The American Society forReproductive Immunology |
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Saturday, May 20
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12:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
Registration Desk open |
Lumpkins Mezzanine |
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4:00 PM – 6:00 PM |
Chairs: Joanne Kwak-Kim & Gil Mor |
Lumpkins Ballroom |
| 4:00 | Rafat Abbasi, Columbia Fertility - Autoimmune oophoritis and reproductive failures | |
| 4:30 | Yasuyuki Negishi, Nippon Medical School - Immune inflammatory responses in infertility | |
| 5:00 | Koji Nakagawa, Sugiyama Clinic Shinjuku - Immunotherapy with tacrolimus for RIF and RPL women with immunological rejection | |
| 5:30 | Richard Pilsner, Wayne State University - Sperm aging and immunity | |
| 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM |  Clinical Fellowship Reunion (informal networking) |
TBD |
Sunday, May 21
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12:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
Registration Desk open |
Lumpkins Mezzanine |
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7:00 AM - 8:00 AM |
Coffee (breakfast on your own) |
Lumpkins Mezzanine |
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8:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
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Lumpkins Ballroom |
| 8:00 | Kenneth Beaman, Rosalind Franklin University - Laboratory evaluation for women with RF | |
| 8:30 | Evangelos Ntravalas, Memorial Sloan Kettering - Flow cytometric analysis of peripheral immune cells in women with RF | |
| 9:00 | Raphael Stricker, Alan E. Beer Medical Center for Reproductive Immunology - Autoimmune responses in women with RF | |
| 9:30 | Amy Thees, Rosalind Franklin University - Targeted Gene Expression Profiling for Endometrial Dysregulation in Patients with Reproductive Failure | |
| 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM | COFFEE BREAK | Lumpkins Mezzanine |
| 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM |
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Lumpkins Ballroom |
| 10:15 | Joanne Kwak-Kim, Rosalind Franklin University - Update in Recurrent pregnancy losses: thyroid autoimmunity | |
| 10:45 | Marcelo Cavalcante, Universidade de Fortaleza, Brasil - Current evidence on immunotherapies; immunization with lymphocytes, lipid emulsions, and recombinant G-CSF | |
| 11:15 | Andrew Wong, UCLA - Rheumatic Disease and Pregnancy- Part I | |
| 11:45 | Kristen Demoruelle, Colorado University, Anschutz - Rheumatic disease and pregnancy II | |
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12:15 PM - 1:15 PM |
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La Terraza Rooftop |
| 12:15 | Ricardo Barini, UNICAMP - Available Therapies for Implantation Failure and Recurrent Pregnancy Loss | |
| 12:45 | Giovanni Jubiz, Center for Reproductive Immunology & Infertility - Available Immunologic Testing for Implantation Failure and Recurrent Pregnancy Loss | |
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1:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
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Lumpkins Ballroom |
| 1:15 | Gil Mor, Wayne State University - How pregnancy deals with viral infections | |
| 1:45 | Vikki Abrahams, Yale University - Role of APA in pregnancy morbidity | |
| 2:15 | Babbette LaMarca, UMC - Autoimmune activation in preeclampsia | |
| 2:45 | Elizabeth Enninga, Mayo Clinic - The role of occult infection in the pathogenesis of CHI/VUE |
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3:15 PM - 4:45 PM |
Executive Council Meeting (ASRI Council & Committee Chairs only) |
Ballen Ballroom |
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5:00 PM - 5:15 PM |
Welcome Remarks & Introduction |
Lumpkins Ballroom |
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5:15 PM - 6:15 PM |
PL01: GENERAL PUBLIC HEALTH
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Lumpkins Ballroom |
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6:30 PM - 8:30 PM |
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La Terraza Rooftop |
Keynote Speaker:
WELCOME RECEPTION
Monday, May 22
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7:00 AM - 4:00 PM |
Registration Desk open |
Lumpkins Mezzanine |
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7:00 AM - 8:00 AM |
Coffee (breakfast on your own) |
Lumpkins Mezzanine |
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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM |
PL02: CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGIES
Keynote Speaker: |
Lumpkins Ballroom |
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9:00 AM - 9:30 AM |
Chair: Surendra Sharma Andreas Meinhardt, 2021 AJRI Award Recipient |
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9:30 AM - 10:00 AM |
COFFEE BREAK |
Lumpkins Mezzanine |
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10:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
S-01: CHANGES IN ADAPTIVE AND INNATE IMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE LIFESPAN OF WOMEN Chairs: Marta Rodriguez-Garcia & Chuck Wira |
Lumpkins East |
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10:00 |
Duygu Ucar, The Jackson Laboratory - Sex differences in immune system aging and responses |
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10:30 |
Caroline Mitchell, Harvard University - Cervicovaginal microbiota across the lifespan |
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11:00 |
Chuck Wira, Dartmouth College - Impact of Aging Beyond Menopause on Mucosal Immunity in the Human Female Reproductive Tract |
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11:30 |
ORAL |
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11:45 |
ORAL |
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10:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
S-02: THE EFFECT OF MATERNAL IMMUNE ACTIVATION ON FETAL IMMUNE DEVELOPMENT Chairs: Jiahui Ding & Jun Lei |
Lumpkins West |
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10:00 |
Anna Beaudin, University of Utah - MIA alters the trajectory of postnatal immunity by reprogramming fetal hematopoiesis |
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10:30 |
Leena Mithal, Northwestern University - Impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy on fetal immune state |
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11:00 |
Jun Huh, Harvard University - Maternal microbiota underlies both neurodevelopment and immune-primed phenotypes in offspring |
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11:30 |
ORAL |
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11:45 |
ORAL |
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12:00 PM - 1:30 PM |
Understanding Indigenous approaches to sexual and reproductive health and improving health outcomes Chairs: Charu Kauschic & Chuck Wira |
La Terraza Rooftop |
| Carrie Martin, Communities, Alliances and Networks - Indigenous-Led Global Collaboration: Responses to SRHR | ||
| Corrine Sanchez, Tewa Women United / Univ New Mexico - TBD | ||
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1:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
S-03: IMMUNOLOGY OF GYNECOLOGICAL CANCERS Chairs: Vijay Kumar & Joanne Kwak-Kim |
Lumpkins East |
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1:30 |
Amir Jazaeri, University of Texas - Making immunotherapy work for ovarian cancer |
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2:00 |
Animesh Barua, Rush University - Ovarian autoimmunity and endometriosis as risk factors for ovarian malignancy |
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2:30 |
Mickey Patel, Dartmouth College - CD8+ T cells and endometrial cancer cells |
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3:00 |
ORAL |
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3:15 |
ORAL |
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1:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
S-04: MATERNAL-FETAL MEDICINE Chairs: Ramkumar Menon & TBD |
Lumpkins West |
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1:30 |
Veronica Zaga Clavellina, INPerIER - The key immunomodulatory role of decidual prolactin during human labor |
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2:00 |
Akitoshi Nakashima, Toyama University - The autophagy inhibitor, bafilomycin A1, induces preeclampsia-like phenotypes in vitro |
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2:30 |
Ryan Christian Lintao, UTMB - The "Great Wall" of Chorion Trophoblasts: Exploring its immumodulatory role at the feto-maternal interface |
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3:00 |
ORAL |
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3:15 |
ORAL |
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3:30 PM - 3:45 PM |
COFFEE BREAK |
Lumpkins Mezzanine |
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3:45 PM – 5:45 PM |
S-05: Novel multi-omics approaches to study infection and reproduction Chairs: Marta Rodriguez-Garcia & Biban Gill |
Lumpkins East |
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3:45 |
Nadia Roan, UCSF - Multi-omics single-cell analyses of CD4+ T cell susceptibility to HIV infection |
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4:15 |
Matthew Pugh, University of Birmingham - The immunopathology of COVID-19 placentitis: A multi-omic spatial approach |
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4:45 |
Liza Konnikova, Yale University - Multi-omic approaches in studying the maternal-fetal interface |
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5:15 |
ORAL |
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5:30 |
ORAL |
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3:45 PM – 5:45 PM |
S-06: IMMUNE MEMORY AND TOLERANCE IN PREGANCY Chairs: Sylvie Girard & Florian Hladik |
Lumpkins West |
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3:45 |
Lucia Vojtech, University of Washington - The role of semen in induction of paternal-specific tolerance during pregnancy |
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4:15 |
Charles Graham, Queen’s University - Innate Immune Memory and Maternal-Fetal Health Outcomes |
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4:45 |
Tamara Tilburgs, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital - Mechanisms of maternal-fetal tolerance and placental immunity |
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5:15 |
ORAL |
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5:30 |
ORAL |
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| 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM | POSTER SESSION I & JUDGING | New Mexico/Santa Fe Room |
| 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM | Trainee/Student Meet Up (informal networking - on your own) | Cowgirl Saloon |
AJRI AWARD LECTURE: The landscape of macrophages in the epididymis
LUNCH SESSION:
Tuesday, May 23
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7:00 AM - 4:00 PM |
Registration Desk open |
Lumpkins Mezzanine |
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7:00 AM - 8:00 AM |
Coffee (breakfast on your own) |
Lumpkins Mezzanine |
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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM |
PL03: PRESIDENT'S SESSION: Leadership: Navigating the Journey Chair: Irina Burd 
Presidential Speaker |
Lumpkins Ballroom |
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9:00 AM - 9:30 AM |
Chair: TBD Melissa Herbst-Kralovetz, Arizona State University |
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9:30 AM -10:00 AM |
COFFEE BREAK |
Lumpkins Mezzanine |
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10:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
S-07: IMMUNE MILIEU DURING DECIDUALIZATION AND EARLY PREGNANCY Chairs: Joanne Kwak-Kim & Ken Beaman |
Lumpkins East |
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10:00 |
Gabrielle Rizzuto, Memorial Sloan Kettering - A new mechanism of fetomaternal tolerance |
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10:30 |
Svetlana Dambaeva, Rosalind Franklin University - Homeostasis, inflammatory, immunoregulatory and decidualization factors important in evaluation of endometrial tissue |
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11:00 |
Joanne Kwak-Kim, Rosalind Franklin UniversityOxidative stress and pregnancy loss |
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11:30 |
ORAL |
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11:45 |
ORAL |
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10:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
S-08: SEX HORMONES AND IMMUNITY - SIGNIFICANCE FOR POPULATIONS-AT-RISK Chairs: Florian Hladik & Mimi Ghosh |
Lumpkins West |
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10:00 |
Florian Hladik, University of Washington - Homeostatic regulation of vaginal immunity by sex hormones and across life events |
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10:30 |
Mimi Ghosh, George Washington University - Systemic and mucosal immune dysregulation in transgender individuals on gender affirming hormone therapy |
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11:00 |
Craig Hendrix, Johns Hopkins - Exogenous Sex Hormone Modulation (Or NOT) of HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis |
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11:30 |
ORAL |
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11:45 |
ORAL |
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12:00 PM - 1:30 PM |
LUNCH & ASRI BUSINESS MEETING Chair: Irina Burd |
La Terrazza & Patio |
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1:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
S-09: IMPACT OF EMERGING VIRAL INFECTIONS ON PREGNANCY AND THE NEONATE Chairs: Kristina Adams Waldorf & Indira Mysorekar |
Lumpkins East |
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1:30 |
David Schwartz, University of Maryland - Update on monkeypox: what do we know and what can we learn from smallpox? |
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2:00 |
Amy Hartman, University of Pittsburgh - Rift valley fever: impact on pregnancy and unanswered questions |
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2:30 |
Raphael Tomoya Michita, Baylor College of Medicine - Tunneling nanotubes: a new route of ZIKV infection at the maternal-fetal interface |
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3:00 |
ORAL |
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3:15 |
ORAL |
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1:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
S-10: EMPOWERING WOMEN LEADERS IN SCIENCE Chair: Elizabeth Enninga |
Lumpkins West |
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1:30 |
Melissa Herbst-Kralovetz, University of Arizona - Finding belonging in science |
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2:00 |
Susan Cu-Uvin, Brown University - TBD |
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2:30 |
Sylvie Girard, Mayo Clinic - Developing your own program |
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3:00 |
ORAL |
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3:15 |
ORAL |
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3:30 PM - 3:45 PM |
COFFEE BREAK |
Lumpkins Mezzanine |
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3:45 PM – 5:45 PM |
S-11: IMMUNE PRIVILEGE VS. IMMUNITY IN THE TESTES; MAINTAINING A BALANCE Chairs: Ken Beagley & Andreas Meinhardt |
Lumpkins East |
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3:45 | Yong-Gang Duan, Hong Kong University - Role of T cells in the testes and epididymis |
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4:15 |
Sudhandshu Bhushan, Justus-Liebig UniversityThe landscape of macrophages in the testes |
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4:45 |
Emily Bryan, Queensland UniversityDevelopment of mouse models for studying sexually transmitted infections in males |
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5:15 |
ORAL |
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5:30 |
ORAL |
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3:45 PM – 5:45 PM |
S-12: SARS-CoV-2 AND PREGNANCY Chairs: Nazeeh Hanna & Irina Burd |
Lumpkins West |
| 3:45 | Rebecca Simmons, Univ. Pennsylvania - Sars-CoV2: Is the placenta a safe place? | |
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4:15 |
Irina Burd, Univ. Maryland - Modeling SARS-CoV2: Effects on placenta and offspring |
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4:45 |
Nazeeh Hanna, NYU Langone - Perinatal SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Vaccination: New Insights |
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5:15 |
ORAL |
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5:30 |
ORAL |
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| 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM | POSTER SESSION II | New Mexico/Santa Fe Room |
| 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM | AJRI Editorial Board Meeting (invitation only) |
Wednesday, May 24
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7:00 AM - 4:00 PM |
Registration Desk open |
Lumpkins Mezzanine |
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7:00 AM - 8:00 AM |
Coffee (breakfast on your own) |
Lumpkins Mezzanine |
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8:00 AM - 9:30 AM |
Chairs: TBD |
Lumpkins Ballroom |
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9:30 AM -10:00 AM |
COFFEE BREAK |
Lumpkins Mezzanine |
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10:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
S-13: MICROBIOMES OF PREGNANCY Chairs: Anna Powell & Melissa Herbst-Kralovetz |
Lumpkins East |
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10:00 |
David MacIntyre, Imperial College London - Spatial characterisation of reproductive tract microbiota-host responses in pregnancy and preterm birth |
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10:30 |
Melody Zeng, Cornell University - Gut microbiome-mediated immune regulation at the maternal-fetal interface |
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11:00 |
Elizabeth Corwin, Columbia University - The Social and Biological Determinants of the Vaginal Microbiome and the Risk of Preterm Birth |
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11:30 |
ORAL |
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11:45 |
ORAL |
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10:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
S-14: VACCINATION DURING PREGNANCY Chairs: Surendra Sharma & Judy Zhang |
Lumpkins West |
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10:00 |
Maged Constantine, Ohio State - Maternal and neonatal outcomes of Covid infections |
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10:30 |
Michael Citron, Merck - Modeling vaccination during pregnancy using non-human primates |
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11:00 |
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11:30 |
ORAL |
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11:45 |
ORAL |
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12:00 PM - 1:30 PM |
Chairs: Indira Mysorekar & Irina Burd |
La Terraza Rooftop |
| Marianna Alperin, UCSD - TBD | ||
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1:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
S-15: REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNE-ENDOCRINE CROSS-TALK: IMPLICATIONS FOR WOMEN’S HEALTH Special Anniversary session of the Indian Society for Reproductive Immunology Chairs: Taruna Madan & Chuck Wira |
Lumpkins East |
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Taruna Madan, ICMR-NIRRCH - Synergistic prediction of Early Onset Preeclampsia by immune and endocrine biomarkers: A window of opportunity to prevent feto-maternal mortality and morbidity |
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Shailaja Sopory, Translational Health Science & Technology Institute - Longitudinal expression of serum immune markers across pregnancy and fetal growth restriction in a North Indian pregnancy cohort |
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Malini Laloraya, Rajiv Gandhi Center for Biotechnology - PCOS- where endocrinology meets immunology |
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Mohan Raut, Dr. Raut's Centre for Reproductive Immunology - Immunomodulation - Missing link in Recurrent Implantation Failures (RIF) |
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| Rupesh Srivastava, All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi - Exploiting the Immunoporotic potential of “Bregs” under Inflammatory bone loss in Post-menopausal Osteoporosis: Bench to Bedside | ||
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1:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
S-16: INFLAMMATION AND METABOLIC PROCESS IN THE UROGENITAL TRACT AND THEIR ROLE IN STIs Chairs: Amy Gilgrass & Indira Mysorekar |
Lumpkins West |
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1:30 |
Keith Fowke, Univ. Manitoba - Reducing inflammation in the female genital tract as a novel HIV prevention approach |
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2:00 |
Charu Kaushic, McMaster University - Host-microbiome interactions, inflammation and their effect on HIV susceptibility in female genital tract |
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2:30 |
Marta Rodriguez-Garcia, Tufts University - The role of neutrophils in protection against HIV infection in the female reproductive tract |
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3:00 |
ORAL |
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3:15 |
ORAL |
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2:30 PM - 3:00 PM |
COFFEE BREAK |
Lumpkins Mezzanine |
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3:45 PM – 5:45 PM |
S-17: ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS AND IMPACT ON PREGNANCY Chairs: Sylvie Girard & David Olson |
Lumpkins East |
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3:45 |
Gerlinda Metz, Univ. Leth - Psychosocial Stress as a Risk Factor in Pregnancy |
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4:15 |
Michal Elovitz, Univ. Pennsylvania - Biology does not occur in a vacuum: Considerations for the microbiota and pregnancy health |
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4:45 |
Felipe Vadillo-Ortega, Univ. Michigan - Inflammation, Nutrition and City Environment: Mexico City Perinatal Cohort |
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5:15 |
ORAL |
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5:30 |
ORAL |
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3:45 PM – 5:45 PM |
S-18: ANIMAL MODELS OF REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND DISEASE Chairs: Surendra Sharma & Kristina Adams Waldorf |
Lumpkins West |
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3:45 |
Jennifer Tisoncik-Go, Univ. Washington - Nonhuman primate fetal brain transcriptomic signature of congenital Zika syndrome identifies alterations in myelination processes |
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4:15 |
Orlando Cervantes, Univ. Washington - Modeling enhanced lung disease in pregnancy from Influenza A virus infection in an NHP model |
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4:45 |
Sananth Karumanchi, Cedars Sinai Medical Center - Baboon model of siRNA treatment of preeclampsia |
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5:15 |
ORAL |
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5:30 |
ORAL |
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5:45 PM - 6:00 PM |
Closing Remarks / Announcement of 2024 Meeting |
Lumpkins Ballroom |
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7:00 PM - 11:00 PM |
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New Mexico History Museum |
Thursday, May 25
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