genetics and Proteomics in Pregnancy
Organizer: Reynir Geirsson (Iceland) / Greg Rice (Australia)
Arrays for placental macro- and micro-RNAs
Yoel Sadovsky (Pittsburgh, USA)Mass spectrometry based protein profiling
Gary Kruppa or Gongyi Shi from Bruker Daltronics (USA)Isolation of cell surface proteins for proteomic display
John Robinson (Columbus, USA)
Symposium IV: Pregnancy Disorders (Dedicated to Henning Schneider)
Organizers: Irene Cetin (Italy) / Richard Miller (USA)
An introduction to the career of Henning Schneider
Rich Miller (USA)Why does dual in vitro perfusion of placental tissue work?
Henning Schneider (Switzerland)Malaria and pregnancy: role of the placenta
Christopher King (USA)Fetal growth restriction: implications for placental metabolism and transport
Irene Cetin (Italy)Preterm Labor: characterizing the initiating factors
Greg Rice (Australia)
