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The 1st International Congress on
Controversies in Cryopreservation of Stem Cells, Reproductive Cells,
Tissue and Organs (CRYO)
Palacio de Congresos, Valencia, Spain, May 27-30, 2010 |
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08:30-13:00
Plenary session 1: Basic understanding of vitrification – Part 1
Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Merck Serono
Panel: A. Arav, Israel, S. Leibo, USA, M. Meseguer, Spain, P. Nagy, USA
Biosafety of Vitrification – the issue of contamination using an open system
G. Vajta, Australia
Rationale of Cryopreservation by very high cooling and warming rates
S. Leibo, USA
Basic principles of Vitrification
A. Arav, Israel
Vitrification of bovine and equine embryos- practical considerations
G. Seidel, USA
Basic understanding of vitrification – Part 2
Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Merck Serono
Panel: M. J. de los Santos, Spain, M. Kuwayama, Japan, G. Seidel, USA, G. Vajta,
Australia
Debate: Cryopreservation of oocytes – slow freezing vs. vitrification
Slow freezing: G. Coticchio, Italy
Vitrification: P. Nagy, USA,
Debate: Clinical application – what are the limits?
A. Cobo, Spain
L. Rienzi, Italy
14:00-15:30
Parallel Session 2: What can go wrong in cryopreservation
Chairperson: J. Remohí, Spain, J. Hasler, USA
Errors that can occur when applying cryopreservation technology in the real world, and how to minimize those errors
J. Hasler, USA
What can go wrong during Vitrification
S. Ledda, Italy
Cellular damage during cryopreservation
J. Vanblerkom, USA
14:00-15:30
Parallel Session 3: Sperm freezing in primates
Chairperson: W. Ji, Japan
Cryopreservation of spermatozoon in rhesus and cynomogus monkey
W. Ji, Japan
Intracellular ice formation in spermatozoa?
G.J. Morris, UK
Freeze dried sperm
T. Wakayama, Japan
16:00-18:00
Parallel session 4: Freezing of embryonic & adult stem cells – various techniques
Chairperson: O. Hovatta, Sweden, M Leong, Hong Kong
Cryopreservation of human embryonic stem cells
O. Hovatta, Sweden
Large animals models in regenerative medicine: the need and the limits
F. Gandolfi, Italy
Tumorigenicity of pluripotent stem cells
N. Benvenisty, Israel
Cryopreservation of adult stem cells
R. Devireddy, USA
16:00-18:00
Parallel session 5: Cord Blood Banking, biology, transplantation and tissue regeneration
Chairpersons: W. Arcese, Italy, A. Nagler, Israel
Cord Blood Banking - public vs. private network
S. Querol, Spain
Cord Blood cryobiology: Liquid nitrogen, cryoprotectant vs. lyophilization
P. Rebulla, Italy
Cord Blood Transplantation: Do we know the best option for alternative donor transplant: MUD vs. CB vs. Haplo?
W. Arcese, Italy
Cord Blood Transplantations: strategies to facilitate engraftment: Do we know the best one?
M. Fernandez, Spain
Cord Blood tissue regeneration potential: Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), heart, vascular, neurology. Does it exist at all?
A. Nagler, Israel |
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08:30-13:00
Plenary session 6: Stem cell – preservation of future medicine – Part 1
Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from IBSA / Angelini
Chairpersons: C.Simon, Spain, S. Slavin, Israel
Adult stem cells vs. embryonic stem cells
C . Simon, Spain
Somatic cells into stem cells. Reprogramming
A. Raya, Spain
Preclinical and clinical trials of stem cells therapy
O. Hovatta, Sweden
Stem cell – preservation of future medicine – Part 2
Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from IBSA / Angelini
Pluripotent stem cells in medical research
N. Benvenisty, Israel
The ethics of manufacturing gametes in the lab
G. Pennings, Belgium
The use of cord blood stem cells for tissue therapeutics
TBA
Future use of stem cells in medicine
S. Slavin, Israel
Future medicine of Pluripotent cells
14:00-15:30
Parallel session 7: Animal embryo freezing
Chairperson: T. Hildebrandt, Germany
Domestic animal embryo freezing
D. Rath, Germany
Freeze dried cells for nuclear transfer
P. Loi, Italy
Animal cloning from frozen dead body
T. Wakayama, Japan
14:00-15:30
Parallel session 8: Fertility, tissue and organ preservation
Chairpersons: J. García Velasco, Spain, P. Patrizio, USA, Z. Shoham, Israel
What to freeze: Whole ovary, cortex or other?
P. Patrizio, USA
Duration of function of fresh and frozen ovary transplants
S. Silber, USA
Where to transplant: Heterotopic or orthotopic sites?
J. Donnez, France
16:00-18:00
Parallel session 9: Embryo freezing
Chairpersons: J. Domingo, Spain, J. Liebermann, USA, P. Nagy, USA
What is the best stage for freezing? From 2PN to Blastocyst
J. Liebermann, USA
Neonatal outcome from vitrified cleavage stage to embryos
G.A. Rama Raju, India
Vitrification of blastocysts: It is the way to go!
P. Vanderzwalmen, Belgium
Embryo freezing: A key to elective single embryo transfer (eSET)
P. Barri, Spain
16:00-18:00
Parallel session 10: Company presentations
Core Dynamics – Freeze dry of stem cells
D. Nathan, Israel |
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08:30-10:00
Plenary session 11: Cryo-Bank
Chairpersons: J. Callejo, Spain, G. Stacey, UK
Medical and social aspects of cryopreservation of oocytes for fertility preservation
G. Lockwood, UK
Legislation of cryopreservation of gametes, tissue and regulation of transportation between countries
C. O’Toole, UK
The use of Cryopreservation of tumor tissue for preparation of tumor cell vaccines and for future evaluation of molecular pathways
S. Slavin, Israel
10:30-12:00
Plenary session 12: Is it possible to restore sperm from cryopreserved tissue or should we always get a fresh one?
Chairpersons: A. Pellicer, Spain, Z. Shoham, Israel
Advantages of using cryopreserved TESE against freshly obtained tissue
M. Gil-Salom, Spain
Multipotent adult germline stem cells: New therapeutic hope?
K. Guan, Germany
Clinical evaluation of the harmful effects of sperm freezing and its current indications
N. Garrido, Spain |
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