Oocytes, Ovary, and Transplantation

Thursday, September 27, 2007

 

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Registration

 

1:00 pm Introductory Remarks

S.S. Kim, P. Patrizio, G. DelPriore

 

1:10 pm Cancer and Fertility Society Update

Jeanetta Stega

 

1:20 pm FertileHOPE Update

Jessica Jacobs

 

Session I – Folliculogenesis and In Vitro Maturation

Session Chair, Johan Smitz

 

1:30 pm Molecular and Cellular Aspects of Oocyte Development

Roger Gosden

 

2:15 pm Folliculogenesis from Ovarian Stem Cells

Joshua Johnson

 

3:00 pm Break

 

3:15 pm Gene Expression in Oocytes Matured in vivo and Polar Body Analysis

Dagan Wells

 

4:00 pm Oocyte and Granulosa Cell CrossTalk in an IVM Model

David Albertini

 

4:45 pm Panel Discussion

 

5:15 pm Dinner on own – complementary shuttle service to Boston restaurants provided

 

Friday, September 28, 2007

 

7:00 - 8:00 am Breakfast

 

Session II – Clinical Applications of IVM and Oocyte Cryopreservation

Session Chair, Pasquale Patrizio

 

8:00 am Opening Remarks

 

8:15 am How to Optimize in vitro Follicular Culture Systems

Johan Smitz

 

8:45 am Clinical Applications of in vitro Maturation

Ri-Cheng Chian

 

9:30 am Break

 

10:00 am Human Oocyte Cryopreservation by Slow Freezing

Andrea Borini

 

10:45 am Human Oocyte Cryopreservation by Vitrification

John Zhang 

 

11:30 am Panel Discussion

 

12:00 pm Lunch

 

Session III – Ovarian Transplantation

Session Chair, S. Samuel Kim 

 

1:00 pm Transplantation of Fresh Human Ovarian Tissue

Sherman Silber

 

1:45 pm Optimal Cooling Conditions and Permeating Parameters

of Ovarian Tissue

Amir Arav

 

2:30 pm Break

 

2:45 pm Cryopreservation of Whole Human Ovary

Pasquale Patrizio

 

3:30 pm Whole Ovary Transplantation in Sheep

Tommaso Falcone

 

4:15 pm Transplantation of Cryopreserved Human Ovarian Tissue

Jacques Donnez

 

4:45 pm Panel Discussion

 

5:00 pm Keynote Lecture: History of Ovarian Banking and Transplantation

Roger Gosden

 

5:45 pm Poster Awards

 

6:00 pm Poster Reception

 

Saturday, September 29, 2007

 

7:00 – 8:00 am Breakfast

 

Session IV – Fertility, Pregnancy and Cancer

Session Chair, Giuseppe Del Priore

 

8:00 am Assisted Reproduction and Breast Cancer Risk

Carol Fabian

 

8:45 am Effect of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation on Fertility and

Pregnancy

Jean Sanders

 

9:15 am Break

 

9:30 am Impact of Transplant Immunosuppression on the Fetus

James Scott

 

10:15 am Practical Guidelines for Fertility Preservation in Cancer Patients

S. Samuel Kim

 

11:00 pm Panel Discussion

 

11:15 pm Luncheon Keynote: Ethics in Assisted Reproduction: Barrier or Savior?

Arthur Caplan

 

Session V – Uterine Transplantation

Session Chair, Tommaso Falcone

 

12:45 pm Reproductive Organ Transplantaion: Perspectives From a

Transplant Surgeon

Maria Siemionow

 

1:30 pm Successful Animal Uterine Transplant

Mats Brannstrom

 

2:15 pm Human Uterus Transplantation: State of the Art

Giuseppe Del Priore

 

3:00 pm Panel Discussion

 

3:30 pm Closing Remarks

 

3:45 pm Adjourn