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Placenta (2005), 26, XXIII–XXVI
IFPA is an international scientific organization coordinating the activities of the existing regional placental research associations. Its purposes comprise the following: • to support the regional placental associations; • to facilitate multidisciplinary study and discussion of all aspects of placental research; • to coordinate dates, locations, and subjects for regional and international placenta meetings to be organized by the regional placental associations; to • provide a formal association that could communicate with governments, bodies, grant institutions, and private organizations; • to provide a scientific organization to which Placenta and Trophoblast Research can be associated and be both editorially as well as scientifically answerable. For current IFPA information, membership application, future meetings and publications, see the IFPA web site: http://www.placenta.cc President (until 2008): Greg E. Rice GCRC The Royal Women’s Hospital 132 Grattan Street Carlton 3053 Australia Tel: +61 9 344 2981 Fax: +61 9 347 2982 E-mail: [email protected] Secretary (until 2007): Donald Morrish 362 Heritage Medical Research Centre University of Alberta Edmonton Alberta Canada T6G 2S2 Tel: +1 780 492 7420 Fax: +1 780 407 6702 E-mail: [email protected] Treasurer (until 2006): John D. Aplin Academic Unit of Obstetrics and Gynaecology University of Manchester Research Floor St Mary’s Hospital Manchester M13 0JH, UK Tel: +44 161 276 6487 Fax: +44 161 276 6134 E-mail: [email protected]
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Executive Committee: For the Australian and New Zealand Placental Research Association Vicki Clifton, Newcastle, NSW Jeffrey Keelan, Auckland, New Zealand Greg E. Rice, Carlton, Victoria Claire Roberts, Adelaide, SA For the European Placenta Group John D. Aplin, Manchester, UK Irene Cetin, Milan, Italy Berthold Huppertz, Aachen, Germany Sylvie Hauguel-de-Mouzon, Paris, France For the Japan Placenta Association Takeshi Aso, Tokyo Toshio Hata, Saitama Sigeru Saito, Toyama Masaomi Takayama, Tokyo For the Placenta Association of the Americas Isabella Caniggia, Toronto, Ontario Nicholas P. Illsley, Newark, NJ Donald Morrish, Edmonton, Alberta D. Michael Nelson, St Louis, MO Co-opted, non-voting members: For Placenta Gernot Desoye, Graz, Austria For Trophoblast Research Kathleen Shiverick, Gainesville, FL
© 2004 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
European Placenta Group Glasgow 3-7 September 2005 IFPA Meeting 2005 Theme: “From morphology to molecule to mother” Venue: John Anderson Campus, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland Visit the web site at www.epg2005.org The meeting will honour the achievements of Professor Peter Kaufman Abstract deadline Monday 28 March 2005 Early bird registration deadline (compulsory for new investigators) 16 May 2005 Dear Friends and Colleagues We are delighted to invite you to the 11th European Placenta Group Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, from Saturday 3 until Wednesday 7 September 2005. The city is served by Glasgow International airport (20 minutes away). Recently named as European City of Culture and European City of Architecture, Glasgow has something for everyone, with its superb selection of museums and cultural centres, including the famous Burrell Collection and Charles Rennie MacIntosh designed buildings. With so much to see you will never be far from a “pit stop” as the City has a fantastic selection of restaurants, trendy cafes/bars and clubs. Glasgow is a compact city and within 20 minutes you can be in the heart of our wonderful Scottish countryside. Why not click on the tourist office links on our web site to get a taste of what is on offer? The weather at this time of the year can be unpredictable - it's the only thing we can't control! It could be warm and sunny or rainy, so do come prepared. The scientific programme is now being finalised. Topics will range from placental morphology to stem cell research. Clinical topics will include the placenta and pre-term labour and the placenta and pre-eclampsia. Watch the website for updates. We hope to offer you a stimulating and exciting programme. The social programme is well underway and will include a welcome reception at the Burrell Collection, a banquet in Stirling Castle and a civic reception in the City Chambers. Registration fees will appear on the web site in January. We look forward very much to welcoming you to Glasgow in 2005. Fiona Lyall PhD, MRCPath, MBA (Conference co-ordinator) Fiona Lyall Conference Organiser Maternal & Fetal Medicine Section Institute of Medical Genetics, Yorkhill, Glasgow G3 8SJ Telephone : +44 141 201 0657/0365 Fax: +44 141 357 4277 e-mail: [email protected]
Mrs Anne Theriault Conference Administrative Assistant Institute of Medical Genetics, Yorkhill Glasgow G3 8SJ Telephone : +44 141 201 0364/5 Fax: +44 141 357 4277 e-mail: [email protected]
Dr Gordon Graham Web site Administrator Institute of Medical Genetics, Yorkhill Glasgow G3 8SJ Telephone : +44 141 201 0364/5 Fax: +44 141 357 4277 e-mail: [email protected]
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IFPA Annual General Meeting, Asilomar, California, U.S.A. 27 September 2004 The Annual Business Meeting of the International Federation of Placenta Associations was held at 20:30 h on 27 September 2004 in the Nautilus Room, Asilomar Conference Center, California. Welcome. The President, Les Myatt opened the meeting and welcomed the Membership. Minutes of the 2003 AGM. The Secretary, Greg Rice, tabled the minutes of the 2003 AGM for ratification by the meeting. The minutes were published in the January 2004 edition of the Placenta Blue Pages and posted on the website www.placenta.cc in November 2003. The motion: That the Minutes are a true and accurate record of the 2003 IFPA Annual General Meeting was proposed by Joan Hunt, seconded by Colin Sibley and passed unanimously. Secretary’s Report. Greg Rice reported to the Membership that the Federation’s documents have been archived on the web server. Greg Rice reported that the membership database requires updating. To maintain the database following IFPAdesignated meetings, meeting organizers will provide a copy of the delegate database to the Secretary for incorporation into the main database. Greg Rice also indicated that a copy of the primary database is fully editable online and requested all ensure that the information recorded is up to date. In the absence of a voice to the contrary, the President accepted the Secretary’s Report as a true and accurate record on behalf of the meeting. He thanked Greg Rice for his efforts during the past year. Treasurer’s Report. John Aplin presented and tabled the Treasurer’s report. He reported that the current balance totalled USD 18077.89. Expenditure for the 2004 financial year to date was USD 2362.69. Funding committed for the remainder of 2004 totalled USD 1806.30. In the absence of a voice to the contrary, the President accepted the Treasurer’s Report as a true and accurate record of the financial activities of IFPA for the 2003-2004 accounting period. He thanked John Aplin for his efforts during the past year. Publication Agreement with Elsevier. Les Myatt reported to the meeting on negotiations concerning the publication contract that expires in December 2004. The new 5 year contract proposes: (1) that page numbers and possibly the number of issues would be increased; (2) an uncoupling of the journal subscription cost from the number of full fee paying delegates to an IFPA-designated meeting; and (3) an initial 8% and subsequent 3% annual increase in the cost of a subscription to Placenta. The Executive Committee considered this to be an acceptable position and negotiations were expected to be completed over the next 2 months. Awards Gábor Than Award. Les Myatt reported to the meeting that the Than family had submitted a proposal to the Executive Committee to increase the value of the Gábor Than Award from USD 1000 to USD 2000. The proposal had been accepted and Les Myatt thanked the Than family for their continued support of the Federation’s objectives in promoting the conduct and discipline of placentology. IFPA Award. Les Myatt further reported that the Executive Committee had also approved increasing the value of the IFPA Award to USD 2000. Peter Kaufmann Award. Les Myatt informed the meeting that John Kingdom and Berthold Huppertz had presented a
proposal to the Executive Committee to establish the Peter Kaufmann Award in honour of the work and contribution made by Peter to the field of placentology. The award is to be based on abstract review and will be presented to researchers who have utilized “morphological analysis or methodologies” as primary or supporting experimental endpoints. The award will be offered at the next three IFPA-designated meetings of EPG, will cover the cost of registration and accommodation and will be funded by John Kingdom. Les Myatt indicated that that Committee had accepted this proposal and thanked John and Berthold for establishing this initiative. Loke Travel Awards. Les Myatt acknowledged and thanked Charlie (Y.W.) Loke for his continued exceptional support to the Federation in funding the Loke Travel Awards. Journals Placenta. Les Myatt presented the Placenta report to the meeting. The Placenta impact factor has increased to 2.706 and it is now ranked 6th in both the Reproductive and Obstetrics and Gynaecology groups. Submissions continue to increase. The acceptance rate is ~57%. One difficulty was noted with respect to obtaining reviews for manuscripts with a decline rate of ~40%. Les reported that his term as editor was complete and that the new North American editor of placenta would be Michael Nelson. Trophoblast Research. Kathleen Shiverick reported to the meeting that Trophoblast Research continues to meet its publication objectives and that the next issue will be published in April 2005. All registrants of the meeting will receive a copy of this issue. The use of Editorial Manager® to process manuscripts will significantly reduce processing times. In addition, Kathleen Shiverick indicated that the format of the workshop reports had changed, now being limited to 2000 words and 20 references. Conferences. Proposals had been received from PAA to hold the 2007 meeting in Kingston, Ontario, Canada and from ANZPRA to hold the 2009 meeting in Adelaide, South Australia. Further information concerning upcoming meetings is available on the IFPA website www.placenta.cc. Executive Committee Elections President. Les Myatt informed the meeting that his term as President was complete and according to the IFPA Constitution, the Presidency was scheduled to rotate to Japan. The JPA decided to decline the invitation on this occasion and, thus, the Presidency rotated to ANZPRA. The Executive Committee had considered the ANZPRA nomination and elected Greg Rice as the next President of IFPA for a term of four years. Les thanked the Federation for the opportunity over the past two years to contribute to its ongoing development and thanked the Executive Committee and IFPA members for their support. Secretary. Les Myatt informed the meeting that Greg Rice would resign as Secretary and that the Secretary should be a nominee from the PAA. The Executive Committee had considered the PAA nomination and elected Don Morrish as Secretary of IFPA for a term of three years. Les thanked Greg for his contribution as Secretary over the past five years. Other Business. No further business was raised. A motion that the meeting be closed was proposed (Nick Illsley), seconded (Colin Sibley) and passed by the Membership. The meeting closed at 20:55 h.
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Meeting Schedule of IFPA In accordance with its bylaws IFPA will not organize its own Placenta Meetings. Regional meetings of the Member Associations can be organized on application as IFPA-designated meetings following review and approval by the Executive Committee. IFPA Meeting 2005 Eleventh Meeting of the European Placenta Group, Glasgow, Scotland, 3–7 September 2005 Organizer: Fiona Lyall E-mail: [email protected] http://www.epg2005.org
IFPA Meeting 2006 Japanese Placenta Group, Kobe, Japan, 6–9 September 2004 Organizer: Takeshi Maruo E-mail: [email protected]
The IFPA Award in Placentology: Call for Nominations This award acknowledges outstanding contributions to the field of placentology in all its aspects, including the relationship with fetus and mother. Nominees should be within 15 years of receiving their doctoral degree and be nominated by established senior scientists. The awardee will be invited to present a lecture during a plenary session of the same IFPA-designated meeting and have the lecture published in Placenta after peer-review. The award carries an award of USD 2000 and waiver of meeting registration fees. The awardee is responsible for travel
costs. The next award will be presented at IFPA Meeting 2005 in Glasgow, Scotland. Nominations should be sent by March 31, 2005 to: Dr. Donald Morrish 362 Heritage Medical Research Centre University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2S2 Fax: 1-780-407-6702 Email: [email protected]
IFPA Awards and 2004 Awardees
an IFPA Meeting. Candidates must be in the midst of their first post-doctoral position or within 3 years of their PhD or senior degree. The following were recognized at IFPA Meeting 2004: Osamu Akutagawa (Tokyo, Japan), Shawn Chavez (New Haven, CT, USA), Jennifer Clore (Chapel Hill, NC, USA), Philip Coan, (Cambridge, UK), Barbra de Vrijer (Rotterdam, The Netherlands), Caroline Dunk (Toronto, Canada), Justine Fitzgerald (Jena, Germany), Denise Hemmings (Edmonton, Canada), Nina Jansson (Gothenburg, Sweden), Edward Johnstone (Edmonton, Canada), Helen Jones (Aberdeen, UK), Heather LaMarca (New Orleans, LA, USA), Daudi Langat (Kansas City, KS, USA), Jasmine Leonce (London, UK), Ramsey McIntire (Kansas City, KS, USA), Annette Osei-Kumah (Newcastle, NSW, Australia), Tobias Poehlmann (Jena, Germany), Jurgen Pollheimer (Vienna, Austria), Silvia Tabano (Milan, Italy), Yang Xia (Houston, USA).
The IFPA Award in Placentology. This award acknowledges outstanding contributions to the field of placentology in all its aspects, including the relationship with fetus and mother. Nominees should be within 15 years of receiving their doctoral degree and be nominated by established senior scientists. The award is offered every two years at an IFPA-designated meeting. Awarded 2004 to James C.Cross (Calgary, Alberta Canada). The IFPA Gabor Than Award. This award acknowledges outstanding contributions to the field of placentology in all its aspects, including the relationship with fetus and mother. Nominees should be within 7 years of receiving their doctoral or senior degree. The next award will be in 2006. The IFPA Trophoblast Research Award. The IFPA Trophoblast Research Award recognizes an outstanding contribution by a scientist in training based upon a poster presentation at the annual meeting of the International Federation of Placenta Associations. The Award provides for a Special Podium Research Presentation by the scientist at the next IFPA meeting. Awarded 2004 to Helen Bond (Manchester, United Kingdom). Elsevier Science New Investigator Award This award acknowledges an outstanding contribution by a scientist in training based upon a podium presentation at an IFPA-designated meeting. Awarded 2004 to Shawn Chavez (New Haven, CT, USA). The Y.W. Loke New Investigator Travel Award This award is towards travel and meeting expenses. The awards are based on a review of abstracts submitted for
Ad hoc Awards In addition to the awards listed above, the organizers of recent IFPA Meetings have generated funds for a number of awards to New Investigators based on podium or poster presentations at the meetings. At the 2004 meeting, awards for outstanding oral presentations were given to Philip Coan (Cambridge, UK) and Annette Osei-Kumah (Newcastle, Australia), and for outstanding poster presentations to: Doerthe Brueggman (Giessen, Germany), Emma Cooper (Manchester, UK), Caroline Dunk (Toronto, Canada), Edward Johnstone (Edmonton, Canada), Denise Hemmings (Edmonton, Canada), Heather LaMarca (New Orleans, LA, USA), Kristina Lotz (Martinsried, Germany), Pedro Morales (Kansas City, KS, USA).
IFPA is an international scientific organization coordinating the activities of the existing regional placental research associations. Its purposes comprise the following: • to support the regional placental associations; • to facilitate multidisciplinary study and discussion of all aspects of placental research; • to coordinate dates, locations, and subjects for regional and international placenta meetings to be organized by the regional placental associations; to • provide a formal association that could communicate with governments, bodies, grant institutions, and private organizations; • to provide a scientific organization to which Placenta and Trophoblast Research can be associated and be both editorially as well as scientifically answerable. For current IFPA information, membership application, future meetings and publications, see the IFPA web site: http://www.placenta.cc President (until 2008): Greg E. Rice GCRC The Royal Women’s Hospital 132 Grattan Street Carlton 3053 Australia Tel: +61 9 344 2981 Fax: +61 9 347 2982 E-mail: [email protected] Secretary (until 2007): Donald Morrish 362 Heritage Medical Research Centre University of Alberta Edmonton Alberta Canada T6G 2S2 Tel: +1 780 492 7420 Fax: +1 780 407 6702 E-mail: [email protected] Treasurer (until 2006): John D. Aplin Academic Unit of Obstetrics and Gynaecology University of Manchester Research Floor St Mary’s Hospital Manchester M13 0JH, UK Tel: +44 161 276 6487 Fax: +44 161 276 6134 E-mail: [email protected]
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Executive Committee: For the Australian and New Zealand Placental Research Association Vicki Clifton, Newcastle, NSW Jeffrey Keelan, Auckland, New Zealand Greg E. Rice, Carlton, Victoria Claire Roberts, Adelaide, SA For the European Placenta Group John D. Aplin, Manchester, UK Irene Cetin, Milan, Italy Berthold Huppertz, Aachen, Germany Sylvie Hauguel-de-Mouzon, Paris, France For the Japan Placenta Association Takeshi Aso, Tokyo Toshio Hata, Saitama Sigeru Saito, Toyama Masaomi Takayama, Tokyo For the Placenta Association of the Americas Isabella Caniggia, Toronto, Ontario Nicholas P. Illsley, Newark, NJ Donald Morrish, Edmonton, Alberta D. Michael Nelson, St Louis, MO Co-opted, non-voting members: For Placenta Gernot Desoye, Graz, Austria For Trophoblast Research Kathleen Shiverick, Gainesville, FL
© 2004 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
European Placenta Group Glasgow 3-7 September 2005 IFPA Meeting 2005 Theme: “From morphology to molecule to mother” Venue: John Anderson Campus, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland Visit the web site at www.epg2005.org The meeting will honour the achievements of Professor Peter Kaufman Abstract deadline Monday 28 March 2005 Early bird registration deadline (compulsory for new investigators) 16 May 2005 Dear Friends and Colleagues We are delighted to invite you to the 11th European Placenta Group Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, from Saturday 3 until Wednesday 7 September 2005. The city is served by Glasgow International airport (20 minutes away). Recently named as European City of Culture and European City of Architecture, Glasgow has something for everyone, with its superb selection of museums and cultural centres, including the famous Burrell Collection and Charles Rennie MacIntosh designed buildings. With so much to see you will never be far from a “pit stop” as the City has a fantastic selection of restaurants, trendy cafes/bars and clubs. Glasgow is a compact city and within 20 minutes you can be in the heart of our wonderful Scottish countryside. Why not click on the tourist office links on our web site to get a taste of what is on offer? The weather at this time of the year can be unpredictable - it's the only thing we can't control! It could be warm and sunny or rainy, so do come prepared. The scientific programme is now being finalised. Topics will range from placental morphology to stem cell research. Clinical topics will include the placenta and pre-term labour and the placenta and pre-eclampsia. Watch the website for updates. We hope to offer you a stimulating and exciting programme. The social programme is well underway and will include a welcome reception at the Burrell Collection, a banquet in Stirling Castle and a civic reception in the City Chambers. Registration fees will appear on the web site in January. We look forward very much to welcoming you to Glasgow in 2005. Fiona Lyall PhD, MRCPath, MBA (Conference co-ordinator) Fiona Lyall Conference Organiser Maternal & Fetal Medicine Section Institute of Medical Genetics, Yorkhill, Glasgow G3 8SJ Telephone : +44 141 201 0657/0365 Fax: +44 141 357 4277 e-mail: [email protected]
Mrs Anne Theriault Conference Administrative Assistant Institute of Medical Genetics, Yorkhill Glasgow G3 8SJ Telephone : +44 141 201 0364/5 Fax: +44 141 357 4277 e-mail: [email protected]
Dr Gordon Graham Web site Administrator Institute of Medical Genetics, Yorkhill Glasgow G3 8SJ Telephone : +44 141 201 0364/5 Fax: +44 141 357 4277 e-mail: [email protected]
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IFPA Annual General Meeting, Asilomar, California, U.S.A. 27 September 2004 The Annual Business Meeting of the International Federation of Placenta Associations was held at 20:30 h on 27 September 2004 in the Nautilus Room, Asilomar Conference Center, California. Welcome. The President, Les Myatt opened the meeting and welcomed the Membership. Minutes of the 2003 AGM. The Secretary, Greg Rice, tabled the minutes of the 2003 AGM for ratification by the meeting. The minutes were published in the January 2004 edition of the Placenta Blue Pages and posted on the website www.placenta.cc in November 2003. The motion: That the Minutes are a true and accurate record of the 2003 IFPA Annual General Meeting was proposed by Joan Hunt, seconded by Colin Sibley and passed unanimously. Secretary’s Report. Greg Rice reported to the Membership that the Federation’s documents have been archived on the web server. Greg Rice reported that the membership database requires updating. To maintain the database following IFPAdesignated meetings, meeting organizers will provide a copy of the delegate database to the Secretary for incorporation into the main database. Greg Rice also indicated that a copy of the primary database is fully editable online and requested all ensure that the information recorded is up to date. In the absence of a voice to the contrary, the President accepted the Secretary’s Report as a true and accurate record on behalf of the meeting. He thanked Greg Rice for his efforts during the past year. Treasurer’s Report. John Aplin presented and tabled the Treasurer’s report. He reported that the current balance totalled USD 18077.89. Expenditure for the 2004 financial year to date was USD 2362.69. Funding committed for the remainder of 2004 totalled USD 1806.30. In the absence of a voice to the contrary, the President accepted the Treasurer’s Report as a true and accurate record of the financial activities of IFPA for the 2003-2004 accounting period. He thanked John Aplin for his efforts during the past year. Publication Agreement with Elsevier. Les Myatt reported to the meeting on negotiations concerning the publication contract that expires in December 2004. The new 5 year contract proposes: (1) that page numbers and possibly the number of issues would be increased; (2) an uncoupling of the journal subscription cost from the number of full fee paying delegates to an IFPA-designated meeting; and (3) an initial 8% and subsequent 3% annual increase in the cost of a subscription to Placenta. The Executive Committee considered this to be an acceptable position and negotiations were expected to be completed over the next 2 months. Awards Gábor Than Award. Les Myatt reported to the meeting that the Than family had submitted a proposal to the Executive Committee to increase the value of the Gábor Than Award from USD 1000 to USD 2000. The proposal had been accepted and Les Myatt thanked the Than family for their continued support of the Federation’s objectives in promoting the conduct and discipline of placentology. IFPA Award. Les Myatt further reported that the Executive Committee had also approved increasing the value of the IFPA Award to USD 2000. Peter Kaufmann Award. Les Myatt informed the meeting that John Kingdom and Berthold Huppertz had presented a
proposal to the Executive Committee to establish the Peter Kaufmann Award in honour of the work and contribution made by Peter to the field of placentology. The award is to be based on abstract review and will be presented to researchers who have utilized “morphological analysis or methodologies” as primary or supporting experimental endpoints. The award will be offered at the next three IFPA-designated meetings of EPG, will cover the cost of registration and accommodation and will be funded by John Kingdom. Les Myatt indicated that that Committee had accepted this proposal and thanked John and Berthold for establishing this initiative. Loke Travel Awards. Les Myatt acknowledged and thanked Charlie (Y.W.) Loke for his continued exceptional support to the Federation in funding the Loke Travel Awards. Journals Placenta. Les Myatt presented the Placenta report to the meeting. The Placenta impact factor has increased to 2.706 and it is now ranked 6th in both the Reproductive and Obstetrics and Gynaecology groups. Submissions continue to increase. The acceptance rate is ~57%. One difficulty was noted with respect to obtaining reviews for manuscripts with a decline rate of ~40%. Les reported that his term as editor was complete and that the new North American editor of placenta would be Michael Nelson. Trophoblast Research. Kathleen Shiverick reported to the meeting that Trophoblast Research continues to meet its publication objectives and that the next issue will be published in April 2005. All registrants of the meeting will receive a copy of this issue. The use of Editorial Manager® to process manuscripts will significantly reduce processing times. In addition, Kathleen Shiverick indicated that the format of the workshop reports had changed, now being limited to 2000 words and 20 references. Conferences. Proposals had been received from PAA to hold the 2007 meeting in Kingston, Ontario, Canada and from ANZPRA to hold the 2009 meeting in Adelaide, South Australia. Further information concerning upcoming meetings is available on the IFPA website www.placenta.cc. Executive Committee Elections President. Les Myatt informed the meeting that his term as President was complete and according to the IFPA Constitution, the Presidency was scheduled to rotate to Japan. The JPA decided to decline the invitation on this occasion and, thus, the Presidency rotated to ANZPRA. The Executive Committee had considered the ANZPRA nomination and elected Greg Rice as the next President of IFPA for a term of four years. Les thanked the Federation for the opportunity over the past two years to contribute to its ongoing development and thanked the Executive Committee and IFPA members for their support. Secretary. Les Myatt informed the meeting that Greg Rice would resign as Secretary and that the Secretary should be a nominee from the PAA. The Executive Committee had considered the PAA nomination and elected Don Morrish as Secretary of IFPA for a term of three years. Les thanked Greg for his contribution as Secretary over the past five years. Other Business. No further business was raised. A motion that the meeting be closed was proposed (Nick Illsley), seconded (Colin Sibley) and passed by the Membership. The meeting closed at 20:55 h.
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Meeting Schedule of IFPA In accordance with its bylaws IFPA will not organize its own Placenta Meetings. Regional meetings of the Member Associations can be organized on application as IFPA-designated meetings following review and approval by the Executive Committee. IFPA Meeting 2005 Eleventh Meeting of the European Placenta Group, Glasgow, Scotland, 3–7 September 2005 Organizer: Fiona Lyall E-mail: [email protected] http://www.epg2005.org
IFPA Meeting 2006 Japanese Placenta Group, Kobe, Japan, 6–9 September 2004 Organizer: Takeshi Maruo E-mail: [email protected]
The IFPA Award in Placentology: Call for Nominations This award acknowledges outstanding contributions to the field of placentology in all its aspects, including the relationship with fetus and mother. Nominees should be within 15 years of receiving their doctoral degree and be nominated by established senior scientists. The awardee will be invited to present a lecture during a plenary session of the same IFPA-designated meeting and have the lecture published in Placenta after peer-review. The award carries an award of USD 2000 and waiver of meeting registration fees. The awardee is responsible for travel
costs. The next award will be presented at IFPA Meeting 2005 in Glasgow, Scotland. Nominations should be sent by March 31, 2005 to: Dr. Donald Morrish 362 Heritage Medical Research Centre University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2S2 Fax: 1-780-407-6702 Email: [email protected]
IFPA Awards and 2004 Awardees
an IFPA Meeting. Candidates must be in the midst of their first post-doctoral position or within 3 years of their PhD or senior degree. The following were recognized at IFPA Meeting 2004: Osamu Akutagawa (Tokyo, Japan), Shawn Chavez (New Haven, CT, USA), Jennifer Clore (Chapel Hill, NC, USA), Philip Coan, (Cambridge, UK), Barbra de Vrijer (Rotterdam, The Netherlands), Caroline Dunk (Toronto, Canada), Justine Fitzgerald (Jena, Germany), Denise Hemmings (Edmonton, Canada), Nina Jansson (Gothenburg, Sweden), Edward Johnstone (Edmonton, Canada), Helen Jones (Aberdeen, UK), Heather LaMarca (New Orleans, LA, USA), Daudi Langat (Kansas City, KS, USA), Jasmine Leonce (London, UK), Ramsey McIntire (Kansas City, KS, USA), Annette Osei-Kumah (Newcastle, NSW, Australia), Tobias Poehlmann (Jena, Germany), Jurgen Pollheimer (Vienna, Austria), Silvia Tabano (Milan, Italy), Yang Xia (Houston, USA).
The IFPA Award in Placentology. This award acknowledges outstanding contributions to the field of placentology in all its aspects, including the relationship with fetus and mother. Nominees should be within 15 years of receiving their doctoral degree and be nominated by established senior scientists. The award is offered every two years at an IFPA-designated meeting. Awarded 2004 to James C.Cross (Calgary, Alberta Canada). The IFPA Gabor Than Award. This award acknowledges outstanding contributions to the field of placentology in all its aspects, including the relationship with fetus and mother. Nominees should be within 7 years of receiving their doctoral or senior degree. The next award will be in 2006. The IFPA Trophoblast Research Award. The IFPA Trophoblast Research Award recognizes an outstanding contribution by a scientist in training based upon a poster presentation at the annual meeting of the International Federation of Placenta Associations. The Award provides for a Special Podium Research Presentation by the scientist at the next IFPA meeting. Awarded 2004 to Helen Bond (Manchester, United Kingdom). Elsevier Science New Investigator Award This award acknowledges an outstanding contribution by a scientist in training based upon a podium presentation at an IFPA-designated meeting. Awarded 2004 to Shawn Chavez (New Haven, CT, USA). The Y.W. Loke New Investigator Travel Award This award is towards travel and meeting expenses. The awards are based on a review of abstracts submitted for
Ad hoc Awards In addition to the awards listed above, the organizers of recent IFPA Meetings have generated funds for a number of awards to New Investigators based on podium or poster presentations at the meetings. At the 2004 meeting, awards for outstanding oral presentations were given to Philip Coan (Cambridge, UK) and Annette Osei-Kumah (Newcastle, Australia), and for outstanding poster presentations to: Doerthe Brueggman (Giessen, Germany), Emma Cooper (Manchester, UK), Caroline Dunk (Toronto, Canada), Edward Johnstone (Edmonton, Canada), Denise Hemmings (Edmonton, Canada), Heather LaMarca (New Orleans, LA, USA), Kristina Lotz (Martinsried, Germany), Pedro Morales (Kansas City, KS, USA).