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Friday 02 April 2027
08:30 - 10:00
Session 4: Emerging models of gametogenesis: useful science or future clinic?
Friday 02 April 2027
08:30 - 10:00: Session 4: Emerging models of gametogenesis: useful science or future clinic?:
Dimitra Nikiforaki, Greece
08:30 - 08:50
In vitro-derived oocytes: where is the science now?
Helen M. Picton, United Kingdom
09:00 - 09:20
Human spermatogonial stem cells and the male germline niche
Speaker invited, but not confirmed
09:30 - 09:50
Who will use in vitro gametes? clinical and ethical boundaries
Ana Pereira Daoud, The Netherlands
10:00 - 10:30
Coffee break
10:00 - 10:30: Coffee break:
10:30 - 12:00
Session 5: Building a viable zygote: pronuclei, centrosomes and early embryonic organisation
10:30 - 12:00: Session 5: Building a viable zygote: pronuclei, centrosomes and early embryonic organisation:
Chair invited, but not confirmed yet
10:30 - 10:50
Why two pronuclei? pronuclear biology in the IVF laboratory
Tommaso Cavazza, Switzerland
11:00 - 11:20
Oocyte-mediated sperm DNA repair: mechanisms, limits and implications for embryo development
11:30 - 11:50
The sperm contribution after fertilisation: centrioles, cytoskeleton and embryo organisation
Meurig Gallagher, United Kingdom
12:00 - 13:00
Lunch break
12:00 - 13:00: Lunch break:
13:00 - 14:30
Session 6: From early embryo to blastocyst: what carries forward from gametes?
13:00 - 14:30: Session 6: From early embryo to blastocyst: what carries forward from gametes?:
Amy Barrie, United Kingdom
Slobodan Vasković, Serbia
13:00 - 13:20
Male and paternal influences on embryo development and clinical outcomes
13:30 - 13:50
Cell fate progression in early human embryogenesis: insights from single-cell rna sequencing
Sophie Petropoulos, Canada
14:00 - 14:20
The epigenetic blueprint of early human embryo development: implications for iVF embryo competence
Speaker invited, but not confirmed
14:30 - 15:00
Coffee break
14:30 - 15:00: Coffee break:
15:00 - 16:00
Session 7: Clinical decision-making at the embryology–andrology interface
15:00 - 16:00: Session 7: Clinical decision-making at the embryology–andrology interface:
15:00 - 15:20
Choosing between IVF and ICSI based on sperm quality and DFI: what still matters?
Speaker invited, but not confirmed
15:30 - 15:50
Own versus donor versus when to stop: how to use scientific evidence to guide a patient’s treatment journey
Jackson Kirkman-Brown, United Kingdom