7th Workshop on Mammalian Folliculogenesis and Oogenesis

ESHRE Campus symposium
Stresa, Italy
19, 20 & 21 April 2012

Organised by the ESHRE Special Interest Group Embryology, Reproductive Endocrinology & Task Force Basic Scientists in Reproductive Medicine 

Current understanding of primordial germ cell biology – Donatella Farini (Italy)

Global DNA methylation erasure in primordial germ cells – Wendy Dean (United Kingdom) 

Novel mechanisms and actions of gonadotropins – Ilpo Huhtaniemi (United Kingdom) 

What gonadotropin physiology can teach us to improve ovarian stimulation regimens – Stephen Hillier (United Kingdom)

In vitro follicle growth to investigate follicular paracrine interactions – Evelyn Telfer (United Kingdom)

Involvement of local factors in aberrant follicle development - Stephen Franks (United Kingdom)

How the cumulus cell function is regulated and why – Robert Gilchrist (Australia)

Genome Integrity in Mammalian Oocytes – David Albertini (USA)

The role of zinc during mammalian meiosis and egg activitation: the inorganic signature of life – Francesca Duncan (USA)

At which stages can meiotic errors occur throughout oogenesis? – Ursula Eichenlaub-Ritter (Germany)

Start and stop signals of oocyte meiotic maturation – Keith Jones (Australia)

From symmetry to asymmetry: organising the cytoplasm during oocyte maturation - John Carroll (United Kingdom)

Oocyte and follicle metabolic requirements in vitro – Roger Sturmey (United Kingdom)

Novel systems and factors to improve oocyte quality in vitro - Evelyn Telfer (United Kingdom)

Insights into oocyte competence from somatic cells gene expression – Johan Smitz (Belgium)

Achievements and challenges of oocyte in vitro maturation in the human – Giovanni Coticchio (Italy)

Acquisition of the oocyte developmental competence - Maurizio Zuccotti (Italy)

Oocyte polarity: a sign of oocyte quality? - Carlos Plancha (Portugal)

Role of maternal Carm1 in early mouse embryo developmentn – Agnieszka Jedrusik (United Kingdom)

Influence of maternal-embryonic transition on embryonic development - Sergio Ledda (Italy)

Maternal diabetes and oocyte dysfunctions - Kelle Moley (USA)

Maternal diet, embryo effects and offspring health - Tom Fleming (United Kingdom)