Report on Workshops

IFPA meeting 2008 workshops report.

Workshops are an important part of the IFPA annual meeting. At the IFPA meeting 2008 diverse topics were discussed in 12 themed workshops. Topics covered included: immunology of placentation; galectins and trophoblast invasion; signaling in implantation and invasion; markers to identify trophoblast subpopulations; placental pathology; placental toxicology; stereology; placental transport of fat...

Report from the start - up workshops SHAPE

consortium partners, developed as a result of the three SHAPE start-up Workshops conducted in the first three months of the project, at Stockholm, London, and Limerick. As noted in our project workplan, the purpose of these initial Workshops was to ensure a thorough mutual understanding within the project of the perspectives, backgrounds, and contributions of all project partners, and to produc...

Workshops on Opportunistic Protists

Twenty years have passed since the first startling cases of Pnewnocystis carinii pneumonia were reported in gay men. During the intervening time, an explosion of knowledge occurred that focused on clinical diagnosis, therapy, and prophylaxis is HIV-infected individuals and in other immunosuppressed individuals. Concurrently, major advances were made in understanding the cellular and molecular b...

Strategic workshops on cancer nanotechnology.

Nanotechnology offers the potential for new approaches to detecting, treating, and preventing cancer. To determine the current status of the cancer nanotechnology field and the optimal path forward, the National Cancer Institute's Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer held three strategic workshops, covering the areas of in vitro diagnostics and prevention, therapy and post-treatment, and in vi...

Gauteng workshops on legislative drafting