Thursday 10th September 2009 |
| 16.00-19.00 |
Registration, followed by Dinner 1900 (optional) |
Friday 11th September 2009 |
| 8.00 |
Registration |
| 8.45-9.00 |
Ian Sargent
Welcome and Introduction |
Placenta
Chair: Richard Boyd & Colin Sibley |
| 09.00-9.30 |
Susan Fisher
University of California, San Francisco:
Maternal-fetal interface in pre-eclampsia |
| 09.30-10.00 |
Berthold Huppertz
Medical University, Graz:
Trophoblast differentiation and
pre-eclampsia |
| 10.00-10.30 |
Robert Pijnenborg
University of Leuven:
Endovascular trophoblast and
pre-eclampsia |
| 10.30-11.00 |
Coffee Break & Poster Viewing |
Immunology
Chair: Gerard Chaouat & Charlie Loke |
| 11.00-11.30 |
Shirley Ellis
Institute for Animal Health, Compton:
HLA-G: a multi-tasking gene that influences fetal survival |
| 11.30-12.00 |
Ashley Moffett
University of Cambridge:
NK cells and pre-eclampsia |
| 12.00-12.30 |
Anne Croy
Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario:
Blood Pressure Regulation in Pregnant Mice |
| 12.30-13.30 |
Lunch |
Clinical and Cardiovascular Aspects of Pre-eclampsia
Chair: Michael de Swiet & David Williams |
| 13.30-14.00 |
Jim Roberts
Magee-Women’s Research Institute, Pittsburgh:
Obesity and pre-eclampsia |
| 14.00-14.30 |
Ralf Dechend
HELIOS Clinic and Charite, Berlin:
Autoantibodies and pre-eclampsia |
| 14.30-15.00 |
Jimmy Walker
St James's University Hospital, Leeds:
Inflammation and pre-eclampsia |
Oral Presentations
Chair: Dionne Tannetta & Gavin Sacks |
| 15.30-15.45 |
Marijke Faas et al.
University Medical Centre, Groningen
Vascular responsiveness to angiotensin II in preeclampsia versus healthy pregnancy. Disturbed down regulation of AT-1 receptors in preeclampsia. |
| 15.45-16.00 |
Sascha Drewlo et al.
(Presented by John Kingdom)
Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto
Heparin Mimics the Biologic Effects of Glial Cell Missing-1 Repression in First Trimester Floating Placental Villi to elevate sflt-1 Secretion in-vitro. |
| 16.00-16.15 |
Padma Murthi et al.
The Royal Women’s Hospital & The University of Melbourne
Placental endothelial cell-specific homeobox gene HEX is differentially expressed in the human pregnancy disorders of fetal growth restriction and pre-eclampsia. |
| 16.15 - 16.30 |
Ulrik. Dolberg-Anderson et al.
(Presented by Stefan. Hansson)
Lund University, Sweden
Free fetal hemoglobin and alpha-1-microglobulin: early biomarkers of preeclampsia. |
| 16.30 -16.45 |
Linda Rogers et al.
Beckman Coulter Inc, Chaska, Minnesota
Differential Diagnosis of Preterm Preeclampsia and Hypertension using Prototype Automated Assays for the sVEGF R1:PlGF ratio: A Prospective Clinical Study |
| 16.45 - 17.00 |
Justine Fitzgerald et al.
Friedrich-Schiller Universität, Jena
Reduction of early-onset preeclampsia and intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) in a high-risk group with the NO-donor penterythriltetranitrat (PETN) – a prospective randomized double-blind placebo trial. |
| 17.00 -18.30 |
Poster viewing and drinks |
| 19.30 |
Dinner, Keble College |
Saturday 12th September 2009 |
Oxidative Stress and Endothelial Repair
Chair: Liz Linton & Fiona Lyall |
| 09.00-09.30 |
Graham Burton
University of Cambridge:
ER stress and pre-eclampsia |
| 09.30-10.00 |
Tony Perkins
Griffith University, Brisbane:
Pre-eclampsia, endogenous anti-oxidants and selenium |
| 10.00-10.30 |
Carl Hubel
Magee-Women’s Research Institute, Pittsburgh:
Circulating angiogenic cells and
pre-eclampsia |
| 10.30-11.00 |
Coffee Break & Poster Viewing |
Biomarkers
Chair: Shanti Muttukrishna & John Kingdom |
| 11.00-11.30 |
Annetine Staff
Oslo University Hospital, Ulleval, Oslo:
Circulating biomarkers in pre-eclampsia - prediction and available biobanks |
| 11.30-12.00 |
Lucilla Poston
KCL, London:
Markers of oxidative stress in
pre-eclampsia |
| 12.00-12.30 |
Ananth Karumanchi
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard:
Angiogenic Biomarkers in Pre-eclampsia |
| 12.30-13.15 |
Lunch |
| 13.15-13.30 |
Group Photo |
Micro and Nanoparticles
Chair: Alex Smarasson & Tom Rademacher |
| 13.30-14.00 |
Christianne Lok
Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam:
Cellular microparticles in pre-eclampsia |
| 14.00-14.30 |
Ian Sargent
University of Oxford:
Novel detection methods for micro and nanoparticles in pre-eclampsia |
| 14.30-15.00 |
Dr Corinne Rusterholz
University Women’s Hospital, Basel:
Placental microparticles, DNA and mRNA in pre-eclampsia |
| 15.00-15.30 |
Tea Break & Poster Viewing |
Epidemiology and APEC Crisis & Recovery Chair: Jonathan Morris & Lawrie Beilin |
| 15.30-16.00 |
Marian Knight
National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, Oxford:
The epidemiology of eclampsia and
pre-eclampsia: impacts of evidence-based changes in practice |
| 16.00-16.30 |
Fiona Milne
Action on Pre-eclampsia, Leicester:
PRECOG |
Valedictory Lecture
Chair: Robert Pijnenborg |
| 16.30-17.15 |
Chris Redman
University of Oxford:
Pre-eclampsia: what next? |
| 19.30 |
Drinks Reception & Gala Dinner, Keble College |
Sunday 13th September 2009 |
| 08.00-09.00 |
Breakfast and Departure |
