1st European Ovary Workshop

EMBO Workshop on Ovarian Biology:
1st European Ovary Workshop
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07:00 WET

Registration TBA

08:30 WET

Opening ceremony TBA

09:00 WET

Keynote 1: Gonadal sex determination TBASusana Chuva Lopes

09:30 WET

Keynote 2: Meiosis and oogenesis TBAJennifer Gruhn

10:00 WET

Cohesin dynamics determine oocyte quality throughout the mammalian reproductive lifespan TBANeil Hunter

10:15 WET

Epigenetic regulation of female reproductive aging TBATahira Aslan Investigating the impact of pubertal onset on cohesion weakening in mouse oocytes TBALuz Maria Lopez Ruiz Morphological assessment of competence: creating a model for predicting blastocyst formation and euploidy status from oocyte characteristics TBAMichael Neal Preventing Supernumerary Oocyte Formation by Restricting Synaptonemal Complex Maintenance TBARui Gonçalo Martinho Reconstructing the ultrastructure of conserved ovarian intercellular bridges (ICBs) TBAJasmin Imran Alsous SMYD3 as a key epigenetic regulator of meiotic maturation and developmental competence in ovine oocytes TBAChiara Camerano Spelta Rapini

10:45 WET

11:15 WET

Keynote: Theca cells – the forgotten cells of the ovary TBAChristiani A. Amorim

11:45 WET

Mechanical control of mammalian folliculogenesis by theca cells and its implications in ageing TBAChii Chan

12:00 WET

Distinct differences in luteinization dynamics of cultured human granulosa cells from small antral follicles and preovulatory follicles TBALea Bejstrup Jensen Isolation and characterization of extracellular vesicles from maturation media conditioned by bovine oocytes TBA Isolation and propagation of human ovarian theca cells TBAMalene Louise Johannsen Luteinizing hormone (LH)- and choriogonadotropin (hCG)-dependent receptor trafficking is required to maintain ligand-specific signalling TBAClara Lazzaretti Molecular landscape of folliculogenesis and oogenesis across ovarian lifecycle stages TBADarina Obukhova Revealing ovarian homeostasis in Drosophila: A new model for ovarian physiology TBAVincent Mirouse Single-cell transcriptomics show a cell cycle response in ovarian mural granulosa cells of sows following a negative energy balance during lactation TBAYu Qi SLIT1 and SLIT2 act redundantly through AKT pathway in response to gonadotropins without exclusively signaling via ROBO1 in mouse follicular granulosa cells TBAFlorine Grudet The effect of luteinizing hormone (LH) in modulating Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) pathway in human granulosa cells TBASerena De Carlini

12:30 WET

Lunch + Networking event TBA

14:30 WET

Translational strategies targeting the ovarian microenvironment to improve reproductive longevity TBAFrancesca Duncan

15:00 WET

Single cell and spatial multiomics analysis of the ovary across the lifespan TBAJames Ashcroft

15:15 WET

A novel cellular player in ovarian biology: telocytes in the intraovarian stroma TBAMerjem Purelku AMH signaling in the ovary is mediated by stromal fibroblasts. Stroma-follicle interactions as a key to understanding follicle activation regulation TBAIlana Boustanai Assessing the ovarian microbiome: lack of a distinguishable microbial signature beyond contamination TBAAlberto Sola Leyva Development of a decellularized bovine ovarian tissue scaffold and its application in 3D culture of secondary follicles in a medium enriched with resveratrol-loaded nanoparticles TBAJosé Silva Extracellular vesicles in the ovarian follicle in health and disease: do they play only trivial roles in molecular cellular communication? TBAAgne Velthut-Meikas IGF-1, EGF and dbcAMP orchestration for gap-junction restoration between oocytes and cumulus cells TBATaisiia Yurchuk Mapping the human ovarian cortex: unravelling the proteomics landscape across life stages and chemotherapy exposures TBALoren Méar Preliminary results on the comparison of different techniques for isolation of extracellular vesicles from equine follicular fluid TBAFabiola Le Gaffric Molto Proteomic profiling reveals the molecular signature of chemotherapy-induced microenvironmental alterations in the human ovary TBAJohanne Grosbois

15:45 WET

16:15 WET

Keynote 1: Contribution of mechanical force to microenvironment for oocyte dormancy TBAKatsuhiko Hayashi

16:45 WET

Keynote 2: New methods for induced ovulation and gamete derivation in an endangered marsupial mammal TBAAndrew Pask

17:15 WET

Innovative Poly(epsilon-caprolactone)(PCL) electrospun patterned scaffolds: shaping the future of ovarian tissue engineering TBAChiara Di Berardino

17:30 WET

Developing an in vitro ovary model for the prolonged culture of mouse follicles TBAMira Jacobs Developing mouse ovarian organoids to explore reproductive health and disease TBALixian Liu Development of the in vitro culture of human preantral follicles for restoration of fertility in cancer patients TBAShunran Zhang Evaluation of adeno-associated virus (AAV)-mediated transduction of dissociated mouse ovarian cells TBAJanet Kwan Generation of novel human ovarian cell models in vitro TBALydia Wehrli Molecular and ultrastructural effects of in vitro culture on human ovarian cortical samples TBAXinchen Liu Ovarian rejuvenation: neonatal cell replacement revives age-related loss in ovarian self-organisation TBAJowi Olfers Silk-Ovarioids: Establishment and characterization of human ovarian primary cells 3D-model system TBAValentina Di Nisio The effect of the mitochondrial-targeted antioxidant Mitoquinol in human follicles and ovarian tissue in vitro TBACristina Subiran Adrados The role of in vitro culture medium in shaping human ovarian preantral follicle development and ECM secretion TBAArezoo Dadashzadeh

18:00 WET

Poster Session 1 + Drinks TBA

20:00 WET

Welcome Dinner Party – Quiz Night TBA