Validating Hyper7 Sensors for Quantitative Hydrogen Peroxide Measurement in Bovine Oocytes
Location: The Auditorium
Oral Presenter: Maria Plevridi, MSc (she/her/hers) – Reproductive and Developmental Biology Laboratory (ReDBioLab), Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Focus Session 2
11:30 AM – 11:45 AM IST
GDF9:BMP15 Complexes Identified in Ovarian Extracts
Multiple Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Lines Differentiated with a Ligand-Based Approach Recapitulate Granulosa Cell Development and Express Steroidogenic Pathway Genes.
Identification of Key Embryonic Factors Facilitating Successful Reprogramming of Rabbit Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells and Production of Systemic Chimeras
From Cleavage to Pregnancy Loss: Insights into the First Mitotic Division and Its Implications for Developmental Potential, Pregnancy, And Early Embryonic Loss in Horses
Session Co-Chair: Hannah E. Lyons, Jr., Bsc (she/her/hers) – Robinson Research Institute and School of Biomedicine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, AUSTRALIA
Session Co-Chair: Hannah E. Lyons, Jr., Bsc (she/her/hers) – Robinson Research Institute and School of Biomedicine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, AUSTRALIA
Focus Session 4
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM IST
Heat Stress-Induced Impacts on Ovarian Steroidogenesis, Folliculogenesis and The Response to Ovotoxicant Exposures.
Altered DNA Methylation Causes Transgenerational Effects on Female Fertility and Reproductive Development Following Exposure to an Estrogenic Endocrine Disruptor
A Newly Identified Cilium in Meiosis Mechanically Controls Chromosomal Pairing and Germ Cell Morphogenesis in Zebrafish, Mouse, And Human Fetal Ovaries
Session Co-Chair: Giulia Musmeci, MSc (she/her/hers) – Reproductive and Developmental Biology Laboratory (ReDBioLab), Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, University of Milan
Session Co-Chair: Giulia Musmeci, MSc (she/her/hers) – Reproductive and Developmental Biology Laboratory (ReDBioLab), Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, University of Milan
Focus Session 6
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM IST
The Role of Early Life Nutrition on the Physiological and Molecular Control of Sexual Development in Calves
Multiple Evaluation of Sperm Function: From Motility Assessment to Advanced Chromatin Analyses
Location: Liffey Hall 2
Invited Oral Speaker: Jordi Ribas-Maynou, PhD (he/him/his) – Unit of Cell Biology and Medical Genetics,
Department of Cell Biology, Phisiology and Immunology,
Autonomous University of Barcelona
Focus Session 7
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM IST
Simultaneous High-Resolution Live Imaging of Cytoplasmic and Intracellular Calcium Store Dynamics in Progesterone-Induced Capacitated Mouse Sperm Acrosomal Exocytosis
Session Co-Chair: Dominika Kawka, M.Ed (she/her/hers) – Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Olsztyn, Poland
Session Co-Chair: Dominika Kawka, M.Ed (she/her/hers) – Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Olsztyn, Poland
Focus Session 8
1:30 PM – 2:00 PM IST
Reconstructing Human Oocytes
Location: The Auditorium
Invited Oral Speaker: Shoukhrat Mitalipov (he/him/his) – Oregon Health & Science University, Center for Embryonic Cell and Gene Therapy
Focus Session 8
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM IST
Mechanisms of Spindle Positioning in Oocytes and Their Developmental Implications (2023 Investigator Awardee)
Trophoblast Stem Cell Models to Understand the Pathogenic Drivers of Fetal Growth Restriction
Location: The Liffey A
Invited Oral Speaker: Joanna James, PhD (she/her/hers) – Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland
Focus Session 9
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM IST
High-Fat, High Sugar Feeding Interrupts Placental Lactogen Adaptation Signaling in a Murine Model of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
Maternal Obesity is Associated with Global Reductions in Gene Expression including mRNAs that Contribute to Cell Migration and Glucocorticoid Metabolism in the Mid-Gestation Mouse Placenta
Location: The Liffey A
Oral Presenter: Petra Rose – University of Nebraska Lincoln
Developmental Patterns and Gene Expression of Bovine Blastocysts Exposed to Imbalanced Energetic Levels
Location: Wicklow Hall 1
Oral Presenter: Giulia Musmeci, MSc (she/her/hers) – Reproductive and Developmental Biology Laboratory (ReDBioLab), Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, University of Milan
Session Co-Chair: Noemi Monferini, MSc – Reproductive and Developmental Biology Laboratory, Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Session Co-Chair: Noemi Monferini, MSc – Reproductive and Developmental Biology Laboratory, Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Focus Session 12
1:30 PM – 2:00 PM IST
Advanced Assisted Reproduction Technologies in Large Endangered Mammals.
