Program
Scientific Program (Download)
Thursday, June 30 - Travel ICAR-Tours to Gent
The ICAR meeting in Tours ends around 13:00. Delegates can take the TGV train from Tours to Brussels and change in Brussels to a regular train to Gent. The TGV station in Tours is literally across the street from the conference center. At present, there are trains departing at 2-hr intervals. The journey Tours to Brussels takes 4hrs. You need 1hr to go from Brussels by train to Gent (center of the city). On Friday July 1st, the same train schedules apply. Alternatively, we can arrange for a bus from Tours to Gent on June 30th departing at 14:00. The bus ride takes 5-6hrs depending on traffic. Delegates that travel by bus would arrive on Thursday around 20:00 at their hotel in the city center. Delegates will be asked if they would like to take the bus and if more than 30 people sign up, we will organize a bus.
Friday, July 1 - Welcome
During the day: Delegates can spend the day in Gent discovering the city. Information about guided tours, opening hours for museums and list of good restaurants in the city center will be made available to all delegates.
In the evening: At 17:00 on Friday, registration and welcome reception will take place at the conference center (Sint Augustijnenklooster). The conference center is in the center of the city at 10 min walking distance from the main touristic places and hotels (Google Map).
17:00-18:15 |
Registration / Drinks / Commercial Booths Visit / Posters Viewing / Visit of the Old Library of the Sint Augustijnen Abby |
18:15-19:00 |
Welcome address and Keynote Lecture |
19:00-22:00 |
Gala Dinner / Visit of the Old Library |
Saturday, July 2 - Day 1
Session 1 - Jean-François Bruyas (Moderator) |
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8:30-9:00 |
Keynote Lecture - Cryopreservation of Equine Embryos – Ed Squires (view) |
9:00-9:15 |
Easy, quick and cheap technique to cryopreserve Welsh B pony blastocyst - F. Guignot – Abstract #6 |
9:15-9:30 |
Vitrification of large equine embryos following manual or micromanipulator-assisted blastocoele collapse - R. Ferris – Abstract #31 |
9:30-9:45 |
In vitro evaluation by DAPI staining of fresh, cooled and vitrified donkey embryos - D. Panzani – Abstract #45 |
9:45-10:00 |
Toxicity of a vitrification protocol for equine immature oocytes - H. DeSiqueira Canesin – Abstract #63 |
10:00-10:45 |
Coffee break |
Session 2 - Tom Stout (Moderator) |
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10:45-11:00 |
Preliminary morphokinetic annotation data for early equine embryo development in vitro using a time-lapse imaging system - K. Schnauffer – Abstract #47 |
11:00-11:15 |
Combining Time-Lapse Imaging and Next Generation RNA-Sequencing to Assess Equine Embryo Developmental Potential - S. Chavez – Abstract #65 |
11:15-11:45 |
Keynote Lecture - Clinical Applications of Preimplantation Genetic Testing in Equine, Bovine and Human Embryos – Carolina Herrera (view) |
11:45-12:00 |
Application of ultrasound technique in early fetal gender determination – the field study - S. Martinez Zuviria – Abstract #15 |
12:00-12:15 |
Influences of conceptus sex on its development during early equine pregnancy - C. Aurich – Abstract #10 |
12:15-13:45 |
Lunch |
Session 3 - Claudia Klein (Moderator) |
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13:45-14:00 |
Results and limitations on the use of sex-sorted semen in conventional ET programs in Polo Argentino breed - A. Lascombes – Abstract #67 |
14:00-14:15 |
Overnight Shipping of equine oocytes from remote locations to an ART laboratory enables access to the flexibility of ovum pick up ICSI and embryo cryopreservation technologies - C. Galli – Abstract #68 |
14:15-14:30 |
Effects of different media systems and osmolarity on equine blastocyst development after ICSI - Young Ho Choi – Abstract #22 |
14:30-14:45 |
Successful in vitro production of mammalian embryos: a strict quality management approach - C. Herrera – Abstract #52 |
14:45-15:00 |
Production of equine embryos in vitro using conventional intracytoplasmic sperm injection and a complete human embryo culture system - C.A. Leisinger – Abstract #60 |
15:00-15:45 |
Coffee break |
Session 4 - Katrin Hinrichs (Moderator) |
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15:45-16:15 |
Keynote Lecture - In vitro Production of Equine Embryos and Cloning: Today’s Status – Marc Maserati and Adrian Mutto (view) |
16:15-16:30 |
Rescuing equine cloned embryos by aggregation - A. Gambini – Abstract #27 |
16:30-16:45 |
Enrichment of somatic cells from frozen-thawed equine semen using fluorescence-activated cell sorting - J. G. Brom-de-Luna – Abstract #56 |
16:45-17:00 |
Variability in efficiency in a commercial oocyte transfer program - F. Riera – Abstract #9 |
17:00-17:15 |
Pregnancy rate and pregnancy loss after transfer of in vivo or in vitro derived equine embryos - P. McCue – Abstract #42 |
17:15-19:45 |
Dinner on your own in the city - 5-10 min walk to Graslei with many restaurants |
19:45-22:00 |
Workshop - two parallel workshops on ET and IVP |
19:45-22:00 |
Workshop 1 - Clinical aspects of embryo transfer - McCue, Riera, Aurich |
Sunday, July 3 - Day 2
Session 5 - Luis Losinno (Moderator) |
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8:30-9:00 |
Keynote Lecture - Maternal Recognition of Pregnancy in the Context of Equine Embryo Transfer – Claudia Klein (view) |
9:00-9:15 |
Effects of suppression of estrogen synthesis during early pregnancy in mares - B.A. Ball – Abstract #11 |
9:15-9:30 |
Embryo quality grade and recipient ovulation rate affect pregnancy rates in embryo transfer recipient mares - H.G. Pedersen – Abstract #24 |
9:30-9:45 |
Effects of asynchronous embryo transfer on the endometrial transcriptome in mares - C. Gibson – Abstract #43 |
9:45-10:00 |
Association between equine sperm parameters and ICSI outcome – R. Gonzalez-Castro – Abstract #25 |
10:00-10:45 |
Coffee break |
Session 6 - Young Ho Choi (Moderator) |
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10:45-11:00 |
Glucose uptake and lactate production of equine cumulus-oocyte complexes (COC’s) during in vitro maturation (IVM) – J. Len – Abstract #19 |
11:00-11:15 |
Effect of pyruvate addition and oxygen concentration on carbohydrate metabolism during in vitro maturation of equine oocytes – N. Lewis – Abstract #30. |
11:15-11:30 |
Effects of verbascoside treatment during oocyte in vitro maturation on blastocyst development and bioenergetic/oxidative status after ICSI in the horse – N.A. Martino – Abstract #34 |
11:30-11:45 |
Developmental Competence of Equine Oocytes is Associated with Alterations in their Cumulus Proteome – J. Walter – Abstract #59 |
11:45-12:30 |
Keynote Lecture - Genome Editing in Large Animals – James West (view) |
12:15-13:45 |
Lunch |
Session 7 - Cezare Galli (Moderator) |
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13:45-14:00 |
Maturation Condition alters the Cumulus Proteome of Equine Oocytes – F. Huwiler – Abstract #62 |
14:00-14:15 |
The effect of a simulated physiological oocyte maturation system on the in vitro production of equine embryos – E.S. Metcalf – Abstract #32 |
14:15-14:30 |
Dynamics of in vitro maturation of equine oocytes recovered by transvaginal follicular aspiration – M.B. Rodríguez – Abstract #8 |
14:30-14:45 |
In Vitro Production of Equine Embryos by Ovum Pick Up and Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection in Young Mares – R. Sanchez – Abstract #58 |
14:45-15:00 |
Factors influencing oocyte recovery and in-vitro production of equine embryos in a commercial OPU/ICSI program – A. Claes – Abstract #39 |
15:00-15:30 |
Coffee break |
Session 8 - Peter Daels (Moderator) |
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15:30-16:15 |
Keynote Lecture - Gametes, Embryos and their Epigenome: Considerations for Equine Embryo Technologies – Pascal Chavatte (view) |
16:15-16:30 |
Effect of the interval from Prostaglandin F2a treatment to ovulation on Embryo Recovery Rate and subsequent Pregnancy Rate in a commercial Equine Embryo Transfer program - J. Cuervo Arango – Abstract #17 |
16:30-16:45 |
Factors Affecting Embryo Recovery: Retrospective Study based on Commercial Embryo Transfer – E. Squires – Abstract #23 |
16:45-17:00 |
Doppler ultrasound for assessment of follicular response to induction of ovulation in mares – M. Alvarenga – Abstract #33 |
17:00-17:15 |
Dominant follicle ablation as a way of preparing embryo recipient mares – F. Saules Ignácio – Abstract #50 |
17:15-17:30 |
Closing remarks and planning for the future |
17:30-22:00 |
Buffet Dinner |
22:00 |
End of the ISEET-2016 Conference |
ISEET-2016 Conference Posters
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Monday, July 4 - Day 3
We will propose a choice of organized visits that delegates can book before or at the conference (fee-based). Guided tours through the old part of town; boat ride through the city center; visit of the veterinary hospital and anatomy museum; etc.
Keynote Speakers
Peter Bols | Pascale Chavatte | Carolina Herrera | Claudia Klein | Marc Maserati | Adrian Mutto | Ed Squires | James West
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The Horse Catalyzed Birth of Modern Veterinary Medicine in 18th Century France |
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Gametes, Embryos and their Epigenome: Considerations for Equine Embryo Technologies |
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Clinical Applications of Preimplantation Genetic Testing in Equine, Bovine and Human Embryos |
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Maternal Recognition of Pregnancy in the Context of Equine Embryo Transfer |
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In vitro Production of Equine Embryos and Cloning: Today’s Status |
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In vitro Production of Equine Embryos and Cloning: Today’s Status |
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Cryopreservation of Equine Embryos |
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Genome Editing in Large Animals |