The Matthews Lab attended the 11th DOHaD World Congress in Melbourne, Australia, hosted by the DOHaD Society of Australia and New Zealand from October 20th-23rd 2019. The Congress theme was “Investing in a Healthy Future for All: Research, Education, and Policy.” The Congress brought together basic and clinical researchers and health care professionals from around the world to address the many challenges that currently impact the health of mothers and fathers, babies in the womb, infants, children and adolescents, as well as explore solutions, interventions and policies to optimize health across the lifespan. 700 abstracts were submitted, more than 1000 DOHaD researchers (including 300 trainees) from 54 countries were delegated to this congress. There was a huge variety of research areas, from socioeconomics to epigenome, birth cohort, microbiome, and so on. Further information about the next DOHaD world congress, which will be held here in Canada, can be found here.
Congratulations to Dr. Hirotaka Hamada for receiving the travel award and the DOHaD 2019 Trainee Oral Award!
The projects from the Matthews Lab that were presented at DOHaD are as follows:
Prenatal Glucocorticoid Exposure Modifies Germ Cell MicroRNA Expression in Adult Male Offspring Across 3 Generations: Paternal Transmission
(Dr. Hirotaka Hamada – Oral presentation)
Stephen Matthews chaired a morning session, titled “Neonatal reprogramming and Growth Acceleration: The Marsupial Model” on October 23rd, 2019.