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Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center
Co-Chairs: Daniela Demetrio and Dawit Tesfaye
“Past, present and future of reproductive biotechnologies - IETS 50th Anniversary”

Sunday, January 7

08:00 – 18:00 IETS Board of Governors meeting (Silver AB)
08:00 – 17:00 HASAC Research subcommittee meeting (Agate AB)
09:00 – 18:00 W4171 Committee Meeting (Agate C)

Monday, January 8

08:00 – 17:00 IETS Board of Governors meeting (Silver AB)
08:00 – 18:00 Registration (Centennial Foyer)
08:00 – 18:30 Interactive Preconference Symposium, Communicating and demystifying bovine embryo assisted reproductive technologies – National Western Stock Show

Tuesday, January 9

08:30 – 17:00 Preconference Symposium, Best Practices in IVP – Tips, tricks, and lab management in cattle and human IVF clinics (Centennial Ballroom ABC)
08:30 – 17:00 CANDES/Morulas Preconference Symposium – A quarter century of CANDES: State-of-the-ART in companion animals, non-domestic and endangered species (Mineral Hall BC)
08:30 – 10:30 HASAC Forms and Certificates subcommittee meeting (Agate AB)
11:00 – 12:30 Manual subcommittee meeting (Agate A, B)
13:00 – 17:00 Exhibitor setup (Centennial Ballroom D–H)
13:00 – 17:00 Poster setup (Centennial Ballroom D–H)
13:30 – 17:30 HASAC Regulatory subcommittee meeting (Agate AB)
17:30 – 20:00 IETS Foundation Board of Trustees meeting (Silver AB)
17:30 – 19:30 Abnormal Calf Syndrome meeting (Mineral Hall BC)

Wednesday, January 10

07:00 – 08:30 Poster Setup (Centennial Ballroom D–H)
07:00 – 08:30 Past Presidents’ Breakfast (Agate AB)
07:00 – 08:30 Graduate and Undergraduate Student Competition Presenters’ Breakfast, with IETS Foundation Education Chair (Granite AB)
09:00 – 19:00 Commercial Exhibits (Centennial Ballroom D–H)
08:30 – 08:45 Opening and Welcome (Centennial ABC)
Session I The Past - 50 years of IETS, how far have we come (Centennial ABC)
Session co-chairs: Gabriel Bó, Instituto de Reproducción Animal Córdoba, and Laura
Thompson, University College
08:45 – 09:05 Looking back at five decades of embryo technology in practice
John Hasler, Vetoquinol, USA
09:05 – 09:25 IETS management of the challenges associated with embryo pathogen interaction
Michel Thibier, France
09:25 – 09:45 How I overcame problems in in vitro fertilization of livestock animals
Takashi Nagai, Japan
09:45 – 10:15 Discussion with the three speakers
10:15 – 10:25 Morulas Welcome (Centennial Ballroom ABC)
10:25 – 11:00 Poster Viewing and Exhibits (Centennial Ballroom D–H)
  IETS Foundation Student Competition Presentations (Centennial Ballroom ABC)
Session chair: Khoboso Lehloenya, University of Zululand
11:00 – 11:15 Time to conceptus attachment and subsequent pregnancy loss in seasonal-calving pasture-based lactating dairy cows following timed artificial insemination with conventional or X-sorted semen or timed embryo transfer with frozen–thawed in vitro-produced embryos
A. D. Crowe*, , J. M. Sánchez, S. G. Moore, M. McDonald, F. Randi, A. Santos, T. Minela, J. Branen, J. R. Pursley, P. Lonergan, S. T. Butler  (Abstract 1)
11:15 – 11:30 Profiles of pregnancy-associated glycoproteins for Holstein embryo recipients with pregnancy losses in different periods during the first two months of gestation
J. P. N. Andrade*, R. R. Domingues, V. Gomez-León, G. Madureira, L. C. Sartori, G. F. Grillo, M. Fosado, R. Sala, M. C. Wiltbank (Abstract 2)
11:30 – 11:45 Epiblast ablation by SOX2 knockout does not impair early development of bovine extra-embryonic membranes
I. Flores-Borobia*1, A. Pérez-Gómez1, B. Galiano-Cogolludo1, J. G. Hamze1,2, N. Martínez de los Reyes1, P. Ramos-Ibeas1, P. Bermejo-Álvarez (Abstract 3)
11:45 – 12:00 Exploring the actions of FLI on in vitro-produced bovine embryo development and viability
K. McDonald*, R. Prather, M. S. Ortega (Abstract 4)
12:00 – 12:15 Age-dependent changes in DNA methylation levels of spermatozoa and the relationship to their motility and fertility in Japanese Black bulls
M. Iwamoto*, K. Ohta, M. N. Islam, K.-I. Yamanaka (Abstract 5)
12:15 – 12:30 Comparison of three methodologies for producing gene-edited pigs for xenotransplantation
G. E. La Motta*, O. Briski, L. D. Ratner, F. A. Allegroni, S. Pillado, G. Álvarez, P. E. Otero, M. Acerbo, R. Fernández-Martín, D. F. Salamone (Abstract 6)
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch Break
12:30 – 14:00 IETS Committee Lunch with Partner Societies (Granite AB)
12:30 – 14:00 Morulas and Mentor Lunch (Mineral A)
12:30 – 14:00 Emerging Technology and Issues Subcommittee meeting (Agate AB)
Session II Determinants of pregnancy establishment (Centennial Ballroom ABC)
Session co-chairs: Alvaro Garcia-Guerra, The Ohio State University, and Gabriela Lamberti, Oklahoma State University
14:00 – 14:45 Molecular and cellular programs underlying the development of bovine pre-implantation
Zongliang Jiang, University of Florida, USA
14:45 – 15:30 Paternal determinants of early embryo development
Sofia Ortega, University of Wisconsin, Madison
15:30 – 16:00 Poster Viewing and Exhibits (Centennial Ballroom D–H)
16:00 – 16:45

Selected short presentations (Centennial Ballroom ABC)

Effectiveness of the timing of trypsin washing to remove pathogens from in vitro-produced bovine embryos at different stages of development
E. Xiao-Kim*, J. Kincade, A. Bosco-Lauth, J. P. Barfield (Abstract 134)

A two-step protocol for the generation of a three-dimensional implantation model in vitro
S. Arcuri, G. Pennarossa, F. Gandolfi, T. A. L. Brevini* (Abstract 75)

Superovulatory response and embryo production in beef cows treated with a recombinant human FSH
E. Ponte*, J. A. Sola, A. Tribulo, J. M. Oviedo, P. Tribulo, D. Beltramo, R. J. Tribulo, H. E. Tribulo (Abstract 118)
16:45 – 17:15 Distinguished Service Award (Centennial Ballroom ABC)
17:30 – 19:30 Welcome Reception, Poster Viewing and Exhibits (Centennial Ballroom D–H)
19:30 – 20:30 Student Mixer (Quartz AB)

Thursday, January 11

07:00 – 08:00 Organizational Breakfast Meeting of the IETS Foundation (Silver AB)
08:00 – 19:00 Exhibits (Centennial Ballroom D–H)
Session III The present technologies that changed the direction of the ET industry (Centennial Ballroom ABC)
Session co-chairs: Ricarda Santos, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Jessica Cristina Lemos Motta, The Ohio State University
08:00 – 08:45 Reproduction in the era of genomics and automation
Ricardo Chebel, University of Florida, USA
08:45 – 09:30 Mammalian embryo culture media: now and into the future
Deirdre Zander-Fox, Monash IVF Group, Australia
09:30 – 10:00 Break, Poster Viewing with Exhibits (Centennial Ballroom D–H)
Session IV Fetal growth and placental function (Centennial Ballroom ABC)
Session co-chairs: Patrick Lonergan, University College Dublin, and Masroor Sagheer, University of Florida
10:00 – 10:45 Understanding conceptus-maternal interactions: what tools do we need to develop?
Niamh Forde, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
10:45 – 11:30 Understanding placentation in ruminants: a review focusing on cows and sheep
Gregory Johnson, Texas A&M University, USA
11:30 – 12:30 HASAC Open Meeting (Centennial Ballroom ABC)
11:30 – 12:30 Morulas Forum (Mineral Hall BC)
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch Break
12:30 – 14:00 IETS Data Retrieval Committee Meeting (Agate AB)
12:30 – 14:00 IETS Exhibitors’ Luncheon with IETS Board of Governors (Mineral Hall DE)
12:30 – 14:00 Morulas Career Luncheon (Mineral Hall A)
14:00 – 14:30 Peter Farin Trainee Award Winners Presentations (Centennial Ballroom ABC)
Chair: Nisar A. Wani, Reproductive Biotechnology Centre

Takashi Tanida, Hokkaido University
Roksan Franko, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich
Lais Barbosa Latorraca, University College Dublin
Laura Thompson, University College Dublin
Masroor Sagheer, University of Florida
Hector Nava-Trujillo, University of Missouri
14:30 – 15:00 IETS Business Meeting (Centennial ABC)
  Concurrent Forum (Centennial ABC)
15:00 – 17:00 Practitioners’ Forum
Sponsored by Calier
Chair: Matthew Wheeler, University of Illinois
Integration of Reproductive Ultrasound in Embryo Recipient Evaluation
  1. Pre-screening recipients before synchronization (Hour 1)
    Cyclicity of heifers (CL, RTS, Cervix); Cyclicity of early PP cows (CL, UT involution, post-calving trauma/uterine infection); Cyclicity of nutritionally restricted cows/heifers (CL, follicular activity, CL, uterus).
    Presenters: Luiz Nasser, BORN Biotechnology, Panama
    Brad R. Lindsey, Ovitra Biotechnologies, Texas
  2. Assessment of CL viability at time of transfer (Hour 2)
    1. No ultrasound use (rectal palpation of ovaries and uterus); traditional real-time US (CL, CL types – homogenous vs. fluid cavity vs. luteal cyst, uterine appearance);  Correlates to utilization rates, non-return rates, pregnancy rates.
      Presenters: Daniela Demetrio, Ruann and Maddox Dairy, California
      Nate Dorshorst, GenOvations, Wisconsin
    2.  Using ultrasound to specifically evaluate recipients’ endometrial/corpora lutea vascularization via color Doppler enhancement and how it might correlate to uterine/CL viability and thus, pregnancy rate/retention.
      Presenter: Sotirios Karvountzis, Bow Valley Genetic Limited, Canada
Panel Discussion – Luiz Nassar, Brad R. Lindsey, Daniela Demetrio, Nate Dorshorst, and Sotirios Karvountzis, will present a short summary of each topic presented followed by an interactive panel discussion between the experts and the audience. Numerous real-life practical scenarios will be covered during the presentations and discussion.
  Concurrent Forum (Mineral BC)
15:00 – 17:00 DABE Form
Chair: Marcia A. M. M. Ferraz, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen
15:00 – 15:05 Introduction
15:05 – 16:00 Unveiling the journey of animal cloning: exploring past technologies and charting future directions
Angelika Schnieke, Technical University of Munich's School of Life Sciences, Germany
16:00 – 16:45
16:00 – 16:15 Enhancing livestock resilience: Epigenetic diversity in bovine
Lofti Bouzeraa, Université Laval, Canada (Abstract 135)
16:15 – 16:30 Identification of bovine myostatin core promoter and its application for transgenesis in vitro
Kyeong-hyeon Eom, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea (Abstract 160)
16:30 – 16:45 Functional ablation of pregnancy-associated glycoprotein 7 affects attachment and growth of trophectoderm cell lines
Ethel Moreno, University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA (Abstract 65)
16:45 – 17:00 Closing remarks
17:00 – 19:00 Poster session I and Reception (Centennial Ballroom D–H)
17:00 – 19:00 Exhibits (Centennial Ballroom D–H)

 

Friday, January 12

 

07:00 – 08:00 Organizational Meeting of the IETS Board of Governors (Silver AB)
08:30 – 13:00 Commercial Exhibits (Centennial Ballroom D–H)
Session V New Advancements in reproductive technologies (Centennial Ballroom (ABC)
Session co-chairs: Michael Hoelker, Göttingen University, and Nico G. Menjivar, Colorado State University
08:00 – 08:45 Production of light-colored, low heat-absorbing Holstein Friesian cattle by precise embryo-mediated genome editing
Goetz Laible, AgResearch, New Zealand
08:45 – 09:30 From fertilized oocyte to cultivated meat – harnessing bovine embryonic stem cells in the cultivated meat industry
Eldar Zehorai, Aleph Farms, Israel
09:30 – 10:30 Selected oral presentations
Microfluidics in assisted reproductive technologies: OoTrap for oocyte capture and in vitro maturation
R. Franko*, M. De Almeida Monteiro Melo Ferraz (Abstract 192)

Machine learning identifies differences in morphokinetics of in vivo-derived bovine embryos between hot and cool seasons
C. Hayden*, C. Wells, A. Wiik, R. Killingsworth (Abstract 229)

Development of interspecies somatic cell nuclear transfer (iSCNT) caprine-bovine embryos injected with demethylase mRNA and mitochondrial extract
L. Adams*, Y. Liu1, T. Patrick, E. Grow, E. Ruggeri, B. Durrant, I. Polejaeva  (Abstract 18)

Stable germline transmission of multiple gene-edited bulls for precision breeding
D. H. Kwon, K. H. Eom, G. M. Gim*, B. J. Jeon, J. Y. Choi, D. J. Jung, D. H. Kim, J. K. Yi, J. J. Ha, J. H. Lee, S. R. Han, S. B. Lee, S. Y. Yum, W. W. Lee, G. Jang (Abstract 159)

 
10:30 – 12:30 Poster Session II (Centennial Ballroom D–H)
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch Break
12:00 – 13:30 2024, 2025, 2026 IETS Program Committee Lunch (Agate AB)
13:30 – 16:00 Commercial Exhibit and Poster Take down (Centennial Ballroom D–H)
13:45 – 14:15 Pioneer Award (Centennial Ballroom ABC)
Session VI George E. Seidel Jr. Keynote Lecture: The Future of Embryo Technologies (Centennial Ballroom ABC)
Session co-chairs: Rebecca Krisher, Genus Plc, and Lais Barbosa Latorraca, University College Dublin
14:15 – 15:00 The oocyte: the key player in the success of assisted reproduction technologies
Trudee Fair, University College Dublin, Ireland
  Awards Presentation and Updates (Centennial Ballroom ABC)
15:00 – 15:50 IETS Foundation Early Career Achievement Award Winners Presentations
Chair: Carol Hanna, Oregon National Primate Research Center
15:00 – 15:25 Early Career Achievement Award (Scientist)
Ky G. Pohler, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA
15:25 – 15:50 Early Career Achievement Award (Practicing Professional)
Brittany Scott, SMART Reproduction, Jonesboro, USA
15:50 – 16:15 IETS Foundation Student Competition Awards
CSIRO Publishing Poster Competition
Chair: Jennifer Kelly, University of Adelaide

Undergraduate Student Poster Competition
Chair: Rolando Pasquariello, University of Milan

Graduate Student Research Competition
Chair: Khoboso Lehloenya, University of Zululand
16:15 – 16:30 CANDES, DABE and HASAC Updates
16:30 – 16:45 Closing Ceremony
18:00 – 23:00 Closing Party, Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Closing remarks and a toast to the future of IETS