The First Seven Days

Wednesday, April 26, 2006

 

10:00 – 11:00 am Registration and Refreshments

 

11:00 am Introductory Remarks

Roger Gosden 11:10 am

 

Welcome Address

Zev Rosenwaks

 

Session I – Intercellular Dialogues in Gametogenesis and Fertilization

Roger Gosden & Renée Martin, Session Chairs

 

11:30 am Oocyte Control of Granulosa Cell Function: Oo-outsourcing of Metabolic Functions

John Eppig

 

12:10 pm Intercellular Signaling in the Testis

Norman Hecht

 

12:50 pm Egg Activation, Calcium Signaling, Gene Expression, and Development

Richard Schultz

 

1:30 pm Lunch – Free Communications

 

Session II – Genetics and Gametogenesis

Peter Schlegel & John Eppig, Session Chairs

 

2:30 pm Lessons from the Y chromosome

David Page

 

3:10 pm Meiotic Errors and Spermatogenic Failure

Renée Martin

 

3:50 pm Maternal Age and Oocyte Aneuploidy

Dorothy Warburton

 

4:30 pm Panel Discussion: Definition of Competent Gametes and Embryos

 

5:00 pm Abstract Awards Presentation

 

5:15 pm Presentation of Georgeanna Seegar Jones Young Investigator Prize

 

5:30 pm Poster Reception

Free Communications

 

Thursday, April 27, 2006

 

7:00 am Continental Breakfast (provided)

Exhibit Hall open

 

Session III – Epigenetics and Embryos

Helen Liu & Roger Gosden, Session Chairs

 

8:00 am Epigenetic Screening in Health and Disease

Andrew Feinberg

 

8:40 am Impact of Environment on Imprinting During Development

Jacquetta Trasler

 

9:20 pm Epigenetic Reprogramming in the Murine Egg and Early Embryo

Scott Coonrod

 

10:00 am Break

Exhibit Hall open

 

Session IV – Culture Environment and Cell Stress

Lucinda Veeck Gosden & Andrew Feinberg, Session Chairs

 

10:20 am Embryo Culture: Tradition and Science

Henry Leese

 

11:00 am Microfluidics for Mammalian Embryos and Embryonic Stem Cells

Gary Smith

 

11:40 am Novel Strategies for Genetic Screening of Embryos

Alan Handyside

 

12:20 pm Panel Discussion: Selection of Embryos for Implantation

Potential or Stem Cell Derivation

 

1:00 pm Lunch 

 

1:00 – 5:00 pm Exhibit Hall Open

 

1:30 - 5:00 pm Human Embryonic Stem Cell and Nuclear Transfer

Laboratory Workshop (attendance limited to 24)

 

6:45 pm Dinner and Keynote Lecture: Nuclear Transplantation, Stem Cells and Reprogramming

Rudolf Jaenisch

 

Friday, April 28, 2006

 

7:00 am Continental Breakfast (provided)

Exhibit Hall open

 

Session V – New Reproductive Technologies

Kutluk Oktay & Kangpu Xu, Session Chairs

 

8:00 am Serum Markers of Ovarian Reserve: What’s New?

Renato Fanchin

 

8:40 am The Importance of Follicular Origin for In Vitro Maturation

of Oocytes

Marc-André Sirard

 

9:20 am Cryopreservation of Reproductive and Stem Cells

John McGrath

 

10:00 am Break

Exhibit Hal open

 

Session VI – Molecular Regulation of Embryonic Stem Cells

Shahin Rafii & Nikica Zaninovic, Session Chairs

 

10:20 am Patient-Specific Human Embryonic Stem Cells Derived From

Cloned Blastocysts: The Journey to the Clinics

Gerald Schatten

 

11:00 am Molecular Basis of Pluripotency in Human Embryonic Stem Cells

Ali Brivanlou

 

11:40 am Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine and Reproductive

Biology

George Daley

 

12:20 pm Lunch

 

Session VII – Stem Cell Applications

Gerald Schatten & Zev Rosenwaks, Session Chairs

 

1:30 pm Human Embryonic Stem Cells: Sources, Derivation,

Culture and Differentiation Into Cardiovascular Lineages

Joseph Itskovitz-Eldor

 

2:10 pm Spermatogonial Cell Manipulation and Transplantation

Stefan Schlatt

 

2:50 pm Regulation of Stem Cell Differentiation By the Vascular Niche

Shahin Rafii

3:30 pm Panel Discussion: Optimal Characteristics of ES Cells

for Transplantation Medicine

 

4:15 pm Concluding Remarks

Roger Gosden

 

4:30 pm Adjourn