Location: Floridian B

Morning Session: 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Moderator:
Rachel Tribe, PhD
King's College London

Heat Shock Proteins: Renaissance Molecules for the Myometrium
Daniel MacPhee, PhD
University of Saskatchewan

9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

The Uterine Unfolded Protein Response Regulates Gestational Length
Jennifer Condon, PhD
Wayne State University School of Medicine

9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Break

10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Regulation of Inflammation and Innate Immune Cells in Preterm Birth
Karen Racicot, PhD
Michigan State University College of Medicine

10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

The Role of Adrenomedullin in Establishing and Maintaining the Maternal-Fetal Interface
Brooke Matson, MD, PhD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Epigenetic Sensitization to African American Commensal Bacteria in Preterm Labor
Scott Walsh, PhD
Virginia Commonwealth University

11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

TrpV4 Channels and Preterm Labour
David Cornfield, MD
Stanford University

12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Lunch

1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Mechanisms of Dysfunctional Quiescence in Spontaneous Preterm Labor
Ian Buxton, PhD
University of Nevada

2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

New Paradigms in Cervical Tissue Structure and Function
Joy Vink, MD
Columbia University Medical Center

3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Optical and Mass Spectral Analysis of the Cervix During Pregnancy
Jeff Reese, MD
Vanderbilt University

3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Break

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Hypoxia and Myometrial Function: Something Old and Something New
Susan Wray, PhD
University of Liverpool