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Dear Colleague:
Would you be so kind as to post the announcement for the following meeting.
Information on the meeting site can be obtained from Dr. Michael E. McClure
by e-mail< mm461n@nih.gov > or by fax < 919-541-5064 >
Thank you,
M.E. McClure
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THE 1999 FRONTIERS IN REPRODUCTION SYMPOSIUM
(Sponsored by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, NICHD and NIEHS)
'DECISIONS IN REPRODUCTION:
CRITICAL FUNCTIONAL EVENTS IN PREGNANCY'
(Organizers: Drs. A. Enders, K. Yoshinaga, and M. McClure)
Redfield Auditorium
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI)
Woods Hole, Massachusetts
June 30 - July 2, 1999
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30
2:00pm WELCOME
M. McClure and G. Schatten
2:30pm - 6:20pm - REGULATION OF NIDATION
Chair, K. Yoshinaga
2:30pm - Molecular Signaling of Protaglandins in
Implantation.........S. K. Dey
3:00pm - The Role of Hox Genes in
Implantation...............................Richard Maas
3:30pm - Endometrial Factors, Differentially Expressed at Sites of
Embryo Implantation in the Mouse................................Lois
Salamonsen, Guiying Nie and Jock Findlay
4:00 - BREAK
4:30pm - Advantages and Limitations of Primate Model of Human
Implantation.......................................................Allen C.
Enders
5:00pm - Fetal-Maternal Interactions in the Primate - Modulation of
the Uterine Environment................................................Asgi
T. Fazleabas
5:30pm - Changes in Blastocysts and Uterus of the Spotted Skunk
associated with transition from Embryonic Diapause to Implantation
Competent Embryos......................................Rodney A. Mead
6:00pm - Physical Immunological Barrier of Implanting
Blastocysts........................................................Koji
Yoshinaga
THURSDAY, JULY 1
9:00am - 12:30pm - IMMUNOLOGY OF PREGNANCY
Chair, M. McClure
9:00am - Human Uteroplacental Site Immunobiology - Critical
Mediators..............................................................Peter
Johnson
9:30am - Immune Privilege and the TNF Supergene
Family.............Joan Hunt
10:00am - BREAK
10:30am - Maternal Immunological Recognition of the Developing
Conceptus......................................................Doug Antczak
11:00am - Molecular Mechanisms in Immunologically -
Modifiable Pregnancy Failure...........................................David
Clark
11:30am - Pioneer in Reproduction Research Award Lectureship
Presentation...............................................A. Surani
(Moderated by Y. Maddox)
12:30pm - LUNCH
2:00pm - 4:30pm - MATERNAL - FETAL INTERACTIONS
Chair, A. Enders
2:00pm - Regulation of Human Trophoblast
Invasion.......................C. Coutifaris
2:30pm - Normal Pregnancy or Preeclampsia?
The Placenta Decides!
.......................................................Susan Fisher
3:00pm - BREAK
3:30pm - Placental Histophathologic Clues of Malfunction,
Morbidity and Mortality of the Developing Human Fetus and Newborn
...........................................................Geoffrey Altshuler
4:00pm - The Central Integrative Role of Estrogen on Fetal-Placental
Development in the Primate.....................Eugene Albrecht
4:30pm - BREAK
FRIDAY, JULY 2
8:30am - 12:00pm - REGULATION OF PARTURITION
Chair, F. Haseltine
8:30am - Fetal Maternal Interactions in Parturition: Lessons from
Comparative Physiology........................Peter Nathanielsz
9:00am - Breaking Away: Mechanisms of Fetal Membrane
Rupture........................................................Jerome
Strauss III
9:30am - Frequency-Encoded Ca2+ Signaling in Myometrial
Cells.......................................................Robert Burghardt
10:30am - Endocrine Regulation of Cervical Function in
Parturition...................................................Laura
Goldsmith
11:00am - Labour Requires the Integration of Both
Endocine and Mechanical Signals.................................Stephen Lye
11:30am - Biochemical Pathways to Preterm
Delivery....................Charles Lockwood
12:00pm - ADJOURN
FOR INFORMATION ON THE MEETING AND MEETING SITE, PLEASE CONTACT:
Michael E. McClure, Ph.D.
Chief, Organs and Systems Toxicology Branch Tele:
919-541-5327
Division of Extramural Research and Training Fax:
919-541-5064
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH E-Mail:
mm461n@nih.gov
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