In memoriam – Chris Redman
It is with is with deep regret that we must inform you of the passing of Christopher (“Chris”) Redman, a true physician-scientist, placentologist, one of the world’s leading experts on preeclampsia, and friend of IFPA. We share with you the obituary written for PLACENTA by his friends and colleagues.
New Lab Finder feature
The website now has a new tool for researchers looking to find labs carrying out particular areas of the research. The Lab Finder now lists laboratories by their Principal Investigator, a brief description of their research areas and techniques and a link to the laboratory’s website where more information can be found. We hope this new feature will assist researchers, especially ECRs who might be looking for a lab to join whose interests match their own.
IFPA 2024 Award Winners
The winner of the 2024 Joan Hunt Senior award is Dr. Estela Bevilacqua, University of São Paolo, Brazil
The winner of the 2024 Gábor Than Award is Dr. Sandra Haider, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
The winner of the 2024 Andrée Gruslin Award is Dr. Jane Cleal, University of Southampton, U.K.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!
IFPA 2024 conference equity support
In view of the high cost to attend IFPA 2024 for international participants, IFPA is pleased to announce special awards (up to US$1000) for IFPA investigators from low income countries (see https://wellcome.org/grant-funding/guidance/low-and-middle-income-countries) to attend the meeting in Montreal. The criteria for eligibility are (1) being an established investigator (not trainee) and (2) (co-)authorship of at least one abstract. Additional criteria used for selecting awardees include previous involvement in IFPA and/or placental research, justification of the need and scientific excellence
Please send your application to Professor Hirotaka Nishi (nishih@tokyo-med.ac.jp) by May 1, 2024 including the title of your abstract(s), a resumé/CV (2 pages), a letter (1 page) explaining your involvement in placental research and IFPA and a justified budget plan
Important: Success of an application will require an accepted abstract. If an applicant’s abstract is not accepted, the application will be turned down. Notification will be sent after May 15, 2024. Registration must take place by June 2, 2024. Payment will be made after registration
Nominations for the IFPA 2024 Awards open
In order to foster, promote, and reward excellent research in placentology, IFPA, with the generous contributions of various donors and organizations, sponsors a number of Awards. These range from those acknowledging the work of young investigators in the field through to acknowledgement of the major contributions by senior investigators (see the website: https://www.ifpa.epineux.com/awards). Call for Joan Hunt Senior Award in Placentology, Gábor Than Award and Andrée Gruslin Award nominations. Each nomination should be emailed by March 22, 2024 to Dr. Hirotaka Nishi, E-mail: nishih@tokyo-med.ac.jp
Nominations open for the Asia/Pacific editor of PLACENTA
The publishers and IFPA are seeking to appoint a new Asia/Pacific editor for Placenta, to begin in January 2025. This individual will work alongside the current Editor for Europe, Dr Udo Markert, the Editor for the Americas, Dr Nick Illsley, and the Editors for China Dr Yan-ling Wang and Dr Gendie Lash. The Asia/Pacific Editor received approximately 15% of the submissions (82 manuscripts) in 2023, although this number is increasing.
We are therefore seeking nominations for this editorial position. For more information, click here.
2024 FNPS
The 2024 meeting of the Fetal and Neonatal Physiological Society with the Neonatal Society will be held in Nottingham, UK on June 19-21, 2024. For more information, click here.
IFPA 2024 deadline
The abstract deadline for the IFPA 2024 meeting in Montreal, Canada is MARCH 22, 2024. For more details go to www.ifpa2024.org
Information for SLIMP 2024
Details released for the SLIMP 2024 meeting in Maceio, Brazil, May 27-29. To find out more, go to the SLIMP 2024 website
Next IFPA meeting dates announced
The next IFPA meeting will be held in Montreal, Canada from September 2-6, 2024. To find out more, go to www.ifpa2024.org
The IFPA meeting in 2025 will be held in Erfurt, Germany from September 17-20, 2025. More information will be coming soon.
IFPA 2023 Meeting in Rotorua a great success
The 2023 IFPA meeting was held 5– 8 of September 2023 at the Novotel Lakeside Hotel, Rotorua, New Zealand The meeting theme was “Whenua: the foundation of life” which pays respect to the Māori people of New Zealand, who place great cultural importance on the placenta (whenua), and for whom it is customary to bury their placenta on traditional tribal lands to tie them back to their ancestry.
The meeting was attended by 294 delegates in total, with good representation from all parts of the globe. The meeting programme included workshop sessions, symposia, poster sessions and award lectures. As is customary in New Zealand, the meeting was opened with the blessing of the local iwi (Māori tribe), who spoke in Te Reo of the importance of the placenta.
The meeting featured a number of social events including the welcome function held on the Tuesday evening at the Skyline, where after a gondola ride up delegates could choose to participate in some luging down the hill. This proved very popular, and resulted in some excellent photos (see below!) as well as some new introductions made on the rides back up the chairlift. Wednesday night saw the New Investigators head to The Beer Garden for a social mixer, and Thursday evening provided delegates the opportunity to sign up for a trip to the Redwoods Treewalk – which is lit up beautifully at night. Finally, the meeting ended with a gala dinner held at Te Puia, where delegates dined and danced framed by Māori carvings.
