Friday – Fertility 2021

Friday

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08:00 – 08:45	Gold Sponsor’s symposium: CooperSurgical
	PGT-A: Does it work? What the HFEA outcome data tells us Darren K Griffin DSc, Professor of Genetics, University of Kent and Dr Tony Gordon, VP Global Genomics Business Development, CooperSurgical
08:55 – 09:50	MORNING PLENARY Chair: Professor Jason Kasraie, Chair, ARCS
08:55 09:00	Chair’s opening remarks – Professor Jason Kasraie, Chair, ARCS The Bob Edwards Lecture: The first cleavage division in human embryos – Professor Geraldine Hartshorne, University of Warwick and Centre for Reproductive Medicine, UHCW NHS Trust, UK
10:00 – 11:15	UPDATE 4: Male fertility – outcomes and techniques Chair: Professor Sheena Lewis, Programme Committee, ARCS
10:00 10:10 10:20 10:40 11:00	How and when to use testicular sperm – Mr Jonathan Ramsay, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, UK Why to use testicular sperm – ART outcomes – Dr James Nicopoullous, The Lister Fertility Clinic, UK Are microfluidics techniques a better way to choose sperm for ART? – Professor David Smith, University of Birmingham, UK Female ageing affects the DNA repair capacity of oocytes to amend sperm DNA damage in IVF – potential clinical implications and future directions – Dr Fabrizzio Horta, Monash University, Australia Q&A
11:15	Comfort break

11:25 – 12:35	SHORT PAPERS 3: ARCS short paper session including Pre-Reg Jean Purdy and Post-Reg prizes Chair: Professor Jason Kasraie, Chair, ARCS
8 minute talks	Meta-analysis of endometrial transcriptomes – Evangeline Walker, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, UK Exploring the maximal [Ca2+]i potential in human sperm – Morven Dean, University of Dundee, UK Human labelling of ICSI videos is time-consuming – AI is needed to help embryologists process data they do not have time for – Peter He, Apricity, UK Computer-assisted development of an algorithm to improve embryo selection – Mollie McGrane, Liverpool Women’s Hospital, UK Independent assessment of an artificial intelligence-based image analysis tool to predict fertilisation and blastocyst utilisation potential of oocytes, and comparison with ten expert embryologists – Dr Alison Campbell, CARE Fertility Group, UK Self-reported occupational health issues of UK Embryologists and implications for clinical reproductive science practice – Dr Helen Priddle, ARCS, UK Q&A
12:35 – 13:30	Lunch break and sponsored Knowledge Share sessions
12:35	Merck Knowledge Share: Discussing real-world use of the Pergoveris® (follitropin alfa + lutropin alfa) Pen Dr Robert Fischer, MVZ Fertility Center Hamburg GmbH, Germany
13:10	Cook Medical Knowledge Share: Osmolality matters: How to deal with it during IVF procedures Dr Magdalena Depa-Martynow, PhD, EMBA, Embryologist and Clinical Specialist, Cook Medical

13:30 – 14:45	UPDATE 5: Patient focussed care Chair: Debbie Evans, Programme Committee, BFS
13.30 13:45 14:00 14:15 14:30	How to talk to your patients about PGT – current views – Professor Darren K. Griffin, University of Kent, UK Moving on post unsuccessful fertility treatment – how can we meet patients’ needs? – Dr Sofia Gameiro, Cardiff Fertility Studies, Cardiff University, UK Experiences of travelling abroad for egg donation – implications for care – Professor Nicky Hudson, DeMontfort University, UK Role of ultrasound in subfertility and assisted conception – Dr Ippokratis Sarris, King’s Fertility, UK Q&A
14:45	Comfort break
14:55 – 16:10	UPDATE 6: Exosomes – cellular communication Chair: Dr Richard Lea, Programme Chair, SRF
14:55 15:15 15:35 15:55	Capabilities of HEK293T-derived exosomes for mammalian sperm – Dr Teresa Vilanova, University of Oxford, UK The first language – Professor Alireza Fazeli, University of Sheffield, UK & University of Tartu, Estonia New insights into placental-maternal-fetal communication vesicles and pregnancy health – Dr Yoel Sadovsky, University of Pittsburgh, USA Q&A
16:10	Comfort break

16:20 – 17:20	SHORT PAPERS 4: Biological and clinical perspectives on male fertility short papers Chair: Professor Sheena Lewis, Programme Committee, ARCS
8 minute talks	Proteomic changes associated with sperm fertilising ability in meat type roosters – Dr Anaïs Vitorino Carvalho, INRAE, CNRS, Université de Tours, France Beta-defensin119 induces extracellular calcium entry in human sperm in a mode distinct from progesterone – Shruti Kane, University of Abertay Dundee, UK The impact of cancer on semen quality in affected men – a retrospective cohort study – Dr Tomasz Lukaszewski, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK Developing an in vitro model for toxicological study of chemotherapy on isolated mouse germline stem cells – Dr Federica Lopes, The University of Edinburgh, UK Natural and assisted fertility outcomes in male cancer patients seeking fertility preservation – a 25-year retrospective analysis – Dr Mahua Bhaduri, Guy’s & St Thomas’ Foundation Trust, UK Q&A
17:20	Comfort break
17:30 – 18:45	AFTERNOON PLENARY Chair: Mr Stuart Lavery, Programme Committee, BFS
17:30 18:05	Non-invasive selection of embryos – metabolomics and NI-PGT – Dr Santiago Munné, Yale University and Overture Life, USA Big Data – promise and pitfalls – Timandra Harkness, Writer and Broadcaster, UK
18:45	Visit the poster showcase
19:00 – 19:30	Calming yoga
20:00	Vitrolife social event (ticketed)