IFPA Meeting 2008 Workshops Report

Lash, G.E.; Ansari, T.; Bischof, P.; Burton, G.J.; Chamley, L.; Crocker, I.; Dantzer, V.; Desoye, G.; Drewlo, S.; Fazleabas, A.; Jansson, T.; Keating, S.; Kliman, H.J.; Lang, I.; Mayhew, T.; Meiri, H.; Miller, R.K.; Nelson, D.M.; Pfarrer, C.; Roberts, C.; Sammar, M.; Sharma, S.; Shiverick, K.; Strunk, D.; Turner, M.A.; Huppertz, B.

doi:10.1016/j.placenta.2008.11.014

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IFPA Meeting 2008 Workshops Report

G.E. Lash
- Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- Correspondence to: Gendie E. Lash, Institute of Cellular Medicine, 3rd Floor, William Leech Building, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK. Tel.: +44 191 222 8578; fax: +44 191 222 5066.
T. Ansari
- Department of Surgical Research, NPIMR, Harrow, UK
P. Bischof
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland
G.J. Burton
- Centre for Trophoblast Research, University of Cambridge, UK
L. Chamley
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Auckland, New Zealand
I. Crocker
- Maternal and Fetal Health Research Group, University of Manchester, UK
V. Dantzer
- LIFE, Copenhagen University, Frederiksberg, Denmark
G. Desoye
- Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical University of Graz, Austria
S. Drewlo
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Samuel Lunefeld Research Institute, Toronto, Canada
A. Fazleabas
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA
T. Jansson
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Cincinnatti, USA
S. Keating
- Department of Pathology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada
H.J. Kliman
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University, USA
I. Lang
- Institute of Cell Biology, Histology and Embryology, Medical University of Graz, Austria
T. Mayhew
- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Nottingham, UK
H. Meiri
- Diagnostic Technologies Ltd., Yoknaim, Israel
R.K. Miller
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Rochester, USA
D.M. Nelson
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, USA
C. Pfarrer
- Department of Anatomy, University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany
C. Roberts
- Research Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Adelaide, Australia
M. Sammar
- Diagnostic Technologies Ltd., Yoknaim, Israel
S. Sharma
- Department of Pediatrics, Brown University, USA
K. Shiverick
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
D. Strunk
- Stem Cell Research Unit, Department of Hematology, Medical University of Graz, Austria
M.A. Turner
- School of Reproductive and Developmental Medicine, University of Liverpool, UK
B. Huppertz
- Institute of Cell Biology, Histology and Embryology, Medical University of Graz, Austria

Accepted 19 November 2008. published online 15 December 2008.

Abstract

Workshops are an important part of the IFPA annual meeting. At the IFPA meeting 2008 diverse topics were discussed in 12 themed workshops. Topics covered included: immunology of placentation; galectins and trophoblast invasion; signaling in implantation and invasion; markers to identify trophoblast subpopulations; placental pathology; placental toxicology; stereology; placental transport of fatty acids; placental mesenchymal stem cells; comparative placentation; trophoblast and neoplasia; trophoblast differentiation. This report is a summary of the various topics covered.

Keywords: Placenta, Trophoblast

PII: S0143-4004(08)00390-1

doi:10.1016/j.placenta.2008.11.014

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