Main Conference Program:
Note: This is a preliminary program, speakers and titles are subject to change without notice.
Session I: New approaches to gamete preservation
- Freeze-drying of sperm, applications in primates and domestic animals.
Stuart A. Meyers, DVM, PhD, Dip. ACT, University of California, Davis
- Preservation of gonadal tissue
Stefan Schlatt, PhD, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, PA
- Short Presentations from Submitted Abstracts
Session II: Manipulation of the male germ line
- Transplantation of male germ line stem cells
Jon Hill, DVM, PhD, Dip. ACT, CSIRO Livestock Industries F.D. McMaster Laboratory, Australia
- Sperm-mediated gene transfer in domestic animals
Marialuisa Lavitrano, PhD, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Milano, Italy
- Short Presentations from Submitted Abstracts
Session III: Sperm, eggs and fertilization
- Control of sperm motility
Regina Turner, VMD, PhD, Dip. ACT, University of Pennsylvania, Kennett Square
- ICSI, calcium release, egg activation – applications in new reproductive technologies
Rafael Fissore , DVM, PhD, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- Regulation of sperm-egg interactions during fertilization
Janice Evans, PhD, Johns Hopkins University School Public Health, Baltimore, MD
- Short Presentations from Submitted Abstracts
Session IV: Epigenetics and placental function
- Gamete imprinting: Setting epigenetic patterns for the next generation.
Jacquetta Trasler, MD, PhD, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Placental function in development and disease
James (Jay) Cross, DVM, PhD, University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine, Canada
- Short Presentations from Submitted Abstracts
Session V: Advances in biotechnology and species conservation
- Emerging Technologies for Species Conservation
Budhan S. Pukazhenthi, DVM, PhD, Smithsonian's National Zoological Park, Washington, DC
- Equine cloning: Outcomes and Applications
Dirk K. Vanderwall, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACT, University of Idaho, Moscow
- Short Presentations from Submitted Abstracts
Session VI: Keynote address
- Developmental Diversity in Mammals
Richard Behringer, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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