Welcome coffee
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Keynote  Lecture – Immunology, Transplantation & Diseases
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Denis Lo, China
Recent developments in cell-free DNA-based diagnostics

Industry-talk
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Coffee break & Industry exhibition
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Microchimerism and Autoimmunity: Genetic Risk, Immune Recognition, and Familial Context
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Nathalie C. Lambert, France
Could Cells from Our Mother, Children, and/or Siblings Participate in Immune Reactions Mistakenly Labeled as Autoimmunity?

Gitte L. Petersen, Denmark
Circulating male origin microchimerism in Danish girls with and without type 1 diabetes

Tine Dreier Bille, Denmark
Predictors of maternal and male-origin microchimerism in peripheral blood of Danish youths (ID01)

Lunch / Poster session and Industry exhibition
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Microchimerism in Reproductive Health: From Infertility and Placental Dysfunction to Cardiovascular Risk
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Henriette S Nielsen, Denmark
Microchimerism in infertility and pregnancy loss

Annetine Staff, Norway
Women’s risk of cardiovascular disease after pregnancy complications: does a dysfunctional placenta and fetal microchimerism play a role

Short talk: Ina A. Stelzer, USA
Fetal Microchimeric Cell Retention Following Preeclampsia

Short talk: Bernadette L. Bramreiter, Austria
An optimized flow cytometry-based method for the isolation of potential microchimeric maternal cells in human mesenchymal stem cells using monoclonal HLA class I specific antibodies

Coffee break & Industry exhibition
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Microchimerism in Immune Tolerance and Neurodevelopment: Context-Dependent Persistence and Pathophysiology
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Sing Sing Way, USA
Immune tolerance to mothers and maternal microchimeric cells

Eitan Okun, Israel
Microchimerism during Down Syndrome pregnancies causes maternal cognitive decline

Short talk: Christopher Urbschat, Germany
Influenza-induced alterations of maternal microchimeric cell composition and function in brains of fetal mice

Short talk: Yoan Ghaffar, France
Is the skin the preferred target of twin microchimerism in mice in all cross combinations: allogeneic, congenic and semi-allogeneic?

Closing Remarks/Farewell/Awards
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