The Ritchie Centre Colloquium 2017 New Directions in Endometriosis & Women’s Health Research

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Thursday5thOctober2017

8:30-9:00

REGISTRATIONANDCOFFEE9:00-9:15

Welcome&Opening

ProfStuartHooper,Head,RitchieCentre&ProfLizHartland,Director,HudsonInstituteofMedicalResearch9:15-9:30

Session1:Endometriosis-Clinical

9:30-9:45 ProfLukRombauts Historicalperspectiveandcurrenttrendsindiagnosisandtreatmentofendometriosis

9:45-10:00 ProfAndrewHorne Engagingpatientsandclinicianstoprioritiseendometriosisresearch

10:00-10:10 DrCharlotteElder AdolescentEndometriosis10:10-10:20 DrSofiePiessons Advancesinultrasounddiagnosisofendometriosis10:20-10:30 DrKjianaSchwab RetrogrademenstruationofEndometrialstem/progenitorcellsin

womenwithendometriosis10:30-10:45 A/ProfLouiseHull RoleofmiRNAsinendometriosis10.45-11.05 GeneralDiscussion11.05-11:35

MORNINGTEA Session2:Endometriosis–RiskFactorsandDiagnosis

11:35-11:50 ProfPeterRogers GWASandeQTLsofendometriosissusceptibilitygenes

11:50-12:00 A/ProfCarolineGargett Neonataluterinebleedingandendometriosis

12:00-12:10 DrJaneGirling Donervefibresinendometriumandendometriosislesionscontributetopaininendometriosis?

12:10-12:30 GeneralDiscussion12:30-1:30 ProfAndrewHorne PlenaryLecture(HudsonandPediatricsSeminar)

“Lessonslearntfromcancertoimprovethemanagementofendometriosis”

1:30-2:30

LUNCH&POSTERSESSION Session3:Endometriosis-Pathophysiology;modelsandcontributingfactors

2:30-2:40 DrNiamhMangan Roleofinterferonsinthefemalereproductivetract

2:40-2:50 DrFionaCousins Endometrialstem/progenitorcellsinanendometriosismodelinmTertmice

2:50-3:00 DrHayleyDickinson Thespinymouse-amenstruatingrodent3:00-3:10 DrJamesDeane Stemcellsignallinginamousemodelofendometriosis3:00-3:20 GeneralDiscussion3.20-3.35 RCStudent3MT

ShowcaseAzuAzhan StuartEmmersonMadisonPaton AidanKashyap

3:35-4:00

AFTERNOONTEA

The Ritchie Centre Colloquium 2017 New Directions in Endometriosis & Women’s Health Research

5:00-6:30 ECREVENT–Location:MelbourneMuseum“ScienceCommunication:

Engagingwiththepublic,politiciansandthepursestringholders”

7:00-8:30 RitchiePublicForumattheHudson:”Endometriosis–MovingTowardsaPainFreeFuture”

Location:MelbourneMuseum

Facilitator:BernieHobbsPanellists:AndrewHorne,LukRombauts,LouiseHull,JemmaEvans,CarolineGargett,AngelaFarley,DonnaCiccia,KateYoung

Friday6thOctober2017

8:45-9:00

REGISTRATIONANDCOFFEE Session4:Infertility

9:00-9:10 ProfBeverleyVollenhoven

Prenataloriginsofinfertility

9:10-9:20 DrAmyWinship Maternallowproteindieteffectsonoffspring,ovarianreserveandoocytequality

9:20–9:30 DrYogeshwarMakanji Recreatingtheovarianmicroenvironmentexvivo,forpreservationoffertility

9:30–9:40 DrTraceyEdgell Biomarkersforendometrialreceptivity

9:40-9:50 DrHannahBrown Whennuttingitisn’tcuttingit:howtocommunicatefertilityandconceptionmessageseffectively

9:50-10:00 DrShaviFernando Melatoninandinfertility-improvingoutcomesofART10:00-10:10 DrJemmaEvans Menstrualfluidproteomics-insightintohowtheendometrium

healsandpotentialmarkersofendometrialdisorders10:20-10:30 DrKarlaHutt Strategiestoprotecttheovaryfromdamagecausedbycancer

treatments10:30-10:45 GeneralDiscussion10:45-11:05

MORNINGTEA Session5:Pregnancyandpregnancydisorders

11:05-11:15 DrPadmaMurthi VitaminDinpregnancy11:15-11:25 DrStaceyEllery Dysregulationofplacentalcreatinebiosynthesisinadverse

pregnancycomplications11.25-11.35 DrKirstenPalmer Placentaspecificmarkersforpre-eclampsia11.35-11.45 DrTu’uhevaha

Kaitu’u-LinoImpactofpre-eclampsiaonendothelialcells

11:45-11:55 A/ProfGuiyingNie HtrA3isoformsfordetectionofpre-eclampsia11.55-12:05 DrMirandaDavies-Tuck EthnicdifferencesforpretermbabiesexperienceinNeonatal

intensivecareunits12:05-12:20 GeneralDiscussion

The Ritchie Centre Colloquium 2017 New Directions in Endometriosis & Women’s Health Research

12:20-1:20

LUNCH&POSTERSESSION Session6:GynaecologicalCancers

1:20-1:35 ProfThomasJobling Clinicalperspectivesongynaecologicalcancers1.35-1.50 A/ProfJuliaBrotherton AnupdateonHPVvaccine-wasiteffective?

1:50-2:00 DrSImonChu Sequencingovariancancertoidentifydiseasecausingmutations

2:00-2:10 ProfRichardBoyd CAR-Tcellsfortreatingovariancancer

2:10-2:20 DrMichellevanSinderen IL-11Rinendometrialcancer2:20-2:40 GeneralDiscussion2:40-3:10

AFTERNOONTEA Session7:NewapproachestotreatmentofPelvicFloorDisorders

3:10-3:30 A/ProfAnnaRosamilia Clinicalperspectiveofpelvicfloordisorders

3:30-3:40 DrMarkDelBorgo Novelbetapeptidegelsforcelldelivery

3:40-3:50 DrShayantiMukherjee NanobiomaterialsandeMSCforurogynaecologicalcare3:50-4:00 DrKaiZhang Rationaldesignofscaffoldsforurogynaecologicalapplications

4:00-4:20 GeneralDiscussion4:20-4:30

AWARDSANDCOLLOQUIUMCLOSE