1st European Ovary Workshop: Venues

EMBO Workshop on Ovarian Biology:
1st European Ovary Workshop
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07:00 • Registration
08:30 • Opening ceremony
09:00 • Keynote 1: Gonadal sex determination
09:30 • Keynote 2: Topoisomerase II inhibition and aneuploidy in female meiosis
10:00 • Cohesin dynamics determine oocyte quality throughout the mammalian reproductive lifespan
10:15 • SMYD3 as a key epigenetic regulator of meiotic maturation and developmental competence in ovine oocytes
10:15 • Epigenetic regulation of female reproductive aging
10:15 • Preventing Supernumerary Oocyte Formation by Restricting Synaptonemal Complex Maintenance
10:15 • Investigating the impact of pubertal onset on cohesion weakening in mouse oocytes
10:15 • Reconstructing the ultrastructure of conserved ovarian intercellular bridges (ICBs)
10:15 • Morphological assessment of competence: creating a model for predicting blastocyst formation and euploidy status from oocyte characteristics
10:45 • Break
11:15 • Keynote: Theca cells – the forgotten cells of the ovary
11:45 • Mechanical control of mammalian folliculogenesis by theca cells and its implications in ageing
12:00 • Luteinizing hormone (LH)- and choriogonadotropin (hCG)-dependent receptor trafficking is required to maintain ligand-specific signalling
12:00 • Molecular landscape of folliculogenesis and oogenesis across ovarian lifecycle stages
12:00 • Revealing ovarian homeostasis in Drosophila: A new model for ovarian physiology
12:00 • Isolation and propagation of human ovarian theca cells
12:00 • Isolation and characterization of extracellular vesicles from maturation media conditioned by bovine oocytes
12:00 • SLIT1 and SLIT2 act redundantly through AKT pathway in response to gonadotropins without exclusively signaling via ROBO1 in mouse follicular granulosa cells
12:00 • Single-cell transcriptomics show a cell cycle response in ovarian mural granulosa cells of sows following a negative energy balance during lactation
12:00 • The effect of luteinizing hormone (LH) in modulating Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) pathway in human granulosa cells
12:00 • Distinct differences in luteinization dynamics of cultured human granulosa cells from small antral follicles and preovulatory follicles
12:30 • Lunch + Networking event
14:30 • Translational strategies targeting the ovarian microenvironment to improve reproductive longevity
15:00 • Single cell and spatial multiomics analysis of the ovary across the lifespan
15:15 • Preliminary results on the comparison of different techniques for isolation of extracellular vesicles from equine follicular fluid
15:15 • 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
15:15 • IGF-1, EGF and dbcAMP orchestration for gap-junction restoration between oocytes and cumulus cells
15:15 • Mapping the human ovarian cortex: unravelling the proteomics landscape across life stages and chemotherapy exposures
15:15 • A novel cellular player in ovarian biology: telocytes in the intraovarian stroma
15:15 • Assessing the ovarian microbiome: lack of a distinguishable microbial signature beyond contamination
15:15 • AMH signaling in the ovary is mediated by stromal fibroblasts. Stroma-follicle interactions as a key to understanding follicle activation regulation
15:15 • Proteomic profiling reveals the molecular signature of chemotherapy-induced microenvironmental alterations in the human ovary
15:15 • Extracellular vesicles in the ovarian follicle in health and disease: do they play only trivial roles in molecular cellular communication?
15:45 • Break
16:15 • Keynote 1: Contribution of mechanical force to microenvironment for oocyte dormancy
16:45 • Keynote 2: New methods for induced ovulation and gamete derivation in an endangered marsupial mammal
17:15 • Innovative Poly(epsilon-caprolactone)(PCL) electrospun patterned scaffolds: shaping the future of ovarian tissue engineering
17:30 • Silk-Ovarioids: Establishment and characterization of human ovarian primary cells 3D-model system
17:30 • Generation of novel human ovarian cell models in vitro
17:30 • The effect of the mitochondrial-targeted antioxidant Mitoquinol in human follicles and ovarian tissue in vitro
17:30 • Molecular and ultrastructural effects of in vitro culture on human ovarian cortical samples
17:30 • Evaluation of adeno-associated virus (AAV)-mediated transduction of dissociated mouse ovarian cells
17:30 • Ovarian rejuvenation: neonatal cell replacement revives age-related loss in ovarian self-organisation
17:30 • The role of in vitro culture medium in shaping human ovarian preantral follicle development and ECM secretion
17:30 • Developing an in vitro ovary model for the prolonged culture of mouse follicles
17:30 • Development of the in vitro culture of human preantral follicles for restoration of fertility in cancer patients
17:30 • Developing mouse ovarian organoids to explore reproductive health and disease
18:00 • Poster Session 1 + Drinks
20:00 • Welcome Dinner Party – Quiz Night