Organised by the Task Force Basic Science
Background: Basic scientists have the opportunity to build new methods for fertility management from advanced cryopreservation technology to methods to maintain or regenerate healthy follicle growth resulting in in-vitro grown and fertilisable oocytes.Basic science research and associated emerging technologies have the potential to increase quality of life and benefit for cancer survivors. More efforts are needed in order to stimulate improvements in this very promising, but still experimental area.
Learning objectives:
1. To understand the current methods for embryo and oocyte cryopreservation and gonadal tissue banking2. To explore new animal models for discovery research in follicle biology3. To understand the stem cell biology and emerging technologies in regenerative medicine and how they may influence the future directions of oncofertility research
Chairs : Outi Hovatta (Sweden) and Johan Smitz (Belgium)
09:00 – 09:30
Advanced culture methods to obtain the correct differentiation : follicle culture (early stages) / Evelyn Telfer (United Kingdom)
09:30 – 09:45
Discussion
09:45 – 10:15
Advanced culture methods to improve developmental competence: specific IVM culture strategies (late stages) / Rob Gilchrist (Australia)
10:15 – 10:30
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 – 11:30
Large animal models, particularly nonhuman primates, to facilitate progress in fertility preservation technologies / Dick Stouffer (USA)
11.30 - 11.45
11:45 – 12:15
Acquisition and use of human gonadal tissue: lessons from the Oncofertility Consortium / Teresa Woodruff (USA)
12:15 – 12:30
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch
13:30 – 14:00
In vitro culture of fetal oocytes, a model to study pairing-synapsis and recombination of first meiosis in human / Montserrat Garcia Caldes (Spain)
14.00 - 14.15
14:15 – 14:45
Current research strategies for transplantation of gonadal tissues (matrices, scaffolds,..etc) / Lonnie Shea (USA)
14.45 - 15.00
15:00 – 15:30
15:30 – 16:00
Oocytes from stem cells: the progress? / Renee A. Reijo Pera (USA)
16.00 - 16.15
16:15 – 16:45
Preservation and culture of gametes: at risk of imprinting defects? / Ellen Anckaert (Belgium)
16.45 - 17.00