Program

Please click on the session title to see the details of the sessions and speakers. Some are still missing, but will follow as soon as possible.

Wednesday, 27.05.2026, Day 1

  • Welcome coffee

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  • Welcome note

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  • Past, Presence, Future - Microchimerism Across Disciplines

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    Diana Bianchi, USA
    Past, Presence, Future - Microchimerism Across Disciplines

    Lee Nelson USA
    Microchimerism in autoimmunity and alloimmunity over time

  • Coffee break & Industry exhibition

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  • Reproduction I

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

    Whitney Harrington, USA
    The intersection of maternal microchimerism and infectious disease

    Selected short talk

    Selected short talk

  • Lunch / Poster session and Industry exhibition

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  • Transplantation

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    Michael Eikmans, The Netherlands
    Consequences of pregnancy-derived microchimerism for outcome after transplantation

    Will Burlingham, USA

    Selected short talk

    Selected short talk

  • Coffee break & Industry exhibition

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  • Immunology I

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    Sing Sing Way, USA
    Immune tolerance to mothers and maternal microchimeric cells

    Selected short talk

    Selected short talk

    Selected short talk

    Selected short talk

  • Meet the speaker - networking event

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    The Meet the speaker – networking event will not take place at the university. We kindly ask you to register separately for this event. Click here for more information and to register.

Thursday, 28.05.2026, Day 2

  • Welcome coffee

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  • Keynote Lecture by Dennis Lo, China

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    Recent developments in cell-free DNA-based diagnostics

  • Industry-talk (Platin package)

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  • Coffee break & Industry exhibition

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  • Immunology II

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    Nathalie Lambert, France
    Could Cells from Our Mother, Children, and/or Siblings Participate in Immune Reactions Mistakenly Labeled as Autoimmunity?

    Anne Stevens, USA
    Strategies to test the role of microchimerism in autoimmune disease through antigen-specific therapeutic development

    Selected short talk

    Selected short talk

  • Lunch / Poster session and Industry exhibition

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  • Reproduction II

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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

    Selected short talk

    Selected short talk

  • Coffee break & Industry exhibition

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  • Evolution

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    Amy Boddy, USA
    Consequences of being microchimeric

    David Haig, USA
    Microchimerism and kinship: evolutionary considerations

    Selected short talk

    Selected short talk

  • Closing Remarks/Farewell/Awards

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