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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 200
| 08:15 - 09:15 HALL A |
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F1 Free Communications I :
GENE EXPRESSION IN THE REPRODUCTIVE AXIS |
| 08:15 |
LEPTIN ATTENUATES FOLLICULAR APOPTOSIS AND ACCELERATES THE ONSET OF
PUBERTY IN
IMMATURE RATS
B. Almog*, R. Gold, A. Dantes, Y. Yoshida, D. Barkan, N. Nevo, R.
Homberg, J.B. Lessing, M. Rubinstein, A. Gertler, A. Amsterdam, Japan,
Israel |
| 08:25 |
INVOLVEMENT OF SOCS1 IN THE PREVENTION OF PRL RESPONSIVE GENE EXPRESSION
IN DECIDUAL
CELLS
U. Barkai*, A. Prigent-Tessier, G. Gibori, Israel, USA |
| 08:35 |
TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION OF P450scc IN HUMAN AND RODENT PLACENTA:
INVOLVEMENT OF A POTENTIALLY NOVEL DNA BINDING PROTEIN WHICH BINDS AND |FITRANS|FH-ACTIVATES
THE P450scc PROMOTER
M. Ben-Zimra*, J. Orly, Israel |
| 08:45 |
IDENTIFICATION OF THREE ISOFORMS OF THE NEUROHORMONE GNRH IN THE
MAMMALIAN BRAIN: NEW INSIGHT INTO REPRODUCTIVE REGULATION
A. Chen*, D. Yahalom, E. Kaganovsky, N. Ben-Aroya, E. Okon, Y. Koch,
Israel |
| 08:55 |
SELECTIVE EXPRESSION OF NEUROPEPTIDES IN THE RAT MAMMARY GLAND:
SOMATOSTATIN GENE IS EXPRESSED DURING LACTATION
A. Chen*, O. Laskar-Levy, Y. Koch, Israel |
| 09:05 |
TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION OF THE STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN
(StAR): FURTHER EVIDENCE FOR THE INVOLVEMENT OF C/EBP|BT AND GATA-4 TRANSCRIPTION
FACTORS
E. Silverman*, J. Orly, Israel |
| 09:15 |
Short Break |
| 08:15 - 09:15 |
HALL B |
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F2 Free Communications II:
EVALUATION OF SPERMATOZOA IN ART
Chairpersons:
A. Safran, Israel
D. Strassburger, Israel
G. Ziskind, Israel |
| 08:15 |
DETECTION OF APOPTOSIS, DNA ADDUCTS, AND NECROSIS IN SPERM FROM MICE
EXPOSED TO THE CIGARETTE SMOKE COMPONENT BENZO(A)PYRENE
A. Revel*, H. Raanani, A. Jurisicova, J. Xu, R. Han, E. Younglai, R.F.
Casper, Canada |
| 08:25 |
CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS OF TESTICULAR SPERM AND THE IVF OUTCOME IN PATIENTS
WITH NON-MOSAIC KLINEFELTER'S SYNDROME
J. Levron*, A. Aviram, I. Madgar, G. Raviv, Z. Yemini, T. Levin, B.
Farber, A. Moshe-Zahav, R. Wiessenberg, G. Barkai, B. Goldman, S. Mashiach,
J. Dor, Israel |
| 08:35 |
DETECTION OF NONDISJUNCTION IN HUMAN SPERM BY FLUORESCENCE IN SITU
HYBRIDIZATION (FISH) IN SEVERE OAT AND NORMAL SPERM NUCLEI
G. Ziskind*, S. Kevorkian, M. Katz, I. Eibschitz, Y. Paltieli, G. Ohel,
A. Amiel, Israel |
| 08:45 |
ICSI MAY OVERCOME FERTILIZATION FAILURES DUE TO "EGG FACTOR"
INFERTILITY BUT DOES NOT INCREASE "TAKE HOME BABY" RATES
O. Rufas*, A. Stein, S. Amit, N. Kotler, O. Avrech, H. Pinkas, Z. Zukerman,
R. Nahum, Z. Ben-Rafael, B.Fisch, Israel |
| 08:55 |
MATURE SERTOLI CELL PHENOTYPE IN TESTICULAR BIOPSIES OF MEN WITH Y
CHROMOSOME AZF DELETIONS
B. Bar-Shira Maymon*, G. Paz, I. Hammel, S.E. Kleiman, L. Yogev, R.
Hauser, A. Botchan, H. Yavetz, Israel |
| 09:05 |
CRYOPRESERVATION OF HUMAN SPERM DOES NOT AFFECT FERTILIZATION CAPACITY
N. Marcus-Braun*, G. Braun, G. Potashnik, I. Har-Vardi, Israel |
| 09:15 |
Short Break |
| 08:15 - 09:15 HALL C |
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F3 Free Communications III:
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN ART |
| 08:15 |
BIOMECHANICAL ASPECTS OF EMBRYO TRANSFER TECHNIQUES AND THEIR ROLE IN
IMPLANTATION: A MATHEMATICAL MODEL
S. Yaniv, O. Eytan*, D. Elad, A.J. Jaffa, Israel |
| 08:25 |
P.G.D. (PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC DIAGNOSIS) 5 YEAR EXPERIENCE OF THE
FIRST LATIN AMERICAN PROGRAM
E. Lucena*, L.A. Lizcano, C. Lucena, A. Lucena, K. Burgos, S. Mojica,
A. Arango, H. Ruiz, J.C. Mendoza, Colombia |
| 08:35 |
HUMAN OOCYTE RETRIEVAL FROM NUDE MICE TRANSPLANTED WITH HUMAN OVARIAN
CORTEX 7011
A. Revel*, H. Raanani, N. Leyland, R.F. Casper, Canada |
| 08:45 |
EMBRYO INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER (EIFT) IS COMPARABLE TO ZYGOTE
INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER (ZIFT) AS A MODE OF TREATMENT FOR PATIENTS
WITH REPEATED IMPLANTANTION FAILURE IN IVF-ET
D. Levran*, J. Farhi, H. Nahum, Z. Shteinfeld, M. Friedman, M.
Glezerman, A. Weissman, Israel |
| 08:55 |
A RANDOMIZED PROSPECTIVE COMPARISON OF BLASTOCYST VERSUS DAY 2-3 EMBRYO
TRANSFER
J. Dor, M. Baum*, J. Levron, A. Shulman, D. Bider, A. Moshe-Zahav, B.
Ferber, Z. Yemini, T. Levine, S. Mashiach, D.S. Seidman, Israel |
| 09:05 |
PROCEDURES TO IMPROVE OUTCOME IN PATIENTS WITH REPEATED FAILURES IN
ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
R. Ron-El*, E. Kasterstein, D. Strassburger, A. Raziel, M. Schachter,
O. Bern, D. Komarovsky, S. Friedler, Israel |
| 09:15 |
Short Break |
| 09:30 - 10:30 HALL A |
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OCOPENING CEREMONY
Sponsored by FERRING |
| 09:30 |
GREETINGS
Prof. J. Dor, Mrs. N. Barak, MK I. Ben-izri, Prof. S.
Mashiach |
| 09:50 |
ETHICS AND REPRODUCTION IN THE YEAR 2000 5000
Lord R.M Winston*, UK |
| 10:10 |
ETHICS AND OBSTETRICS IN THE 3RD MILLENIUM5027
N. Fisk*, UK |
| 10:30 |
Coffee Break, Poster Viewing, Exhibition 2000 |
| 11:00 - 13:00 HALL A |
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S1 PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC DIAGNOSIS AND REPRODUCTION
Lunch Break, Poster Viewing, Exhibition |
| 11:00 |
THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT AND REPRODUCTION
M. Hughes*, USA |
| 11:30 |
THE USE OF BLASTOCYSTS IN PGD: BLASTOCYST BIOPSY AND DIAGNOSIS
CONFIRMATION
A. Veiga*, Spain |
| 12:00 |
PGD: STATE OF THE ART 5004
Y. Verlinsky*, USA |
| 12:30 |
THE ROLE OF PGD FOR ANEUPLOIDY IN IVF OUTCOME 5005
L. Gianaroli*, M.C. Magli, A.P. Feraretti, Italy |
| 11:00 - 13:00 HALL B |
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S2 ULTRASOUND IN REPRODUCTION AND EARLY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT |
| 11:00 |
REPRODUCTION AND ULTRASOUND-THE CONTRIBUTION OF 3D TECHNOLOGY
A. Kurjak*, Croatia |
| 11:30 |
UTERINE CONTRACILITY: A NEW LOOK AT EMBRYO IMPLANTATION
R. Fanchin*, France |
| 12:00 |
USE OF 3D ULTRASOUND IN THE FIRST TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY
B. Benoit*, France |
| 12:30 |
DEVELOPMENTAL ANOMOLIES-LESSONS FROM EARLY HUMAN ULTRASOUND SCANNING
R. Achiron*, Israel |
| 13:00 |
Lunch Break, Poster Viewing, Exhibition |
| 14:00 - 16:00 HALL A |
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S3 BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF OOCYTES AND EMBRYOS
Coffee Break, Poster Viewing, Exhibition |
| 14:00 |
CAN WE IMPROVE OOCYTE QUALITY
C. Brenner*, USA |
| 14:30 |
MEIOSIS AND CELL CYCLE REGULATION
N. Dekel*, Israel |
| 15:00 |
MOLECULAR GENETICS OF THE MAMMALIAN ZONA PELLUCIDA-EFFECTS OF TARGETED
MUTAGENESIS ON FERTILITY
J. Dean*, USA |
| 15:30 |
MOLECULAR GENTICS OF THE OOCYTE AND EMBRYOS
R. Edwards*, UK |
| 14:00 - 16:00 HALL B |
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S4 THE ROLE OF LH IN FOLLICULAR FUNCTION
Sponsored by FERRING |
| 14:00 |
PITUITARY CONTROL OF FOLICLE DEVLOPMENT5066
H. Mason*, UK |
| 14:30 |
NOVEL GONADOTROPIN ADMINISTRATION REGIMENS 5062
M. Filicori*, Italy |
| 15:00 |
PCOS: LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT OF METABOLIC DISORDERS
Z. Ben-Rafael*, Israel |
| 15:30 |
USE OF INSULIN-LOWERING DRUGS IN OVULATION INDUCTION
A. Balen*, UK |
| 16:00 |
Coffee Break, Poster Viewing, Exhibition |
| 16:30 - 17:30 HALL A |
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F4 Free Communications IV:
GAMETE AND EARLY EMBRYOGENESIS |
| 16:30 |
DIFFERENTIAL LOCALIZATION OF CONVENTIONAL PROTEIN KINASE C ISOFORMS
DURING MOUSE OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT
A. Luria*, T. Tennenbaum, Q.-Y. Sun, S. Rubinstein, H. Breitbart,
Israel |
| 16:40 |
B61 (EPHRIN-A2) EXPRESSION AND LOCALIZATION IN HUMAN PLACENTA
R. Haimov-Kochman*, D. Goldman-Wohl, C. Greenfield, E.Y. Anteby, I.
Ariel, S. Yagel, Israel |
| 16:50 |
CAMP NEGATIVELY REGULATES POLYADENYLATION OF C-MOS mRNA IN RAT OOCYTES
RESUMING MEIOSIS
S. Lazar*, N. Dekel, Israel |
| 17:00 |
EFFECTS OF SPECIFIC MEIOSIS ACTIVATING STEROL (MAS) INHIBITORS ON RAT
OOCYTE MATURATION
K. Margi*, M. Popliker, A. Tsafriri, Israel |
| 17:10 |
IL-6 RECEPTOR/IL-6 CHIMERA IS ABLE TO MAINTAIN AN UNDIFFERENTIATED STATE
OF MOUSE EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS
A. Revel*, T. Kunath, R.F. Casper, M. Revel, Canada, Israel |
| 17:20 |
FYN KINASE-MICROTUBULE INTERACTIONS DURING MEIOSIS OF RAT OOCYTES
A. Talmor*, E. Eliyahu, R. Shalgi, Israel |
| 16:30 - 17:30 HALL B |
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F5 Free Communications V:
FROM OOCYTE TO EMBRYO |
| 16:30 |
HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS - DERIVATION, PROPAGATION AND IN-VITRO
INDUCTION OF SOMATIC DIFFERENTIATION
B.E. Reubinoff*, M.F. Pera, C.Y. Fong, A. Bongso, A. Trounson,
Australia, Singapore, Israel |
| 16:40 |
CRYOPRESERVATION OF A WHOLE OVARY FOR RESTORATION OF OVARIAN FUNCTION
M. Imhof*, G. Hofsetter, H. Bergmeister, M. Rudas, R. Kain, R. Wenzl,
J.C. Huber, Austria |
| 16:50 |
HIGHLY PURIFIED HYALURONIC ACID POTENTIATES THE EFFECT OF BOVINE SERUM
ALBUMIN ON THE IN VITRO DEVELOPMENT OF MOUSE EMBRYOS
A. Safran*, A. Simon, E. Aizenman, A. Porat-Katz, A. Lewin, N. Laufer,
Israel |
| 17:00 |
MITOCHONDRIAL DNA MUTATIONS IN HUMAN OOCYTES: CORRELATION WITH IVF
OUTCOME
V. Yesodi*, Y. Yaron, F. Azem, I. Yovel, I. Vagman, J.B. Lessing, A.
Amit, D. Ben-Yosef, Israel |
| 17:10 |
PREEMBRYO VALORATION AND CORRELATION WITH EMBRYO SCORE
R. Blanes*, D. Baez, N. Marques, J.C. Alberto, Spain |
| 17:20 |
ISOLATED HUMAN FOLLICLES IN CULTURE
R. Abir |
| 17:30 |
FASTER EMBRYO DEVELOPMENTAL RATE CORRELATES WITH A BETTER
IMPLANTATION
D. Ben-Yosef*, F. Azem, T. Shwartz, T. Moldavski, M. Ben-Haim, A.
Carmon, N. Mei-Raz, I. Yovel, J.B.Lessing, A. Amit, Israel |
| 16:30 - 17:50 HALL C |
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F6 Free Communications VI:
SPERM AND REPRODUCTION |
| 16:30 |
FREE |BT HCG IN HUMAN SEMINAL PLASMA AS A MARKER FOR SPERMATOGENESIS
E. Caroppo, M. Correale, P. Iacovazzi, G. Vizzielo, M.R. Giangrande, G.
D'Amato*, Italy |
| 16:40 |
THE ROLE OF pFSH THERAPY FOR THE MALE PARTNER IN CASES OF
NON-OBSTRUCTIVE AZOOSPERMIA
D. Feldberg*, I. Bar-Hava, J. Ashkenazi, I. Voliovitch, M. Shelef, A.
Shwartz, Z. Ben-Rafael, Israel |
| 16:50 |
HIGHER SERUM LEPTIN CONCENTRATIONS IN MEN WITH NON OBSTRUCTIVE
AZOOSPERMIA AND SEVERE OLIGOZOOSPERMIA AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH
REPRODUCTIVE HORMONES
N. Steinman*, R. Gamzu, L. Yogev, S. Kleiman, A. Botchan, R. Hauser,
J.B. Lessing, G. Paz, H. Yavetz, Israel |
| 17:00 |
TEFNA (TESTICULAR FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION) FOR SPERM RECOVERY IN
NON-OBSTRUCTIVE AZOOSPERMIA: FIVE YEARS EXPERIENCE
A. Lewin*, S.J. Fasouliotis, A. Porat-Katz, E. Aizenman, A. Simon, N.
Laufer, A. Safran, Israel |
| 17:10 |
THE VALUE OF SPERM CRYOPRESERVATION - IN TRANSIENT STATE OF AZOOSPERMIA
S. Lahav-Baratz*, M. Dirnfeld, M. Koifman, H. Shiloh, B. Grach, I.
Calderon, D. Ishai, H. Abramovici, Israel |
| 17:20 |
THE EFFECT OF NITRIC OXIDE ON SPERM IN THE PERITONEAL FLUID FROM
PATIENTS WITH ENDOMETRIOSIS
H. Tobai*, T. Kagabu, Japan |
| 17:30 |
TESTICULAR SPERM ASPIRATION (TESA) AND INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION
(ICSI) PREGNANCIES IN OBSTRUCTIVE AND NON OBSTRUCTIVE AZOOSPERMIA
E. Mantoudis*, B. Podsiadly, A. Gorgy, G. Venkat, L. Verstraete, I.
Craft, UK |
| 17:40 |
CUMULATIVE PREGNANCY RATES IN COUPLES WITH NON OBSTRUCTIVE AZOOSPERMIA
UTILIZING CRYOPRESERVED SPERM RETRIEVED BY MULTIPLE TESTICULAR BIOPSIES
H.E.G. Holzer*, B. Zentner, F. Lossus, Y. Bdolach, A. Hurwitz, Israel
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| 16:30 - 17:30 HALL D |
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F7 Free Communications VII:
MATERNAL FATAL COMPLICATIONS |
| 16:30 |
GESTATIONAL TROPHOBLASTIC DISEASE IN ADOLESCENTS
T. Gungor, S. Oguz, E. Erdemoglu*, T. Aydogdu, O. Gokmen, Turkey |
| 16:50 |
THE INCIDENCE OF ACQUIRED & CONGENITAL THROMBOPHILIA IN WOMEN WITH
HABITUAL ABORTIONS
E.J. Margalioth*, T. Eldar-Geva, A. Ben-Chetrit, M. Gal, C. Catane, T.
Mimoni, Y.Z. Diamant, Israel |
| 17:00 |
TRANSVAGINAL CERVICAL SONOGRAPHY ASSESSMENT IN TWIN PREGNANCIES: A NOVEL
MATHEMATICAL MODEL FOR PREDICTING SCAN TO DELIVERY INTERVAL
A. Shulman*, E. Jauniaux, A. Holmes, S. Maschiach, R. Maymon, Israel,
UK |
| 17:20 |
TIE2 AND ANGIOPOIETIN-2 EXPRESSION AT THE MATERNAL FETAL INTERFACE: A
RECEPTOR LIGAND MODEL FOR VASCULAR REMODELING
D.S. Goldman-Wohl*, I. Ariel, C. Greenfield, Y. Lavy, S. Yagel, Israel |
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