Presentations (2018-2023)

Is there still an indication for the GnRH agonist cycle? / Madelon Van Wely, Amsterdam UMC

Modeling embryo implantation in vitro using 3D endometrial assembloids and human blastocysts / Maria Tryfonos, University of Warwick

 Effect of abstinence duration on blastocyst development: a sibling oocyte study / Mindy Abraham, UZ Brussel

IUI: how and when? / Caroline Roelens, UZ Brussel

Improving the diagnosis of endometriosis / Celine Bafort, UZ Leuven

Improving the treatments of endometriosis: surgery and/or medication/ Maxime Fastrez, Hôpital Erasme

Chromosomal mosaicism in PGT-A: seeking clarity among the noise / Mina Popovic, Clinica Eugin, Barcelona, Spain

From day 5 till day 7 / Danilo Cimadomo, Clinica Valle Giulia · G.EN.E.R.A., Centers for reproductive medicine, University of Rome “Sapienza”

EU regulation on certification in the laboratory / Kirsten Cornelis, UZ Leuven

The Dutch Experience in lab certification / John Dumoulin, Maastricht UM

Transgenders / Chloë De Roo, UZ Gent

 The limits of eugenism / Pascal Borry, KU Leuven

 ICSI for non-male indications / Neelke De Munck, UZ Brussel

Is it still challenging for the embryologist to select the right spermatozoa after 30 years of ICSI? / Barbara Wirleitner, Nextclinics IVF-Centers Prof. Zech Bregenz, Austria

The ICSI story: to infinity and beyond / Gianpiero Palermo, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, USA

Application of nuclear transfer to overcome inferior developmental competence of in vitro grown mouse oocytes / Antonia Christodoulaki, Ghent-Fertility And Stem cell Team (G-FAST), Department for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Human Structure and Repair, Ghent University Hospital

Treatment options to overcome impaired fertilization and embryonic development caused by an oocyte-related deficiency in the Patl2-/- mouse model / Arantxa Cardona Barberán, Ghent-Fertility And Stem cell Team (G-FaST), Department for Reproductive Medicine, Ghent University Hospital

The influence of a maternal obesogenic diet on offspring oocyte mitochondrial ultrastructure and activity under healthy and obesogenic conditions / Inne Xhonneux, Gamete Research Centre, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp

Acute heat stress exposure leads to severe sperm damage in mouse / Guilherme Rizzoto, Department of Internal Medicine Reproduction and Population Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Gent University

TFAP2C functions in the segregation of key genes in mouse and human preimplantation embryo: novel interspecies differences / Gwenny Cosemans, Ghent-Fertility And Stem cell Team (G-FaST), Department for Reproductive Medicine

Frozen embryo transfer: natural vs supplemented cycles / Caroline Roelens, UZ Brussel

Fertility education programs / Ilse Delbaere, VIVES University of applied sciences

Environmental impact on fertility / Annick Delvigne, Clinique CHC MontLégia, Liège

Past and present management in Belgian IVF centers / Koen Wouters, VVKE President

The origin of aneuploidy / Jennifer Gruhn, University of Copenhagen, Center for Chromosome Stability, Copenhagen, Denmark

Accuracy of the blastocyst biopsy technique / Mina Popovic, Eugin Barcelona, Spain

Heterozygous mutations in PLCZ1 are associated with fertilization failure after ICSI / R. Guggilla, Ghent-Fertility and Stem cell Team (G-FaST)

Rebiopsy in preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) can provide a genetic result and maximizes the number of transferable blastocysts for patients / S. Ellegiers, Ghent Fertility and Stem cell Team (G-FAST)

Ovulation induction in PCOS / R. Casper, TRIO Fertility and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

The role of Letrozole in fertility treatment in breast cancer patients / O. Goldrat, Hôpital Erasme

Genetic screening prior to conception: to what extend? /
S. Bulk and A. Lumaka, CHU Liège, Genetics and cytogenetics

DNA methylation in preimplantation embryos / M. Mann, Magee-Womens Research Institute / University of Pittsburgh, USA

Of animals and men: across species mammalian embryology for improving human IVF skills and knowledge/ P. Vanderzwalmen, IVF center CHIREC, Belgium – Nextclinics, IVF Center Prof. Zech, Austria – Faculty of
Veterinary Medicine, Embryology Unit, University of Liège, Belgium

Medicine and machines: will AI take over ART? / C. Hickman, Imperial College London, UK

Mitochondrial DNA mosaicism in early human development / J. Mertens, VUB, Brussels

Does the Freeze-all strategy improves the cumulative live birth rate and the time to become pregnant in IVF cycles? / S. Johnson, CHC Saint-Vincent Rocourt, Liège

Time interval between ovulation triggering and oocyte injection: does it affect the embryological and clinical outcome?/ L. Vandenberghe, VUB, Brussels

Morphokinetic parameters of embryos with numerical or structural anomalies are delayed in comparison to euploid embryos / K. Declerck, Ghent-Fertility and Stem Cell Team (G-FAST)

Oocyte vitrification: How to go further by reducing the osmotic stress ? / D. Desmet, CHIREC, Brussels

The added value of the time-lapse / C. Hickman, Imperial College London, UK

BELRAP 2017 / D. De Neubourg, President of the College of Physicians Reproductive Medicine

GDPR and research / T. Balthazar, UGent

E-Sperm: evolution or regression? / G. Pennings, UGent

Molecular causes of human oocyte maturation defects revealed by exomic sequencing / Ch. Arnoult, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Inserm 1209, Grenoble, France

Can we predict endometrium receptivity? / N. Ledée, Hôpital Pierre Rouquès ‘les Bluets”, Paris, France

Immune modulation for implantation: formula for success or faulty premise? / S. dos Santos Ribeiro, IVI Lisbon, Portugal

The role of PGT-A in 2019 / A. Handyside, The Bridge Centre, London, UK

The synthetic embryo: no sex needed / N. Rivron, Hubrecht Institute for Developmental Biology and Stem Cell Research, Utrecht, The Netherlands

In vitro culture of the human embryo until day 14 / M. Shahbazi, University of Cambridge, UK

Predicting success in couples suffering from infertility because of NOA / M. Cissen, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, the Netherlands

Can the IVF lab improve the sperm recovery in NOA patients? / G. Verheyen, UZ Brussel

Extended in vitro culture of human embryos demonstrates the normal developmental potential of chromosomally mosaic blastocysts / M. Popovic, Ghent-Fertility and Stem cell Team, UZ Gent

Mitochondrial DNA variants in individuals born after ART compared to spontaneously conceived peers / J. Mertens, Research Group Reproduction and Genetics, Vrije Universiteit

Unraveling PI3K/Akt/mTOR and Hippo pathways interactions in chemotherapy-exposed mice ovaries / M. Devos, Research Laboratory in Human Reproduction, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Efficiency of gene editing using CRISPR-Cas 9 in the mouse germ line / P. Stamatiadis, Ghent-Fertility and Stem cell Team, UZ Gent

Ultrastructural and functional analysis of human early stage follicles cultured with everolimus / J. Grosbois, Research Laboratory on Human Reproduction, Université Libre de Bruxelles

BELRAP 2016 / D. De Neubourg, President of the College of Physicians Reproductive Medicine

Catching waves / D. Schoot, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Impact of uterine contractility on the implantation potential / P. Pierzynski, Medical University of Bialystok, Białystok, Poland

The Future is Bright: Better Beer and Better Babies / J. Cohen, USA

IOP: Look at the genes to find the cause! / A. Delbaere, Hôpital Erasme

A wake-up call for resting follicles / K. Kawamura, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

Clinical application of pronuclear transfer to overcome mitochondrial disease / L. Craven, Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Newcastle University, UK

Mitochondrial transfer for oocyte rejuvenation / S. Chuva de Sousa Lopes, Universitair Medisch Centrum Leiden, Leiden, the Netherlands

NIPT: Practical aspects / T. JL de Ravel, UZ Leuven

NIPT: from right to obligation? / I. Devisch, UGent

High progesterone levels: consequence in the IVF lab / P. Vigano, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

High progesterone levels: any clinical issue? / E. Bosch, IVI Valencia, Spain