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Session 51: Improving medical decision making

Rhona Flin (United Kingdom)
Improving decision making in the clinic and laboratory. The importance of Non-Technical Skills  
     

Session 52: Update on ultrasound in reproductive health care

Martin Tolsgaard (Denmark)
Introducing virtual ultrasound training as a new teaching tool in early pregnancy  
     

Session 53: Paramedical invited debate session - Laboratory (Debate) - Is there time for time-lapse in the laboratory?

Sebastiaan Mastenbroek (The Netherlands)
Contra  
     

Session 54: Clinical endocrinology (2)

Martine Depmann (The Netherlands)
AMH predicts menopause; results of an ongoing follow up study in normo- ovulatory women  
Kathrine Birch Petersen (Denmark)
Ovarian reserve assessment in users of oral contraception seeking fertility advice on their reproductive time span 
Tamar Konig (The Netherlands)
The relationship between follicle-stimulating hormone receptor polymorphism status and ongoing pregnancy in IVF; a large retrospective observational study  
Willem Verpoest (Belgium)
Ovarian response in BRCA1 carriers: a case-control study  
Catherine Avril (France)
Transfer of frozen embryos in an artificial cycle after a failed long Gn-Rh agonist protocol: hormonal profiles of 2 separate transfers in one month  
Melanie Davies (United Kingdom)
ESHRE guideline: Management of women with Premature Ovarian Insufficiency  
Chloe De Roo (Belgium)
Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) serum levels are correlated with the number of primary follicles in ovaries of female-to-male transgender persons 
     

Session 55: Genes and embryo development

Eckhard Wolf (Germany)
RNA sequencing provides new insights into the timing of embryonic genome  
Kelly Ketterson (U.S.A.)
PGS results in cycles producing day 5 and day 6 blastocysts  
Maria Giulia Minasi (Italy)
Analysis of clinical outcome performing fresh or vitrified-warmed blastocyst transfer after trophectoderm biopsy in 307 Preimplantation Genetic Screening with array comparative genomic hybridization cycles  
Jesus Aguilar Prieto (Spain)
Morphology dynamics of multinucleation affetcs embryo chromosome content  
Maria Giulia Minasi (Italy)
Analysis of morphology, morphokinetic and ploidy status in 1035 biopsied blastocysts.  
Kirstine Kirkegaard (Denmark)
Next generation sequencing reveals distinct differences in global gene expression profiles in non-implanted blastocysts and blastocysts resulting in live birth.  
     

Session 56: Stem cells & Translational research

Jitesh Neupane (Belgium)
Assessment of cellular heterogeneity in the level of mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmy in mouse embryonic stem cells  
Mieke Geens (Belgium)
Stable non-random X chromosome inactivation in human embryonic stem cells: culture artefact rather than a parent-of-origin specific event  
Galbha Duggal (Belgium)
Endoderm formation improves germ cell differentiation potential of human embryonic stem cells  
Marine Poulain (France)
Inhibition of DMRTA2 impairs human female germline development in xeno-grafted ovaries  
Ingrid Granne (United Kingdom)
Pre-IVF analysis of peripheral blood immune cell surface markers predicts pregnancy  
     

Session 57: Female reproductive physiology

Tom Trapphoff (Germany)
Altered expression and localization of maternal proteins and changes in histone pattern after preovulatory and postovulatory ageing of mammalian oocytes  
Rosalia Battaglia (Italy)
MicroRNAs upregulated in follicular fluid are carried by exosomes: new actors in the communication between oocyte and somatic follicular cells?  
Nicole Eckert (Germany)
Menstrual cycles affect vascular permeability due to an alteration of the endothelial glycocalyx  
     

Session 58: Male and female fertility preservation

S. Hennebicq (France)
When is it safe to conceive after lymphoma treatment?  
Debora Dankert (Germany)
Poly(A) tail length of maternal-effect gene mRNAs in oocytes is influenced by postovulatory aging  
Michael Von Wolff (Switzerland)
Counselling performance about fertility preservation in young women facing cancer: a prospective multicentric evaluation of patient’s concerns and experiences in 146 women  
     

Session 59: Does delayed transfer give better results (freeze all policy)?

Anja Pinborg (Denmark)
Freeze all and transfer later policy-is endometrium more receptive without ovarian stimulation?  
Richard J. Paulson (U.S.A.)
Endometrial receptivity: lessons learned form oocyte donation cycles-the effect of ovarian stimulation  
     

Session 60: Society of Reproductive Surgeons Symposium - "Prevention and management of laparoscopic complications"

Tommaso Falcone (U.S.A.)
Avoiding neurologic injuries due to patient positioning; safe trocar entry; complications related to robotic surgery  
Jeffrey M. Goldberg (U.S.A.)
Bowel and urologic injuries; complications from morcellation  
     

Session 61: Infertility trials: Roadmap to success

Xiaoke Wu (China)
Clinical trials in infertility with traditional Chinese medicine: lessons in infrastructure and team building  
Richard Legro (U.S.A.)
Resource intensive multicenter trials in infertility: Strengths and weaknesses  
Ben W. Mol (The Netherlands)
Pragmatic multicenter clinical trials in infertility: Streamlining the trial enterprise  
Sheryl Z. Van der Poel (Switzerland)
Clinical trials and treatment of infertility in low resource settings  
     

Session 62: A look inside the occyte

Mariabeatrice Dal Canto (Italy)
Metaphase II spindle and cortical actin characteristics in morphologically normal and dysmorphic human oocytes  
Stefanie De Gheselle (Belgium)
The effect of smooth endoplasmic reticulum aggregates in human oocytes on calcium signalling and the significance for oocyte collection cycle outcome  
Maria Cristina Guglielmo (Italy)
Meiotic spindle and cortical actin configuration in human oocytes following vitrification using open and closed system  
Christine Wrenzycki (Germany)
Global DNA methylation in in vitro produced bovine zygotes is affected by the oxygen concentration during in vitro maturation  
     

Session 63: Basic endocrinology

Xiumei Zhen (China)
Increased incidence of mitochondrial cytochrome C- oxidase 1 gene mutations in patients with primary ovarian insufficiency  
     

Session 64: How to get the most out of your embryos

Roberto Matorras (Spain)
Effect of the quality of the additional embryos on the pregnancy and multiple pregnancy rates in IVF cycles: predictions using mathematical formulae and nomograms  
Ilse De Croo (Belgium)
Potential of single blastocyst transfer in combination with vitrification of surplus blastocysts in good prognosis patients  
Josephine Lemmen (Denmark)
What is the total pregnancy potential per oocyte aspiration after assisted reproduction – in how many cycles are biological competent oocytes available?  
Ana Cristina Cobo Cabal (Spain)
Cumulative live birth rates (CLBR) according to the number of vitrified oocytes consumed in an ovum donation (OD)/ egg-banking program  
     

Session 65: Origin and diagnosis of meiotic errors

Hiroki Kurahashi (Japan)
Age-related decrease of meiotic cohesins in human oocytes  
Leoni Xanthopoulou (United Kingdom)
First reporting of aneuploidy rates in preimplantation embryos from fertile couples undergoing Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) for single gene disorders  
Michalis Konstantinidis (Cyprus)
Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping and karyomapping of trophectoderm biopsies for the investigation of recombination events in the human preimplantation embryo  
Maria Vera Rodriguez (Spain)
NGS vs. aCGH for the detection of segmental aneuploidies in human blastocysts  
Alessandra Pomante (Italy)
From polar bodies to blastocysts: meiotic errors and chromosome segregation  
     

Session 66: Female infertility: Diagnosis and treatment

Richard Thomas Russell (United Kingdom)
Does extending luteal support with progesterone beyond positive pregnancy test following IVF treatment improve pregnancy outcome?  
Irma Scholten (The Netherlands)
The effectiveness of an IUI program compared to no treatment. A matched cohort study  
Sara Korosec (Slovenia)
Singleton pregnancy after in-vitro fertilization and factors influencing abnormal placentation  
Aynur Ersahin (Turkey)
Predicting criteria for freeze all policy in high-risk patients after GnRH agonist triggering combined with low dose hCG  
Jan Gerris (Belgium)
Self-operated endo-vaginal tele-monitoring versus traditional monitoring of ovarian stimulation in ART: prospective randomized trial  
     

Session 67: Genetics in andrology

Marieke De Vries (The Netherlands)
Exome sequencing in TESE children: a pilot study  
Alberto Ferlin (Italy)
Male reproductive function is genetically determined by polymorphisms in fshb and FSHR genes  
Rafael Bernabeu - Perez (Spain)
Does the male factor influence in the embryo aneuploidy rate