2008 FIR Course

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2008 Schedule:
Section 1 | Section 2 | Section 3

Frontiers in Reproduction 2008
Section 3 Schedule as of 4/8/08
Sunday, June 1
Lectures
Lab
7 PM Social Gathering & Section Overview -  
David Albertini: Gonadal Physiology and the Causes of Infertility  
Monday, June 2
Lectures
Lab
9 AM David Albertini: Mammalian Oogenesis: Cell Cycle and Cytoskeleton 11 AM Groups A & B: Follicle Culture (Albertini/Bromfield)
Groups C & D:
Meiosis 101 (Albertini/Bromfield)
  7 PM Workshop: Groups A&B: Imaging Strategies (Albertini/Florman) Groups C&D: Microscopy 101 (Rudi Rottenfusser)
Tuesday, June 3
Lectures
Lab
9 AM Marty Matzuk: Mammalian Spermatogenesis 11 AM Groups A & B: Meiosis 101 (Albertini/Bromfield)
Groups C & D:
Follicle Culture (Albertini/Bromfield)
  7 PM Workshop: Groups A&B: Microscopy 101 (Rudi Rottenfusser) Groups C&D: Imaging Strategies (Albertini/Florman)
Wednesday, June 4
Lectures
Lab
9 AM David Albertini: Oocyte Quality After IVM and Cryopreservation 11 AM Groups A & B: In Vitro Oocyte Maturation (Bromfield)
Groups C & D:
Gamete Cryopreservation (Albertini)
7 PM Keith Latham: Insights on Gamete Quality from the PREGER Resource  
Thursday, June 5
Lectures
Lab
9 AM Keith Latham: Genomic Imprinting 11 AM Groups A & B: Gamete Cryopreservation (Albertini)
Groups C & D:
In Vitro Oocyte Maturation (Bromfield)
7 PM Mike Bedford: Evolution of Fertilization Strategies  
Friday, June 6
Lectures
Lab
9 AM Harvey Florman: Sperm Capacitation and Activation 11 AM Groups A & B: Fertilization (Jaffe, Terasaki, Runft)
Groups C & D: Spermatology 101 (Florman / Suarez)
Saturday, June 7
Lectures
Lab
9 AM Rindy Jaffe: Signaling and Fertilization 11 AM Groups A & B: Spermatology 101 (Florman / Suarez)
Groups C & D:
Fertilization (Jaffe, Terasaki, Runft)
Sunday, June 8
5:30 PM BBQ, Suds, & Lecture
Lectures
Lab
7PM Ina Dobrinski: Germ cell transplantation: methods and applications 5:30 P.M. BBQ
Monday, June 9
Lectures
Lab
9 AM Richard Schultz: Zygotic Gene Activation in the Mouse 11 AM Groups A & B: Germ Cell Transplantation (Dobrinski)
Groups C & D:
Embryo Production by In Vitro Fertilization and Parthenogenetic Activation (McGinnis/Bromfield)
7 PM John Eppig: Mouse Models for Infertility  
Tuesday, June 10
Lectures
Lab
9 AM David Keefe: Clinical ARTs and the Telomere Problem in Reproductive Aging 11 AM Groups A & B: Embryo Production by In Vitro Fertilization and Parthenogenetic Activation (McGinnis/Bromfield)
Groups C & D:
Germ Cell Transplantation (Dobrinski)
7 PM Tanya Dominko and Ray Page: Reprogramming Somatic Cells into Stem Cells  
Wednesday, June 11
Lectures
Lab
9 AM Minoru Ko: Gene Expression in Preimplantation Mouse Embryos and Stem Cells 11 AM Groups A & B: Enucleation and SCNT (Overstrom)
Groups C & D:
Quantitative Imaging (Florman/Albertini)
Thursday, June 12
Lectures
Lab
9 AM Section Wrap-Up (Albertini/Florman) 11 AM Groups A & B: Quantitative Imaging (Florman/Albertini)
Groups C & D:
Enucleation and SCNT (Overstrom)
  4pm Second Annual FIRBEE Fun Run (pending class fitness status!)
Friday, June 13
Lectures
Frontiers In Reproduction Symposium
Saturday, June 14
Lectures
Frontiers In Reproduction Symposium
Sunday, June 15

2008 Schedule: Section 1 | Section 2 | Section 3