The preliminary programme is now available
Wednesday, 2nd July 2025
17.30 – 18.45
OPENING CEREMONY
Welcome address Marie-Pierre Piccinni
In memory of Julia
Lectio Magistralis
Opposing roles of the complement system in the pathophysiology of pregnancy
Francesco Tedesco
19.00 – 21.00
WELCOME RECEPTION
Thursday, 3rd July 2025
09.00 – 10.45
TISSUE AND CELL REMODELLING AT FOETO-MATERNAL INTERFACE: NK CELLS, MACROPHAGES AND OTHER CELLS
Chairs: Udo Markert & Theodora Keramitsoglou
Role of NK cells in implantation and pregnancy – Angela Santoni
Lipid Homeostasis of Decidual Macrophages in Early Pregnancy – Lianghui Diao
Selected Oral Presentations
10.45 – 11.15
Coffee break
11.15 – 13.00
IMMUNO MECHANISMS OF FOETO-MATERNAL TOLERANCE
Chairs: Udo Jeschke & Marie-Pierre Piccinni
T Helper cells and pregnancy – Marie-Pierre Piccinni
T Regulatory cells and pregnancy – Shigeru Saito
Selected Oral Presentations
13.00 – 14.30
LUNCH BREAK WITH POSTER SESSION / ESRI BOARD MEETING
14.30 – 16.15
CONSEQUENCE OF INFLAMMATION AT FOETO-MATERNAL INTERFACE ON FOETAL AND NEWBORN DEVELOPMENT
Chairs: Kristin Thiele & Michael Eikmans
Galectins and the placenta-gut axis: a new frontier in foetal health – Sandra Blois
Artificial Intelligence and In Vitro Fertilisation – Agostino Accardo
Selected Oral Presentations
16.30 – 18.30
City Tour
Friday, 4th July 2025
09.00 – 10.45
PHYSIO-PATHOGENETIC MECHANISMS OF IMPLANTATION AND PREGNANCY DISORDERS: THE COMPLEMENT SYSTEM AND OTHER MOLECULES
Chairs: Paolo Macor & Roberta Bulla
Complement and Collectins in pregnancy – Uday Kishore
Placental extracellular vesicles and complement system: a warning signal for abnormal innate immune responses and hemostasis processes – Taruna Madan
Selected Oral Presentations
10.45 – 11.15
Coffee break
11.15 – 13.00
RECURRENT MISCARRIAGES AND PRETERM BIRTH
Chairs: Ole B. Christiansen & Petra Arck
Immunological ramifications preceding preterm birth in human pregnancies – Petra Arck
Endometrial functions in recurrent pregnancy losses – Nicoletta Di Simone
Selected Oral Presentations
13.00 – 14.30
lunch break with poster session
14.30 – 16.15
AUTOIMMUNITY AND PREGNANCY
Chairs: Youla Varla-Leftherioti & Marie-Pierre Piccinni
How much of the current therapy of obstetric APS agrees with our knowledge about its pathogenesis? – Pierluigi Meroni
Management and treatment of pregnancy in women with autoimmune diseases: a solution or a curse – Giacomo Emmi
Selected Oral Presentations
16.15 – 16.45
Coffee break with Poster Session
16.45 – 18.15
IMMUNOLOGICAL PATHOGENETIC MECHANISMS IN PREECLAMPSIA
Chairs: Diana Morales-Prieto & Chiara Agostinis
Maternal heart disfunction and Preeclampsia – Tamara Stampalija
Innovative models for understanding the foetal-maternal interface – Claudia Gerri
Selected Oral Presentations
18.30 – 19.15
ESRI plenary assembly
20.30 – 23.00
Social Dinner
Saturday, 5th July 2025
09.00 – 10.30
IMMUNOLOGy of male reproduction
Chairs: Maciej Kurpisz & Lorella Pascolo
Potential prognostic molecular biomarkers for male infertility – Maciej Kurpisz
New technological frontiers for the study of reproductive tissues: the synchrotron X-ray tomography – Elena Longo
Selected Oral Presentations
10.30 – 10.45
COFFEE BREAK
10.45 – 12.30
IMMUNOLOGy of FEmale reproductioN AND FERTILITY PRESERVATION
Chairs: Nathalie Ledee & Andrea Balduit
Placental mechanisms of increased risk of PE in ovary donation pregnancies: an open challenge – Gabriella Zito
In vitro endometrium models for deciphering human embryo implantation – Paola Piomboni
Selected Oral Presentations
12.30 – 13.30
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS PRIZE AWARD
Prize presentations
Prize sponsored by the Journal of Reproductive Immunology
Closing remarks
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