Programme | September 16, 2023

Session 8: Personalized medicine & Digital Health in reproductive immunology & Clinical ESRI Award

  • 08:30–10:30

  • Chairs: Diao Lianghui (China) & Nandor G Than (Hungary)

  • 08:30–08:55
    T cell immunopathology in women with reproductive failures; causes and treatment
    Joanne Kwak Kim, Rosalind Franklin University (USA)


    08:55–09:20
    Pre-conceptional Endometrial Immune Profiling: A Personalized Approach to improve pregnancy Rates in Good Prognosis IVF/ICSI Patients – Preliminary Results of a Randomized Controlled Study
    Nathalie Ledee, University of Paris (France)


    09:20–09:45
    Menstrual blood; a powerful tool for reproductive immunology research
    Renate van der Molen, Radboud UMC (Netherlands)


    09:45–09:55
    Evolutionary Changes in the Zinc Finger 554 (ZNF554) Locus in Anthropoid Primates: Implications for Deep Placentation and Preeclampsia
    Orsolya Oravecz, Research Centre for Natural Sciences (Hungary)


    09:55–10:05
    Uterine Natural Killer Cells Modulate Endometrial Growth and Persistence in Endometriosis
    Maïgane Diop, Stanford School of Medicine (USA)


    10:05–10:15
    Identifying the nature of Tregs in human pregnancy
    Lotte Verleng, Leiden University Medical Center (The Netherlands)


    10:15–10:25
    The immuno-regulatory activity of placentally secreted pregnancy-specific glycoprotein (PSG)-1
    Gabriela Dveksler, Uniformed Services Univeristy of the Health Sciences (USA)

  • 10:30–11:00 Coffee Break

Session 9: Male reproductive immunology

  • 11:00–13:00

  • Chair: Sarah Robertson (Australia) & Maciej Kurpizs (Poland)

  • 11:00–11:25
    Unveiling the immune shield: a dive into testicular and epididymal immunology
    Andreas Meinhardt, University Giessen (Germany)


    11:25–11:50
    SARS-Cov-2 infection versus vaccination and its influence on reproductive success; male/female story
    Maciej Kurpisz (Poland)


    11:50–12:15
    Seminal fluid and the female immune response – an update on the male contribution to pregnancy beyond fertilisation
    David Sharkey, University of Adelaide (Australia)


    12:15–12:25
    Immunomodulatory potentials of saccharomyces cerevisiae in mitigation of testicular heat stress alterations.
    Edmund Mbegbu, University of Nigeria (Nigeria)


    12:25–12:35
    Actually laboratory parameters for prognosis of fertility in varicocele patients
    Anna Havrylyuk, Urology of Medical University named Danylo Halytzkyy (Ukraine)


    12:35–12:45
    Abnormalities in B cell subsets and immunoglobulins in patients with premature ovarian insufficiency
    Xue Jiao, Shandong University (China)


    12:45–12:55
    The effect of Calcitriol on the development and implantation capacity of embryos from hyper-stimulated mice
    T.J. Csabai- Tanics, University of Pécs (Hungary)

  • 13:00–14:00 Lunch Break

Session 10: Female reproductive immunology & ESRI Basic Science Awards

  • 14:00–16:00

  • Chairs: Emilia Solano (Germany) & Marie Pierre-Piccinni (Italy)

  • 14:00–14:25
    Lineage infidelity underpinningregulatory T cell deficiency in recurrent pregnancy loss
    Sarah Robertson, University of Adelaide (Australia)


    14:25–14:50
    Differencies in Treg cell and CD8+T cell characteristics in normal pregnancy, miscarriage and preeclampsia.
    Shigeru Saito, University of Toyama (Japan)


    14:50–15:15
    The Role of Neutrophils in Protection Against HIV Infection in the Aging Female Reproductive Tract
    Martha Rodriguez Garcia, Tufts University (USA)


    15:15–15:25
    Palmitoylation of CD36 enhances lipid droplet accumulation and M2-like polarization in decidual macrophages at the maternal-fetal interface
    Dongyong Yang, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University (China)


    15:25–15:35
    Maternal derived-galectin-3 impacts on placental-fetal development leading to FGR
    Yiran Xie, UKE (Germany)


    15:35–15:45
    Uterine enrichment of CD8+ T regulatory cells throughout pregnancy prevents fetal loss in mice
    Lilja Hardardottir, University of Regensburg (Germany)


    15:45–15:55
    Increased NKG2A+CD8+ T-cell exhaustion in adenomyosis
    Xue Jiao, Shandong University (China)

  • 16:00–16:30 Coffee Break

Session 11: Sex differences in immune responses including autoimmunity

  • 16:30–18:30

  • Chairs: Shigeru Saito (Japan) & Dimitra Zazara (Germany)
  • 16:30–16:55
    Sex differences in Immunity
    Gabriele Riemekasten, UKSH (Germany)


    16:55–17:20
    Sex differences in HIV-1 disease
    Marcus Altfeld, UKE (Germany)


    17:20–17:45
    Sexual dimorphism in the immune system transcriptional response to interferon
    Tal Shay, Ben-Gurion University (Israel)


    17:45–17:55
    Immune system adaptation during gender-affirming testosterone treatment
    Camila Consiglio, Lund University (Sweden)


    17:55–18:05
    Prenatal androgenization triggered neuroimmune alterations in the fetal ovary and programmed its persisting dysfunction
    Maria Victoria Bazzano, University of Regensburg (Germany)


    18:05–18:15
    Fetal sex dependent distribution of decidual immune cells at term
    Romy Bezemer, University Medical Center Groningen (The Netherlands)


    18:15–18:25
    Identification of sex-specific altered T cell immunity in response to prenatal stress in a murine influenza A infection model
    Pauline Wiemers, UKE (Germany)

VIP Programme

  • 20:00–01:00

  • Chair: Anke Diemert (Germany)

  • Networking: about extracellular vesicles, immune cells and students
    with Prof. Udo Markert