Programme of HAPPY PREGNANCY 2014 workshop
Tartu, Centre of Genetics and Biotechnology Omicum, Riia 23b lecture hall 105Wednesday, May 21, 2014
I Clinical research in pregnancy success
09.00-09.40 Prof. Helle Karro, MD, PhD, Women’s Clinic, Tartu University Hospital &
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tartu
“Changes in the perinatal health care indicators during past 20 years in
Estonia (Estonian Medical Birth Registry)”
Estonia (Estonian Medical Birth Registry)”
09.40-10.30 Prof. Christopher Redman, MB., Bchir., Nuffield Department of Obstetrics
and Gynaecology, University of Oxford
“Heterogeneity of Pre-eclampsia“
10.30-11.20 Prof. Ole B. Christiansen, MD, PhD, The Fertility Clinic, University
Hospital Copenhagen & Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Aalborg Hospital
“A randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial of intravenous
immunoglobulin to women with secondary recurrent miscarriage”
11.20-11.50 Coffee break
II Clinical research in andrology
Department of Surgery, University of Tartu
“Andrology in Estonia - from clinic to science”
12.30-13.20 Prof. Jorma Toppari, MD, PhD, Departments of Physiology and Pediatrics,
University of Turku
“Cryptorchidism as an early sign of testicular defect”
13.20-14.30 Lunch
III Cancers of reproductive system
College of Applied Sciences"Testicular Cancer - Epidemiology and Genetic Susceptibility“
15.20-16.00 Dr. Niels Jørgensen, MD, PhD, University Department of Growth and Reproduction,
The Juliane Marie Centre, Copenhagen Rigshospitalet”FSH promoter and receptor polymorphisms in Danish testicular cancer
patients ”
16.00-16.40 Riin Ehin, MSc, Chairwoman of the Board, Competence Centre for
Cancer Research,Tallinn
“New drug candidate against endometrium cancer”
09.00-09.50 Prof. Berthold Huppertz, PhD, Institute of Cell Biology, Histology and Embryology,
Medical University of Graz
Thursday, May 22, 2014
IV Placental function
Medical University of Graz
“Placental oxygen and preeclampsia: Where is the association?“
09.50-10.40 Prof. Yoel Sadovsky, MD, Magee-Womens Research Institute,
University of Pittsburgh“Placental microRNA and other non-coding RNAs: Implications for a happy
pregnancy“
10.40-11.30 Dr. Miguel Constância, PhD, Metabolic Research Laboratories,
MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit, University of Cambridge
“Epigenetics of fetal growth disorders“
11.30-12.00 Coffee break
V Molecular and ‘omics’ approaches in reproductive biomedicine
Competence Centre on Reproductive Medicine and Biology
“Genomics of folliculogenesis and oocyte quality”
12.40-13.30 Prof. Rafael Oliva Virgili, MD, PhD, Hospital Clinic Barcelona &
University of Barcelona
“Proteomics and epigenetics of the sperm cell: implications for basic and
clinical science“
13.30-14.45 Lunch
14.45-15.35 Prof. Ilpo T. Huhtaniemi, MD, PhD, Institute of Reproductive and
Developmental Biology, Imperial College London, UK
“The plasticity of gonadotropin action“
VI Retrospective and prospective approaches in reproductive biomedicine
Pelgulinna Maternity Hospital, Tallinn
“Register-based studies in reproductive health research”
16.15-16.55 Prof. Maris Laan, PhD, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu
"Happy Pregnancy project - overview and progress“
The workshop is granted by the project „Development of novel non-invasive biomarkers for fertility and healthy pregnancy“ (HAPPY PREGNANCY) (Project No 3.2.0701.12-0047), Graduate School in Biomedicine and Biotechnology (Project No 1.2.0401.09-0073) and Doctoral School of Clinical Medicine (Project No 1.2.0401.09-0078).
