Day 1 – Saturday, April 12th
13:00 – 14:00 Registrations and Welcome at De Ruwenberg with
packed lunch
14:00 – 14:15 Opening remarks
Chairs: Daniel Marcu, Anđela Kovačević & Mathangi Lakshmipathi
14:15 – 15:00 Plenary session 1: Science without borders: a personal journey through the germline
Dr. Geert Hamer, Amsterdam UMC, the Netherlands
Chairs: Daniel Marcu & Emily Delgouffe
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 – 16:15 Plenary session 2: Sperm chromatin as a source of paternal
epigenetic information: where DNA and proteins meet
Judit Castillo Corullón, University of Barcelona, Spain
Chairs: Juan Manuel Paturlanne & Anđela Kovačević
16:15 – 16:45 NYRA Speed dating
16:45 – 18:00 Scientific debate
19:00 Dinner in the hostel restaurant & Trivia night
Day 2 – Sunday, April 13th
08:00 – 09:00 Breakfast
09:00 – 09:45 Plenary Session 3: From Capacitation to Contraception: Reflections on my First Ten Years in Reproductive Research
Dr. Elizabeth Bromfield, University of Melbourne, Australia
Chairs: Alberto de la Iglesia & Gülizar Saritas
09:45 – 10:30 Plenary Session 4: Decisive moments – Exploring the sex-specific development of human fetal gonads
Dr. Anne Jørgensen, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Denmark
Chairs: Emily Delgouffe & Juan Manuel Paturlanne
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 11:45 Plenary Session 5: ESCRTing signals from stem cells to their niche
Dr. Erika Matunis, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, USA
Chairs: Daniel Marcu & Mathangi Lakshmipathi
11:45 – 12:00 Closing remarks
Chairs: Mathangi Lakshmipathi & Anđela Kovačević
12:00 – 13:00 Packed lunch and group photo