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18^th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Immunology, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Address for correspondence: ASRI Meeting, FUHS/The Chicago Medical School, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, 3333 Green Bay Road, North Chicago, Illinois 60064, USA, E-mail: clinlab@mis.finchcms.edu.

September 16 to 19, 1998

Fourth International Meeting "Mechanisms in Local Immunity", and joint meeting Fourth Meeting of Alps Adria Society for Immunology of Reproduction, will be held in Opatija, Croatia.

The program will cover all of the major areas of LOCAL IMMUNITY (Central nervous system, Respiratory and Gastrointestinal system) as well as a various topics of local immunity in the REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM (Immunogenetics, Immunobiology of reproduction, NK cells in reproduction, Immunopathology, Mucosal immunology of sexually transmitted diseases, AIDS in pregnancy). In addition to these topics special attention will be focused to the Basic aspects of mucosal immunology and Mechanisms of cytotoxicity and apoptosis.
The site has been updated to include the scientific program, abstract and registration forms and general information as well, and will continue to be updated regularly.

Please contact: Daniel Rukavina, President, Department of Physiology and Immunology, Medical Faculty, University of Rijeka, B. Branchetta 20, HR-51000 Rijeka, Croatia, Phone: ++385 51-651-207, Fax: ++385-675-699,
E-mail: Daniel.Rukavina@mamed.medri.hr
Local Organizing Committee, E-mail: Congress@mamed.medri.hr

October 27 to 30, 1998

10^th International Congress of Immunology, will be held in New Delhi, India. President Pran G. Talwar. Address for correspondence: Congress Secretariat, International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, New Delhi-110067, India, Fax: 91-11-6184447, E-mail: talwar@nii.ernet.in

First European Congress of Reproductive Immunology
will be held in Rome, Italy

Steering Committee and preliminary Organizing and Scientific Committee: F. Dondero (Local Organizer - Italy), Andrea Lenzi (Local Organizer - Italy), G. Chaouat (France), V. Chernyshov (Ukraine), T. Cooper (Germany), R. Georgieva (Bulgaria), D. Rukavina (Croatia), J. Szekeres-Bartho (Hungary), R. Searle (UK).

Tentative list of topics:

Paracrine and immune phenomena in reproduction; Immunobiology of reproduction; Genes regulation of reproduction; Gene cloning and immunology of reproduction; Immunogenetics in reproduction; Cytokines, hormones regulating reproduction and pregnancy; Immunopathology and physiology of implantation and early pregnancy; Materno-fetal interface; Recurrent pregnancy loss; Autoantibodies and pregnancy; Antigens of germ cells; Zona pellucida antigens; Candidates for contracceptive vaccine; Antisperm immunity; Epidemiology and clinic of infertility due to immunological reasons; Local immunity in reproductive organs; Immunology and infections in genital tract; Acquired immunodeficiency and reproduction.
Address for correspondence: Franco Dondero or Andrea Lenzi, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Physiopathology, School of Andrology, Policlinico Umberto I, 00161 Rome, Italy,
Phone: +39+6 4469663; Fax: +39+6 4402671.

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