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Upcoming Events
2/3-4/17
NILA Lab Leaders Forum
3/24-26/17
Andrology & Embryology Review Course
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Brand new to the program this year was the addition of roundtable discussions. Twelve roundtable leaders discussed their topics of interest on Thursday, May 15, following the CRB Business Meeting/Luncheon. Topics included:
Charles L. Bormann, Ph.D., HCLD(ABB) - Current Status of Time-lapse Imaging for Selecting Embryos
Gerard F. Celia Jr., Ph.D., HCLD/TS(ABB) - Trials of Off-site Laboratory Directing
Carli W. Chapman, ELD/TS(ABB) - Quality Essentials for the IVF Laboratory
Melanie Clemmer, Ph.D. - Naked and Afraid - Regulatory Surveillance for the Reproductive Laboratory
Don Evenson, Ph.D., HCLD/ALD/CC(ABB) - Sperm DNA Fragmentation as Related to Pregnancy Outcome and Toxicant Exposure
Marina Gvakharia, M.D., Ph.D., HCLD/ELD(ABB), MT(AAB) - Closed System Vitrification and Warming Using Cut Standard Straws
Sangita K. Jindal, Ph.D., HCLD(ABB) - Guidelines for Handling Infectious Patients in the IVF Lab
Devin J. Monahan - Novel, Cost-Effective Embryo Culture Systems
Zsolt Peter Nagy, Ph.D., HCLD/CC(ABB) - Practical Aspects of Efficient Vitrification
William E. Roudebush, Ph.D., HCLD/ELD/CC(ABB) - Improved IUI Pregnancy Outcomes via Enhancing Sperm Function with Platelet Activating Factor
David Walker, ELD/TS(ABB) - Incorporation of Time-Lapse Imaging (EmbryoScope™) into a Conventional Culture System
Ashley Wong, MS, TS(ABB) - The Practical Embryologist: Problem Solving in the IVF Laboratory