Programme
Please see the programme below and to view speaker information click the blue highlighted session titles.
SRF Satellite Day
13:00 | Early registration opens | |
13:30 – 14:45 | SRF Early Career Researcher’s symposium Cost-effectiveness comparison of 95,034 cycles of Intrauterine Insemination (IUI) and 30,667 cycles of In-vitro Fertilisation (IVF) using donor sperm Eswary Ganesh, Masters Student, University of Dundee, UK TGF-β1 stimulates embryo attachment in an in vitro model system Hanning (Julia) Li, Undergraduate Student, University of Edinburgh, UK Sperm donation: A study on attitudes exploring motivations and barriers Pranali Tanawade, Masters Student, University of Dundee, UK Correlations between equine breeding parameters and fertility – a retrospective study Dhruvpal Singh Anchan, Masters Student, Hartpury University, UK A pilot study to examine ovarian hormones in women with long COVID across the menstrual cycle Cara Robb, Undergraduate Student, The Queen’s Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, UK The effect of cisplatin on the fetal mouse ovary in vitro Investigating fibrosis in the ovary: a possible association with FSH/ testosterone in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) Alexandra Rutherford, Masters Student, St George’s University London, UK Use of human sperm functional tests to assess compounds with male contraceptive activity Rachel Myles, Masters Student, University of Dundee, UK | Hall 2A |
14:45 | Refreshment break | |
15:10 – 16:25 | SRF Post-Doctoral Prize Session Paternal under and over-nutrition alters sperm RNA profile and in vitro embryo development in mice Hannah Morgan, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Nottingham, UK Beneficial effects of melatonin on canine oocyte nuclear maturation through reduction of oxidative stress, Fataneh Ghafari, Research Fellow, Royal Veterinary College, UK SMAD4 within granulosa cells promotes adhesion of transzonal projections to the oocyte in the mouse Sofia Granados Aparici, Postdoctoral Fellow, McGill University, Canada Dynamics of extracellular vesicle based embryo-maternal communication in pre-implantation microenvironment Kasun Godakumara, Research Fellow, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Estonia The repair of DNA double-strand breaks is deficient in human preimplantation embryos indicating that genome editing performed at early developmental stages may carry additional risks Nada Kubikova, Junior Research Fellow, University of Oxford, UK | Hall 2A |
16:25 – 16:45 | Refreshment break | |
| 16:45 | SRF/SRB David Healy Post-Doc Exchange (Australia) SRF/SSR Virendra Mahesh New Investigator USA: The AMH/AMHR2 axis as a target for contraception Dr David Pépin, Associate Professor, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA SRF/SSR New Investigator UK Dr Roseanne Rosario, Academic Track Lecturer (Reproductive Biology), University of Edinburgh, UK Reproduction Journal Prize Lecture: Effect of in vitro growth on mouse oocyte competency, mitochondria and transcriptome Dr Tomoya Takashima, Post Doctoral Fellow, Tsubasa Fujimaru, Yayoi Obata, Nara Medical University, Japan | Hall 2A |
| 19:00 | SRF evening social event, The Thirsty Goat – SRF invited members only |
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Please note: Topics, titles and speakers subject to change
The Fertility Conference recognise the ABPI Code of Practice and the implications for pharmaceutical companies that support the conference by way of exhibiting or sponsored sessions. Industry partners have no input into the educational content of the programme.
Biological
08:15 | Registration, refreshments, exhibition and poster viewing | |
09:25 | Plenary sessionChair’s opening remarks Suman Rice, Programme Chair, SRF Ovarian ageing Richard Anderson, Professor of Clinical Reproductive Science, MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh, UK Insights from the comparative biology of ageing and consequences of reproductive senescence Mary Ann Ottinger, Emeritus Professor and Research Professor, University of Houston, USA Fertility, finance and the gender politics of ageing Lucy van de Wiel, Lecturer, Global Health and Social Medicine, King’s College London, UK | Auditorium |
| 11:00 | Refreshments and exhibition | |
| 11:00-11.15 | Sponsor’s mini session 1: IBSA Pharma | Hall 2A |
| 11:35-11:50 | Sponsor’s mini session 2: Ferring | Hall 2A |
12:00 | The IVF lab of the future: Automation, microfluidics and AI, oh my!! Denny Sakkas, Chief Scientific Officer, Boston IVF, USA | Auditorium |
12:50 12:50-13:30 | Lunch break, exhibition and rapid fire poster presentations LogixX Fertility sponsor’s symposium Male Oxidative stress and infertility: Implications, diagnostic and management Prof Ralf Henkel, Chief Scientific Advisor, LogixX Pharma | Hall 2A |
13:25-13:55 | Attended rapid poster presentations | Bar 1 |
14:00 | PARALLEL SHORT PAPERS 1 | |
SP1A | ARCS pre-reg short papers Jean Purdy Prize Does number of sperm used at in vitro fertilisation insemination impact rate of normal and abnormal fertilisation events? Bethany Muller, Pre-Registrant Clinical Embryologist, Hewitt Fertility Centre, UK Computer aided semen analysis (CASA) in therapeutic semen analysis improves embryologist efficiency and accuracy Tamanda Timvere, Clinical Andrologist, Hewitt Fertility Centre, UK Have online consent forms impacted the likelihood of patients consenting to training? Morven Dean, Trainee Embryologist, ACU Dundee, UK Equilibration of media aliquots – an advisory note, Georgia Manley, Embryology Practitioner, CARE Fertility, UK Is ICSI really necessary in cases of poor sperm morphology? Emma Atkinson, Reproductive Technologist, Care Fertility (Leeds), UK SIRT/ARCS exchange prize: Non-invasive metabolic live cell imaging of early embryo development using novel adapted confocal microscopy in ageing Dr Fabrizzio Horta, Monash University, Australia | Auditorium |
SP1B | BFS early career clinician short papers A comparison of artificial intelligence (AI) models to predict ploidy status using a morphokinetic and meta-dataset of 8147 blastocysts, Thomas Bamford, Clinical Fellow, Care Fertility, UK The effect of cyclophosphamide and ifosfamide in childhood on subsequent male fertility and reproductive function: A systematic review, Kathleen Duffin, Clinical Research Fellow, University Of Edinburgh, UK Draft national legislation on assisted human reproduction (AHR): Determining opinions and perceptions among fertility patients, Sorca O’Brien, Clinical Fellow, Merrion Fertility Clinic, Ireland Male fertility: Impact of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, Laurentina Schaler, Clinical Fellow Reproductive Medicine, Merrion Fertility Clinic, National Maternity Hospital, University College Dublin, Ireland Young oocyte donors do not negatively impact live birth rates in their recipients, Tim Bracewell-Milnes, Consultant Gynaecologist, Sub-specialist in Reproductive Medicine, The Lister Fertility Clinic, UK A rapid improvement event: Progesterone prescribing in prevention of miscarriage, Lucy Bolger, Obstetrics & Gynaecology Registrar, National Maternity Hospital, Ireland | Hall 2B |
SP1C | Nursing and psychosocial inc BFS Nurse Prize Test it, know it, plan it: Exploring the perceived usefulness of a digital platform to remotely assess infertile patients ahead of treatment abroad Andreia Trigo, Nurse, Enhanced Fertility, UK A hermeneutic phenomenological study of parental expectations and the meaning of transition to early parenting in couples with a pregnancy conceived using IVF Liz Gale, Senior Lecturer (Midwifery), University of Greenwich, UK The implementation and pathway for semen analysis via an app-based fertility service – preliminary findings Laura Carter-Penman, Deputy Director of Fertility and Women’s Health, Peppy Health, UK The international fertility education initiative – a global collaboration to improve fertility awareness Bola Grace, Research, University College London, UK Exploring women’s perspectives on dismissal of reproductive health symptoms by medical professionals Helen O’Neill, CEO, Hertility Health, UK Why I left my fertility clinic for another ART provider – it’s not what you think: A RealTalk patient survey Andrea Syrtash, Founder, Pregnantish, US | Meeting room 3 |
SP1D | At fertilization in mouse eggs a sperm induced secondary rise in ATP levels is independent of Ca2+ oscillations Cindy Ikie, PhD Student, Cardiff University, UK A common flame retardant (polybrominated diphenyl ether: PBDE-47) detectable in testicular tissue may adversely affect sperm quality in humans and dogs Deborah Se-Ember Adi, PhD Student, University of Nottingham, UK Regulation of primordial follicle quiescence by TGFB signalling Amelia Parkin-Green, PhD Student, University of Sheffield, UK Receptive phase simulated endometrial extracellular vesicles proteome differs from non-receptive simulated periods Amber Hart, PhD Student, The University of Sheffield, UK Does cigarette smoking increase the risk of ectopic pregnancy by activation of epithelial to mesenchymal transition? Heather Flanagan, PhD Student, University of Edinburgh, UK Maternal spleen-liver axis inflammation during obese pregnancy and placental nutrient sensing Cindy XW Zhang, PhD Student, University of Cambridge, UK | Meeting room 2 |
SP1E | Male fertility short papers including Iwan Lewis-Jones Prize The optimal alkalinisation method for patients with retrograde ejaculation Olivia Sandys, Clinical Andrologist, The Hewitt Fertility Centre, UK Omega 3 fatty acid blunts bisphenol F-induced sexual dysfunction by upregulating circulating testosterone, erectogenic enzymes, and NO|cGMP signaling, Adeyemi Odetayo, Lecturer, University of Ilorin, Nigeria The impact of an AI sperm selection tool on ICSI outcomes – a validation study Jingyi Xie, Pre-registration Clinical Embryologist, Manchester Fertility, UK Cost-effectiveness comparison of 95,034 cycles of intrauterine insemination (IUI) and 30,667 cycles of in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) using donor sperm Eswary Ganesh, Postgraduate Student, University of Dundee, UK The impact of paternal diet on late gestation fetal heart gene expression in mice Afsaneh Khoshkerdar, PhD Student, University of Nottingham, UK Using SiD software to associate single spermatozoa motility patterns with ICSI outcomes, a multicentric retrospective study Alejandro Chavez Badiola, CEO, IVF 2.0 Ltd, UK | Hall 2A |
15:30 | Exhibition, refreshments and poster viewing | |
15:30-15:45 | Sponsor’s mini session 3: Fujifilm Is it possible to get 100% #Fertilization with #ICSI? Joe Conaghan, Pacific Fertility Center, San Francisco, USA | Hall 2A |
16:00-16:15 | Sponsor’s mini session 4: Kitazato | Hall 2A |
16:20 | UPDATE SESSIONS 1 | |
U1A | Clinical impact of reproductive ageing Guidance on pre-conceptual care for older women before fertility treatment David Williams, Professor of Obstetric Medicine, Institute for Women’s Health, UCL, UK Obstetric management of older and medically complex women Asma Khalil, Professor of Obstetrics and Maternal Fetal Medicine, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK | Auditorium |
U1B | Transgenerational environmental effects Environmental diesel exposure on offspring Anne Couturier-Tarrade, Senior Scientist, INRAE-UMR, France Sheep biosolids exposure Michelle Bellingham, Senior Lecturer, Glasgow University, UK Transgenerational effects of stress Katharina Gapp, Professor, Institute for Neuroscience, ETH Zurich, Switzerland | Hall 2B |
U1C | Automated ICSI: a dream or reality? Nuno Costa-Borges, Scientific Director, Embryotools, Spain Determining embryo health with biophotonics: An interdisciplinary approach Kylie Dunning, Hospital Research Foundation Fellow, The Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide, Australia Mechanisms of embryo failure at implantation Marta Shahbazi, Group Leader, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK | Hall 2A |
U1D | Nursing challenges: Preparing for pregnancy The transition from fertility to midwifery care – An RCN publication Francesca Steyn, Director of Fertility and Women’s Health, Peppy Health High-risk and complex cases Aoife Corley, Director of Nursing and Midwifery, ReproMed Ireland Recurrent miscarriage: The role of progesterone Julia Bradley, Matron, SBU Wales Fertility Institute | Meeting room 3 |
17:50 – 19:00 18:15 – 19:15 | Welcome reception in the exhibition Chair: Stuart Lavery, Programme Chair, ARCS A place for POSEIDEN: Assisting low prognosis patients Dr Victoria Sephton, Group Medical Director, Care Fertility Group Unravelling the evidence: Strategies to optimise outcomes for low prognosis patients Dr Alberto Vaiarelli, Gynaecologist and Medical Scientific Coordinator, GeneraLife Roma, Italy | Hall 2A |
19:45
| Evening social programme BFS 50th Anniversary celebration Belfast City Hall – free to attend for all BFS members attending the conference We thank Belfast City Council for their kind generosity for the use of City Hall |
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Please note: Topics, titles and speakers subject to change
The Fertility Conference recognise the ABPI Code of Practice and the implications for pharmaceutical companies that support the conference by way of exhibiting or sponsored sessions. Industry partners have no input into the educational content of the programme.
Technological
07:30 | Registration | |
07:50 | Busting the myths around biosimilars Colin Howles, ARIES Consulting, Geneva, Switzerland | Hall 2A |
08:30 | Refreshments, exhibition and poster viewing | |
09:00 | Plenary sessionChair: Karen Schnauffer, Programme Chair, ARCS New insights from 3D imaging and computer modelling Rohan Lewis, Professor of Placental and Integrative Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, UK Stimulation in older women duo-stim Cesar Diaz-Garcia, Medical Director, IVI London and Honorary Associate Professor EGA Institute for Women’s Health, UCL, UK Beyond semen analysis Dolores J. Lamb, Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Urology and Director of the Center for Reproductive Genomics, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, USA | Auditorium |
10:30 | Refreshments, exhibition and poster viewing | |
10:30-10:45 | Sponsor’s mini session 5: Gedeon Richter | Hall 2A |
11:05-11:20 | Sponsor’s mini session 6: Planer | Hall 2A |
11:30 | Anne McLaren Memorial LectureChair: Richard Lea, Chair, SRF Laying the foundations for future life and reproduction Paul Fowler, Professor and Chair in Translational Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, UK | Auditorium |
| 12:20 | SOCIETY AGMS ARCS – Honorary members and STP awards BFS – Honorary fellowships SRF – Marshall Medal, Professor Evelyn Telfer CBE |
Meeting room 3 Hall 2B Auditorium |
| 13:20 | Lunch, exhibition and poster viewing Chair: Edgar Mocanu, President of the International Federation of Fertility Societies (IFFS), and Consultant Obstetrician Gynaecologist, Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, Ireland Data to support outcomes in different patient types using a personalised approach Scott Nelson, Muirhead Chair of Reproductive and Maternal Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK Follitropin delta: Real-world experience Joop S.E. Laven, Reproductive Endocrinologist and Infertility (REI) Specialist, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands | Hall 2A |
| 13:45-14:15 | Bar 1 | |
14:20 | PARALLEL SHORT PAPERS 2 | |
SP2A | Lean management in the IVF clinic: Using technology to eliminate wasted time in IVF lab processes whilst maximising value to patients Cristina Hickman, VP of Clinical Affairs, Fairtility, UK Are vitrified donor oocytes an option for patients with high sperm DNA fragmentation? Lydia Ruddick, Senior Clinical Embryologist, Manchester Fertility, UK Utilisation of monopronucleated (1PN) embryos and potential clinical benefits for patients Charlotte Moore, Embryologist, Lister Fertility Clinic, UK Poor quality blastocysts diagnosed as euploid have a higher chance of achieving a live birth than untested poor-quality blastocysts Balsam Al Hashimi, Senior Embryologist, London Women’s Clinic, UK Assessment of the power of single variables to predict blastulation, embryo utilisation and livebirth and how this may help both time-lapse algorithm development, and standard selection practices, Alison Campbell, Chief Scientific Officer, CARE Fertility Group, UK Analysis of cumulative PGT-M data from embryos for primary ciliary dyskinesia suggests gene duplication in consanguineous reproductive partners, Vladimir Ovsyankin, Senior Embryologist, ARGC, UK | Hall 2B |
SP2B | BFS Young scientist short papers FSA/BFS Exchange prize: Development of In Vitro Maturation (IVM) and its application in fertility preservation Professor Robert Gilchrist, NHMRC Investigator Fellow, University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia Assessing chromosome ageing in mammalian oocytes Matilda Bui, Student, University of Edinburgh, UK The uterine microbiome and the microbial metabolite butyrate stimulate pro-inflammatory responses in endometrial epithelial cells, suggesting a possible impact on female fertility Federica Giangrazi, PhD Student, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Exploring the experiences of women who have moved to Israel and subsequently used Israeli fertility treatment services: A qualitative study Lucy Davies, Medical Student, University of Birmingham, UK Quantifying the daily variability following a single estimation of reproductive hormone levels Sophie Adams, Medical Student, University of Glasgow, UK When to stop freezing? The impact of embryo quality at cryopreservation on thaw survival and FET outcomes (2015-2021) Edel Rocher, Clinical Embryologist, Lister Fertility Clinic, UK | Meeting Room 2 |
SP2C | Progress in reproductive genetics New data on the incidence and impact of DNA contamination affecting embryo samples used for PGT-A highlights the importance of diagnostic methods that allow contamination to be detected Georgina Clark, Laboratory Manager, Juno Genetics, UK Gamete donor conception and direct-to-consumer genetic testing: How are donor conceived people, their parents and donors using direct-to-consumer genetic testing? Lucy Frith, Reader in Bioethics & Social Science, University of Manchester, UK Systematic review and meta-analysis: Does pre-implantation genetic testing for aneuploidy at blastocyst stage improve live birth rate? Lorraine Kasaven, Clinical Research Fellow, Imperial College London, UK Accurate mitochondrial DNA quantification clarifies the clinical value of measuring mtDNA in trophectoderm biopsy specimens, Katharina Spath, Research Supervisor, Juno Genetics, UK Polymorphic rearrangements of human chromosome 9: Correlation with male infertility Renata Finelli, Embryologist, Create Fertility, UK Preimplantation genetic testing for monogenic disease (PGT-M): Reliance on analysis of linked polymorphisms risks serious diagnostic errors Ayman Haj Ali, Senior Molecular Geneticist, Juno Genetics | Meeting room 3 |
SP2D | Fertility challenges across the life span Fertility preservation and realignment in transgender women Benjamin Jones, Speciality Registrar in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Imperial College NHS Foundation Trust, UK Drug screening to identify protectants against chemotherapy-induced male infertility Peter Nagle, Post-doctoral Fellow, MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh, UK Luteinizing hormone is able to protect reproductive health in cancer patients Ana-Rita Batista, Head of Medical – Fertility, Endocrinology and General Medicine, Merck, UK Identification and characterisation of novel follicle-stimulating hormone receptor antagonists Hanh Duyen Tran, Undergraduate Research Assistant, King’s College London, UK Determining the impact of FSH glycosylation variants on the pre-antral follicle transcriptome in the ageing ovary Gillian Johnson, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Kings College London, UK | Hall 2A |
| SP2E | Factors impacting reproductive outcomes Infertile human endometrial organoid apical protein secretions are dysregulated and impair trophoblast progenitor cell adhesion Wei Zhou, Research Fellow, University of Melbourne, Australia The impact of consent for disclosure (CD) in the HFEA ART register: Possible implications for treatment outcome research Fiskani Kondowe, Marie-Curie ESR, The University of Manchester, UK The association between dietary patterns and risk of miscarriage: a systematic review and meta-analysis Yealin Chung, PhD Fellow, University of Birmingham, UK Causes of infertility and their effects on pregnancy and neonatal outcomes Ilianna Armata, Trainee, Cambridge University Hospital, UK SPINT1: Regulation and function in human placental trophoblasts Ciara Murphy, PhD Student, The University of Melbourne, Mercy Hospital for Women, Australia Mitochondrial reversal can occur following meiotic spindle transfer, potentially impacting efforts to avoid transmission of mtDNA disorders using this form of mitochondrial replacement therapy Dagan Wells, Director, Juno Genetics, UK | Auditorium |
| 15:50 | Exhibition, refreshments and poster viewing | |
| 16:00-16:15 | Sponsor’s mini session 7: Univfy Maximizing success per patient via AI-supported counselling – Dr Mylene Yao, Co-Founder and CEO, Univfy | Hall 2A |
| 16:30 | UPDATE SESSION 2 | |
| U2A | Ovarian tissue preservation for children and young adults at risk of infertility Sheila Lane, Consultant Paediatric Oncologist and Future Fertility Programme Oxford Lead, Children’s Hospital Oxford, University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK Fertility preservation in peri pubescent boys Pippa Sangster, Consultant Urologist, University College London Hospital, UK Elective Egg Freezing: Socio-ethical considerations and lessons for best practice after a decade of use Zeynep Gurtin, Lecturer in Women’s Health, UCL Institute for Women’s Health, and Authority Member, HFEA, UK | Auditorium |
| U2B | Metabolic dysfunction in ‘PCOS males’ Kasia Siemienowicz, Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University, UK The role of the brain in PCOS Rebecca Campbell, Professor of Physiology, University of Otago, New Zealand The PCOS phenotype throughout a woman’s life span Joop S.E. Laven, Reproductive Endocrinologist and Infertility (REI) Specialist, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands | Hall 2B |
| U2C | pICSI sperm selection – the answer for lower quality eggs? Jackson Kirkman Brown, Professor of Human Reproductive Science, University of Birmingham and Chair, ARCS Sperm selection with microfluidics James M. Hotaling, Associate Professor of Surgery (Urology), University of Utah, USA VIRTUAL 3D printing of testicular cells Ryan Flannigan, Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia, Canada | Meeting room 3 |
| U2D | Implications counselling for donation – Who? What? When? and Why? Angela Pericleous-Smith, Fertility Counseller and Chair, British Infertility Counselling Association (BICA), UK Opening the register service and 2023 Neil McComb, Head of Information and Danya Harris, Donor Information Manager, HFEA, UK Openness: What it means for parents, children and donors Nina Barnsley, Director, Donor Conception Network, UK The donors perspective Cathy Nicholson, Egg donor, UK | Hall 2B |
| 18:00-18:45 | CooperSurgical Sponsor’s symposium Mosaicism: Putting the pieces together Scott Nelson, Muirhead Chair of Reproductive and Maternal Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK, Tony Gordon PhD and Albulena Zogaj, CooperSurgical | Hall 2A |
| 19:30 | Conference dinner, Titanic Belfast – Entrance by pre-booked ticket only |
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Please note: Topics, titles and speakers subject to change
The Fertility Conference recognise the ABPI Code of Practice and the implications for pharmaceutical companies that support the conference by way of exhibiting or sponsored sessions. Industry partners have no input into the educational content of the programme.
Ethical
08:30 | Registration, exhibition, refreshments and poster viewing |
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09:20 | Chair: Raj Mathur, Chair, BFS Diminished ovarian reserve: Fertility loss and beyond Marcelle I. Cedars, Professor and Director of UCSF Center for Reproductive Health, University of California San Francisco, USA | Auditorium |
10.10 | Plenary sessionFertility Network UK update Gwenda Burns, Chief Executive, Fertility Network UK Surrogacy – who, what, how, where, when and why? Kirsty Horsey, Senior Research Associate, London Women’s Clinic, UK Providing fertility care as an employment benefit Tammy Sun, CEO, Carrot Fertility, and former fertility patient | Auditorium |
| 11:15 | Exhibition, refreshments and poster viewing | |
11:45 | PARALLEL SHORT PAPERS 3 | |
SP3A | Aneuploidy does not alter cytoplasmic flow in mammalian oocytes Karolina Kravarikova, Student, Research Centre of The Hospital of University of Montreal (CRCHUM), Canada Oocyte and cumulus cell cooperativity and metabolic plasticity under the direction of oocyte paracrine factors Robert Gilchrist, NHMRC Investigator, University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia MRNA-miRNA interaction network in the ovarian follicle reveals miRNA target genes crucially involved in the regulation of cell apoptosis Bushra T Mohammed, Researcher and Lecturer, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Duhok, Iraq Oxidative phosphorylation genes alteration by insulin resistance or sensitivity in cumulus cells of the PCOS patients Seyed Omid Reza Mousavi, PhD Student, Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Food Science, Estonia | Auditorium |
SP3B | Environmental influences on reproduction Reproductive trends in the novel equine model: Declining semen quality and environmental aetiologies revisited Imogen Harris, PhD Candidate, Hartpury UWE, UK Chronic dietary exposure to a glyphosate-based herbicide in young broiler hen increases ovary weight and modulates ovarian transcriptome Mathias Fréville, PhD Student, INRAE, France The impact of COVID-19 vaccines on male semen parameters: A retrospective cohort study Renata Finelli, Embryologist, CREATE Fertility, UK Maternal gut bifidobacterium remotes control placental endocrine function and fetal brain development Jorge Lopez-Tello, Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Cambridge, UK | Hall 2B |
SP3C | Clinical challenges and strategies Intrauterine insemination (IUI): Identifying patient characteristics associated with a successful pregnancy Akanksha Garg, Doctor, Imperial College London, UK Video consultations in reproductive medicine: Safety, feasibility and patient satisfaction Nikolaos Tsampras, Consultant Gynaecologist, The University of Manchester, UK Can MPA be a surrogate to GnRH antagonist to prevent premature LH surge during COS in voluntary oocyte donors, Nihar Bhoi, Head Clinical Research and Academics, Indira IVF Hospital Pvt Ltd, India Value of intrauterine platelet-rich concentrates in patients with intrauterine adhesions after hysteroscopy: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials Saeed Baradwan, Assistant Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynecology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Saudi Arabia | Hall 2A |
SP3D | The plastic used for microfluidic device fabrication affects mouse embryo culture outcome Andreia Santos Miranda, PhD student, University of Leeds, UK Mouse embryonic stem cell model reveals maternal protein restriction around conception alters embryonic signaling and metabolic phenotype Pooja Khurana, Postdoctoral Research Specialist, University of Southampton, UK Spatiotemporal control of mitotic exit in the mammalian embryo Henry Brennan-Craddock, Masters Student, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Canada The effect of chemotherapeutics on the fetal testis Agnes Stefansdottir, Lecturer in Reproductive Biology, University of Edinburgh, UK | Meeting room 3 |
12:45 | Lunch, exhibition, and poster viewing | |
13:10-13:40 | Rapid fire poster presentations | Bar 1 |
13:45 | UPDATE SESSIONS 3 | |
| U3A | Current surgical implications for fertility Surgery for endometriosis before IVF – an evidence-based approach Ertan Saridogan, Consultant in Reproductive Medicine and Minimal Access Surgery, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK Caesarean scar niche – implications for fertility Judith Huirne, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, The Netherlands | Hall 2A |
| U3B | Ovary senescence Karla Hutt, Associate Professor, Monash University, Australia Reproductive ageing in wild vertebrate populations Anne M Bronikowski, Professor, Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, USA | Hall 2B |
| U3C | Andrology supplements and IVF outcomes Jackson Kirkman Brown, Professor of Human Reproductive Science, University of Birmingham and Chair, ARCS Screening IVF embryos with polygenic risk scores: Pros and cons Shai Carmi, Associate Professor, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel | Auditorium |
| U3D | The changing landscape of egg donation in Europe: evidence from the UK, Spain and Belgium Nicky Hudson, Professor of Medical Sociology, De Montfort University, UK AHR Legislation in Ireland – A long and winding road Mary Wingfield, Former Clinical Director, Merrion Fertility Clinic, Dublin, Ireland | Meeting room 3 |
14:50 | Plenary sessionReproductive rights: Roe vs Wade – Implications of restrictions to women’s healthcare Louise P King, Assistant Professor, Mass General Brigham and Director of Reproductive Bioethics, Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics, Boston, USA | Auditorium |
| 15:15 | Debate: This house believes women over 42 should not be offered ART with their own eggs For: Edgar Mocanu, Consultant Obstetrician Gynaecologist and Subspecialist in Reproductive Medicine and Surgery, Rotunda Hospital and RCSI, Dublin, Ireland Against: Ishola Agbaje, Consultant in Reproductive Medicine, Regional Fertility Centre and Belfast Fertility |
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16:05 16:30 | Prize giving, UK Suman Rice, Programme Chair, SRF Closing remarks Raj Mathur, Chair, BFS Close of conference |
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Please note: Topics, titles and speakers subject to change
The Fertility Conference recognise the ABPI Code of Practice and the implications for pharmaceutical companies that support the conference by way of exhibiting or sponsored sessions. Industry partners have no input into the educational content of the programme.