ART: experimental bases for improving outcomes for the benefit of patients
Istanbul, Turkey
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2010
09:00 Welcome on behalf of Serono Symposia International Foundation (SSIF)
Robert Fischer (Germany)
09:10 Introduction & Opening
Georg Griesinger (Germany)
SESSION I
PHYSIOLOGY OF HUMAN REPRODUCTION: NEW INSIGHTS
Chairmen: Georg Griesinger (Germany), Semra Kahraman (Turkey)
09:30 L1: From follicle recruitment to ovulation: controlling factors and sources of variability
Claus Yding Andersen (Denmark)
10:00 L2: Gonadotrophins receptors: regulation of their expression and functions
Mario Ascoli (USA)
10:30 L3: Physiology and metabolism of early mammalian embryos
Remi Dumollard (France)
11:00 Coffee break
11:30 L4: Intracellular pathways: from stimula to final effects
Claus Yding Andersen (Denmark)
12:00 L5: Physiology of implantation: how gene expression influences receptivity
Aydin Arici (USA)
12:30 L6: The embryo invasion phase: immune mechanisms
Antonis Makrigiannakis (Greece)
13:00 Discussion
13:20 Lunch
SESSION II
CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY OF OVARIAN STIMULATION
Chairman: Timur Gurgan (Turkey)
14:45 L7: Granulosa: gene expression and function
Marie Louise Grøndahl (Denmark)
15:15 L8: Follicular cells transcriptomes and oocyte quality
Samir Hamamah (France)
15:45 Coffee Break
16:15 L9: Endometrium gene expression profile in stimulated cycles
José A. Horcajadas (Spain)
16:45 Discussion
17:30 End of Day
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2010
SESSION III
OOCYTE & EMBRYO SELECTION: FROM GENETICS TO METABOLOMICS
Chairmen: Robert Fischer (Germany), Hakan Yarali (Turkey)
08:30 L10: Genomics: novel methodologies and objectives
William G. Kearns (USA)
09:00 L11: Metabolomics: ready to be used in practice?
Emre Seli (USA)
09:30 L12: Embryo proteomics: a new tool for screening
Speaker to be confirmed
ROUND TABLE
Chairman: Bülent Urman (Turkey)
10:00 Genomics vs proteomics vs metabolomics: pros and cons
William G. Kearns (USA)
Emra Seli (USA)
Speaker to be confirmed
10:30 Coffee Break
SESSION IV
TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH TO CLINICAL PRACTICE
Chairmen: Georg Griesinger (Germany), Erol Tavmergen (Turkey)
11.00 L13: Ovarian stimulation
Carlo Alviggi (Italy)
11.30 L14: Oocyte selection
Marc-André Sirard (Canada)
12.00 L 15: Embryo selection
Speaker to be confirmed
12.30 L 16: Implantation
Nick S. Macklon (The Netherlands)
13.00 End of the Conference and Closing Lunch
