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Annual 2018 Conference of the Foundation for Reproductive Medicine
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Registration
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Early registration deadline
June 15, 2018
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Call for abstracts
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Abstract submission deadline
August 1, 2018
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Accommodation
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New York Marriott East Side Hotel
$259.00 per night
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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
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Pre-Conference Workshops
Thursday, November 15, 2018
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CLICK HERE to view the workshops
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Day 1, Friday, November 16, 2018
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Good morning – Welcome Coffee, served prior to the start of the day |
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8:30 – 9:15 A.M. |
Opening Session |
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8:30 – 8:45 |
Welcome and announcement of the "Young Investigator Award"
Norbert Gleicher, MD and David F. Albertini, PhD |
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8:45 – 9:15 |
The “Breaking News” lecture – topic to be announced... |
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9:15 – 11:15 |
Session 1 – Plenary: Where our journey is leading to – Part I
Chairs: David F. Albertini, PhD and Norbert Gleicher, MD |
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9:15 – 9:45 |
Beyond tech support: What physics brings to biology
Eric D. Siggia, PhD |
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9:45 – 10:15 |
Maneuvering between ethical concerns and the desire to advance science
Eli Y. Adashi, MD, MS, MA |
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10:15 – 10:45 |
Increased mTOR activity in FMR1 knockout mice and premature recruitment of oocyte pool reversed with rapamycin
S. Zev Williams, MD, PhD |
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10:45 – 11:15 |
How the FMR1 gene and the AKT/mTOR signaling pathways potentially control folliculogenesis
Julia Rehnitz, MD |
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11:15 – 11:45 |
Coffee Break, Poster Viewing & Visit the Exhibition |
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11:45 – 12:45 P.M. |
Session 2 – Plenary: Where our journey is leading to – Part II
Chairs: Neeta Singh, MD and Zeev Shoham, MD |
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11:45 – 12:15 |
A first step in growing human primordial follicles in vitro to maturity in a multi-step culture system
Evelyn E. Telfer, PhD |
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12:15 – 12:45 |
Combining imaging and transcriptomics at single cell resolution to understand blastocyst formation
Anna-Katerina Hadjantonakis, PhD |
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12:45 – 1:00 |
Get your lunch "to-go" |
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1:00 –2:00 |
LUNCH BREAK DEBATE – bring your lunch
Chair: Norbert Gleicher, MD
How effective is egg freezing as a preventative treatment for young women in securing their ability to reproduce later in life?
- Very effective:
Nicole Noyes, MD
- Not very effective:
Vitaly A. Kushnir, MD |
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2:00 – 3:30 |
Session 3 – PARADIGM CHANGE I: Clarifying the significance of chromosomal abnormalities in human embryos?
Chairs: Evelyn E. Telfer, PhD and Vitaly A. Kushnir, MD |
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2:00 – 2:30 |
When chromosomal abnormalities are the norm
Rajiv C. McCoy, PhD |
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2:30 – 3:00 |
Explaining the purpose of PGS/PGT-A
Nathan R. Treff, PhD |
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3:00 – 3:30 |
Explaining the shortcomings of PGS/PGT-A
Raoul Orvieto, MD |
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3:30 – 4:00 |
Coffee Break, Poster Viewing & Visit the Exhibition |
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4:00 – 6:00 |
Session 4 – PARADIGM CHANGE II: Changing the thinking about PCOS
Chairs: Nicole Noyes, MD and Raoul Orvieto, MD |
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4:00 – 4:30 |
Why new diagnostic criteria for different PCOS phenotypes are urgently needed
Ricardo Azziz, MD, MPH, MBA |
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4:30 – 5:00 |
Using AMH to diagnose PCOS?
Nataki C. Douglas, MD, PhD |
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5:00 – 5:30 |
A surprisingly common new hypo-androgenic PCOS-like phenotype
Norbert Gleicher, MD |
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5:30 – 6:00 |
Evidence for existence of a pituitary-adrenal-ovarian axis that controls ovarian function
Vitaly A. Kushnir, MD |
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Day 2, Saturday, November 17, 2018
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Good morning – Welcome Coffee, served prior to the start of the day |
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8:30 – 10:30 A.M. |
Session 5 – Plenary: Where our journey is leading to – Part III
Chairs: Eli Y. Adashi, MD, MS, MA and Ricardo Azziz, MD, MPH, MBA |
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8:30 – 9:00 |
"Sensing of the whole": Morphodynamics of early embryo development
Ilya Volodayev, PhD |
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9:00 – 9:30 |
Genomic evidence for the importance of inflammation on IVF outcomes
Marc-André Sirard, DMV, PhD |
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9:30 – 10:00 |
E2F1-mediated epigenetic mechanism in ovarian response controls FMR1 expression in human granulosa cells
Julia Rehnitz, PhD |
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10:00 – 10:30 |
What autologous stem cell transplants are effective in the treatment of refractory Asherman's syndrome?
Neeta Singh, MD |
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10:30 – 11:00 |
Coffee Break, Poster Viewing & Visit the Exhibition |
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11:00 – 12:00 P.M. |
Session 6 – Plenary: Where our journey is leading to – Part IV
Chairs: Marc-André Sirard, DMV, PhD and Julia Rehnitz, PhD |
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11:00 – 11:30 |
The role of mTOR inhibition in improving reproductive longevity
Kara N. Goldman, MD |
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11:30 – 12:00 P.M. |
Correlating micropattern differentiation of mouse pluripotent stem cells with mouse embryos, to inform human embryo cell fate patterning
Anna-Katerina Hadjantonakis, PhD |
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12:00 – 12:15 |
Get your lunch "to-go" |
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12:15 – 1:15 |
LUNCH BREAK DEBATE – bring your lunch
Chair: David H. Barad, MD, MS
When is the right time to refer a patient into egg donation?
- Above the age 42 and/or FSH 15.0-20.0 mIU/mL:
Eli Y. Adashi, MD, MS, MA
- It should always be the patients’ choice:
Norbert Gleicher, MD |
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1:15 – 3:00 |
Session 7 – PARADIGM CHANGE III: Individualizing IVF practice for best outcome by age and functional ovarian reserve
Chairs: Kara N. Goldman, MD and Pasquale Patrizio, MD, MS |
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1:15 – 1:35 |
Why follicles need adequate androgen levels
Andrea Weghofer, MD, PhD, MS, MBA |
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1:35 – 1:55 |
How to supplement hypo-androgenic women correctly
Norbert Gleicher, MD |
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1:55 – 2:15 |
The intra-follicular molecular biology mandating advancement of egg retrieval in some women
David H. Barad, MD, MS |
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2:15 – 2:35 |
HIER – Highly Individualized Egg Retrieval
Vitaly A. Kushnir, MD |
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2:35 – 2:55 |
Carrying over individualization of care into the embryology laboratory
David F. Albertini, PhD |
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3:00 – 3:30 |
Coffee Break, Poster Viewing & Visit the Exhibition |
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3:30 – 5:30 |
Session 8 – Plenary: Hidden treasures discovered
Chairs: Andrea Weghofer, MD, PhD, MS, MBA and David H. Barad, MD, MS |
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3:30 – 4:00 |
Modelling human embryology in a dish
Mijo Simunovic, PhD |
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4:00 – 4:30 |
Can tacrolimus treatment affect pregnancy outcomes in presence of maternal immune abnormalities?
Frederick W. K. Kan, PhD |
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4:30 – 5:00 |
An immune clock that controls pregnancy
Brice Gaudilliere, MD, PhD |
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5:00 – 5:30 |
A new frontier in the IVF laboratory: Automatic vitrification of oocytes and embryos
Pasquale Patrizio, MD, MS |
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Day 3, Sunday, November 18, 2018
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Good morning – Welcome Coffee, served prior to the start of the day |
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9:00 – 10:30 A.M. |
Session 9: Plenary: Hot topics
Chairs: Milton Leong, MD, DSci and Zeev Shoham, MD |
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9:00 – 9:30 |
Oogonial stem cells after all?
Evelyn E. Telfer, PhD |
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9:30 – 10:00 |
Stem cells and in the treatment of human infertility?
Sherman J. Silber, MD |
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10:00 – 10:30 |
Does platelet-rich (autologous) plasma (PRP) “rejuvenate” ovaries and endometrium?
Andrea Weghofer, MD, PhD, MS, MBA |
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10:30 – 11:00 |
Coffee Break |
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11:00 – 1:00 P.M. |
Closing Session: “Most Interesting” 2018 ESHRE and ASRM Presentations, and yet unpublished data
Chairs: David F. Albertini, PhD and Norbert Gleicher, MD |
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11:00 – 11:30 |
The “best” from ESHRE |
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11:30 – 12:30 P.M. |
The “best” from ASRM |
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12:30 – 1:00 |
The FRMC Closing Lecture - Will human embryos fly?
Ali H. Brivanlou, PhD |
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1:00 |
Closing Remarks
Norbert Gleicher, MD |
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INVITATION TO ATTEND THE
2018 FRM CONFERENCE
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The Foundation for Reproductive Medicine
21 E 69th Street, New York, NY 10021
Tel: 646-828-0840
Fax: 212-994-4499 |
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