Registration and Welcome Reception at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Live Sciences
Registration
Opening remarks (Prof. dr hab. D. Skarżyński, Prof. dr hab. Wojciech Niżański)
Session I: Formation of the CL and maintenance of luteal function
Moderator 1: Agnieszka Rak (Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland)
Moderator 2: Mariusz Kowalewski (Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland)
Moderator 2: Mariusz Kowalewski (Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland)
Lectures:
Agnieszka Rak: “A new perspective on the regulation of corpus luteum: expression and role of visfatin (NAMPT) on luteal transcriptome, proteome and functioning”
Mariusz Kowalewski “Targeted and Global Insights into the Regulation of CL Function in the Dog”
Short oral presentations:
Vijay Simha Baddela “Single-cell reconstruction of the bovine corpus luteum”
Karolina Pich “Comparative analysis of expression of omentin-1 in porcine ovarian follicles vs corpus luteum and it’s in vitro effects on proliferation, apoptosis and steroidogenesis”
Coffee break
Session II: Regression of CL function and luteal dysfunctions
Moderator 1: Camilla Hughes (Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture Sciences, University Park, PA, USA)
Moderator 2: Sławomir Wołczyński (Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland)
Moderator 2: Sławomir Wołczyński (Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland)
Lectures:
Camilla Hughes “Luteal responsiveness to prostaglandin F2: from development to regression”
Sławomir Wołczyński “Luteal phase defect in women”
Short oral presentations:
Ewa Młyczyńska “Phoenixin-14 modulates angiogenesis, cell proliferation, and apoptosis in porcine corpus luteum”
Muhittin Tekin “Effect of heat stress on the mRNA expression in the corpus luteum of dairy cows”
Marvin Hölper “Corpus luteum diagnostic via ultrasound – A viable tool for treatment decisions in Ovsynch protocols”
Lunch break
Ceremonial session at the Collegium Anatomicum, Medical University of Wrocław
Official opening ceremony:
prof. Piotr Ponikowski – Rector of Medical University of Wroclaw
prof. Krzysztof Kubiak – Rector of Wroclaw University of Environmental and Live Sciences
prof. Bernd Hoffman – Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
prof. Jan Twardon – Wroclaw University of Environmental and Live Sciences
Plenary lecture: John Davis: Control of Luteal Function by Luteinizing Hormone: Insights into multi-organelle control of steroidogenesis (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United States)
Bernd Hoffmann “Dr Ludwig-Fraenkel – spiritus rector on the early progesterone research”
Tomasz Fuchs “Progestagens in current human reproductive medicine” (Wrocław Medical University, Poland)
Malgorzata Ochota “Progestagens in current veterinary reproductive medicine” (Wroclaw University of Environmental and Live Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland )
Coffee break
Visiting Medical University of Wroclaw
- Anatomical Museum & Old Library of Department of Human Morphology and Embryology – prof. Marek Syrycki
- Place where Dr Fraenkel and Dr Slota worked to discover and characterize progesterone (former Dep. of Gynecology and Obstetrics) – prof. Tomasz Fuchs
Plenary lecture: prof. Milo Wiltbank (Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA)
Coffee break
Session III: Ovarian-oviductal-uterine interactions during the estrous cycle and early pregnancy
Moderator 1: Dimitrios Rizos (Dept. of Animal Reproduction, INIA-CSIC, Madrid, Spain)
Moderator 2: Graca M. Ferreira-Dias (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Lisbon University, Lisbon. Portugal)
Moderator 2: Graca M. Ferreira-Dias (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Lisbon University, Lisbon. Portugal)
Lectures:
Dimitrios Rizos “Current insights into Preimplantation Embryo-Maternal Communication in Cows”
Graca M. Ferreira-Dias “Mare endometrium disorders: Inflammation, Fibrosis, and Therapeutic approaches”
Short oral presentations:
Saumya Gunasekara “Determination of Porcine Follicular Fluid Extracellular Vesicles Effect on Boar Spermatozoa Survival In Vitro”
Edith Maria Habich “Relationship between the epithelial immune response in the uterus and oviduct in postpartum dairy cows”
Poster session / Coffee break
Lunch
Session IV: Etiology and pathogenesis of uterine disorders
Moderator 1: Fidel Ovidio Castro (Animal Biotechnology Lab at University of Concepción, Chile)
Moderator 2: Anna Z. Szóstek-Mioduchowska (Department of Reproductive Immunology and Pathology, IAR&FR PAS Olsztyn)
Moderator 2: Anna Z. Szóstek-Mioduchowska (Department of Reproductive Immunology and Pathology, IAR&FR PAS Olsztyn)
Lectures:
Fidel Ovidio Castro “The impact of TGFβ1, mesenchymal stem cells, and extracellular vesicles on equine in vitro endometrial fibrosis models”
Anna Z. Szóstek-Mioduchowska “Fibroblasts as key regulators of endometrial fibrosis in the mare: insights from transcriptomic and functional analysis”
Coffee break
Short oral presentations:
Lei Xie “Transcriptomic landscapes of the endometrium in dairy cows with clinical or subclinical endometritis”
Joana Alpoim-Moreira “The effect of the demethylating agent decitabine on collagen expression in mare endometrial fibroblasts treated with elastase”
Natacha Murderspach “Mapping of the plasma and endometrial proteome of mares with healthy and fibrotic endometria”
Agnieszka Sadowska “The potential role of IL-17 in the processes associated with the development of endometrosis”
Gala dinner – at the cruise on Odra River
Plenary lecture: Stephen LeBlanc “Metabolic and reproductive health in dairy cows” (Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada)
Coffee break
Session V: New diagnostic tools of uterine disorders in farm animals
Moderator 1: Tal Raz (Jerusalem Hebrew Univ. Rehovot, Israel)
Moderator 2: Mette Christoffersen (University of Copenhagen, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences; Copenhagen, Dennmark)
Moderator 2: Mette Christoffersen (University of Copenhagen, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences; Copenhagen, Dennmark)
Lectures:
Tal Raz “Metagenetics of the female reproductive tract: opportunities, challenges, and lessons learned”
Mette Christoffersen “Update on diagnostic procedures for equine endometritis”
Coffee break
Short oral presentations:
Muhammad Hussnain Rashid “Functional metagenomics of endometrial cytology samples from dairy cows diagnosed with clinical or subclinical endometritis”
Laura Vanina Madoz “Comparative analysis of antimicrobial resistance through whole genome sequencing in healthy and metritic cows and their environmentv”
Pritt Karis: “The association of cytological endometritis with insulin resistance and gene expression in adipose tissue in transition dairy cows”
Lunch
Session VI: Therapy of uterine disorders in farm animals
Moderator 1: Igor Canisso (College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA)
Moderator 2: Geert Opsomer (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium)
Moderator 2: Geert Opsomer (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium)
Lectures:
Dr Igor Canisso
Prof. Geert Opsomer “New insights in the treatment and control of postpartum uterine disease in high-yielding dairy cows”
Coffee break
Short oral presentations:
Rodolfo Luzbel de la Sota “The addition of meloxicam to the treatment of clinical and subclinical mastitis improved the cure rate and fertility in dairy cows in Ecuador”
Ahmet Cihad Gok “Mechanisms regulating the protection of mammalian cells against damage caused by cholesterol-dependent cytolysins from pathogenic bacteria”
Marta Marcinek “Antimicrobial effects of cold plasma-activated solutions against selected bacteria causing endometritis in mares: an in vitro preliminary study”