The Seminar will be held on November 5th 2011 (Saturday) in the Lecture Hall of the Institute of Biology and Immunology of Reproduction “Acad. K. Bratanov”, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

PROGRAM

10.00 Welcome speech – M. Mollova, Coordinator of ReProForce project

10.05-10.30 Small RNAs in trophoblast cells.
U. Markert (Department of Obstetrics, Friedrich - Schiller University, Jena, Germany)

10.30-11.00 Mapping histocompatibility molecules on trophoblast cells by bio imaging, proteomics and bioinformatics.
N. Fernandez (Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex ,Colchester, UK)

11.00- 11.30 Immunological aspects of breast cancer.
H. Donat (Private Hospital for Gynecology, Magdeburg, Germany)

11.30-12.00 Assisted reproductive techniques – new challenges
J. Kleinstein (University Clinic for Reproductive Medicine and Gynecologic Endocrinology, Magdeburg, Germany)

12.00-14.00  Lunch

14.00-14.30 Progesterone influence on HLA-G expression and PIBF secretion by mesenchymal stem cells.
M. Mourdjeva (IBIR, BAS)

14.30-15.00 Metaloproteinases in breast cancer.
P. Rashev, R. Dimitrov, M. Mollova (IBIR, BAS), H. Donat (Private Hospital for Gynecology, Magdeburg, Germany)

15.00-15.30 Immunoregulation of decidual stromal cells in early pregnancy.
Ts. Oreshkova (IBIR, BAS)

15.30-16.00 Establishment of gene expression panel in human cumulus cells with predictive relevance for the successful outcome of in vitro procedures.
S. Hayrabedyan, K. Todorova,. (IBIR, BAS)

16.00-16.30 Clinical significance of antiovarian antibodies testing in infertility.
I.Vangelov, J. Dineva, G. Nikolov, M. Genov, M.D. Ivanova (IBIR, BAS)

16.30- 17.00 Effect of growth factors and glucocorticoids on the steroidogenic response of human granulosа cells in vitro.
G. Georgiev, D. Avtanski, R. Konakchieva (IBIR, BAS)

19.00 Dinner