13.45 - 14.15 h

Opening Ceremony

Mª de Lourdes Pereira - Assistant Professor - University of Aveiro

Paulo Jorge Ferreira - Rector of the University of Aveiro

Henrique Cyrne de Carvalho - Director of ICBAS-UP

Mariana P. Monteiro - Director of UMIB - ICBAS-UP

Odete Cruz e Silva - Director of the Department of Medical Sciences, UA

Sónia Ventura, on behalf of Armando Silvestre - Director of the Chemistry Department, UA

Manuel Santos - Director of IBIMED, UA

João Rocha - Director of CICECO, UA

14.15 - 14.50 h
Ashok Agarwal, MD, PhD

Facts about the role of antioxidants in male infertility: an evidence based dialogue with researchers and clinical audience

14.50 - 15.25 h
Lúcia von Mengden Meirelles, MSc

Applications of anti-oxidants in vitro for improving oocyte maturation outcomes

15.25 - 15.40 h
Selected talk 1

• Astaxanthin relieves busulfan-induced apoptosis in cultured human spermatogonial stem cells by activating Nrf-2/HO-1 pathway
  Azita Afzali, Iran

15.40 - 15.55 h
Selected talk 2

• Impact of hyperoside supplementation on the quality of human sperm
  Mafalda Moreira, Portugal

15.55 - 16.10 h
Poster Session 1

• Relationship between vitamin D and female reproductive health: a systematic review
  Giovanna Safraid, Brazil

• Differential expression of seminal Nrf-2 and SOD1 in relation to oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) in oligozoospermic men: A pilot study
  Manesh Kumar Panner Selvam, USA

• Extracellular ATP levels alter the effects of congenital hypothyroidism in calcium influx and in oxidative stress parameters in immature rat testis
  Vitoria Hayduck Cenci, Brazil

• The all-trans retinoic acid presents antioxidant properties within human ovary and reduces progesterone production by human granulosa cells
  Bruno M. Fonseca, Portugal

• Mitochondrial dynamics markers and related signaling molecules are important regulators of spermatozoa number and functionality
  Isidora M. Starovlah, Serbia

16.15 - 16.50 h
Nuno Costa-Borges, PhD

Maternal spindle transfer as a novel technique to treat infertility associated to poor oocyte quality

16.50 - 17.25 h
Paolo Netti, PhD

Enabling technologies for improving precision in assisted procreation

17.25 - 17.40 h
Selected talk 3

• Positive Rheotaxis Extended Drop (PRED) technique improves blastocyst rate in patients with at least one failed ICSI cycle with low blastocyst rate - a pilot study
  Sayali Kandari, India

17.40 - 17.55 h
Selected talk 4

• Is FMR1 allelic score a useful biomarker for preferential X-chromosome inactivation in infertile females?
  Bárbara Rodrigues, Portugal

17.55 - 18.10 h
Poster Session 2

• Clusterin as a potential marker to evaluate sperm quality
  Jéssica Moreira, Portugal

• Arylsulfatase A (ARSA): a potential quality biomarker for sperm cryopreservation
  Pedro O. Corda, Portugal

• Activation of sirtuin pathway enhances human sperm capacitation status
  David Martín-Hidalgo, Spain

• Robertsonian translocation in infertility: a case report
  Catarina Pinto, Portugal

• Metal oxide nanoparticles affect spermatogonia: preliminary in vitro studies
  Mariana Vassal, Portugal

18.15 - 19.30 h

Novos desafios no tratamento da fertilidade

Cláudia Vieira, Associação Portuguesa de Fertilidade (APF)

Vladimiro Silva, PharmD, MSc - Ferticentro/Procriar

Vera Lúcia Raposo, Jurista

Luís Ferraz, MD, PhD - C.H.V.N.G.

Mariana P. Monteiro, MD, PhD - Endocrinologia Reprodutiva

9.00 - 9.35 h
Pedro F. Oliveira, PhD

Male fertility and insulin

9.35 - 10.10 h
Swathi Arur, PhD

Insulin signalling and oogenesis in C. elegans

10.10 - 10.25 h
Selected talk 5

• Human spermatozoa secrete insulin in a glucose-dependent manner
  David F. Carrageta, Portugal

10.25 - 10.40 h
Selected talk 6

• Mitochondrial Dynamics Markers are important regulators of Leydig cells and spermatozoa functionality
  Silvana Andric, Serbia

10.40 - 10.55 h
Poster Session 3

• Expression Profile of Mitochondrial Uncoupling Proteins (UCPs) in Human Sertoli cells
  Bruno Monteiro, Portugal

• Modulation of MCT4 trafficking by glucose levels – do Sertoli cells behave as Cancer cells?
  Rafaela A. Oliveira, Portugal

• Identification of the mRNA expression of Mitochondrial Uncoupling Proteins (UCPs) in Human Spermatozoa
  Laís Freire-Brito, Portugal

• Deficiency of the insulin-like growth factors signaling disturbs the androgen phenotype but increases aromatase activity in male mouse Leydig cells
  Sava Radovic Pletikosic, Serbia

11.00 - 11.35 h
Artur Mayerhofer, MD, PhD

Peritubular cells – a window into the (aging) human testis

11.35 - 12.10 h
Emídio Vale-Fernandes, MD, PhD

The decline of ovarian function from the reproduction perspective

12.10 - 12.25 h
Selected talk 7

• Cellular senescence and oxidative stress: relevance in age-related fertility loss
  Adriana Guerreiro, Portugal

12.25 - 12.40 h
Selected talk 8

• PCNA positive cells in the transitional distal segment of seminiferous tubule, tubuli recti and rete testis in Syrian hamster testes
  Vicente Seco Rovira, Spain

12.40 - 13.00 h
Poster Session 4

• COVID-19 and Fertility
  Samiya Khan, India

• Dysregulation of FSH and testosterone in mouse Sertoli cells: impact in glycerol permeability
  Bruno Lopes, Portugal

• Testicular "Inherited metabolic memory" of high-fat diet causes sperm defects up to grandsons
  Luís Crisóstomo, Portugal

• Transcriptional profiles of mitochondrial dynamics markers in human spermatozoa are associated with different types of spermiograms
  Tamara Tomanic, Serbia

• Transgenerational reproductive effects (F2) in male offspring mediated by F0 generation exposure to Benzo(A)pyrene from juvenile period to peripuberty in rats
  Julia Stein, Brazil

14.00 - 14.35 h
Prof. Ariane Zamoner

Environment and male fertility

14.35 - 15.10 h
Susana Loureiro, PhD

Integrating environmental and human monitoring: a case study of parental and pre-natal exposure to harmful substances in Aveiro region

15.10 - 15.25 h
Selected talk 9

• Sperm quality assessment in Ficopomatus enigmaticus (Fauvel, 1923): effects of selected organic and inorganic chemicals under salinity variations
  Alessia Cuccaro, Italy

15.25 - 15.40 h
Selected talk 10

• Benzo(a)pyrene exposure in peripubertal males: reproductive consequences in F1 and F2 generation female rats.
  Bárbara Jorge, Brazil

15.40 - 15.55 h
Poster Session 5

• Losartan does not prevent acute tubular damage in irradiated testes
  Maria Angélica Spadella, Brazil

• The phytocannabinoid Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol disturbs extravillous trophoblasts angiogenesis
  João Maia, Portugal

• Cannabidiol impact in human trophoblast cells migration/invasion
  Patrícia Alves, Portugal

• Technical-grade chlordane negatively impacts rat Sertoli cells physiology
  Bruno P. Moreira, Portugal

• Influence of in utero exposure to ondansetron: teratogenic effects and late repercussions on reproductive and behavioral parameters in male rats
  Ana Reis, Brazil

• Negative effects of the herbicide Round up® Ultra Plus in human spermatozoa are not mediated by its active ingredient glyphosate
  Mercedes Torres Badia, Spain

16.00 - 16.35 h
Prof. Erick Silva

Moving towards the “male pill”: protein-protein interactions in spermatozoa as targets for male contraception.

16.35 - 17.10 h
Margarida Fardilha, PhD

Targeting sperm motility as a male contraceptive strategy: disruption of protein phosphatase 1 complexes with bioportides

17.10 - 17.25 h
Selected talk 11

• Concanavalin A binding proteins of human seminal plasma: Understanding their role in male fertility/infertility
  Savita Yadav, India

17.25 - 17.40 h
Selected talk 12

• Factors influencing the use of IMPLANON as contraceptive.
  Manurachna Pathmanathan, Malaysia

17.40 - 18.00 h
Poster Session 6

• Sperm aquaglyceroporins as an important marker for human sperm motility
  João Ribeiro, Portugal

• CFTR and Estrogen modulates aquaglyceroporins in mouse Sertoli cells: implications to male fertility
  Raquel Bernardino, Portugal

• Identification of the seminal plasma protein SVS2 sequence required to interact with its binding partner EPPIN in mouse spermatozoa: an in vitro study
  Noemia Mariani, Brazil

• EPPIN antibodies mapping N-terminal and C-terminal sequences impair mouse sperm motility and fertilizing ability
  Alan Silva, Brazil

18.30 - 19.00 h

Award Ceremony

Erwin Goldberg Tribute