Athens 2009

Cryobiology and cryopreservation of human gametes and embryos

ESHRE Campus symposium

Athens, Greece

25-26 September 2009

Organised by the ESHRE Special Interest Group Embryology, in collaboration with Greek Society for Clinical Embryologists

Speaker handouts

Cryobiology equilibrium vs. Non-equilibrium cooling - S.P. Leibo
Cryobiology of vitrification - U. Schneider
Vitrification in « closed » carrier device. A way towards « aseptic » vitrification - P. Vanderzwalmen

Morphological aspects of human blastocyst before and after vitrification - M. Moser

Cryopreservation of human spermatozoa: the process of sperm freezing - G. Ruvolo

Clinical aspects of sperm and testicular tissue cryopreservation- H. Tournaye

Ovarian tissue freezing: slow freezing versus vitrification - Claus Yding Andersen

Vitrification of Oocytes: Biological lessons learned from mice, applied to women - G. D. Smith
Cryobiology and cryopreservation of human gametes and embryos - G. Coticchio
Cryopreservation of human embryos: the embryo or the procedure? - D. Edgar

An overview of the vitrification of human embryos and blastocysts - E. Van den Abbeel

Vitrification of reproductive cells: The next breakthrough in ART? - Maureen J Wood