Reproductive Bioengineering 2008
April 1-5, 2008, Wenns im Pitztal, Austria

Co-Chairs
David Elad (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
Ludwig Wildt (Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria)


Local Organizing Committee

Christoph Brezinka (Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria)
Helga Fritsch (Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria)
Gerhard A. Holzapfel (Graz University of Technology, Austria
The Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden )
Germar M. Pinggera (Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria)
Irene Virgolini (Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria)
Ludwig Wildt (Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria)


International Scientific Committee
David Elad
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
E-mail: elad@eng.tau.ac.il

Ludwig Wildt
Department of Gynecologic Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine,
Medical University of Innsbruck,
6020 Innsbruck, Austria
E-Mail: Ludwig.Wildt@i-med.ac.at

Ariel J. Jaffa
Ultrasound Unit in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Lis Maternity Hospital
Tel-Aviv Medical Center
Tel-Aviv 64239, Israel
E-mail: drajaffa@netvision.net.il

Roger C. Young
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Vermont,
Burlington, VT, USA
E-mail: roger.young@uvm.edu

Margot S. Damaser
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Lerner Research Institute and Glickman Urological Institute
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
E-mail: damasem@ccf.org

Ofer Barnea
Department of Biomedical Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University,
Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
E-mail: barneao@eng.tau.ac.il

Gerhard A. Holzapfel
Center for Biomedical Engineering
Graz University of Technology
8010 Graz, Austria
E-Mail: gh@biomech.tu-graz.ac.at

Michelle L. Oyen
Department of Engineering
Cambridge University
Cambridge CB2 1PZ, UK
E-mail: mlo29@cam.ac.uk

Bradley B. Keller
Chief, Division of Pediatric Cardiology
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
E-mail: Bradley.Keller@chp.edu

James Ashton-Miller
Mechanical Engineering, Biomechanics Research Lab
3208 G.G. Brown Building
2350 Hayward Street
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2125, USA
E-mai: jaam@umich.edu

Ted Burdyga
The Physiological Laboratory,
School of Biomedical Sciences,
University of Liverpool,
Liverpool L69 3BX, UK
E-mail: burdyga@liv.ac.uk

Lawrence P. Reynolds
Center for Nutrition and Pregnancy
Department of Animal & Range Sciences
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND 58105-5727, USA
E-mail: larry.reynolds@ndsu.edu

Antony Shmygol
Warwick Medical School,
Clincal Sciences Research Institute,
Clifford Bridge Road,
Coventry, CV2 2DX, UK..
E-mail: A.Shmygol@warwick.ac.uk

Ronald R. Magness
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of OB/GYN
The Perinatal Research Laboratories
Atrium B Meriter Hospital/Park
202 South Park Street
Madison,Wisconsin 53715, USA
E-mail: rmagness@wisc.edu
rmagness@facstaff.wisc.edu

Michael Sacks
University of Pittsburgh
Department of Bioengineering
McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine
100 Technology Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA
E-mail: msacks@pitt.edu

Jay R. Hove
University of Cincinnati
Department of Genome Science
Genome Research Institute
2180 E. Galbraith Road,
Cincinnati, OH 45237, USA
E-mail: jay.hove@uc.edu

Under the Auspices of  
Austrian Society of Reproductive Medicine and Endocrinology (ÖGRM)
 
"Austrian Society of Biomedical Engineering" (OEGBMT)
   
International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE)
   
European Alliance for Medical and Biological Engineering & Science (EAMBES)


Scope

Reproductive Bioengineering 2008 will be an international multi-disciplinary meeting on all scientific topics that require integration of either bioengineering or biophysical aspects with biological and physiological knowledge in the study of all areas of reproduction from the molecular to organ levels.

Venue
The meeting will be held in the Hotel Tschirgantblick (http://www.tschirgantblick.at/).
Full board accommodation will be at the meeting venue.