The American Society forReproductive Immunology |
| Does not include abstracts - May AJRI issue will be available soon |
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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 North |
| 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) |
Lumpkins Mezzanine |
Sunday, May 21
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7:30 AM - 4:00 PM |
Registration Desk open |
Lumpkins Mezzanine |
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7:00 AM - 8:00 AM |
Continental Breakfast for Clinical Course attendees |
Lumpkins Mezzanine |
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8:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
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Lumpkins North |
| 8:00 | Kenneth Beaman, Rosalind Franklin University - Laboratory evaluation for women with RF | |
| 8:30 | Evan Ntrivalas, 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 North |
| 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 | Giovanni Jubiz, Center for Reproductive Immunology & Infertility - How to set up a guideline for immunological assessment and management in patients with pregnancy loss and implantation failures? |
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| 12:45 | Ricardo Barini, UNICAMP - Available Therapies for Implantation Failure and Recurrent Pregnancy Loss | |
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1:15 PM - 3:15 PM |
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Lumpkins North |
| 1:15 | Gil Mor, Wayne State University - How pregnancy deals with viral infections | |
| 1:45 | Vikki Abrahams, Yale University - Role of antiphospholipid antibodies in adverse pregnancy outcomes | |
| 2:15 | Babbette LaMarca, UMC - CD4+ T Cells from Preeclamptic patients cause hypertension, autoantibodies and cognitive dysfunction in a pregnant rat model | |
| 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: The Primary Significance of Secondary Findings in Maternal Health Research
Director, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development |
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 |
Continental Breakfast |
Lumpkins Mezzanine |
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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM |
PL02: CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGIES
Preventing Adverse Pregnancy Outcome Before Conception: The soil is more important than the seed Keynote Speaker: Errol Norwitz, Tufts University |
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 North |
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10:00 |
Duygu Ucar, The Jackson Laboratory - Sexual-dimorphism in human immune system aging and vaccine responses |
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10:30 |
Caroline Mitchell, Harvard University - Cervicovaginal microbiota across the lifespan |
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11:00 |
Chuck Wira, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth - Impact of Aging Beyond Menopause on Mucosal Immunity in the Human Female Reproductive Tract |
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11:30 |
ORAL: Arnold Salazar, Baylor College of Medicine - Metabolic and cellular mechanisms driving age-dependent inflammaging and senescence in the female urinary tract |
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11:45 |
ORAL: Zheng Shen, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth - Impact of aging on the frequency, phenotype, and function of CD4+ T cells in the human female reproductive tract |
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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 South |
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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: Tao Zhang, Chinese University of Hong Kong - Role of macrophage on oxidative stress and angiogenesis toward the early growth and development in endometriosis |
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11:45 |
ORAL: Enitome Bafor, National Cancer Institute - A mouse model of corpus luteal defect mediated by CD8+T cells |
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12:00 PM - 1:30 PM |
Understanding Indigenous approaches to sexual and reproductive health and improving health outcomes Chairs: Charu Kaushic & Chuck Wira |
La Terraza Rooftop |
 Indigenous Health: Global Perspectives British Columbia, Canada | ||
| Will Gooding / Renee Masching, McMaster University - Inequitable Outcomes of Health In Indigenous Communities | ||
| Carrie Martin, Communities, Alliances and Networks - Indigenous-Led Global Collaboration: Responses to SRHR | ||
| Corrine Sanchez, Tewa Women United / University of New Mexico - Indigenous Women’s Reproductive Health and Wellness: A perspective on the birth work community of Northern New Mexico | ||
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1:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
S-03: IMMUNOLOGY OF GYNECOLOGICAL CANCERS Chairs: Vijay Kumar & Atsushi Fukui |
Lumpkins North |
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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, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth - Endometrial tumors suppress CD8+T cell function |
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3:00 |
ORAL: Christina Farr, Case Western Reserve University - Investigating mucosal neutrophils in HPV-associated cervical neoplasia in African American women |
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3:15 |
ORAL: Sarah Nelson, Southern Illinois University of Medicine - Identification of systemic inflammation and immune phenotypes in endometrial cancer |
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1:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
S-04: FETO-MATERNAL INTERFACE IMMUNOLOGY AND PATHOBIOLOGY Chairs: Ramkumar Menon & Joanne Kwak-Kim |
Lumpkins South |
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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 C.V. Lintao, University of the Philippines Manila and UTMB - The "Great Wall" of Chorion Trophoblasts: Exploring its immunomodulatory role at the feto-maternal interface |
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3:00 |
ORAL: Xue Jiao, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Shandong University - Regional immunological properties in two distinct subsets of ovarian resident macrophages |
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3:15 |
ORAL: Giuseppe Maiocco, Southern Illinois University of Medicine - Functional conversion of human peripheral blood NK cells to decidua-like NK cells requires cooperative effects of hypoxia and TGFβ |
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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 North |
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3:45 |
Nadia Roan, UCSF - MULTIOMICS INTERROGATION OF VIRAL – T CELL INTERACTIONS IN THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE TRACT |
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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: Olivia Palmer, Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth - 17beta-estradiol Induces Temporal Transcriptomic Variation in M1 and M2 Macrophages |
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5:30 |
ORAL: Vilde Kaldhusdal, Karolinska Institutet - Spatial transcriptomics reveals distinct molecular signatures across the stratified ectocervical epithelium associated with use of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate |
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3:45 PM – 5:45 PM |
S-06: IMMUNE MEMORY AND TOLERANCE IN PREGANCY Chairs: Sylvie Girard & Florian Hladik |
Lumpkins South |
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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: Ragav Siddharth, Tufts University - Untangling Dendritic Cell Heterogeneity In The Female Reproductive Tract And Their Role In HIV Pathogenesis |
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5:30 |
ORAL: Umida Ganieva, Rosalind Franklin University - Regenerative power of IL-22: a potential treatment for secondary infertility |
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| 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM | POSTER SESSION I (odd #s) & JUDGING | New Mexico/Santa Fe Room |
| 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM |
Join other trainees for this 2-hour scavenger hunt around the Plaza! Make new friends as you complete team challenges via mobile app. Prizes for winning team(s) ! RSVP |
Meet: New Mexico Room End: Cowgirl Saloon |
AJRI AWARD LECTURE: The landscape of macrophages in the epididymis
LUNCH SESSION: 
Trainee/Student Scavenger Hunt
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 |
Continental Breakfast |
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, University of Arizona |
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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: Ken Beaman & Emilio Fernandez |
Lumpkins North |
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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 University - Dysregulated T cell immunity in women with reproductive failures |
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11:30 |
ORAL: Iryna Sudoma,Clinic of Reproductive Medicine NADIYA, Kyiv, Ukraine - Immune endometrial phenotypes in assisted reproduction programs |
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11:45 |
ORAL: José Martin Murrieta Coxca, University Hospital Jena - Microglia cells as targets of preeclampsia extracellular vesicles: an in vitro approach (unable to attend) |
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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 South |
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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: Alexandra Werner, Tufts University - Innate Lymphoid Cells Reside in the Human Female Reproductive Tract and Display Antiviral Properties |
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11:45 |
ORAL: Firoz Mian, McMaster University - NET-EN, unlike DMPA, enhances mucin and T cell functions in the vaginal tract, improves protection from HSV-2 in mouse models |
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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 North |
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1:30 |
David Schwartz, Perinatal Pathology Consulting - Update on mpox (monkeypox) in pregnancy: Intrauterine transmission, maternal, placental and fetal infection, and what we can 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 |
Rafael 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: Alison Eastman, Vanderbilt University - Infected decidual stromal cells prime immune responses of adjacent uninfected cell layers of the gestational membranes |
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3:15 |
ORAL: Kerrie Foyle, University of Adelaide - Uterine γδ T cells are a major element of the female immune response to seminal fluid in mice |
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1:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
S-10: EMPOWERING WOMEN LEADERS IN SCIENCE Chairs: Elizabeth Enninga & Ramkumar Menon |
Lumpkins South |
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1:30 |
Melissa Herbst-Kralovetz, University of Arizona - Finding belonging in science |
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1:50 | Elizabeth Connick, University of Arizona - Surviving and Thriving in Academic Medicine |
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2:10 |
Sylvie Girard, Mayo Clinic - Developing your own program |
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| 2:30 | Kristen Porter, NIH - Changing Careers: Four Words for Success | |
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2:50 |
Open panel discussion |
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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 North |
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3:45 |
Yong-Gang Duan, Hong Kong University - High-level glucose intake exacerbated murine autoimmune epididymal-orchitis via promoting Th17 differentiation and ROS production |
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4:15 |
Sudhandshu Bhushan, Justus-Liebig University - The landscape of macrophages in the testes |
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4:45 |
Emily Bryan, Queensland University - Development of mouse models for studying sexually transmitted infections in males |
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5:15 |
ORAL: Yuekun Chen, Hyogo Medical University - Inhibitory effects of a spontaneously-occurring anti-sperm antibody on reproductive functions in mice |
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5:30 |
ORAL: Qunxiong Zeng, University of Hong Kong - Inflammatory Bowel Disease Induces Orchitis And Epididymitis In Mouse Model |
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3:45 PM – 5:45 PM |
S-12: SARS-CoV-2 AND PREGNANCY Chairs: Nazeeh Hanna & Irina Burd |
Lumpkins South |
| 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: Deepak Kumar, Baylor College of Medicine - SARS-CoV-2 Infection Disrupts Trophoblast Function and Placental Syncytial Barrier Integrity Via Its Accessory Protein, ORF3a |
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5:30 |
ORAL: Landon vom Steeg, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth - The susceptibility of endometrial CD4+ T cells to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection increases with age |
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| 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM | POSTER SESSION II (even #s) | 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 |
Continental Breakfast |
Lumpkins Mezzanine |
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8:00 AM - 9:30 AM |
Chairs: Surendra Sharma & Gil Mor |
Lumpkins Ballroom |
| G1 | Elsa Bernier, University of Montreal - Pandemic stress induces systemic immune changes and placental inflammation independently of SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancies | |
| G2 | Steffany Conyers, Harvard University - Transplacental Transfer of SARS-CoV-2 Variant Antibodies Following COVID-19 Vaccination During Pregnancy | |
| G3 | Belen Gimeno Molin, Imperial College London - The complement system in cervical shortening and spontaneous preterm birth | |
| G4 | Jun Lei, University of Maryland - IL-1 Receptor as a Therapeutic Target Alleviates Placental Dysfunction & Perinatal Injury in a Mouse Model of Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection | |
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Laura Moreno de Lara, Tufts University - Aging Impairs HIV Responses in Neutrophils from Blood and the Female Genital Tract |
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| G6 | Mickey Patel, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth - Aging alters the innate immune responses of endometrial fibroblasts from the human female reproductive tract | |
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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 North |
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10:00 |
David MacIntyre, Imperial College London - Spatial characterization 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: Sona Jasani, Yale School of Medicine - Using cross-species transcriptomics to uncover molecular pathways associated with retained placenta |
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11:45 |
ORAL: Russell Urie, University of Michigan - Subcutaneous scaffold implants recapitulate the placental microenvironment for prenatal immunosurveillance |
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10:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
S-14: VACCINATION DURING PREGNANCY Chairs: Deborah Anderson & Judy Zhang |
Lumpkins South |
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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 |
Kang Chen, Wayne State University - Transplacental immunoglobulin D protects infants from food allergy |
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11:30 |
ORAL: George Ndukwe, ARGC, London - The use of immunomodulation therapy in women with recurrent implantation failure undergoing assisted conception: a multicentre cohort study |
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11:45 |
ORAL: Zheping Huang, Women & Infants Hospital - Exploiting sweet relief for preeclampsia by targeting autophagy-lysosomal machinery and proteinopathy Increased levels of plasma TNFα in transgender women on long-term gender-affirming hormone therapy |
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12:00 PM - 1:30 PM |
Chairs: Indira Mysorekar & Irina Burd |
La Terraza Rooftop |
| Marianna Alperin, UCSD - Pelvic Floor Muscle Regeneration following Simulated Birth Injury in a Validated preclinical model | ||
| Ijeoma Opara, Wayne State / Health Equity & Justice in Medicine & Global Health Alliance | ||
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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 & Surendra Sharma |
Lumpkins North |
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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 Gillgrass & Indira Mysorekar |
Lumpkins South |
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1:30 |
Keith Fowke, University of 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: Janja Kovacic, George Washington University - Increased levels of plasma TNFα in transgender women on long-term gender-affirming hormone therapy |
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3:15 |
ORAL: Madeleine Lepard, McMaster University - A next generation humanized mouse model of HIV, TB and HIV/TB co-infection |
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3:15 PM - 3:45 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 North |
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3:45 |
Gerlinde Metz, University of Lethbridge - Psychosocial Stress as a Risk Factor in Pregnancy |
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4:15 |
Michal Elovitz, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai - Biology does not occur in a vacuum: Considerations for the microbiota and pregnancy health |
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4:45 |
Felipe Vadillo-Ortega, University of Michigan - Inflammation, Nutrition and City Environment: Mexico City Perinatal Cohort |
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5:15 |
ORAL: Tiffany Habelrih, University of Montreal - Efficacy of Rytvela, an Allosteric Anti-IL-1R Modulator, to Prevent Preterm Birth and Neonatal Tissue Injury After Onset of Preterm Labor |
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5:30 |
ORAL: Anthony Maxwell, Wayne State University - Impact of Benzene Exposure on Interferon Stimulated Genes Expression and Function |
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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 South |
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3:45 |
Jennifer Tisoncik-Go, University of Washington - Zika virus exposure in utero is associated with altered myelination during fetal brain development in a pigtail macaque pregnancy model |
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4:15 |
Orlando Cervantes, University of 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: Sudeshna Tripathy, Oregon National Primate Research Center - Choriodecidual Ureaplasma Infection Results in Fetal Membrane Inflammatory Responses In Vivo in a Non-Human Primate Model |
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5:30 |
ORAL: Meredith Kelleher, Oregon National Primate Research Center- Fetal Brain Inflammation Induced by Choriodecidual Ureaplasma parvum Infection without Preterm Labor in a Rhesus macaque Model |
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7:00 PM - 11:00 PM |
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New Mexico History Museum |
Thursday, May 25
| AM | Departures |