Prelimenary 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
    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 talks (1-2)

  • 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 talks (11-12)

  • 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 talks (5-8)

  • Networking Dinner

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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-sponsored talk (Platin sponsor)

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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 talks (9-10)

  • 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 talks (11-12)

  • Coffee break & Industry exhibition

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  • Evolution

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    Amy Boddy, USA
    David Haig, USA
    Microchimerism and kinship: evolutionary considerations
    selected short talk (13-14)

  • Closing Remarks/Farewell/Awards

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