09:15 – 09:45 | Energising yoga |
10:00 – 11:15 | UPDATE 9: Lessons from COVID-19Chair: Ian Aird, Programme Chair, BFS |
10:00 10:20 | Patient communications and counselling provision in LTC – lessons learnt – Angela Pericleous-Smith, British Infertility Counselling Association (BICA), UK Lessons from COVID-19 – the view from the regulator – Peter Thompson, Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority (HFEA), UK COVID-19 – fertility in the firing line – Dr Jane Stewart, BFS and Professor Jason Kasraie, ARCS Q&A |
11:25 – 12:35 | SHORT PAPERS 7: Reproductive challenges: Clinical, sociological and practical short papersChair: Mr Stuart Lavery, Programme Committee, BFS |
| 8 minute talks | Knowledge and attitudes towards egg donation and egg sharing among women in the UK general public – Timothy Bracewell-Milnes, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UK Carrying your own grandchild – a familial gestational surrogacy case study – Dr Jemma Walker, Herts & Essex Fertility Centre, UK Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser Syndrome – clinical outcomes of patients undertaking fertility treatment in a tertiary care centre – Nicola Mitchell-Jones, Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital, UK A mandatory segmentation (freeze-all) policy in patients with AMH ≥ 30 is safer and results in higher cumulative ongoing pregnancy rates than attempted fresh embryo transfer – Frances Roebuck, GCRM Fertility, UK Does oocyte vitrification affect morphokinetics of subsequent embryo development? – Dr Sue Montgomery, CARE Fertility, UK Effect of culture environment on the metabolism of human preimplantation embryos – Dr Alexandra Kermack, University of Southampton, UK Q&A |
| 12:35 – 14:00 | Lunch break |
an Aird
14:00 – 15:00 |
SHORT PAPERS 8: Endocrinology short papers
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| 8 minute talks | Maternal high-fat diet during the periconception period alone or throughout gestation-lactation alters BAT and glucose tolerance – Irene Peral-Sanchez, University of Southampton, UK The impact of paternal diet on fetal growth and placental renin-angiotensin system gene expression and placental histology – Afsaneh Khoshkerdar, University of Nottingham, UK Modulation of FSHR quaternary structure directs FSH-dependent signalling responses – Uche Agwuegbo, King’s College London, UK Adverse metabolic PCOS traits in a hyperandrogenic PCOS mouse model improved following neurokinin 3 receptor antagonist treatment – Irene Sucquart, University of New South Wales, Australia Adverse metabolic PCOS features observed in a hyperandrogenic PCOS mouse model are improved by mitochondrial uncoupler BAM15 – Dr Valentina Rodriguez Paris, University of New South Wales, Australia Q&A |
| 15:00 | Comfort break |
15:15 – 16:15 |
AFTERNOON PLENARY |
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15:15 |
Debate: Pausing the menopause – ovarian cortex cryopreservation Chair: Dr Raj Mathur, Chair Elect, BFS ‘This house believes that the menopause can and should be delayed’ FOR: Professor Simon Fishel, ProFam, and Liverpool John Moores University, UK AGAINST: Dr Melanie Davies, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Prize giving – Raj Mathur, Chair Elect, BFS |
| 16:15 | Comfort break |
16:30 – 17:35 |
AFTERNOON PLENARYChair: Professor Jason Kasraie, Chair, ARCS |
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16:30 17:30 |
Use and misuse of ART across species – Professor Madeleine Campbell, University of Nottingham and The Royal Veterinary College, UK Sex, society and behaviour in the world of the chimpanzee – Jane Goodall PhD DBE, Founder of The Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace Closing remarks – Professor Jason Kasraie, Chair, ARCS Close of Fertility Online 2021 |