CRU symposium: "Influence of the metabolic environment and inflammation on reproductive tissues and embryos"

• Date: May 9th 2019
• Location: VHC Ratatorsk

Programme

13h30 - 13h45   Welcoming participants

13h45 - 14h: CRU & Cell for Life presentation

14h – 14h30: The early embryonic micro-environment: Can in vitro models reflect the in vivo situation? Dr.  Jennifer Schön (Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany)

14h30 – 15h: How confounding factors associated with fat mobilization can affect reproductive tissues? Prof Peter Bols (University of Antwerpen, Antwerpen, the Netherlands)

15h -15h30: The impact of follicular environment on oocyte competence and embryo quality in dairy cows. Prof PLAM Vos (University of Utrecht)

15h30 - 15h45: Coffee break

15h45 - 16h15 : Diabetes mellitus in early Pregnancy: How does it affect uterine and embryonic metabolism? Prof Anne Navarrete Santos (Martin Luther University Faculty of Medicine, Halle, Germany)

16h15 - 16h45: Metabolic and inflammatory determinants of cytological endometritis in Holstein cows during the transition period. Prof Andres Valdman (Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia)

16h45 - 17h15: Impact of LPS on the transcriptome and epigenome of bovine endometrial epithelial cells. Dr. Yongzhi Guo (Department of clinical sciences, SLU)