Short paper PRESENTATIONS
SRFPD SRF PHD PRIZE SESSION
SRFPD.1 (25) Fructose transporter disruption perturbs spermatogenesis and steroidogenesis in mice
Aikaterini Kallianioti1, Claire Chevaleyre1, Christelle Ramé1, Guillaume Bourdon1, Jeremy Grandhaye1, Christine Longin2, Soulaimane Aboulouard3, Eli Sellem4, Véronique Douard5, Pascal Froment11INRAE, Nouzilly, France.2 ISC MIMA2 INRAE, Jouy-en-Josas, France.3 Laboratoire PRISM U1192 Inserm, University of Lille, Lille, France. 4ALLICE, Paris, France. 5Food Microbial Ecology Lab - Micalis, Jouy-en-Josas, France
SRFPD.2 (88) Cas9-based chromosome labelling reveals large-scale age-dependent centromere reorganisation in human eggs
Aleksandra Byrska1,2, Cerys Currie1,2, Deborah Taylor3, Alessio Inchingolo1,2, Muriel Erent1,2, Geraldine Hartshorne1,3, Andrew McAinsh1,2
1Division of Biomedical Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom. 2Centre for Mechanochemical Cell Biology, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom. 3University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, United Kingdom
SRFPD.3 (118) Precise quantification of DNA in spent culture media and its correlation to embryonic ploidy status
Munuse C Savash Ishanzadeh1, Marcos Meseguer Escrivá2, Carla Giménez Rodríguez2, Dagan Wells3
1Oxford University, Nuffield Department of Women’s and Reproductive Health, Oxford, United Kingdom. 2IVF Laboratory, IVI-RMA, Valencia, Spain. 3Juno Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom
SRFPD.4 (147) The role of SIRT7 in male meiosis and reproductive aging
Anna Guitart-Solanes1, Mayra Romero2, Christopher B Geyer3, Karen Schindler2, Alejandro Vaquero1, Berta N Vazquez1,4
1Chromatin Biology Laboratory, Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute, Badalona, Spain. 2Department of Genetics, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA. 3Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA. 4Department of Cell Biology, Physiology, and Immunology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
SRFPD.5 (215) Characterizing the G-protein activities of the membrane Androgen Receptor, ZIP9
Rui Wang, Ruijuan Xu, Sumetha Sureshkumar, Kim Jonas, Christer Hogstrand
King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
SRFPD.6 (352) Investigating the enzymatic activity of endometrial DPPIV at implantation using prescribed inhibitors in an in-vitro co-culture model
Nathan J Parks, Stéphane Berneau
University of Central Lancashire, Preston, United Kingdom
SP1A andrology short papers including Iwan Lewis-Jones prize
SP1A.1 (207) Development of a novel medium-throughput screening assay to identify human sperm capable of initiating oocyte activation at fertilisation
Cara Nicholson1,2, Sarah Martins da Silva1,3
1University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom. 2Edinburgh Fertility Centre, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. 3Assisted Conception Unit, Dundee, United Kingdom
SP1A.2 (287) Exploring emotional and nutritional support in UK fertility clinics: A comprehensive analysis
Maria Banti, Ahmed Amer
MyFertility, London, United Kingdom
SP1A.3 (307) The impact of introducing four-part sperm morphology scoring to a diagnostic Andrology service
George Southall-Brown1, Meurig Gallagher2, Jackson Kirkman-Brown1,2
1Birmingham Women’s Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom. 2University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
SP1A.4 (293) Recovery and Survival Results in optimised sperm Cryopreservation: Resurrection
Marta Starosta, Hannah Newby, Rachel Gregoire
Hewitt Fertility Centre, Liverpool, United Kingdom
SP1A.5 (248) Case study: Necrozoospermia (Management from diagnosis to healthy birth)
Zivile Roche, Jon Taylor, Awatuf Elshirif
Guy’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom
SP1A.6 (266) Donor intrauterine insemination: How much sperm is enough?
Alejandro Fernandez Ponce1, Hannah Newby2, Rachel Gregoire1
1Hewitt Fertility Centre, Liverpool, United Kingdom. 2Hewitt Fertility Centre, Knutsford, United Kingdom
SP1B BFS early career clinician short papers
SP1B.1 (21) Endometrial compaction to predict pregnancy outcomes in patients undergoing assisted reproductive technologies: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Hannan Al-Lamee1,2, Katie Stone1, Simon Powell1, James Wyatt1, Andrew Drakeley2,3, Dharani Hapangama1,3, Nicola Tempest1,2,3
1University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom. 2Hewitt Fertility Centre, Liverpool, United Kingdom. 3Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom
SP1B.2 (116) Quantitative analysis of uterine peristalsis using optical flow for motion quantification in women with adenomyosis: inter- and intraobserver reproducibility study
Sania Latif1,2, Shaheer Saeed1,3, Ertan Saridogan1,2, Lucrezia de Braud1,2, Yipeng Hu2, Dimitrios Mavrelos1,2
1University College London Hospital, London, United Kingdom. 2University College London, London, United Kingdom. 3Wellcome/EPSRC Centre for Interventional & Surgical Sciences, London, United Kingdom
SP1B.3 (153) The effect of consecutive single embryo transfer on live birth rate and morbidity: results from UK HFEA registry
Jack Tighe1,2, Sophie Broughton1,3, Lorraine S Kasaven1, Rachel Cutting4, Elliot Bridges4, Abigail Ng4, Amanda Evans4, Efstathios Theodorou5, Jara Ben Nagi5, Benjamin P Jones1,2
1Department of Gynaecology, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom. 2Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. 3University of Birmingham Medical School, Birmingham, United Kingdom. 4Human Fertility and Embryology Authority (HFEA), London, United Kingdom. 5Centre for Reproductive and Genetic Health, Great Portland Street, London, United Kingdom
SP1B.4 (253) Laparoscopic oocyte retrievals: a single centre experience
Andrew Downey1, Sarah Petch1, Maebh Horan1,2, Fiona Martyn1,2, Cathy Allen1,2,3, David Crosby1,2,3
1Merrion Fertility Clinic, Dublin, Ireland. 2National Maternity Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. 3University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
SP1B.5 (284) How common is natural conception in women who have had a livebirth via ART?
Annette Thwaites, Jennifer Hall, Geraldine Barrett, Judith Stephenson
University College London, London, United Kingdom
SP1B.6 (364) Drug discovery for male infertility using phenotypic screening
Adrian Khaw1, Zoe Johnston1, Rachel Myles2, Anthony Richardson3, Franz Gruber1,3, Jason Swedlow3, Chris Barratt1, Sarah Martins da Silva1,2
1Reproductive Medicine Research Group, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom. 2Ninewells Assisted Conception Unit, Dundee, United Kingdom. 3National Phenotypic screening centre, School of life sciences, university of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
SP1C nursing and psychosocial including BFS nurse prize
SP1C.1 (38) Rethinking fertility testing across the EU with at-home test kits
Andreia Trigo1, Beatriz Trigo2
1Enhanced Fertility, London, United Kingdom. 2Enhanced Fertility, Lisbon, Portugal
SP1C.2 (35) Exploring the potential of generative artificial intelligence in fertility clinics: A comparative study of ChatGPT-4 and clinical recommendations for initial follicle-stimulating hormone dosing in In vitro fertilisation
Julie Morgan, Mohamed Taranissi
Assisted Reproduction & Gynaecology Centre, London, United Kingdom
SP1C.3 (183) Tailoring fertility awareness messages: a strategic approach for effective reproductive health education
Bola Grace
UCL EGA Institute for Women’s Health, London, United Kingdom
SP1C.4 (218) Chorionic bump in the first trimester – is it a poor prognosticator for pregnancy outcome?
Jo Martin, Megan Newbery, Tom Bamford
CARE Fertility, Manchester, United Kingdom
SP1C.5 (134) The role of inclusive innovation in the development of digital reproductive health tools
Bola Grace
University College London, London, United Kingdom. Cambridge Matrix, Cambridge, United Kingdom
SP1C.6 (329) Women’s perceptions and experiences of social egg freezing for circumventing age-related fertility decline
Victoria Powell
The Agora Fertility Clinic, Brighton & Hove, United Kingdom
Sp1d ARCS pre-reg short papers Jean Purdy prize
SPD1.1 (221) Observation of unidentified 'Glew Bodies’ in blastocysts and their effects on pregnancy rates
Eleanor Bates, Nicola Townsend, Alicia Barker, Katie Finch
TFP, Simply Fertility, Chelmsford, United Kingdom
SPD1.2 (224) Do euploidy rates and pregnancy outcomes differ in embryos biopsied for PGT-A on Day 5 (D5) compared to Day 6 (D6)?
Nikki Elliott
Thames Valley Fertility, Maidenhead, United Kingdom
SPD1.3 (250) A sprint to the line or a long-distance run? Embryo selection in PGT-M and PGT-SR FET cycles
Zivile Roche1, Aida Kaffel1, Jon Taylor1, Alison Jones1, Michael Carroll2
1Guy’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom. 2Manchester Metropolitan University, MANCHESTER, United Kingdom
SPD1.4 (262) A comparative study of the outcomes of patients using fresh versus frozen oocytes in different age groups (≥38 and <38)
Eleanor Gallegos1, Patricia Fadon1, Cesar Diaz-Garcia1,2, Lourdes Muriel1
1IVI London, London, United Kingdom. 2UCL, London, United Kingdom
SPD1.5 (330) Can morphokinetics at the preimplantation stage be used to identify embryos that will later develop congenital heart disease?
Sophie Markham1, Giles Watts1, Alison Campbell2, Iain Dykes1, Sue Montgomery3
1Liverpool John Moore’s University, Liverpool, United Kingdom. 2Care Fertility, Nottingham, United Kingdom. 3Care Fertility, Manchester, United Kingdom
SPD1.6 (334) Comparison of pregnancy rates between euploid embryos following PGT- A on day 5 and day 6
Lambrini Kourouniadou, Catherine Beaton
Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, United Kingdom
SP1E SRF post-doctoral prize session
SP1E.1 (19) FOXL2 interaction with different binding partners regulates the dynamics of granulosa cell differentiation across ovarian development
Roberta Migale, Michelle Neumann, Richard Mitter, Mahmoud-Reza Rafiee, Sophie Wood, Jessica Olsen, Robin Lovell-Badge
The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
SP1E.2 (114) Ccr2-mediated monocyte recruitment is required for non-fibrotic endometrial repair during experimentally induced menstruation
Phoebe Kirkwood, Calum Bain, Julia Li, Rebecca Ainslie, Douglas Gibson
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
SP1E.3 (190) Inbreeding is associated with spontaneous abortion and stillbirth in horses
J M Lawson1, C A Shilton1, A M de Mestre2
1Royal Veterinary College, London, United Kingdom. 2Cornell University, Ithaca, USA
SP1E.4 (202) Limitations of genome editing (GE) assessments in human preimplantation embryos subjected to CRISPR-Cas9 – most loss of heterozygosity (LOH) events at the targeted sites are a consequence of aberrant DNA repair
Nada Kubikova1, Munuse Savash1, Marga Esbert2, Jack Fagan1, Shiny Titus3, Richard Scott4, Dagan Wells1,5
1University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom. 2IVI RMA, Barcelona, Spain. 3FEC Labs, New Jersey, USA. 4IVI RMA, New Jersey, USA. 5Juno Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom
SP1E.5 (316) Luteinising hormone receptor signalling is reliant on formation of distinct multi-receptor complexes
Abigail Walker1, Thomas Hopkins2, Lesley Howell3, Zara Farooq3, Peter McCormick3, Kim Jonas2, Aylin Hanyaloglu1
1Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. 2King’s College London, London, United Kingdom. 3Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
SP1E.6 (335) Compounds modulating human sperm hyperactivation identified using a high-throughput phenotypic screening platform
Shruti Kane1, Zoe Johnston2, Franz Gruber1, Rachel Myles2, Anthony Richardson3, David Day3, Caroline Wilson3, Kevin Read3, Sarah Martins da Silva2, Christopher Barratt2, Jason Swedlow1
1National Phenotypic Screening Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom. 2Reproductive Medicine Research Group, Division of Systems Medicine, School of Medicine, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom. 3Drug Discovery Unit, Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discover, Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
SP2A BFS young scientist short papers
SP2A.1 (83) Interrogating sex discrepancies in embryo selection algorithms: an extensive assessment of Morphokinetic parameters and algorithmic fairness
Teodora Popa1, Chloe He1, Matthew Lau1, Christian Ottolini2, Helen O'Neill1
1UCL (University College London), London, United Kingdom. 2The Evewell, London, United Kingdom
SP2A.2 (167) Investigating the accuracy of mosaic error detection and the possibility of mosaicism misclassification by current NGS-based PGT-A technologies
Teodora Popa1, Emma Whitney2, Evangelina Bakosi3, Colin Davies2, Helen O'Neill1, Christian Ottolini2
1UCL (University College London), London, United Kingdom. 2The Evewell, London, United Kingdom. 3Cooper Surgical, London, United Kingdom
SP2A.5 (276) Diagnoses of autosomal recessive conditions in donor-conceived offspring in the context of carrier screening practices: A collaboration between three large U.S. sperm banks
Lauren Isley1, Katherine Hornberger2, Suzanne Seitz3, Baldwin Kara4, Kathryn Lockwood4, Rawan Awwad5, Colleen Lynch6
1CooperSurgical, Trumbull, USA. 2Seattle Sperm Bank, Seattle, USA. 3Fairfax Cryobank, Fairfax, USA. 4CooperSurgical, Los Angeles, USA. 5Fairfax Eggbank, Fairfax, USA. 6CooperSurgical, London, USA
SP2B insights in embryology
SP2B.1 (267) An AI-based tool accurately predicts the chance of reaching the embryo transfer stage in older patients
Lucie Borovičková, Nabil Aziz, Martin Krutský
Leeaf - Cognitive IVF, Prague, Czech Republic
SP2B.2 (328) Pregnancy outcomes of embryos diagnosed as putative mosaic (PM) using preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy (PGT-A): results from a multi-site, blinded, non-selection study involving 9,828 single embryo transfers (sETs)
Dhruti Babariya1, Pavan Gill2, Xin Tao3, Yiping Zhan3, Marie Werner2, Chaim Jalas3, Antonio Capalbo4
1Juno Genetics, UK, Oxford, United Kingdom. 2IVIRMA, New Jersey, USA. 3Juno Genetics, USA, New Jersey, USA. 4Juno Genetics, Italy, Rome, Italy
SP2B.3 (105) Clinical outcomes of autologous oocyte thaw cycles at a single UK centre: a 15-year report of 39,000 frozen oocytes
Jemma Garratt, Trina Shah, Anna McLaughlin, Nick Macklon, Balsam Al-Hashimi, Elena Linara-Demakakou, Kamal Ahuja
London Women’s Clinic, London, United Kingdom
SP2B.4 (66) When is euploidy actually diploidy? Emerging Insights from Abnormal Fertilized Embryos
Balsam Al Hashimi1,2, Elena Linara-Demakakou1, Orla Green1, Bhavna Raikundalia1, Darren Griffin2, Kamal Ahuja1, Nick Mcklon1
1London Women’s Clinic, London, United Kingdom. 2University of Kent, London, United Kingdom
SP2B.5 (182) Assessing the correlation between vaginal microbial composition and clinical outcomes in IVF patients: Are we analysing data correctly?
Courtney Povey1, Elena Labarta Demur2, Cristina Rodríguez-Varela3, Sandi Yen4, Jethro Johnson4, Dagan Wells1,5, Antonio Capalbo6, Katharina Spath1
1Juno Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom. 2IVI RMA, Valencia, Spain. 3IVI Foundation, Valencia, Spain. 4Oxford Centre of Microbiome Studies. Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom. 5Nuffield Department of Women’s and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom. 6Juno Genetics, Rome, Italy
SP2B.6 (122) Arginine methylation plays a critical role in bovine embryo development
Jinlong Qiu, Pedro Beltran-Alvarez, Roger Sturmey
Hull York Medical School, Hull, United Kingdom
SP2C advances in ovarian physiology and response
SP2C.1 (217) Isolation and characterisation of adult human ovarian mesenchymal stromal cells (oMSCs) and co-culture with ovarian cortical strips
Yvonne L Odey1,2, Kay Samuel3, Emily Herzstein1,2, Tara Doherty-Eagles1,2, Martin Waterfall2, Richard A Anderson4, Evelyn E Telfer1,2
1Institute of Cell Biology and CDBS, Hugh Robson Building, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. 2School of Biological Sciences, Ashworth Laboratories, the King’s Buildings, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. 3Tissues, Cells & Advanced Therapeutics-Development, Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service, NHS National Services Scotland, Jack Copland Centre, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. 4MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, Queens Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
SP2C.2 (228) The role of patient-specific factors on follicle distribution shape and its impact on the number of mature oocytes collected during stimulation
Victoria Vandy1, Timothy Ferrand2, Céline Jacques2, Zuzanna Golebiewska3, Jonathan Koslover3, Chloe He4, Cristina Hickman4
1Imperial College, London, United Kingdom. 2Apricity, Paris, France. 3Manchester Fertility, Manchester, United Kingdom. 4Apricity, London, United Kingdom
SP2C.3 (332) Improving fertility preservation cycles: a comparative study of efficacy and cost-effectiveness between progestin-primed and antagonist ovarian stimulation protocol
Christine Alabi, Yeliz Atik, Katrina Sherlock, Emily Vaughan, Neera Balachandren, Ephia Yasmin
University College London Hospital, London, United Kingdom
SP2C.4 (87) Hypoxanthine improves oocyte growth and energy metabolism during in vitro growth of bovine secondary follicles
Kenichiro Sakaguchi1,2, Laura Ball3, Vlastimil Srsen1, Johanne Grosbois1, Helen M Picton3, Evelyn E Telfer1
1Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. 2Laboratory of Theriogenology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. 3Reproduction and Early Development Research Gorup, Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
SP2C.5 (187) Can analysis of follicle-stimulating hormone receptor (FSHR) gene expression help predict response to ovarian stimulation in IVF cycles?
Zeynep Gunes1, Dagan Wells1,2
1University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom. 2Juno Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom
SP2C.6 (117) The Effect Of Klotho Supplementation On Oocyte Quality In An Oxidative Stress Induced Model Of Sheep Oocyte Aging In vitro
Gorata Mmopiemang1, Laura Hardie2, Helen Picton1
1Reproduction and Early Development Research Group, Discovery and Translational Science Department, Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Leeds, UK, Leeds, United Kingdom. 2Clinical and Population Science Department, Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Leeds, UK, Leeds, United Kingdom
SP2D ARCS post reg short papers
SP2D.1 (234) Should sperm motility be used as a cut-off to direct treatment type between conventional IVF and ICSI?
Bethany Muller, Hannah Newby, Rachel Gregoire
Hewitt Fertility Centre, Liverpool, United Kingdom
SP2D.2 (236) Embryo ploidy status depending on day of biopsy
Patricia Fadon1, Eleanor Gallegos1, Cesar Diaz-Garcia1,2, Lourdes Muriel1
1IVI London, London, United Kingdom. 2UCL, London, United Kingdom
SP2D.3 (258) Characterisation of positive expanded carrier screening results in a sperm donor population and relevance to evolving third party reproduction practices in the UK
Colleen Lynch1, Lauren Isley2, Kara Baldwin3
1CooperSurgical, London, United Kingdom. 2CooperSurgical, Trumbull, USA. 3CooperSurgical, Los Angeles, USA
SP2D.4 (286) Perinatal outcome vs BMI following a frozen embryo transfer- a retrospective analysis
Aysha Bevan, Jo Craig, Jenny Watkins, Tim Child
TFP Oxford Fertility, Oxford, United Kingdom
SP2D.5 (327) Embryonic and laboratory factors influencing the implantation of euploid blastocysts after in vitro fertilization (IVF). An internal investigation and review of the literature
Anastasia Mania, Rachel Gibbons, Tugce Budak, Danielle King, Ippokratis Sarris
King’s Fertility, London, United Kingdom
SP2E influences on sperm quality
SP2E.1 (98) Functionalisation of human embryonic kidney 293 T-cell-derived extracellular vesicles as a means of enhancing delivery towards boar sperm
Montserrat Vallet Buisan, Celine Jones, Rebecca Dragovic, Xin Meng, Errin Johnson, Kevin Coward
University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
SP2E.2 (308) Does age of sperm donors play a role in live birth and miscarriage rates of IVF/ICSI treatment? Analysis of 5515 fresh cycle from (HFEA) national database
Adrija Kumar Datta1, Deepali Dhingra1, Stuart Campbell2, Geeta Nargund2
1CREATE Fertility, Birmingham, United Kingdom. 2CREATE Fertility, London, United Kingdom
SP2E.3 (280) Super-charged sperm: Loss of two-pore channel 2 (TPC2) function in sperm leads to enhanced sperm motility, increased energy production by mitochondria, and enhanced fertilisation efficiency
Faroq Kamli, Ali Hanbashi, Xuhui Jin, John Parrington
University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
SP2E.4 (31) Investigating live human and boar sperm metabolism during capacitation using 13C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Evie Gruszyk1, Allan Pacey1,2, Steven Reynolds1
1University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom. 2University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
SP2E.5 (44) Cimetidine as a fertility protectant against cisplatin-induced damage in mouse spermatogonia
Grace Forsyth, Peter Nagle, Rod Mitchell
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
SP2E.6 (191) The mammalian sperm factor phospholipase C zeta (PLCζ) is critical for early embryo division and pregnancy in humans and mice
Junaid Kashir1,2, Bhavesh Mistry2, Mohamed Rajab2, Lujain BuSaleh2,3, Raed Abu-Dawud4,2, Sarah Alharbi5, Michail Nomikos6, Saad AlHassan7, Serdar Coskun5,3, Abdullah Assiri2
1Department of Biology, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE. 2Department of Comparative Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 3College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 4Institute for Molecular Medicine, MSH Medical School, Hamburg, Germany. 5Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 6College of Medicine, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar. 7Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
SP3A the endocrine orchestra in fertility
SP3A.1 (367) Understanding Leptin-induced ovarian dysfunction in obesity: validation of db/db ± mice as a model of maternal hyperleptinemia
Yashaswi Sharma1, Karolina Wołodko1, Elżbieta Laniecka1, António M. Galvão1,2,3,4
1Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of Polish Academy of Sciences, Olsztyn, Poland, Olsztyn, Poland. 2Epigenetics Programme, The Babraham Institute, Cambridge, CB22 3AT, UK, United Kingdom. 3Centre for Trophoblast Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EG, UK, United Kingdom. 4Royal Veterinary College, London NW1 0TU, UK, United Kingdom
SP3A.2 (13) Exploring uninterrupted corifollitropin alpha use in DuoStim cycles: A proof-of-concept study for improved efficiency and patient convenience in ovarian stimulation
Juan Castillo, Ana Fuentes, Jose Ortiz, Andrea Bernabeu, Rafael Bernabeu
Instituto Bernabeu, Alicante, Spain
SP3A.3 (220) Unravelling the enigma of luteinizing hormone receptor signalling dysregulation in polycystic ovary syndrome
Priyanka Anujan, Divreena Talwar, Lisa Owens, Rachel Richardson, Stephen Franks, Aylin Hanyaloglu
Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
SP3A.4 (196) The effect of smoking and vaping on the thyroid hormone profile in women of reproductive age in the United Kingdom
Ruby Relton1, Bríd Ní Dhonnabháin1, Sofia Rodrigues Vaz1, Tharni Vasavan1, Natalie Getreu1,2, Helen C. O'Neill1,2
1Hertility Health, London, United Kingdom. 2Institute for Women’s Health, University College London (UCL), London, United Kingdom
SP3B strategies for gonadal protection
SP3B.1 (359) Ovarian transposition in children and young adults: a case series from a tertiary referral centre
Emily Vaughan1,2, Sania Latif1, Yeliz Atik1, Ephia Yasmin1
1University College London Hospital, London, United Kingdom. 2University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
SP3B.2 (129) Maternal spindle transfer may help to maintain or restore DNA integrity and reduce the incidence of aneuploidies occurring during meiosis II
Munuse C Savash Ishanzadeh1, Enric Mestres2, Mònica Acacio2, Queralt Matia2, Gloria Calderón2, Dagan Wells3, Nuno Costa-Borges2
1Oxford University, Nuffield Department of Women’s and Reproductive Health, Oxford, United Kingdom. 2Embryotools, R&D Center, Barcelona, Spain. 3Juno Genetics UK, Research and Development, Oxford, United Kingdom
SP3B.3 (125) Testosterone treatment induces ovarian fibrosis in the ovaries of transgender men
Emily Bailie1, Johanne Grosbois1, Stuart Jack2, Robert Hawthorn3, Neale Watson4, Richard Anderson1, Evelyn Telfer1
1University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. 2NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. 3NHS GGC, Glasgow, United Kingdom. 4Hillingdon Hospital NHS, London, United Kingdom
SP3B.4 (203) Rapamycin mitigates chemotherapy-induced apoptosis in rat derived spermatogonia stem cell line gc6-spg
Wafiya Jibrin1, Federica Lopes1, Rod Mitchell2
1University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom. 2University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
SP3C decoding feto-maternal communication
SP3C.1 (170) Hidden language of embryo maternal dialogue: Dynamics of protein secretion from endometrial epithelial cells in response to trophoblast derived extracellular vesicles during implantation
Subhashini Muhandiram1, Keerthie Dissanayake1,2, Kasun Godakumara1, Suranga Kodithuwakku1,3, Toomos Orro1, Noor R. Bafana4, Alireza Fazeli1,4,5
1Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia. 2Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. 3Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. 4Academic Unit of Reproductive and Developmental Medicine, Division of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom. 5Department of Pathophysiology, Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
SP3C.2 (199) Endometrial gland secretions induce a metabolic switch and immunomodulatory signalling in implanting trophoblast
Sam Kebbe1, Isabel Paterson1, Isabella Smith1, Daman Adlam1, Terence Garner1, Roger Sturmey2, John Aplin1, Peter Ruane1
1University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom. 2Hull York Medical School, Hull, United Kingdom
SP3C.3 (323) The new generation antiplatelet agent, prasugrel, mitigates key pathophysiological aspects of preeclampsia in a pipeline of human and mouse preclinical models of disease
Natasha de Alwis1, Natalie Binder1, Sally Beard1, Yeukai Mangwiro1, Vi Nguyen1, Stephen Tong2, Tu’uhevaha Kaitu’u-Lino2, Natalie Hannan1
1The Therapeutics Discovery and Vascular Function in Pregnancy Laboratories; University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. 2Translational Obstetric Group; University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
SP3C.4 (20) Alkaline phosphatase: an important regulator of ovine conceptus development
Claire Stenhouse1,2, Katherine Halloran3,2, Robyn Moses2, Nirvay Sah4,2, Makenzie Newton2, Shannon Huggins2, Joshua Bertels2, Larry Suva2, Dana Gaddy2, Fuller Bazer2
1Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA. 2Texas A&M University, College Station, USA. 3University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. 4University of California San Diego, San Diego, USA
SP3D inclusivity in fertility
SP3D.1 (179) Suicidality, self-harm and the menstrual cycle: Research priorities for Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)
Pooja Khurana1, Lynsay Matthews2, Julie Riddell3
1Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA), Brussels, Belgium. 2The University of the West of Scotland, Glasgow, United Kingdom. 3University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
SP3D.2 (230) Art x ART: LGBTQ+ narratives in family-building and fertility care
Iris Tsang1, Chloe He2,3
1University of the Arts London, London, United Kingdom. 2University College London, London, United Kingdom. 3Apricity, London, United Kingdom
SP3D.3 (110) Is the transgender population adequately counselled to make informed choices about fertility preservation?
Emma Nash, Shreya Sheth, Linda Ibeto, Kate Maclaran, Dimitrios Nikolaou
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, United Kingdom
SP3D.4 (302) The importance of collective privacy in digital sexual and reproductive health
Maryam Mehrnezhad1, Teresa Almeida2, Stephen Cook3
1Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, United Kingdom. 2Umea University, Umea, Sweden. 3RHIL, Egham, United Kingdom
SP3E immunological challenges in the uterus
SP3E.1 (145) Immunological Changes in the Presence of Non-Cavity Distorting Fibroids
Navneet Kaur1,2, Olivia Moran1,2, Abdullah Shahzad1, Yousef Alebrahim1,2, Elizabeth Mann1, Lamiya Mohiyiddeen1,2
1University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom. 2Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom
SP3E.2 (320) Spatial transcriptomics identified dysregulated pathways in adenomyosis lesions compared to correctly located endometrium
Alison Maclean1,2, Emily Johnson3, Eva Caamano Gutierrez3, Dharani Hapangama1,2
1Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom. 2Liverpool Women’s Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom. 3Computational Biology Facility, MerseyBio, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
SP3E.3 (46) Effect of increased maternal spleen-liver axis inflammation during obese pregnancy on placental nutrient transport
Cindy Xin Wen Zhang1, Alejandro Candia2, Edina Horvath-Gulasci1, Samantha Lean1, Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri1
1University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom. 2University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
SP3E.4 (62) Murine pre-implantation uterine immunological responses are altered by whole semen from sub-optimal diet fed fathers
Hannah L Morgan1, Elizabeth R Mann2, Adam J Watkins1
1University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom. 2University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Rapid fire poster presentations
Rf1 clinical practice
RF 1.1 (346) Fertility preservation in oestrogen responsive disorders: Optimizing letrozole dosing for safe ovarian stimulation
Harriet Walker1, Neerujah Balachandren2, Christine Alabi2, Stuart Lavery2
1University College London Hospital, London, United Kingdom. 2University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
RF 1.2 (326) The prevalence and outcome of ovarian cysts identified at the time of baseline fertility scans
Jen Barcroft1,2, Mehar Chawla2, Danai Balfoussia2, Nina Cooper1,2, Nina Parker1,2, Alex Novak1,2, Joseph Yazbek2, Maya Al-Memar1,2, Chiara Landolfo2, Raj Rai1,2, Srdjan Saso1,2, Sotirios Saravelos1,2, Monica Mittal2, Tom Bourne1,3
1Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. 2Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom. 3KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
RF 1.3 (9) Impact of advanced paternal age and its interaction with maternal age on implantation failure: a cohort study in China
Jiaqian Yin1, Ruoling Chen1, David Churchill2, Huijuan Zou3, Peipei Guo4, Chunmei Liang5, Xiaoqing Peng5, Qi Zhong5, Zhikang Zhang3, Precious Igbinigie1, Dev Acharya1, Weiju Zhou6, Yunxia Cao Cao3
1University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom. 2New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom. 3The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China. 4Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China. 5Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China. 6Vanke School of Public Health, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
RF 1.4 (7) The Effect of Endometrial Scratch on Pregnancy Rate in Women with Previous Intrauterine Insemination Failure: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Saeed Baradwan
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
RF 1.5 (177) Dual hCG and GnRHa trigger is associated with increased mature oocytes compared to hCG alone in ICSI cycles: a retrospective study
Zuzanna Golebiewska1, Raj Mathur1,2
1Manchester Fertility, Manchester, United Kingdom. 2Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom
Rf2 assisted conception
RF 2.1 (56) Artificial Oocyte Activation improves ART outcomes following unexplained fertilisation abnormalities
Cara Nicholson1, Sarah Martins da Silva1,2
1University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom. 2Assisted Conception Unit, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, United Kingdom
RF 2.2 (115) Transgender care in the Fertility Preservation Service: 5-year-experience in a NHS tertiary centre
Orestis Tsonis, Tamara Labrunee, Joshua Last, Julia Kopeika
Fertility Preservation Service, Guy’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom
RF 2.3 (312) Endometrial thickness predicts success rates in Frozen Embryo Transfer cycles
Apostolos Tsironis, Yasmin Mulji, Rachel Imrie, Maryam Modarres, Ippokratis Sarris
King’s Fertility, London, United Kingdom
RF 2.4 (370) Endometrial ultrasound pattern to predict pregnancy in women undergoing embryo transfer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Hiba Elhassan1,2,3, Nicholas Raine-Fenning2,3, Jim Thornton4, Walid Maalouf3, Hana Elhassan5, Kenny Odubamowo4, Hana Baig6, Emma Park3, Asma Alarbed3
1Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, United Kingdom. 2Nurture Fertility, Nottingham, United Kingdom. 3University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom. 4Nottingham University hospitals NHS trust, Nottingham, United Kingdom. 5Imperial Hospitals NHS trust, London, United Kingdom. 6West Middlesex hospital, London, United Kingdom
Rf3 other
RF 3.1 (351) Fertility education on Instagram: educational vs advertisements content analysis of posts in Bahasa (Indonesian language)
Berli Kusuma, Achmad Kemal Harzif
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
RF 3.2 (72) Hyper-stable chromosome attachments and a weakened checkpoint can explain the error prone first mitotic division of the human embryo
Cerys Currie1,2, Gerard Pieper3, Aleksandra Byrska1,2, Mansour Aboelenain3, Lucy Munro3, Bettina Mihalas3, Deborah Taylor4, Muriel Erent1,2, Geraldine Hartshorne4,1, Andrew McAinsh1,2
1Division of Biomedical Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom. 2Centre for Mechanochemical Cell Biology, University of Warwick, Coventry, Coventry, United Kingdom. 3Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. 4University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, Coventry, United Kingdom
RF 3.3 (85) Experiences of infertility among people with Klinefelter syndrome/XXY
Claire Harkin1,2, Bryan Woodward3, James Elander2
1Klinefelter’s Syndrome Association, Derby, United Kingdom. 2University of Derby, Derby, United Kingdom. 3X&Y Fertility Health Specialists, Leicester, United Kingdom
RF 3.4 (198) Controlled induction of double strand DNA damage using CRISPR-Cas9 reveals a deficiency in genetic repair capacity in human embryos prior to activation of the embryonic genome
Nada Kubikova1, Marga Esbert2, Munuse Savash1, Shiny Titus3, Jack Fagan1, Richard Scott4, Dagan Wells1,5
1University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom. 2IVI RMA, Barcelona, Spain. 3FEC Labs, New Jersey, USA. 4IVI RMA, New Jersey, USA. 5Juno Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom
RF 3.5 (178) Single-cell analysis reveals fundamental differences between secretory epithelia of the oviduct and endometrium
Lily Wright1, Megan Sharps1, Ivan Wangsaputra1, Terence Garner1, Adam Stevens1, Roger Sturmey2,1
1University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom. 2Hull York Medical School, Hull, United Kingdom
Rf4 general fertility
RF 4.1 (34) Evolution of fertility care: The potential of metaverse nursing and Generation Z's digital expectations for the future of reproductive health
Julie Morgan1, Kate Pleace2
1Assisted Reproduction & Gynaecology Centre, London, United Kingdom. 2Dublin City University, Dublin, United Kingdom
RF 4.2 (138) The mechanisms of Leptin induced Leydig cell dysfunction: An in vitro study
Kristian Leisegang1, Lutho Menyane1, Renata Finelli2, Ralf Henkel3,1,4
1University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa. 2Create Fertility, London, United Kingdom. 3LogixX Pharma, Theale, United Kingdom. 4Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
RF 4.3 (176) A case of hyperprolactinaemia presenting with male erectile dysfunction and subfertility
Emily Bailie, Ishola Agbaje
Regional Fertility Centre, Belfast, United Kingdom
RF 4.4 (256) Development and Characterization of Novel Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Receptor (FSHR) Inhibitors
Ruijuan Xu1, Uche Agwuegbu1, Hanh Duyen Tran1,2, Sumetha Sureshkumar1,2, George Bousfield3, Kim Jonas1
1King’s College London, London, United Kingdom. 2 St George’s University of London, London, United Kingdom. 3Wichita State University, Kansas, USA
RF 4.5 (319) Are any UK clinics adhering to the 10-family limit for donors?
Rachel Gregoire, Dawn Yell
Hewitt Fertility Centre, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Rf5 innovations
RF 5.1 29 Investigating live human sperm metabolism during hyperactivation and the acrosome reaction using 13C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Evie Gruszyk1, Allan Pacey1,2, Steven Reynolds1
1University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom. 2University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
RF 5.2 (37) Single cell-RNA sequencing of human ovarian cortical tissue following in vitro exposure to cyclophosphamide
Roseanne Rosario1,2, Ioannis Moustakas3, Hazel Stewart2, Evelyn Telfer4,2, Susana Chuva de Sousa Lopes3, Richard Anderson2
1Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. 2Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. 3Anatomy and Embryology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands. 4Institute of Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
RF 5.3 (168) Living donor uterus transplantation: a 12 month follow-up from first UK case
Benjamin Jones1,2,3, Saaliha Vali2, Ariadne L'Heveder3,2, Srdjan Saso1,3, Timothy Bracewell-Milnes1,2, Meen Yau Thum1,2, James Nicopoullos1,2, Baljeet Kaur2,3, Candice Roufosse2,3, Cesar Diaz-Garcia4,5, Venkatesha Udopa6, Isabel Quiroga6, J Richard Smith2,3
1Lister Fertility Clinic, London, United Kingdom. 2Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. 3Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom. 4IVI London, London, United Kingdom. 5University College London, London, United Kingdom. 6The Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
RF 5.4 (201) Investigation of cell cycle checkpoint activity in human preimplantation embryos subjected double-stranded break (DSB) damage – a morphokinetic analysis
Nada Kubikova1, Jack Fagan1, Marga Esbert2, Shiny Titus3, Richard Scott4, Dagan Wells1,5
1University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom. 2IVI RMA, Barcelona, Spain. 3FEC Labs, New Jersey, USA. 4IVI RMA, New Jersey, USA. 5Juno Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom
RF 5.5 (285) Determining the optimal matrix: Biologically relevant laminin-511 maintains human trophoblast stem cell identity in vitro
Sofia Tzouganatou1, Norah Fogarty2
1Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. 2King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
Rf6 embryos
RF 6.1 (50) Chemerin in egg albumen: a potential biomarker of embryo development for genetic selection in birds
Ophélie BERNARDI1, Maxime REVERCHON2, Christelle RAME1, Joëlle DUPONT1
1INRAE, Tours, France. 2SYSAAF, Tours, France
RF 6.2 (193) Paternal sub-optimal nutrition influences embryo metabolism and attachment properties in vitro in a mouse model
Hannah L Morgan1, Peter T Ruane2, John D Aplin2, Adam J Watkins1
1University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom. 2University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
RF 6.3 (270) Effects of knockdown of the Tjp1 α+ isoform through alternative splicing regulation with Rbm47 siRNA on stepwise tight junctions assembly during mouse blastocyst development
Inchul Choi, Jiyeon Jeong
Daejeon, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
RF 6.4 (298) Human decidualized endometrial stromal cells exhibited higher invasion towards aneuploid trophoblastic spheroids
Qi Qiu1, Andy Chun Hang Chen1,2,3, Sze Wan Fong1, Judy Fung Cheung Chow1, Calvin Kai Fai Lee1,2, Raymond Hang Wun Li1,2, Ernest Hung Yu Ng1,2, William Shu Biu Yeung1,2,3, Cherie Yin Lau Lee1,2,3
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Clinical Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong. 2Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Fertility Regulation, Reproductive Medicine Centre, The University of Hong Kong - Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China. 3Centre for Translational Stem Cell Biology, The Hong Kong Science and Technology Park, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
RF 6.5 (301) Targeted next generation sequencing provides a high-accuracy method for simultaneous PGT-M and aneuploidy detection
Vanessa Guo1, Michael Cheng2, Li Ma1, Anna Czyrznic1, Antonio Capalbo3, Dagan Wells4,5, Chaim Jalas1, Xin Tao1
1Juno Genetics, New Jersey, USA. 2IVIRMA, New Jersey, USA. 3Juno Genetics, Rome, Italy. 4Juno Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom. 5University of Oxford, Oxford, USA
Rf7 AI
RF 7.1 (52) Multicenter assessment of prediction of blastulation by an Oocyte quality AI score
Blair Sowry1, Suzanne Cawood1, Mina Vasilic1, Cristina Hickman2, Alexa Zepeda2, Wael Saab1, Srividya Seshadri1
1The Centre for Reproductive and Genetic Health, London, United Kingdom. 2Fairtility, London, United Kingdom
RF 7.2 (103) The best of the best: assessment of a time-lapse algorithm to predict euploid blastocyst implantation
Rebecca Oakley1, Louise Best1, Rachel Smith2, Amy Barrie3, Kathryn Berrisford3, Natalie Davis4, Samantha Duffy5, Sarah Owen6, Sharon Corcoran7, Sue Montgomery5, Alison Campbell3
1Care Fertility, London, United Kingdom. 2Care Fertility, Sheffield, United Kingdom. 3Care Fertility, Nottingham, United Kingdom. 4Care Fertility, Northampton, United Kingdom. 5Care Fertility, Manchester, United Kingdom. 6Care Fertility, Leeds, United Kingdom. 7Care Fertility, Dublin, Ireland
RF 7.3 (255) Embryologists’ evaluation of human embryos classified by a deep learning model using explainable artificial intelligence
Radhika Kakulavarapu1, Akriti Sharma1, Michael A. Riegler2,1, Mette H. Stensen3, Vajira Thambawita2, Trine B. Haugen1, Anne H. Framstad3, Mario Iliceto3,1, Hugo Lewi Hammer1,2, Erwan Delbarre1,4
1Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway. 2SimulaMet, Oslo, Norway. 3Fertilitetssenteret, Oslo, Norway. 4Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Elverum, Norway
RF 7.4 (297) Application of machine learning methods to predict outcomes of expectant and medical management of early pregnancy miscarriage
Sughashini Murugesu1,2, Kristofer Linton-Reid1, Emily Braun2, Nina Cooper1,2, Margaret Pikovsky1,2, Alex Novak1,2, Nina Parker1,2, Catriona Stalder2, Maya Al-Memar1,2, Srdjan Saso1,2, Tom Bourne1,2, Eric Aboagye1
1Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. 2Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
RF 7.5 (340) Evaluating the role of artificial intelligence in treatment cycle planning
Yusuf Beebeejaun1,2,3, James M.N. Duffy4,5,3
1King’s Fertility, London, United Kingdom. 2Clinical Operations, Harvard Medical Schoo, Boston, USA. 3Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom. 4Digital Health Leadership Programme, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. 5Centre for Reproductive Medicine, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Rf8 uterus
RF 8.1 (45) Preliminary investigation into the use of urinary aquaphotomics for early pregnancy detection in giant pandas
Kirsten Wilson1, Iain Valentine2, Simon Girling3, Desheng Li4, Rengui Li4, W. Colin Duncan1, Jella Wauters5,6
1University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. 2ZooCraft, Glenrothes, United Kingdom. 3RZSS Edinburgh Zoo, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. 4China Conservation and Research Centre for the Giant Panda (CCRCGP), Dujiangyan, China. 5Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany. 6Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
RF 8.2 (155) The role of the endometrial microbiome in improving reproductive outcomes for women with Recurrent Implantation Failure
Timothy Bracewell-Milnes1, Sarah Stephen2, Ludovica Di Vincenzo2, Raef Faris1, Jaya Parikh1, Shabana Bora1, Meen-Yau Thum1
1Lister Fertility Clinic, Chelsea, London, United Kingdom. 2Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
RF 8.3 (269) Role of ultrasound in post-operative surveillance following uterus transplantation
Benjamin Jones1,2,3, Saaliha Vali2,3, Ariadne L'Heveder2,3, Srdjan Saso2,3, Timothy Bracewell-Milnes1,3, James Nicopoullos1,3, Meen-Yau Thum1,3, Isabel Quiroga4, J Richard Smith2,3
1Lister Fertility Clinic, London, United Kingdom. 2Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom. 3Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. 4Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
RF 8.4 (288) Screening, validation, and potential application of pharmacologically active small molecules modulating embryo implantation
Shuya Sun, Xian Chen, Luhan Jiang, Yin-Lau Lee, William Yeung, Ernest Ng, Kai-Fai Lee
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
RF 8.5 (372) Investigating the role of sulfatases (SULF) at the maternal-embryo interface at implantation using in-vitro spheroid model
Gemma E. Sumner-Miles, Fehrish Sheikh, Kamalinder K Singh, Imeobong Antia, Stéphane Berneau
University of Central Lancashire, Preston, United Kingdom
Rf9 environmental influence
RF 9.1 (23) Glyphosate-based herbicides: a threat to embryonic development in hens?
Mathias Fréville1, Anthony Estienne2,1, Joëlle Dupont1
1INRAE, Nouzilly, France. 2Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada
RF 9.2 (101) Healthy non-obese mothers eating high-fat diet just during preimplantation cause increased disease risk in their adult offspring. How?
Irene Peral-Sanchez1, Eda Sezer1, Tom Fleming1, Thomas Frohlich2, Bachuki Shashikadze2, Judith Eckert1, Neil Smyth1, Sandrine Willaime-Morawek1
1University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom. 2Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
RF 9.3 (162) Pre-pregnancy obesity disturbs placental iron handling in association with reduced placental iron accumulation and reduced fetal growth
Jonas Zaugg1,2, Samantha C Lean1,2, Megan Vickers1,2, Alejandro A Candia3, Edina Horvath-Gulacsi1, Amanda N Sferruzzi-Perri1,2
1Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, Cambridge, United Kingdom. 2Centre for Trophoblast Research, Cambridge, United Kingdom. 3Department for the Woman and Newborn Health Promotion, Santiago, Chile
RF 9.4 (283) The effect of ketogenic diet on reproductive hormone secretion in women
Piotr Kaczynski1, Natalia Drabinska1,2, Jerzy Romaszko3
1Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Science, Olsztyn, Poland. 2Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poznan, Poland. 3Department of Family Medicine and Infectious Diseases, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Olsztyn, Poland
RF 9.5 (299) Assessing the Influence of Paternal Diet on Maternal Late Gestation Metabolic Health in the Mouse
Afsaneh Khoshkerdar, Hannah Morgan, Adam Watkins
University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Rf10 gametes
RF 10.1 (80) Does doxorubicin damage the fetal testis?
Alexandra Mazilu, Norah Spears, Agnes Stefansdottir
The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
RF 10.2 (133) Could a genome-wide reduction in the frequency of meiotic recombination contribute to an increased risk of aneuploidy in some oocytes?
Zeynep Gunes1, Dagan Wells1,2
1University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom. 2Juno Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom
RF 10.3 (237) Sitagliptin-induced DPP4 inhibition activates SIRT1 and promotes primordial-to-primary follicle transition
Julie Feld Madsen1, Karin Lykke-Hartmann1,2
1Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark. 2Department of Clinical Genetics, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
RF 10.4 (59) Localization of toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7) in bull, ram and dog spermatozoa and assessment of its use as a sexing target
Alexandra Shattock, Fataneh Ghafari, Richard Piercy, Ali Fouladi-Nashta
Royal Veterinary College, London, United Kingdom
RF 10.5 (369) Variable susceptibility to obesity in mice is associated with profound transcriptional changes in cumulus cells and oocytes
Karolina Wołodko1, Marek Adamowski1, Edyta Walewska1, Karol Makowczenko1, Gavin Kelsey2, António Galvão3,2,1
1Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, Polish Academy of Science, Olsztyn, Poland. 2Babraham Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom. 3Royal Veterinary College, London, United Kingdom
Poster walks
Pw1 assisted conception
PW 1.1 (55) Fertility preservation for breast cancer patients
Razan Abukhaizaran, Vanessa Kay
University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
PW 1.2 (58) Do day 4 blastocysts have an improved pregnancy prognosis compared to day 5/6 blastocysts?
Mollie McGrane1,2, Louise Duncalf1, Daniel Brison2, Peter Ruane2, Roger Sturmey2, Rachel Gregoire1
1The Hewitt Fertility Centre, Knutsford, United Kingdom. 2The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
PW 1.3 (128) Automated cervicovaginal mucus detection for empowering fertility awareness
Koza Kurumlu1, Devika Nair1,2, Céline Jacques3, Chloe He4,1
1Apricity, London, United Kingdom. 2Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. 3Apricity, Paris, France. 4University College London, London, United Kingdom
PW 1.4 (159) Does routine supplementation with LH improve oocyte yield or maturity?
Sarah Petch, Louise Glover, David Crosby
Merrion Fertility Clinic, Dublin, Ireland
PW 1.5 (174) Quality improvement project in a tertiary level fertility centre- Introducing a chronic low-dose step-up protocol for ovulation induction with gonadotrophins
Emily Bailie, Suzanne Price
Regional Fertility Centre, Belfast, United Kingdom
PW 1.6 (229) Reconsidering donor conception in Japan: A literature review
Akane Hashimoto, Kayoko Ichikawa, Mayumi Toyama, Takeo Nakayama, Misao Fujita
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
PW 1.7 (242) Genetic screening of donors for recessive carrier status: clinical and transparency challenges for clinics and patients
Valerie Shaikly1, Karen Sage1, Emma Whitney2
1Fertility Genetics, London, United Kingdom. 2The Evewell, London, United Kingdom
PW 1.8 (259) Rates of live birth and miscarriages following mosaic embryo transfers compared with euploid embryo transfers
Easwarya Thavarajah, Renata Finelli, Mario Terrible, Martin Wilding
Create Fertility, London, United Kingdom
PW 1.9 (282) Factors affecting time to discharge after trans-vaginal egg collection in a district general hospital
Elinor Carlisle1, Anoushka Umranikar2, Maqbool Jaffer1, Aarti Umranikar1
1Salisbury District Hospital, Salisbury, United Kingdom. 2King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
PW 1.10 (295) The effectiveness of prolonged downregulation with GnRH analogue treatment in women with adenomyosis undergoing IVF/ICSI: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Sania Latif1,2, Stavroula Kastora1,2, Bassel Al Wattar1,2, Ephia Yasmin1,2, Ertan Saridogan1,2, Dimitrios Mavrelos1,2
1University College London Hospital, London, United Kingdom. 2University College London, London, United Kingdom
PW 1.11 (339) Examining the terms and conditions of fertility apps
Yusuf Beebeejaun1,2,3, James M.N. Duffy4,5,3
1King’s Fertility, London, United Kingdom. 2Clinical Operations, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. 3Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom. 4Digital Health Leadership Programme, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. 5Centre for Reproductive Medicine, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom
PW 1.12 (366) The prognostic accuracy of endometrial patterns on ultrasound to predict implantation
Hiba Elhassan1,2,3,4, Nicholas Raine-Fenning3,2, Jim Thornton5, Walid Maalouf2
1Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, United Kingdom. 2University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom. 3Nurture Fertility, Nottingham, United Kingdom. 4Nottingham University hospitals NHS trust, Nottingham, United Kingdom. 5Nottingham University NHS trust, Nottingham, United Kingdom
PW 1.13 (180) The evolving landscape of PGT-M: Increasing reproductive options and decisions
Valerie Shaikly1, Karen Sage2,1, Pamela Callum3, Alan Handyside4,5
1Fertility Genetics, London, United Kingdom. 2Care Fertility, Nottingham, United Kingdom. 3Tandem Genetics, nationwide, USA. 4Preimplantation Genetics, nationwide, United Kingdom. 5University of Kent, Kent, United Kingdom
PW 1.14 (171) Does the use of serum progesterone testing improve pregnancy rates in patients undergoing frozen embryo transfer? A single-centre, retrospective cohort study
Jessica Man1, Lynne Robinson2
1University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom. 2Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom
PW 1.15 (355) ‘Time is brain’ concept can be applied to the management of ovarian torsion following assisted reproduction (ART)-early intervention to save ovaries
Reenu Nagarajan1, Rahnuma Kazem2
1CARE Fertility, Northampton, United Kingdom. 2CARE fertility, Northampton, United Kingdom
PW 1.16 (274) Clinical service evaluation of agonist downregulation
Philip Milne1, Lindsay Crawford2, George Hughes1, Sarah Martins da Silva2,1
1NHS Tayside, Ninewells Assisted Conception Unit, Dundee, United Kingdom. 2University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, United Kingdom
PW 1.17 (349) Enhanced luteal support: what do patients think?
Freya Thomson1, Sarah Martins da Silva1,2
1University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom. 2Ninewells Assisted Conception Unit, Dundee, United Kingdom
PW 1.18 (136) Socio-cultural Determinants of ART uptake among Infertile Couples Visiting Fertility Clinics in FCT-Abuja, Nigeria
Olugbenga Eweoya1, Tochukwu Henry2
1University of Abuja, FCT-Abuja, Nigeria. 2Federal Medical Centre, Keffi, Nassarawa State, Nigeria
Pw2 Endocrinology and pregnancy outcomes
PW 2.1 (90) Decoding the importance of placental endocrine function in determining maternal metabolic health during lactation
Jorge Lopez-Tello1, Madeleine Mitchell1, Ruben Bermejo-Poza2, Almudena Cabezas2, Jesus De la Fuente2, Hannah EJ Yong1, Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri1
1Centre for Trophoblast Research. University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom. 2Department of Animal Production, Veterinary School, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
PW 2.2 (173) An audit of Perinatal outcome of women 40 years and above
Sowmiya Kalyana Sundaram, Munawar Hussain
Southend University Hospital, Southend on Sea, United Kingdom
PW 2.3 (204) Expectant management in unexplained infertility: a systematic review of randomised trials
Gozde Gultekin1, Laxmi Shingshetty2, David J. McLernon3, Siladitya Bhattacharya4
1Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom. 2Aberdeen Centre for Reproductive Medicine, NHS Grampian, Aberdeen, United Kingdom. 3Medical Statistics Team, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom. 4Aberdeen Centre for Women’s Health Research, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
PW 2.4 (216) Overcoming limitations of the HFEA dataset using augmented data for IVF outcome modelling
Anna Collins, Ahmed Amer, Lynae Brayboy, Maximilian von Raven, Ramkumar Ganesan, Felicia von Reden, Sina Shahandeh, Cristina Hickman
OVOM Care, Berlin, Germany
PW 2.5 (222) Ethnic diversity in ART access and outcomes
Kazuyo Machiyama, Abigail Ng, Amanda Evans
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, London, United Kingdom
PW 2.6 (231) Investigation of the association between clinical and biochemical hyperandrogenism in a UK cohort with or without pre-existing polycystic ovary syndrome
Tharni Vasavan1, Sofia Rodrigues Vaz1, Natalie Getreu1,2, Helen C O'Neill1,2
1Hertility Health, London, United Kingdom. 2University College London, London, United Kingdom
PW 2.7 (309) The ULTRA trial: transvaginal ultrasound-guided ovarian ablation in women with PCOS-related infertility: the endocrine outcome of the first–in-human feasibility clinical trial
Saad Amer1,2, Karl Hansen3, Christine Wyns4, Candice Autin5, Herve Fernandez6, Margaux Jegaden6, Kanna Jayaprakasan2, Mostafa Metwally7
1University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom. 2University Hospitals of Derby and Burton, Derby, United Kingdom. 3University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Centre, Oklahoma, USA. 4Cliniques Universitaire Saint-Luc, Brussel, Belgium. 5CHU Saint-Pierre, Brussel, Belgium. 6Hopital Bicetre - APHP, Paris, France. 7University of Sheffield and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Sheffield, United Kingdom
PW 2.8 (348) Investigating the roles of interferon tau stimulated genes in sheep embryo implantation
Amos Oladipupo1,2, Zhangrui Cheng1, Ali Fouladi-Nashta1
1Royal Veterinary College, London, United Kingdom. 2University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
PW 2.9 (368) The relationship between endometrial pattern on ultrasound, histology and microarray in endometrial biopsies
Hiba Elhassan1,2,3,4, Nicholas Raine-Fenning5,3, Jim Thornton4, Walid Maalouf3, Irshad Soomro6, Marcos Castellanos3
1Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, United Kingdom. 2Nurture fertility, Nottingham, United Kingdom. 3University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom. 4Nottingham University hospitals NHS trust, Nottingham, United Kingdom. 5Nurture Fertility, Nottingham, United Kingdom. 6Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, United Kingdom
PW 2.10 (290) An unexpected pregnancy during controlled ovarian stimulation for fertility preservation
Kinjal Shah, Danai Balfoussia, Diana Sragyte, Sotirios Saravelos, Rehan Salim, Raj Rai, Monica Mittal
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
PW 2.11 (137) Survival rates and clinical outcomes of borderline quality embryos: a retrospective analysis
Chloe Nelson, Amie Brunt, Emily French, Karen Thompson
Care Fertility Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
PW 2.12 (161) ZyMot® semen preparation is associated with increased clinical outcomes following ICSI, when compared to density gradient preparation
Natalie Davis1, Bethany Pendleton1, Amy Barrie2, Lynne Nice1, Alison Campbell2
1CARE Fertility, Northampton, United Kingdom. 2CARE Fertility, Nottingham, United Kingdom
PW 2.13 (6) Transvaginal needle versus laparoscopic ovarian drilling in hormonal profile and pregnancy outcomes of polycystic ovary syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Saeed Baradwan
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
PW 2.14 (303) Comparing embryo growth rates in viable and non-viable IVF pregnancies
Sughashini Murugesu1,2, Amy Shearer2, Kristofer Linton-Reid1, Danai Balfoussia1,2, Catriona Stalder2, Eric Aboagye1, Srdjan Saso1,2, Sotirios Saravelos1,2, Tom Bourne1,2
1Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. 2Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
Pw3 fertilisation and embryo
PW 3.1 (16) A comparison of morphokinetic models and morphological selection for prioritising euploid embryos: a multicentre cohort study
Thomas Bamford1,2, Rachel Smith3, Selina Young1, Amy Evans4, Megan Lockwood3, Christina Easter2, Sue Montgomery1, Amy Barrie5, Rima Dhillon-Smith2, Arri Coomarasamy2, Alison Campbell5
1Care Fertility, Manchester, United Kingdom. 2University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom. 3Care Fertility, Sheffield, United Kingdom. 4Care Fertility, Leeds, United Kingdom. 5Care Fertility, Nottingham, United Kingdom
PW 3.2 (108) The impact of mycotoxins on the in vitro production of bovine embryos and cell allocation
Alex Faulkner1, Adam Benham2, Edward Okello1, Alex Charlton1, Miguel Velazquez1
1Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom. 2Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
PW 3.3 (132) Oocyte Combined With Sperm Feature Analysis Unravels Key Traits for Blastocyst Formation
Omar Paredes1,2, Alejandro Chavez-Badiola1, Isaac Aguilar Figueroa1, Adolfo Flores-Saiffe Farías1, Gerardo Mendizabal Ruiz1, Giles Palmer1, Andrew Drakeley1, Jacques Cohen1
1IVF 2.0 Limited, London, United Kingdom. 2Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico
PW 3.4 (149) S-metolachlor and Cypermethrin deregulate development, fertility parameters and offspring metabolism in mice
Loïse Serra, Claire Mikolajczak, Claire Chevaleyre, Christelle Ramé, Guillaume Bourdon, Joëlle Dupont, Pascal Froment
CNRS, IFCE, INRAE, Nouzilly, France
PW 3.5 (184) Reproductive tract microbiome and endometrial progesterone resistance in recurrent miscarriage patients
Marwah Bagabas1, David MacIntyre1, Yun Lee1, Sherrianne Ng1, Karen Grewal1, Phillip Bennett1, Joanne Muter2, Joshua Odendaal2, Siobhan Quenby2, Jan Brosens2
1Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London. Tommy’s National Centre for Miscarriage Research, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. 2Division of Biomedical Sciences, Clinical Sciences Research Laboratories, Warwick Medical School, Tommy’s National Centre for Miscarriage Research, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
PW 3.6 (197) Three-dimensional assessment of the inner cell mass is more effective at predicting implantation and live birth than Gardner grading
Rufus Morgan1,2, Chloe He3,2, Céline Jacques4, Timothy Ferrand4, Thomas Fréour5, Jonas Malmsten6, Nikica Zaninovic6, Cristina Hickman1,2
1Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. 2Apricity, London, United Kingdom. 3University College London, London, United Kingdom. 4Apricity, Paris, France. 5CHU de Nantes, Nantes, United Kingdom. 6Weill Cornell Medical College, New York City, USA
PW 3.7 (265) Investigating parental chromatin reprogramming during fertilisation: Role of Histone H3.3 chaperon Hira complex
Chih-Jen Lin1, Rowena Smith1, Hao Ming2, Michal Dvorak3, Andrej Susor3, Zhongliang Jiang2
1University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. 2University of Florida, Gainesville, USA. 3Czech Academy Sciences, Libechov, Czech Republic
PW 3.8 (296) An audit of embryo mosaicism in an IVF unit
Daniela Obregon1, Siobhan Sengupta1, Anastasia Mania2
1UCL, London, United Kingdom. 2King’s Fertility, London, United Kingdom
PW 3.9 (304) The Guinea Pig: An alternative small animal model to study early human development
Jesica Canizo1, Cheng Zhao2, Savana Biondic1, Katherine Vandal1, Sophie Petropoulos1,2
1CRCHUM/UdeM, Montreal, Canada. 2Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
PW 3.10 (321) Is embryo development affected by maternal consumption of a high-fat Western diet?
Najwa Alghamdi1, Raheela Khan2, Juan Hernandez-Medrano3, Hannah Morgan1, Adam Watkins1
1University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom. 2Royal Derby Hospital, Derby, United Kingdom. 3University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
PW 3.11 (322) Cycle to cycle laboratory and clinical outcomes following the use of zymot sperm preparation
Sameera Hayat1, Varshini Vignarajah1, Javier Cordero2, Lorraine Kasaven1, Carleen Heath1, Jara BenNagi1, Rabi Odia1
1The Centre for Reproductive and Genetic Health - City, London, United Kingdom. 2The Centre for Reproductive and Genetic Health - City, London, United Kingdom
PW 3.12 (362) Timing of key developmental stages and embryo implantation success in frozen embryo transfer (FET)
Grace Risby1, Federica Lopes2, Sinan Ozkavukcu2
1University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. 2University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
PW 3.13 (47) The impact of blastomere spatial arrangement at the 4-cell stage on morphokinetics and clinical outcomes
Naya Efstathiou1, Lynne Nice1, Rachel Smith2, Amy Barrie2, Alison Campbell2, Sarah Arrowsmith3
1CARE Fertility Northampton, Northampton, United Kingdom. 2CARE Fertility, Nottingham, United Kingdom. 3Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom
PW 3.14 (57) Clinical outcome for blastocysts beyond 132 hrs for fresh vs FTET (frozen thawed embryo transfer) in women less than 38-year-olds
Holly Craze1, Faiza Ashraf2, Emma Hogg1, Mina Vasilic1, Suzanne Cawood1, Srividya Seshadri1, Wael Saab1
1CRGH, London, United Kingdom. 2UCL, London, United Kingdom
PW 3.15 (96) Should delayed ICSI be utilised during a PGT-M cycle to create extra blastocysts for biopsy?
Andrew Thomson1,2, Bayan Houary1, Shubhangi Gangal1, Non Tidswell1, Hannah Coffey1,2, Lyndon Miles1
1CRGW, Llantrisant, United Kingdom. 2Avenues.Life, London, United Kingdom
PW 3.16 (112) Identifying the optimal morphokinetic range for euploid embryos using an Artificial Intelligence (AI) based embryologist tool
Samantha Knight1, Raj Joshi1, Geetha Venkat1, Suvir Venkataraman1, Alexa Zepeda2, Cristina Hickman2
1Harley Street Fertility Clinic, London, United Kingdom. 2Fairtility, Tel Aviv, Israel
PW 3.17 (126) Open and closed vitrification carriers: An evaluation
Amy Sharpe
Leicester Fertility Centre, Leicester, United Kingdom
PW 3.18 (273) Vaginal stenosis after uterus transplantation: Implications for embryo transfer and cervical biopsies
Benjamin Jones1,2,3, Saaliha Vali2,3, Srdjan Saso2,3, Timothy Bracewell-Milnes1,3, Meen-Yau Thum1,3, James Nicopoullos1,3, Isabel Quiroga4, J Richard Smith2,3
1Lister Fertility Clinic, London, United Kingdom. 2Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom. 3Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. 4The Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
PW 3.19 (195) Embryonic signals regulate gene expression and cell function in the porcine trophoblast
Agnieszka Waclawik, Ewelina Goryszewska-Szczurek, Monika Baryla, Piotr Kaczynski
Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Olsztyn, Poland
Pw4 oocytes and ovary
PW 4.1 (36) Effect of vasopressin injection technique on ovarian reserve during laparoscopic cystectomy of ovarian endometriomas: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Saeed Baradwan
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
PW 4.2 (94) Identification of ovarian cancer using In Silico-based analysis of the downregulated expressed miRNAs
Bushra T. Mohammed1, Bayar K Zeebaree2, Sherzad I. Mustafa1
1Department of Pathology and Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Duhok, Duhok, Iraq. 2Department of Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Duhok, Duhok, Iraq
PW 4.3 (124) Embryologists’ predictions do not improve an artificial intelligence (AI) tool’s prediction of blastocyst development from mature (metaphase II, MII) oocytes when augmented in ensemble models
Natalie Mercuri, Sergey Corsac, Jullin Fjeldstad, Nadia Siddique, Isabel Puerta Vega, Dan Nayot
Future Fertility, Toronto, Canada
PW 4.4 (146) The effect of clinical endometritis on bovine corpus luteum steroidogenic enzymes activity in vivo study
Zeravan A. Mohammed
College of Veterinary Medicine/University of Duhok, Duhok, Iraq
PW 4.5 (157) Late maturing oocytes have a lower developmental potential when injected
Stephanie Engley, Txell Ferrer, Jo Craig, Jenny Watkins, Tim Child
TFP Oxford Fertility, Oxford, United Kingdom
PW 4.6 (239) A novel approach to study the mirna profiles in granulosa cells and follicular fluid of women with reduced ovarian reserve: A computational analysis
Costanza Cimini1, Angela Taraschi2, Marina Ramal-Sanchez1, Alessia Colosimo1, Luca Valbonetti1,3, Ramses Belda-Perez1, Alessia Paradiso1, Carlo Di Carlo1, Seerat Maqsood1, Giuseppe Martino1, Nicola Bernabò1, Barbara Barboni1
1University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy. 2Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise “G. Caporale”, Teramo, Italy. 3Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology (CNR-IBBC/EMMA/Infrafrontier/IMPC), National Research Council, Roma, Italy
PW 4.7 (260) Assessing the impact of human serum on adherence of frozen pre-pubertal human ovarian cortical tissue in culture
Ava Harrison, Omar Ammar, Suzannah Williams
Nuffield Department of Women’s & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
PW 4.8 (371) Understanding the functional impact of modulating Luteinizing Hormone Receptor (LHR) oligomerisation in the murine ovary
Thomas Hopkins1, Abigail Walker2, Ruijuan Xu1, Peter McCormick3, Aylin Hanyaloglu2, Kim Jonas1
1King’s College London, London, United Kingdom. 2Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. 3Queen Mary, London, United Kingdom
PW 4.9 (156) The relationship between ploidy status, morphology status and day of blastulation in frozen single embryo transfers
Timothy Bracewell-Milnes1, Kathryn Glynn1, Eszter Britz2, Yu Ning Ooi2, Raef Faris1, Jaya Parikh1, James Nicopoullos1, Shabana§ Bora1, Meen-Yau Thum1
1Lister Fertility Clinic, Chelsea, London, United Kingdom. 2Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
PW 4.10 (67) Comparison of quality and morphokinetics of embryos created using vitrified versus fresh oocytes, matched for oocyte age and number
Emma Hogg1, Marialena Prapas2, Mina Vasilic1, Suzanne Cawood1, Srividya Seshadri1
1CRGH, London, United Kingdom. 2UCL, London, United Kingdom
PW 4.11 (60) Mechanical ovarian dissociation to obtain a single cell suspension as a base for oogonial stem cell isolation
Rita L. Sousa, Silke Andries, Michelle Van den Hauwe, Peter E. J. Bols, Ruth Appeltant
University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
PW 4.12 (78) The in vitro growth potential of preantral follicles from cultured ovine ovarian cortex
Laura Ball, Emily Darby, Jianping Lu, Helen Picton
University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
PW 4.13 (130) The impact of bisphenol A on in vitro feline oocyte nuclear maturation and cumulus cell health and expansion
Elle Le Duc, Ali Fouladi-Nastha
Royal Veterinary College, London, United Kingdom
PW 4.14 (144) In vitro effects of irisin on bovine theca cell steroidogenesis and metabolism in low insulin culture conditions
Mathilde Daudon1,2, Christelle Ramé2, Anthony Estienne1, Joëlle Dupont*2, Christopher A. Price*1
1Centre de Recherche en Reproduction et Fertilité, Faculté de médecine vétérinaire de Saint-Hyacinthe, Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada. 2CNRS, IFCE, INRAE, Université de Tours, PRC, Nouzilly, France
PW 4.15 (164) Cytoarchitectural differences in reproductive organs of some Polycystic ovary-like induced animal models
Eniola Risikat Kadir, Abdulmalik Hussein, Abdulmumin Ibrahim
University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
PW 4.16 (205) Prokineticin 1 and its receptor expression is upregulated in the porcine luteum by estradiol and prostaglandin E2 in vivo
Monika Baryla, Piotr Kaczynski, Ewelina Goryszewska-Szczurek, Agnieszka Waclawik
Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Olsztyn, Poland
PW 4.17 (243) Time for policy change? Study shows that 90.3% of Scottish women believe oocyte cryopreservation eligibility criteria are unfair
Kirstin Baillie, Federica Lopes
University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
PW 4.18 (277) The effect of FSH dose on survival and growth of sheep ovarian follicles during in vitro culture
Vlastimil Srsen, Johanne Grosbois, Evelyn E Telfer
Institute of Cell Biology, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
PW5 Psychosocial and other
PW5.1 (4) Holding the gate shut? How GPs’ understanding of the NICE Guideline may be a barrier to accessing IVF treatment
Sarah Norcross
Progress Educational Trust, London, United Kingdom
PW5.2 (26) Zero sperm count and biological fatherhood: elevating the experiences of men with non-obstructive azoospermia
Katya Kruglova
School of Health and Human Performance, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
PW5.3 (51) Factors influencing men’s attitudes and behaviours regarding family building decisions: a systematic review and global perspective
Ece Emin, Jennifer Hall, Grace Bola
University College London, London, United Kingdom
PW5.4 (68) A systematic review of the factors influencing black maternal mortality in the United Kingdom
Simisola Onanuga1, Teniola Saraki1, Bola Grace2, Mandish Dhanjal3, Richard Pinder1
1School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. 2UCL EGA Institute of Women’s Health, London, United Kingdom. 3Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
PW5.5 (113) Male broodiness: is it a thing? An exploration of men’s desire for fatherhood
Robin Hadley
Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom
PW5.6 (186) Gym lifestyle factors and male reproductive health: a study into young adult usage and perceptions
Alice Newman-Sanders1, Jackson Kirkman-Brown1, Meurig Gallagher2
1University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom. 2University, Birmingham, United Kingdom
PW5.7 (238) Transparency to the patient: improving patient experience, engagement and understanding by granting them real-time access to embryo culture videos.
Chiranjeev Bhatia1, Sareena Sharma1, Alpesh Doshi1, Yael Kfir2, Alexa Zepeda2, Elinor schmorak2, Cristina Hickman2
1IVF London, Elstree Borehamwood, United Kingdom. 2Fairtility, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
PW5.8 (251) Fertility preservation before cancer treatment: evaluating the experience of young patients and their families
Andrew Downey1, Rachel Elebert1, Louise Glover1,2,3, David Crosby1,4,2
1Merrion Fertility Clinic, Dublin, Ireland. 2University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. 3Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. 4National Maternity Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
PW5.9 (315) Menstrual Pain Related Endometriosis and Infertility: Addressing Knowledge and Attitude of Indonesian Health Care Background Society Women
Intan Kusumaningtyas1,2,3,4, Berli Kusuma1, Sawarno Anto3
1Faculty of Medicine University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia. 2Faculty of Medicine Lampung University, Lampung, Indonesia. 3Lampung Fertility Center, Metro Lampung, Indonesia. 4Faculty of Medicine Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
PW5.10 (41) Seeping of liquid nitrogen into screw cap plastic vials containing sperm units is not common
Nanna Humle1, Maja Døvling Kaspersen Fedder2
1Born Aalborg, Aalborg, Denmark. 2Born Denmark, Aarhus, Denmark
PW5.11 (226) The effect of smoking and vaping on hormonal ovarian reserve markers in women of reproductive age in the United Kingdom
Bríd Ní Dhonnabháin1, Ruby Relton2, Sofia Rodrigues Vaz1, Tharni Vasavan2, Natalie Getreu1,3, Helen C. O'Neill3,1
1Hertility Health Ltd., London, United Kingdom. 2Hertility Health Ltd, London, United Kingdom. 3University College London, London, United Kingdom
PW5.12 (10) Supportive therapeutic interventions with children born through Donor Conception & Surrogacy [DC&S] and their families. Should these be more widely available?
Sharon Pettle
Centre for Individual & Family Identity, London, United Kingdom. Interfas, University of BA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
PW5.13 (64) Diagnostic tests, how acceptable are they to the general public?
Babu Karavadra1, Dharani Hapangama2,3, Nicola Tempest2,3
1Peterborough City Hospital, Peterborough, United Kingdom. 2Liverpool Womens Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom. 3University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
PW5.14 (100) What do the general public know about infertility and its treatment?
Lewis Nancarrow1,2, Anuthi Fernando1, Courtney Murray1, Hannan Al-lamee1, Dharani Hapangama1, Nicola Tempest1,2
1University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom. 2Hewitt Fertility Centre, Liverpool, United Kingdom
PW5.15 (313) How much do the general population know regarding the menstrual cycle and conception?
Ciara Hamilton1, Jessica Taylor1, Dharani Hapangama1,2, Nicola Tempest1,2,3
1University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom. 2Liverpool Women`s Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom. 3Hewitt Fertility Centre, Liverpool, United Kingdom
PW5.16 (104) Menstruation as a form of natural abortion; why the purpose of periods is personally, politically, and clinically important
Sally King
King’s College London, London, United Kingdom. Menstrual Matters, London, United Kingdom
PW5.17 (213) To ICSI or not to ICSI late mature oocytes
Christina Michailidou-Ahmed
Leicester Fertility Centre, Leicester, United Kingdom
PW5.18 (246) Pre-implantation genetic testing outcomes following the re-biopsy of ‘no result’ blastocysts
Stephanie Engley, Jo Craig, Jenny Watkins, Tim Child
TFP Oxford Fertility, Oxford, United Kingdom
PW5.19 (93) I cannot believe it’s not a real embryo: can embryologists tell the difference between synthetic and real embryo images?
Lilly Lees1, Chloe He1,2, Céline Jacques3, Timothy Ferrand3, Jérôme Chambost3, Thomas Fréour4, Koen Wouters5, Jonas Malmsten6, Nikica Zaninovic6, Cristina Hickman1,7
1Apricity, London, United Kingdom. 2University College London, London, United Kingdom. 3Apricity, Paris, France. 4CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France. 5Brussels IVF, Jette, Belgium. 6Weill Cornell Medical College, New York City, USA. 7Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
PW6 sperm and testes
PW6.1 (28) Investigating the importance of glycolysis during human sperm capacitation using 13C-Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Zara Graham, Evie Gruszyk, Steven Reynolds
University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
PW6.2 (63) Examining the relationship between hyaluronan binding and sperm motility: A comparative analysis of embryologist-guided and AI-assisted sperm selection method
Kimberley Hill1, Giles Anthony Palmer2,3,4, Omar Paredes3,5, Andrew Drakeley3,6, Alejandro Chavez Badiola3,7,8, Jacques Cohen2,3,8,9, Stuart Lavery1, Xavier Viñals Gonzalez1,10
1Aria Fertility, London, United Kingdom. 2International IVF Initiative, New York, USA. 3IVF2.0, London, United Kingdom. 4Institute of Life, Athens, Greece. 5Biodigital Innovation Lab, Translational Bioengineering Department, CUCEI, Guadalajara, Mexico. 6Hewitt Fertility Centre, Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom. 7New Hope Fertility, Guadalajara, Mexico. 8Conceivable Life Sciences, New York, USA. 9Althea Science Inc., New York, USA. 10UCL EGA Institute for Women’s Health, Preimplantation Genetics Group, London, United Kingdom
PW6.3 (97) Generating a three-dimensional organoid culture model to study SSC maintenance and spermatogenesis in vitro.
Rajwa Mecca1, Hannah Fleming1, Celine Jones1, Shiyan Tang1, Jill Davies1,2, Kevin Coward1
1University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom. 2NHS, Oxford, United Kingdom
PW6.4 106 Are concentration and motility all you need?
Sabahat Bajwa1, Stéphane Rodriguez1, Luca Sabatini1, Chloe He1,2
1Apricity, London, United Kingdom. 2University College London, London, United Kingdom
PW6.5 (121) The influence of small supernumerary marker chromosomes (sSMC)15 on male primary infertility: A case study
Filomena Mottola1, Renata Finelli2, Veronica Feola1, Kristian Leisegang3, Lucia Rocco1
1Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli", Caserta, Italy. 2Create Fertility, London, United Kingdom. 3School of Natural Medicine, Faculty of Community and Health Sciences, University of Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
PW6.6 (166) Development of a new method for sperm vitrification
Sara Ruiz-Díaz1, Carlos Osuna2, Raquele Pandolfi3, Gonzalo Dominguez de Miguel3, Carolina Cordero3, Carmen Rodríguez-Roque3, Alvaro Almoyna3, Carolina Andrés3, José A. Horcajadas4, Susana Cortés3
1Clínica Tambre, Madrid, Spain. 2Universidad Carlos III, Leganés, Spain. 3Clinica Tambre, Madrid, Spain. 4SINAE, Sevilla, Spain
PW6.7 (188) Hormonal measurements in male partners of sub-fertile couples and their effect on sperm parameters
Maria Victoria Rodriguez Noci1, Elisa Ferraro2, Charlotte Seymour2, Stephen Harbottle2, Jane Macdougall3, Christopher White2
1University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, United Kingdom. 2Cambridge IVF Unit, Cambridge, United Kingdom. 3Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom
PW6.8 (233) Identification and quantification of oxysterols in capacitated swine spermatozoa exposed to oxidative stress
Alessia Paradiso1, Carlo Di Carlo1, Seerat Maqsood1, Ramsés Belda Pérez1,2, Costanza Cimini1, Nicola Bernabò1,3, Fabiola Eugelio1, Federico Fanti1, Dario Compagnone1, Barbara Barboni1
1Faculty of Biosciences and Technology for Food, Agriculture and Environment, University of Teramo, 64100, Teramo, Italy. 2Department of Physiology, International Excellence Campus for Higher Education and Research "Campus Mare Nostrum", University of Murcia, 30100, Murcia, Spain. 3Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology (CNR-IBBC/EMMA/Infrafrontier/IMPC), National Research Council, Monterotondo Scalo, Italy
PW6.9 (235) Does microfluidic sperm preparation for ICSI improve its clinical outcome? - A systematic review and meta-analysis
Diya Gogia1, Alex C. Varghese2, Kanna Jayaprakasan3,1
1School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom. 2Fertility Associates, Auckland, New Zealand. 3University Hospitals of Derby and Burton, Derby, United Kingdom
PW6.10 (278) Sperm Cell Painting: a mechanism driven approach for drug discovery in human spermatozoa
Zoe Johnston1, Franz Gruber2,1, Rachel Myles1, Shruti Kane1, Anthony Richardson1, David Day1, Caroline Wilson1, Kevin Read1, Ian Gilbert1, Sarah Martins Da Silva1, Christopher Barratt1, Jason Swedlow1
1University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom. 2University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
PW6.11 (294) A pilot study to assess the clinical feasibility of the WHO 2021 in-straw sperm vitrification protocol
Marta Starosta, Rachel Gregoire, Hannah Newby
Hewitt Fertility Centre, Liverpool, United Kingdom
PW6.12 (356) Optimisation of handling protocols for a human semen extender
Alessia Schadwell1,2, Andrew Dawkins2, Rebecca Kay3, Jonathan East3, Tina Holton2, Sheryl Homa1,2
1University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom. 2The Doctors Laboratory, London, United Kingdom. 3Malebox Health Ltd, London, United Kingdom
PW6.13 (42) Successful IVF treatment using normal fresh sperm produced post chemotherapy
Rachel Shepherd, Sananda Bhattacharya, Dima Abdo, Marta Jansa Perez
Bridge Clinic, London, United Kingdom
PW6.14 (232) Advance glycation end products (AGEs) affecting TRPV1 activity in humans suffering from infertility: a novel computational approach
Carlo Di Carlo1, Alessia Paradiso1, Costanza Cimini1, Ramses Belda Perez1,2, Seerat Maqsood1, Nicola Bernabò1,3, Barbara Barboni1
1Faculty of Biosciences and Technology for Food, Agriculture and Environment, University of Teramo, 64100 Teramo, Italy., Teramo, Italy. 2Department of Physiology, International Excellence Campus for Higher Education and Research "Campus Mare Nostrum", University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain., Murcia, Spain. 3Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology (CNR-IBBC/EMMA/Infrafrontier/IMPC), National Research Council, Monterotondo Scalo, 00015 Rome, Italy, Monterotondo, Italy
PW6.15 (5) Panax ginseng supplementation protects against testicular damage induced by electromagnetic radiation from cell phone
Adeoye Oyewopo, christianah Oyewopo
University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
PW6.16 (61) Paternal diet-induced alterations in the sperm-borne miRNA landscape (miRome) of mice
Vipul Batra, Hannah Morgan, Sonal Henson, Nadine Holmes, Victoria Wright, Adam Watkins
University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
PW6.17 (119) Potassium sorbate in testes: A safety evaluation
MisturahMisturah Adana1, Oluwafemi Onigbolabi1, Kehinde Lawal2, Akinfolayan Akintola1
1University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria. 2University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Niue
PW6.18 (300) Kolaviron and its effects on the expression of Nrf2 and NF-kB in the testes of drosophila melanogaster associated with aluminum chloride induced toxicity
Folashade Lewu1,2, Victor Afam1, Damolola Ayeoribe1, Habeeb Abdulsalam1, Marriam Akinremi1, Efetobor Oghenemine1, Abdulmueez Mohammed1, Falila Isiaka1, Samson Jegede1, Stephen Alabi1, Gabriel Omotoso1, Foyeke Adigun1, Oyewopo Oyetunji1, Bernard Enaibe1
1University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria. 2Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
PW6.19 (341) Impact of vincristine treatment on somatic cells of mouse prepubertal testis
Caroline Allen1,2, Maddie Longden2, Gabriel Carslaw1, David Greenald2, Federica Lopes3, Rod Mitchell2, Norah Spears2
1University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom. 2University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. 3University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
PW7 uterus, nursing and other
PW7.1 (14) The essential role of hysteroscopic morcellation of intra-cavity uterine lesions
Lewis Nancarrow1,2, Emily Sanders1, Ash Alam1
1Wirral University Teaching Hospital, Wirral, United Kingdom. 2Hewitt Fertility Centre, Liverpool, United Kingdom
PW7.2 (142) The diagnostic utility of transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS) alone without 3D saline infusion sonography (SIS) in the diagnosis of endometrial pathology prior to in-vitro-fertilization (IVF) treatment in low-risk subfertile patients
Christina Neophytou, Neerujah Balachandren, Shirin Khanjani
University College London Hospital, London, United Kingdom
PW7.3 (154) The role of the endometrial receptivity array in improving reproductive outcomes for women with recurrent implantation failure
Timothy Bracewell-Milnes1, Sarah Stephen2, Ludovica Di Vincenzo2, Raef Faris1, James Nicopoullos1, Jaya Parikh1, Shabana Bora1, Meen-Yau Thum1
1Lister Fertility Clinic, Chelsea, London, United Kingdom. 2Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
PW7.4 (172) Investigational Study Into Transplantation of the Uterus (INSITU); Deceased donor uterus transplantation in the UK
Benjamin Jones1,2,3, Saaliha Vali2,3, Ariadne L'Heveder2,3, Srdjan Saso2,3, Timothy Bracewell-Milnes1,2, Meen-Yau Thum1,3, James Nicopoullos1,3, Venkatesha Udopa4, Isabel Quiroga4, J Richard Smith2,3
1Lister Fertility Clinic, London, United Kingdom. 2Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom. 3Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. 4The Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
PW7.5 (192) Prevalence of autoimmune conditions in women in the United Kingdom with or without endometriosis
Ruby Relton1, Lucinda Lawrie1, Tharni Vasavan1, Natalie Getreu1,2, Helen C. O'Neill1,2
1Hertility Health, London, United Kingdom. 2Institute for Women’s Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
PW7.6 (211) Fertility Scotland Network – The benefits and challenges of an NHS National Strategic Network for Fertility in Scotland
Nilendran Prathalingam1, Joanne Leitch2, Abha Maheshwari3, Deborah Brown4, Tolulope Oyedepo1, Janis Heaney1, Carsten Mandt1
1National Service Scotland, Glasgow, United Kingdom. 2Assisted Conception Service, Glasgow, United Kingdom. 3Aberdeen Fertility Centre, Aberdeen, United Kingdom. 4National Service Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
PW7.7 (223) The effect of increased levels of bisphenol A (BPA) on embryonic attachment rates
Chloe Elliott, Claire Harper, Jayne Charnock
Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, United Kingdom
PW7.8 (311) Fertility preservation in breast cancer patients: A 6 year review of referrals to the Regional Fertility Centre (RFC) in Northern Ireland
Jennifer McInerney, Joanne McManus
Regional Fertility Centre, Belfast, United Kingdom
PW7.9 (333) Empowering Patients, Improving Outcomes: Lifestyle Support Needs for NHS Fertility Treatment
Sally Wood, Hannah Newby, Dr Rachel Gregoire, Jane Mutch
Liverpool Women’s Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom
PW7.10 (363) A review of marketing ethics within the UK private fertility sector
Michele Gilling-Ulph
The Agora Clinic, Brighton, United Kingdom
PW7.11 (151) Treatment outcomes of women who underwent social egg freezing at a large UK fertility clinic
Timothy Bracewell-Milnes1, Jagvi Patel2, Benjamin Jones2, James Nicopoullos1, Meen-Yau Thum1
1Lister Fertility Clinic, Chelsea, London, United Kingdom. 2Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
PW7.12 (127) Spatial embryology: 3D morphokinetics predict pregnancy and live birth
Chloe He1,2, Neringa Karpavičiūtė2, Rishabh Hariharan2, Lilly Lees2, Jonas Malmsten3, Nikica Zaninovic3, Céline Jacques4, Francisco Vasconcelos1, Cristina Hickman2,5
1University College London, London, United Kingdom. 2Apricity, London, United Kingdom. 3Weill Cornell Medical College, New York City, USA. 4Apricity, Paris, France. 5Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
PW7.13 (354) Case Study: Assessment of ploidy status of blastocysts twinned at the pronuculeate stage
Georgia Sotirchou, Lorena Lupu, Rehan Salim, Charlotte Hall
Lister Fertility at The Portland, London, United Kingdom
PW7.14 (374) First sibling frozen embryo transfer outcome; a relevant metric for troubleshooting suboptimal fresh implantation rates
Anthony Price, Susan Ingamells, Grace Thomas
TFP Wessex Fertility, Southampton, United Kingdom
PW7.15 (291) Embryo Invasion with Candida dubliniensis during a Fresh IVF Cycle
Danai Balfoussia, Abir Sader, Kinjal Shah, Amy Cohen, Rana Al Odetalah, Annabel Rattos, Monica Mittal
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
PW7.16 (77) The mineral-based ice nucleating agent IceStart improves slow freezing of in vitro-derived ovine blastocysts
Emily Darby, Aimee Bufton, Martin Daily, Benjamin Murray, Helen Picton
The University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
PW7.17 (84) Culture environment fluctuations within a bespoke microfluidic device for embryo culture
Andreia Santos Miranda1, Virginia Pensabene2, Helen Picton1
1Reproduction and Early Development Group, Discovery and Translational Science Department, Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom. 2School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Pw8 general fertility
PW 8.1 (18) Use and understanding of AI in the ART laboratory: Preliminary analysis of an international survey
Giles Anthony Palmer1,2,3, Omar Paredes2,4, Andrew Drakeley2,5, Alejandro Chavez Badiola2,6,7, Thomas Woolley8, Katerina Kaouri8, Jacques Cohen1,2,7,9
1International IVF Initiative, New York, USA. 2IVF2.0, London, United Kingdom. 3Institute of Life, Athens, Greece. 4Biodigital Innovation Lab, Translational Bioengineering Department, CUCEI, Guadalajara, Mexico. 5Hewitt Fertility Centre, Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom. 6New Hope Fertility, Guadalajara, Mexico. 7Conceivable Life Sciences, New York, USA. 8School of Mathematics, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom. 9Althea Science Inc, New York, USA
PW 8.2 (54) Pelvic Schistomiasis: A case of infertility due to Schistosomiasis infection
Alexandra Bain1, Louisa Manning2
1Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, United Kingdom. 2Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, United Kingdom
PW 8.3 (135) Homoarginine: A novel conserved metabolite in the maternal circulation that indicates mammalian pregnancy
Ashley Zubkowski1, Jiamin Zheng1, Jorge Lopez-Tello2, Rupasri Mandal1, Susan Markus3, Graham Plastow1, Margie Davenport1, Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri2, David Wishart1
1University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. 2University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom. 3Lakeland College, Vermilion, Canada
PW 8.4 (143) Exploring urine extracellular vesicles as a non-invasive implantation window monitoring method
Amber Hart1, Aneta Andronowska2, Saji Eapen3, Paul Heath1, Alireza Fazeli1,4,5
1The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom. 2Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Olsztyn, Poland. 3SPD Development Company Ltd, Bedford, United Kingdom. 4University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia. 5Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia
PW 8.5 (160) Improving safety in the IVF laboratory – electronic witnessing
Mhari Middleton, Rebecca King, Victoria Thomas, Paul Knaggs
Wales Fertility Institute, Neath Port Talbot, United Kingdom
PW 8.6 (189) The vaginal and endometrial microbiome: do they tell the same story?
Courtney Povey1, Ana Isabel Barrio2, Graciela Kohls2, Elena Labarta Demur3, Juan Antonio Garcia Velasco2, Antonio Capalbo4, Dagan Wells1,5, Katharina Spath1
1Juno Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom. 2IVIRMA Global Research Alliance, IVIRMA Madrid, Madrid, Spain. 3IVIRMA Global Research Alliance, IVIRMA Valencia, Valencia, Spain. 4Juno Genetics, Rome, Italy. 5Nuffield Department of Women’s and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
PW 8.7 (206) Sexual dimorphism in liver function using an ovine model: implications for health and disease
Katarzyna Siemienowicz1, Paul Fowler2, Colin Duncan3, Mick Rae1
1Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. 2University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom. 3University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
PW 8.8 (227) Does oocyte image analysis using an AI algorithm predict blastocyst formation? A single centre validation study
Elena Linara-Demakakou1, Carol Porta1, Anna McLaughlin1, Balsam Al-Hashimi1, Trina Shah1, Alexa Zepeda2, Cristina Hickman2, Nick Macklon1, Kamal Ahuja1
1London Women’s Clinic, London, United Kingdom. 2Fairtility, Tel-Aviv, Israel
PW 8.9 (247) Influence of embryonic biopsy technique on PGT-A results
Alvaro Almoyna1, Paula Moreno-Gonzalez2, Cordero Carolina1, Carmen Rodriguez-Roque1, Sara Ruiz-Diaz1, Rachele Pandolfi1, Gonzalo Dominguez de Miguel1, Carolina Andrés1, Rosa Gomez-Morano3, Jose A. Horcajadas3, Susana Cortes1
1Clinica Tambre, Madrid, Spain. 2University Carlos III, Leganes, Spain. 3Sinae, Sevilla, Spain
PW 8.10 (272) Targeted approach to reciprocal carrier screening for gamete donors and reproductive partners with a known carrier status: a retrospective review
Daniela Bakalova1, Elizabeth Verdon1, Alyssa Armsby1, Alan Thornhill1, Julio Martin2
1Igenomix, part of Vitrolife Group, Guildford, United Kingdom. 2Igenomix, part of Vitrolife Group, Valencia, Spain
PW 8.11 (347) Non-canonically imprinted LTRs confer new gene function to parent-of-origin symmetrically regulated transcripts
Christian Belton1, Vicente Perez-Garcia2, Gavin Kelsey1
1Babraham Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom. 2Príncipe Felipe Research Centre Foundation, Valencia, Spain
PW 8.12 (69) Effects of Ocimum gratissimum leaf extract on penile erectogenic properties in wistar rats with dexamethasone-induced metabolic syndrome
Seyyid Shittu, Zainab Aigoro, Shehu-Tijani Shittu, Yinusa Raji
University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
PW 8.13 (240) Discrepancies between self-perceived and diagnosed cases of perimenopause in the United Kingdom
Zoya Ali1, Tharni Vasavan1, Lucinda Lawrie1, Natalie Getreu1,2, Helen. C. O’Neill1,2
1Hertility Health Limited, London, United Kingdom. 2EGA Institute for Women’s Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
PW 8.14 (17) The effect of storage and use on HEPES buffered culture medium
Lauren Powis, Sophie Davies, Victoria Thomas, Charlotte Plow, Sarah Evans, Rebecca King, Paul Knaggs
Wales Fertility Institute, Neath Port Talbot, United Kingdom
PW 8.15 (279) Planning and outcomes of egg sharing to research
Geraldine Hartshorne1,2, Deborah Taylor2, Eunice Mshengu2, Jade Savage2, Cerys Currie1, Aleksandra Byrska1, Andrew McAinsh1
1University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom. 2University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, United Kingdom
PW 8.16 (33) The use of socioeconomic deprivation as an explanation for variation in IVF success rates between clinics
Alison Richardson1, Jennifer Tamblyn2,3, Tom Bamford4, Adam Balen2,3
1Care Fertility, Northampton, United Kingdom. 2Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom. 3Care Fertility, Leeds, United Kingdom. 4Care Fertility, Manchester, United Kingdom
PW 8.17 (194) From paper to pixels: exploring the potentials of electronic lab notebooks for reproductive research
Hoi Chi Kwan, Suzannah Williams
University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
PW 8.18 (289) Investigating Autoimmunity in the Etiology of Premature Ovarian Insufficiency in a Mouse Model
Nilay Kuscu1, Ruth Appeltant1,2, Sergej Petrovic3, Suzannah Williams1
1University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom. 2University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium. 3University of Oxford, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
PW 8.19 (360) Frozen Embryo Replacement – Where are we now?
Siewchee Wong
TFP Nurture, Nottingham, United Kingdom. University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Posters on-demand
Assisted conception
11 Recurrent implantation failure following euploid blastocyst transfers; if three is the magic number, what about the fourth?
Efstathios Theodorou, Elpiniki Chronopoulou, Ozkan Ozturk, Paul Serhal, Jara Ben-Nagi
The Centre for Reproductive and Genetic Health, London, United Kingdom
15 Should IUI replace IVF as first-line treatment for unexplained infertility?
Hamza Ikhlaq1, Jessica Man1, Anne Parker1, Sophie Broughton1,2, Mausumi Das3
1Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. 2University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom. 3Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
27 Recurrent implantation failure (RIF)
Lucy Barnstaple
University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
43 Management of triplet pregnancy complicated with twin reverse arterial perfusion (TRAP) syndrome following IUI
Nadia Islam
East Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Trust, Burnley, United Kingdom
107 Impact of male age on ICSI outcomes
Ellen Tucker1, Sophie Jewitt2, Ian Aird2
1University of Newcastle, Newcastle, United Kingdom. 2Gateshead Fertility, Gateshead, United Kingdom
111 Impact of male follicle stimulating hormone on intracytoplasmic sperm injection outcomes using surgically retrieved sperm
Keerthana Ayyappan1, Mariano Mascarenhas2, Vanessa Kay1
1University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom. 2Care Fertility, Leeds, United Kingdom
131 Reproductive outcomes for frozen embryo transfer at cleavage- vs blastocyst-stage: A retrospective study
Renata Finelli1, Mario Terribile1, Easwarya Thavarajah1, Christina Patinioti1, Kristian Leisegang2, Martin Wilding1, Geeta Nargund1
1Create Fertility, London, United Kingdom. 2School of Natural Medicine, University of Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
148 Discrepancies in upper Body Mass Index (BMI) IVF treatment eligibility limits across UK clinics and international borders with implications for access to fertility services for women in particular
Maria Banti1, Ahmed Amer2,3, Lynae M Brayboy4, Anna Collins5, Maximillian von Raven4, Ramkumar Ganesan5, Lisa Stradiotto6, Rami Wakim6, Felicia von Reden4, Sina Shahandeh5, Cristina Hickman6,2
1Myfertility, London, United Kingdom. 2Ovom, London, United Kingdom. 3MyFertility, London, United Kingdom. 4Ovom, Berlin, Germany. 5Ovom, Berlin, Germany. 6Avenues, London, United Kingdom
200 Is timing really everything? The effect of post-warm culture duration and blastocyst re-expansion prior to frozen embryo transfer
Rachel Jimminson, Shreena Tailor, Maria Vourliotis, Paula Almeida
The Fertility Centre, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, United Kingdom
219 Cervico-vaginal mucus as a fertile window biomarker: a large-scale study
Devika Nair1,2, Chloe He3,2, Koza Kurumlu2, Céline Jacques4, Timothy Ferrand4, Cristina Hickman1,2
1Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. 2Apricity, London, United Kingdom. 3University College London, London, United Kingdom. 4Apricity, Paris, France
254 Understanding experiences of at-home insemination
Tiia Meuronen, Kim Christiansen, Hannah Allen
Béa Fertility, London, United Kingdom
257 The use of thaw biopsy refreeze to minimise the number of transfers to reach live birth
Easwarya Thavarajah, Mario Terrible, Martin Wilding, Cristina Buccaria
Create Fertility, London, United Kingdom
263 Validation of an artificial intelligence tool for detecting the fertile window with cervico-vaginal mucus
Devika Nair1,2, Chloe He3,2, Koza Kurumlu2, Luis Sancho4, Céline Jacques4, Timothy Ferrand4, Cristina Hickman1,2
1Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. 2Apricity, London, United Kingdom. 3University College London, London, United Kingdom. 4Apricity, Paris, France
292 An investigation into the suitability of AMH and AFC as biomarkers for ovarian reserve
Alexandra Denholm1, Alka Prakash2, Tulay Karasy2
1University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom. 2Cambridge University Hospitals, Cambridge, United Kingdom
336 Effectiveness of ultrasound guided embryo transfer
Yusuf Beebeejaun1,2,3, Timothy Copeland4, Ippokratis Sarris1, James Duffy5,3
1King’s Fertility, London, United Kingdom. 2Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. 3Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, London, United Kingdom. 4Univertsity of California, Los Angeles, USA. 5Centre for Reproductive Medicine, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom
337 Examining the ethical and legal implications of artificial intelligence in reproductive medicine and surgery
Yusuf Beebeejaun1,2,3, James M.N. Duffy4,5,3, on behalf of REPROTECT: Reproductive Medicine Artificial Intelligence Policy and Ethics Taskforce2,4
1King’s Fertility, London, United Kingdom. 2Clinical Operations, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. 3Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom. 4Digital Health Leadership Programme, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. 5Centre for Reproductive Medicine, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom
345 Comparative analysis of artificial intelligence, patient information leaflets, and healthcare professional advice addressing commonly asked questions regarding the diagnosis and management of infertility
Yusuf Beebeejaun1,2,3, James M.N. Duffy4,5,3, on behalf of AI-REPROTECH: AI Enabled Reproductive Technology Collaborative2,4
1King’s Fertility, London, United Kingdom. 2Clinical Operations, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. 3Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom. 4Digital Health Leadership Programme, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. 5Centre for Reproductive Medicine, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Endocrinology
102 Subclinical hypothyroidism and IVF outcomes
Sophie Walter1, Rima Dhillon-Smith2
1Birmingham Women’s Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom. 2University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
158 Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome without Gonadotrophin Stimulation
Sarah Petch, Andrew Downey, Cathy Allen, Renato Bauman, David Crosby
Merrion Fertility Clinic, Dublin, Ireland
165 Semaglutide- a novel agent for preconception fertility treatment? A narrative review
Anurag Markande1, Lorraine Kasaven2, Timothy Bracewell-Milnes2, Yau Thum2, James Nicopoullos2, Benjamin Jones2,3
1Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital, London, United Kingdom. 2Lister Fertility Clinic, London, United Kingdom. 3Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Fertilisation and embryo
48 Assessment of stimulation protocol’s effect on embryo quality and clinical outcome and how artificial intelligence (AI) might help monitor different clinical practices
Shabana Sayed1, Arne Schwennicke2, Jon Hausken1, Alexa Zepeda3, Cristina Hickman4
1Klinikk Hausken, Haugesund, Norway. 2Klinikk Hausken, Stavanger, Norway. 3Fairtility, Rotterdam, Netherlands. 4Fairtility, London, United Kingdom
99 Validation of two different artificial intelligence algorithms for embryo selection
Andrew Thomson1,2, Hannah Coffey1,2
1CRGW, Llantrisant, United Kingdom. 2Avenues.Life, London, United Kingdom
185 Comparing the efficacy and efficiency of manual embryo annotations against the Vitrolife Guided Annotation™ tool, in the clinical embryology setting
Amber Adamson, Rachel Gregoire
Liverpool Womens Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom
245 AI and manually annotated biomarkers associated with blastulation and live birth (LB) outcome
Katherine Gail Aldaba1, Cristina Hickman2, Alexa Zepeda2
1Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. 2Fairtility, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
249 A systematic literature review and meta-analysis to identify time-lapse biomarkers associated with live birth (LB) outcome
Katherine Gail Aldaba1, Cristina Hickman2, Alexa Zepeda2
1Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. 2Fairtility, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
325 Service evaluation project to reduce IVF abnormal fertilisation rate using the plan, do, study, act cycle for quality improvement
Jasmine Davies1, Emma Woodland1, Michael Carroll2
1Salisbury Fertility Centre, Salisbury, United Kingdom. 2Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom
342 Preimplantation Genetic Testing for Aneuploidy (PGT-A) in in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment: results of the pilot phase of a randomised controlled trial
Yusuf Beebeejaun1,2,3, Anastasia Mania1, Ippokratis Sarris1, Sesh Sunkara1,3
1King’s Fertility, London, United Kingdom. 2Clinical Operations, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. 3Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
343 Utilisation of mono-pronuclear (1PN) derived embryos
Philip Milne, Sarah Martins Da Silva, George Hughes
NHS Tayside, Dundee, United Kingdom
Oocytes and ovary
22 Transcriptome analysis of ovine oocytes throughout oogenesis
Jianping Lu1, Chutima Topipat1, David Iles2, Paul McKeegan1, John Huntriss1, Helen Picton1
1Reproduction and Early Development Research Group, Discovery and Translational Science Department, Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, Leeds, United Kingdom. 2OMICS LTD, The Old Bakehouse, Spring Gardens, Wincheap, Canterbury CT1 3RS, Canterbury, United Kingdom
310 An incidental finding of bilateral ovarian luteinising thecomas with encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis
Danai Balfoussia, Jennifer Barcroft, Tom Bourne, Sotirios Saravelos, Raj Rai, Monica Mittal, Joseph Yazbek
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
Other
82 Exploring Stress-Mediated Menstrual Irregularities: Analysis of 1.7 Million Cycles
Celine JACQUES1, Timothy FERRAND1, Luis SANCHO1, Chloe He2,3, Cristina HICKMAN4
1Apricity, Paris, France. 2Apricity, London, United Kingdom. 3UCL, London, United Kingdom. 4Imperial, London, United Kingdom
181 Beyond borders: validating oocyte collection predictions across international centers
Timothy Ferrand1, Céline Jacques1, Chloe He2, Thomas Fréour3, Arnaud Reignier3, Zuzanna Golebiewska4, Jonathan Koslover4
1Apricity, Paris, France. 2Apricity, London, United Kingdom. 3CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France. 4Manchester Fertility, Manchester, United Kingdom
212 Implementing an electronic system for consumable tracking (RI Witness™) in an IVF laboratory
Hannah Kennedy, Corrina Gibbons, Paul Wilson
Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Bristol, United Kingdom
244 Exploring Perimenopausal Experiences: A Cross-sectional Analysis of Symptoms among Users of an Online Health Assessment tool in the United Kingdom
Zoya Ali1, Lucinda Lawrie1, Tharni Vasavan1, Natalie Getreu1,2, Helen.C. O'Neill1,2
1Hertility Health Ltd, London, United Kingdom. 2EGA Institute for Women’s Health, London, United Kingdom
281 In low resource times of present day NHS, do we need follicular monitoring with Letrozole for Ovulation Induction?
Soumendra Nallapeta, Vinita Tyagi, Ishita Satija
Airedale General Hospital, Keighley, United Kingdom
317 Investigating the Functional Relevance of LTRs and Non-canonical Imprinting in Mouse Trophoblast Stem Cells
Carmen Jones
Babraham Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom
358 Publicly funded fertility services in Ireland; how best to direct resources in a developing service
Sorca O Brien1,2,3, Louise Glover1,4,3, David Crosby1,2,3, Mary Wingfield1,4,3
1Merrion Fertility Clinic, Dublin, Ireland. 2National Maternity Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. 3University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. 4Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
361 An online survey investigating attitudes towards fertility preservation in women with Endometriosis
Madeleine Hardy1, Vidya Seshadri2, Carla Cressy3
1 St Michael’s Hospital, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston, Bristol, United Kingdom. 2Centre for Reproductive and Genetic Health, Great Portland Street, London, United Kingdom. 3The Endometriosis Foundation, London, United Kingdom
Psychosocial
65 Patient support, counselling, and decision-making in non-euploid embryo transfer: a global survey
Kassie Akompey1, Jacqueline Nicholls1, Sioban SenGupta1, Xavier Vinals-Gonzalez1,2
1University College London, London, United Kingdom. 2Aria Fertility, London, United Kingdom
70 (Mis)conceptions: engaging with the psychosocial experience of pregnancy ambiguity
Isabel Davis, Anna Burel, Anya Gleizer
Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom
89 Knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of university students concerning egg freezing for social feasons
Natasya Salma Aulia1, Aprillia Asthasari Siregar2, Mila Maidarti2, Budi Wiweko2, Achmad Kemal Harzif2
1Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia. 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia, Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia
139 Traditional, complementary and alternative medicines in the treatment of ejaculatory disorders: A systematic review
Kristian Leisegang1, Chinyerum Opuwari1, Faith Moichela1, Renata Finelli2
1University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa. 2Create Fertility, London, United Kingdom
150 Evaluating the impact of menstrual mental health (MMH) issues in female academics
Pooja Khurana1, Lynsay Matthews2
1Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA), Brussels, Belgium. 2The University of the West of Scotland, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Sperm and testes
40 Human cytomegalovirus serostatus in Danish sperm donors
Maja Døvling Kaspersen Fedder1, Nanna Humle2
1Born Denmark, Aarhus, Denmark. 2Born Aalborg, Aalborg, Denmark
53 A retrospective study of IVF and ICSI outcomes following DNA fragmentation testing (COMET) performed at an Irish clinic between June 2022 and August 2023
Jorgelina Razeto
Repromed Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
268 A comparison of abnormal and normal sperm morphology on fertilisation rates after IVF
Hollie Smith1, Luke Rushbrook1, Lyndsey Zujovic2, Vicky Bateman1
1Nurture Fertility, Nottingham, United Kingdom. 2The Fertility Partnership, Nottingham, United Kingdom
306 Is there a difference in pregnancy outcome in women having IVF/ICSI with donor sperm whether they are single or in a same sex or heterosexual relationship? Analysis of 2526 fresh cycles from UK’s national database
Adrija Kumar Datta1, Deepali Dhingra1, Stuart Campbell2, Geeta Nargund2
1CREATE Fertility, Birmingham, United Kingdom. 2CREATE Fertility, London, United Kingdom
318 Effect of cold water therapy on male fertility
Rachel Roberts1, Lorraine Kasaven2, Timothy Bracewell Milnes3,2, Yau Thum3,2, James Nicopoullos3,2, Benjamin Jones3,2
1The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom. 2Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. 3Lister Fertility Clinic, London, United Kingdom
Uterus
365 A descriptive analysis of female organ donors over the last 20 years - assessing the potential number of deceased uterus transplant donors across the UK
Saaliha Vali1,2, Benjamin Jones2,3, Srdjan Saso2,3, Isabel Quiroga4,2, J. Richard Smith2,3
1Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. 2Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom. 3Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. 4Oxford Transplant Unit, Churchill Hospital, Oxford University NHS Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom