Jul
20
8:30 AM08:30
EUROVA Wrap Up Meeting
The EUROVA Wrap Up meeting will take place in the Herbert Hotel on Saturday, 20th July, 2024.
Jan
29
4:00 PM16:00
Basic Oocyte Biology Forum Seminar 12
On Monday 29th January, 2024 at 4pm CET, Professor David Albertini, Bedford Research Foundation will present to the Basic Oocyte Biology Forum. His topic will be 'integrating space and time in the ovarian follicle: a recipe for producing developmentally competent follicles’.
Nov
24
9:00 AM09:00
Intellectual Property and AI for Science Workshops
Facilitated by Sean McNulty, Innovation and Management Practitioner, Insight Innovate/Dolmen, and Jesus Cerquides, Scientific Researcher, Machine Learning Department Head Artificial Intelligence Research Institute Spanish Council for Scientific Research
Sep
18
3:00 PM15:00
Basic Oocyte Biology Forum Seminar 11
On Monday 18th September, 2023 at 3pm CET Dr. Evelyn Telfer of University of Edinburgh was the guest lecturer at the BOB Forum. Her topic was In Vitro Growth and In Vitro Derivation of oocytes.
Mar
13
4:00 PM16:00
Basic Oocyte Biology Forum Seminar 10
On Monday 13th March, 2023 Dr. Melina Schuh, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences was the guest speak at the BOB Forum. Her topic was Mammalian oocytes store mRNAs in a mitochondria-associated membraneless compartment.
Feb
13
4:00 PM16:00
Basic Oocyte Biology Forum Seminar 9
On Monday 13th February, 2023 at 4pm CET Dr. Antonella Mastroroco of University of Bari Aldo Maro was the guest speaker at the BOB Forum. Her topic was Bioengineering approaches to improve oocyte in vitro maturation.
Nov
28
4:00 PM16:00
Basic Oocyte Biology Forum Seminar 8
On Monday, 28th November, 2022 at 5pm CET Dr. Dawit Tesfaye of Colorado University was the guest speaker at the BOB Forum. His topic was The potential of extracellular vesicle-medicated molecular signaling for oocyte growth and development.
Oct
11
4:00 PM16:00
Basic Oocyte Biology Forum Seminar 7
On Monday, 10th October, 2023 at 4pm Professor Karl Swann of Cardiff University was the Guest Speaker at the BOB Forum. His topic was Ca2+ Oscillations, ATP Production and egg activation in mouse and human eggs.
May
24
2:00 PM14:00
Basic Ooctye Biology Forum Seminar 6
The final talk of the Spring 2022 BOB Forum was delivered by Dr. Charles L. Bormann, the Director of the Assisted Reproductive Technology Laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital on 'SMART-ART: Application of Artificial Intelligence in the IVF Laboratory'.
Apr
25
to Apr 28
Apr
19
9:00 AM09:00
Basic Ooctye Biology Forum Seminar 5
On Tuesday, 19th April 2022, Dr. Krishna Chaitanya Pavani from Ghent University was the fifth guest speaker on the BOB Forum. The title of his talk was the 'Role of Extracellular Vesicles in Embryo Communication'
Feb
22
4:00 PM16:00
Basic Ooctye Biology Forum Seminar 4
The fourth talk, titled, 'Oocyte response to heat stress' was delivered by Dr. Fabiola F Paula-Lopes from the Federal University of Sao Paolo.
Feb
14
to May 13
Jan
25
4:00 PM16:00
Basic Ooctye Biology Forum Seminar 3
The third seminar in the series titled, 'Long-term molecular consequences for calves of being derived from an in vitro produced embryo' was delivered by Dr. Maria Belen Rabaglino from University College Dublin, Ireland.
Dec
2
2:00 PM14:00
Basic Ooctye Biology Forum Seminar 2
EUROVA BOB Forum Seminar 2 took place on Thursday 2nd December, delivered by Dr. Rodrigo Garcia Barros from the Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy, on 'Development of new oocyte in vitro culture strategy to enhance the outcome of assisted reproductive technologies.'
Nov
23
4:00 PM16:00
Basic Ooctye Biology Forum Seminar 1
The inaugural EUROVA Basic Ooctye Biology (BOB) talk was delivered by Prof. Beatriz Peñalver Bernabé from the University of Illinois, Chicago, on 'Taking advantage of genome-wide metabolic models to understand mouse and human ovarian follicle development.'
Nov
11
to Nov 19
Oct
14
9:00 AM09:00
Symposium II- Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Oocyte Development
Symposium II “Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Oocyte Development” took place on day two of the Dublin meeting. Two expert speakers from EUROVA, Dr Gavin Kelsey, Babraham Institute and Associate Professor Jose Buratini, UNESP/Clinica Eugin delivered seminars, along with an external speaker, Professor Marie Helen Verlhac from College de France. ESRs Pritha Dey, Aimilia Zisiadi and Julieta D’Augero introduced and co-chaired the Speaker sessions. Lais Barbosa Latorraca participated in the Panel Discussion.
Oct
13
to Oct 14
Mid Term Project check, University College Dublin
University College Dublin hosted the first in person meeting of the EUROVA Consortium on 13th-14th October 2021. It provided an excellent opportunity for supervisors and early stage researchers to meet each other, introduce their projects, provide updates on their progress in the lab, discuss questions and find improvements. The EU REA Project Officers joined virtually on day one, to carry out the Mid Term Project check.
Following the Symposium on day 2, the ESRs travelled to Carlingford Adventure Centre in Co. Louth for a fun afternoon of team building at The Crystal Maze.
May
25
9:00 AM09:00
Mar
22
to Mar 31
EUROVA Workshop 2 - Research Integrity, Università degli Studi di Milano
Workshop 2 on Research Integrity was held online in March 2021. Professor Valentina Lodde, University of Milan delivered a course on Digital Imaging over four days. EUROVA early stage researchers also received training on Conducting and reporting quantitative real time PCR experiments according to the MIQE Guidelines from Prof Federica Francosi, University of Milan.
Dr. Rita Vassena, Clinica Eugin delivered an interactive workshop on Ethics in Human Reproductive Research. The final session on Ethics in Animal Research was delivered by Prof Barbara DiMori, University of Padua.
Feb
12
2:00 PM14:00
Symposium I- Oogenesis
EUROVA Symposium I “Oogenesis” took place on Friday 12th February 2021.
Speakers included Professor Poul Hyttel, University of Copenhagen, Dr Rita Vassena, Clinica Eugin and Professor Thomas Hildebrandt, Leibniz Institute for Zoo & Wildlife Research. An open panel discussion followed the presentations.
The event was chaired by Professor Ann Van Soom and Professor Federica Franciosi, assisted by co-chairs Camilla Benedetti, Raffaella Simone, Styliani Galatidou and Andrea Fernandez. It was attended by EUROVA Consortium members and was also open to non Consortium members. The audience of over ninety attendees had the opportunity to engage in a question and answer session with the speakers.
The presentations are now available to watch back- head over to our video library https://www.eurovaetn.eu/videos
Oct
5
to Dec 11
Jun
4
2:00 PM14:00
Kick-Off meeting
The beneficiaries and partners of the EUROVA Consortium attended the online Kick-Off meeting on Thursday 4 June 2020.