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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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| Scientific Program |
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| Thursday, May 27th, 2010 |
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09:00-18:00 |
Workshops (Hilton Valencia Hotel) |
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| 18:00 |
Welcome Reception and Opening Ceremony |
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Friday, May 28th, 2010 (convention center) |
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Plenary Session 1
08:30-10:30 |
Basic understanding of vitrification
Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Merck Serono |
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Panel: |
A. Arav, Israel, S. Leibo, USA, M. Meseguer, Spain, P. Nagy, USA |
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08:30-08:55 |
Biosafety of vitrification – the issue of contamination using an open system
G. Vajta, Australia |
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08:55-09:20 |
Rationale of cryopreservation by very high cooling and warming rates
S. Leibo, USA |
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09:20-09:45 |
Chilling injury and vitrification of oocytes
A. Arav, Israel |
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09:45-10:10 |
Vitrification of bovine and equine embryos- practical considerations
G. Seidel, USA |
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10:10-10:30 |
Basic physics of small volume vitrification
U. Demrici, USA |
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10:30-11:00 |
Coffee Break |
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Plenary Session 2
11:00-13:00 |
Basic understanding of vitrification
Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Merck Serono |
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Panel: |
M. J. de los Santos, Spain, M. Kuwayama, Japan,
G. Seidel, USA, G. Vajta, Australia |
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11:00-12:00 |
Debate: Cryopreservation of oocytes – slow freezing vs. vitrification
Slow freezing: G. Coticchio, Italy
Vitrification: P. Nagy, USA |
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12:00-13:00 |
Debate: Clinical application – what are the limits?
A. Cobo, Spain
L. Rienzi, Italy |
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13:00-14:00 |
Lunch Break |
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Parallel Session 3(I)
14:00-15:30 |
What can go wrong in Cryopreservation? |
Parallel Session 3(II)
14:00-16:00 |
Freezing of embryonic & adult stem cells - various techniques |
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Chairperson: |
J. Hasler, USA, J. Remohí, Spain |
Chairperson: |
O. Hovatta, Sweden,
M. Leong, Hong Kong |
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14:00-14:30 |
Errors that can occur when applying cryopreservation technology in the real world, and how to minimize these errors
J. Hasler, USA |
14:00-14:30 |
Cryopreservation of human embryonic stem cells
O. Hovatta, Sweden |
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14:30-15:00 |
What can go wrong during vitrification?
S. Ledda, Italy |
14:30-15:00 |
Large animals models in regenerative medicine: the need and the limits
F. Gandolfi, Italy |
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| 15:00-15:30 |
Cellular damage during cryopreservation
J. Van Blerkom, USA |
15:00-15:30 |
Tumorigenicity of pluripotent stem cells
N. Benvenisty, Israel |
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15:30-16:00 |
Cryopreservationof adult stem cells
R. Devireddy, USA | |
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| 15:30-16:00 |
Coffee Break 16:00-16:30 Coffee Break |
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Parallel Session 4(I)
16:00-17:30 |
Sperm Freezing in primates |
Parallel Session 4(II)
16:30-18:10 |
Cord Blood Banking, Biology,Transplantation and tissue regeneration |
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W. Ji, China,
I. Katkov, USA |
Chairpersons: |
W. Arcese, Italy, A. Nagler, Israel |
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16:00-16:30 |
Cryopreservation of spermatazoon in rhesus and cynomogus monkey
W. Ji, China |
16:30-16:50 |
Cord Blood Banking – public vs. private network
S. Querol, Spain |
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| 16:30-17:00 |
Intracellular ice formation in spermatozoa?
G.J. Morris, UK |
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Cord Blood cryobiology: liquid nitrogen, cryoprotectant vs.lyophilization
P. Rebulla, Italy |
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17:00-17:30 |
Freeze dried sperm
T. Wakayama, Japan
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Cord Blood Transplantation: Do we know the best option for alternative donor transplant: MUD vs. CB vs. Haplo?
W. Arcese, Italy |
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17:30-18:00 |
Low-and high-temperature vitrification of sperm as emerging alternatives in preservation of genetic resources
I. Katkov, USA |
17:30-17:50 |
Cord Blood Transplantations: Strategies to facilitate engraftment, do we know the best one?
M. Fernandez, Spain |
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17:50-18:10
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Cord Blood Tissue Regeneration Potential: Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) heart, vascular, neurology. Does it exist at all?
A. Nagler, Israel | |
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Saturday, May 29th, 2010 (convention center) |
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Plenary Session 5
08:30-10:30 |
Stem cell – preservation of future medicine
Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Angelini / IBSA |
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Chairpersons: |
C. Simon, Spain, S. Slavin, Israel |
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08:30-09:00 |
Future use of normal stem cells and cancer stem cells in health and disease
S. Slavin, Israel |
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09:00-09:30 |
Adult stem cells vs. embryonic stem cells
C. Simon, Spain |
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09:30-10:00 |
Somatic cells into stem cells. Reprogramming!
A. Raya, Spain |
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Preclinical and clinical trials of stem cells therapy
O. Hovatta, Sweden |
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10:30-11:00 |
Coffee Break |
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Plenary Session 6
11:00-13:00 |
Stem cell – preservation of future medicine
Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Angelini / IBSA |
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Chairpersons: |
N. Benvenisty, Israel, A. Nagler, Israel |
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11:00-11:30 |
Pluripotent stem cells in medical research
N. Benvenisty, Israel |
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11:30-12:00 |
The ethics of manufacturing gametes in the lab
G. Pennings, Belgium |
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12:00-12:30 |
The use of cord blood stem cells for tissue therapeutics
A. Nagler, Israel |
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12:30-13:00 |
The use of cord blood for Regenerative Medicine
C. Chillik, Argentina |
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| 13:00-14:00 |
Lunch Break |
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Parallel Session 7(I)
14:00-15:30 |
Animal embryo freezing |
Parallel Session 7(II)
14:00-15:30 |
Fertility, tissue and organs preservation |
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T. Hildebrandt, Germany
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Chairpersons: |
M. Leong, HonG Kong,
P. Patrizio, USA,
Z. Shoham, Israel |
| 14:00-14:20 |
Domestic animal embryo freezing
D. Rath, Germany |
14:00-14:30 |
What to freeze: Whole ovary, cortex or other?
P. Patrizio, USA |
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Freeze dried cells for nuclear transfer
P. Loi, Italy |
14:30-15:00 |
Duration of function of fresh and frozen ovary transplants
S. Silber, USA |
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Animal cloning from frozen dead body
T. Wakayama, Japan |
15:00-15:30 |
Where to transplant: Heterotopic or orthotopic sites?
J. Donnez, Belgium |
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Embryo freezing in wild animals
T. Hildebrandt, Germany |
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| 15:20-15:30 |
Discussion |
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| 15:30-16:00 |
Lunch Break |
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Parallel Session 8(I)
16:00-18:00 |
Embryo freezing |
Parallel Session 8(II)
16:00-17:00 |
Free Communication |
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J. Domingo, Spain,
J. Liebermann, USA,
P. Nagy, USA |
Chairpersons: |
J. Hasler, USA,
J. Van Blerkom, USA |
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What is the best stage for freezing? From 2PN to blastocyst
J. Liebermann, USA |
16:00-16:15 |
Membrane phase behavior and water transport during freezing of mammalian cells studied by FT-IR spectroscopy
W.Wolkers, Germany |
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Neonatal outcome from vitrified cleavage stage to embryos
G.A. Rama Raju, India |
16:15-16:30 |
More cryopreservation from fresh IVF/ICSI treatments with early cleavage leads to overall higher pregnancy rates
K. Tucker, The Netherlands |
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| 17:00-17:30 |
Vitrification of blastocysts: It is the way to go!
P. Vanderzwalmen, Belgium |
16:30-16:45 |
In vitro maturation and vitrification of immature oocytes combined with ovarian tissue cryopreservation: A new strategy of fertility preservation
G. Fasano, Belgium |
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| 17:30-18:00 |
Embryo freezing: A key to elective single embryo transfer (eSET)
P. Barri, Spain |
16:45-17:00 |
Freeze drying of stem cells
D. Nathan, Israel |
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Sunday, May 30th, 2010 (convention center) |
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Plenary Session 9
08:30-10:00 |
Cryo-Bank |
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Chairpersons: |
J. Callejo, Spain, G. Stacey, UK |
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08:30-09:00 |
Medical and social aspects of cryopreservation of oocytes for fertility preservation
G. Lockwood, UK |
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09:00-09:30 |
Legislation of cryopreservation of gametes, tissue and regulation of transportation between countries
C. O'Toole, UK |
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| 09:30-10:00 |
Bio-banking of human embryonic stem cell lines: Technical and regulatory Challenges
G. Stacey, UK |
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10:00-10:30 |
Coffee Break |
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Plenary Session 10
10:30-12:00 |
Is it possible to restore sperm from cryopreserved tissue or should we always get a fresh one? |
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Chairpersons: |
A. Pellicer, Spain, Z. Shoham, Israel |
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| 10:30-11:00 |
Advantages of using cryopreserved TESE against freshly obtained tissue
M. Gil-Salom, Spain |
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| 11:00-11:30 |
Multipotent adult germ line stem cells: New therapeutic hope?
K. Guan, Germany |
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| 11:30-12:00 |
Clinical evaluation of the harmful effects of sperm freezing and its current indications
N. Garrido, Spain |
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12:00 |
Closing |
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