The 5th World Congress of Reproductive Biology

Invited Speakers

Plenary Speakers

SSR Professor Wei Yan University of California, Los Angeles Hunting for the true mediators of inter-/transgenerational epigenetic inheritance

CSRB Professor Shaorong Gao Tongji University, China Epigenetic regulation of early embryo development and somatic cell reprogramming

KSARB Professor Myung-Geol Pang Chung-Ang University, Korea Defining male fertility in the era of Genomics

SRB Dr. Shafiq Syed The University of Newcastle, Australia Endometrial Stem Cells in Reproductive Diseases and Aging

SRD Professor Takeshi Osawa University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan Reproductive tract disorders of periparturient cows

SRF Professor Philippa Saunders The University of Edinburgh/ The Queen's Medical Research Institute, UK Sex steroids and the endometrium: dynamics and disorders

TSAR Dr. Anucha Sathanawongs Chiang Mai University, Thailand Biomarkers for Sperm Freezability Detection (OMICS technology) in Domestic Animals

Invited Speakers in Concurrent Sessions

Professor Bin Cao Xiamen University, China Divergent roles of endogenous retroviruses in human trophoblast Stem cell

Professor Lijun Ding Nanjing University, China Stem cells for repairing the severe endometrial injury

Professor Jeong Tae Do Konkuk University, Korea Gene expression signatures and energy metabolism in three types of blastocyst-derived stem cells

Professor Binqing Fu University of Science and Technology, China Decidual natural killer cells and their roles at maternal-fetal interface

Professor Fan Guo Institute of Zoology, CAS, China Dynamics of DNA hydroxymethylation and methylation during mouse embryonic and germline development

Professor Jingtao Guo Institute of Zoology, CAS, China Human testis development, aging and male infertility

Professor Xuejiang Guo Nanjing Medical University, China Complex protein regulation in sperm formation

Professor Chunsheng Han Institute of Zoology, CAS, China Gene Regulation of Meiosis In Spermatogenesis

Professor Yihua He Beijing An Zhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, China Cardiac Development Disorder Of Pathogenic Mutations And Mechanism

Professor Zhibin Hu Nanjing Medical University, China Construction of China National Birth Cohort: the Aim and Design

Dr. Karla Hutt Monash University, Australia Protecting the ovary from damage to preserve fertility and endocrine health

Dr. Kimiko Inoue Bioresource Research Center, RIKEN, Japan Elucidation of imprinted genes responsible for hyperplasia in somatic cell nuclear transferred placentas

Professor Li Jin Fudan University, China Risk of cardiovascular disease in women with PCOS and their offspring

Prof. Myoung Ok Kim KyungPook National University, Korea Effect of particulate matters in embryo development

Professor Shuangbo Kong Xiamen University, China Roadmap to Uterine Receptivity-regulation through the Estrogen and Progesterone Signal

Professor Il-Keun Kong Gyeongsang National University(GNU), Korea Genetic Improvement of Elite Hanwoo by OPU & Frozen Embryo Transfer for Industrialization

Professor T. Rajendra Kumar University of Colorado, USA Mouse models to study evolution of gonadotropin secretion patterns

Prof. Woo Sung Kwon Kyungpook National University, Korea Risk Profiling for Pesticides Induced Reproductive Toxicity

Professor Chao-Jun Li Nanjing Medical University, China Functional differentiation of luminal epithelial cells regulated by maternal and embryonic signaling and its relationship with receptivity establishment

Professor Rong Li Peking University Third Hospital, China Uncovering PCOS: A Global Perspective on Prevalence, Disorders, Genetics, and Future Strategies

Professor Wei Li Guangzhou Medical University, China CCDC176 stabilizes microtubule doublets 1 and 9 to ensure proper sperm movement

Professor Wei Li Beijing Children’s Hospital, Capital Medical University, China Genetics and Pathogenesis of Albinism and Its Translation to Prenatal Diagnosis

Professor Chao-Po Lin ShanghaiTech University, China Modeling human ectopic pregnancies with trophoblast and vascular organoids

Professor Jian-Meng Liu Peking University Institute of Reproductive and Child Health, China Cesarean delivery and its impacts on offspring health outcomes

Professor Mingxi Liu Nanjing Medical University, China Axonemal Non-Motor Movement Regulators and Asthenozoospermia

Professor Mengcheng Luo Wuhan University, China Spermatogenesis and male infertility

Professor Jingmei Ma Peking University First Hospital, China The diversity of trophoblast cells and niches of placenta accreta spectrum disorders revealed by single-cell RNA sequencing

Professor Mandi de Mestre Cornell University, NY, USA Integrating disciplines to unravel underlying causes of pregnancy loss in the mare

Professor Bruce Murphy Université de Montréal, Canada Orchestration of the establishment and depletion of the ovarian reserve: roles of the orphan nuclear receptors LRH-1 (Nr5a2) and SF-1 (Nr5a1)

Professor Shyh-Chang Ng Institute of Zoology, CAS, China A multi-tissue metabolome atlas reveals core signatures and critical nodes of metabolic reprogramming in female primates during pregnancy

Professor Yayoi Obata Tokyo University of Agriculture, Japan Rescue of oogenesis in congenitally infertile female mice using an in vitro culture system.

Professor Guangdun Peng Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, CAS, China Spatial and single-cell integrative analysis for embryo development

Professor Mick Rae Edinburgh Napier University, UK Metabolic Reproductive Syndrome: Prenatally programmed health in both sexes – different journeys to similar outcomes

Professor Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri University of Cambridge, UK Role of the placenta in linking maternal and fetal developmental physiology

Professor Qinghua Shi University of Science and Technology, China Molecular basis of meiotic defects in non-obstructive azoospermic patients

Dr. Jeremy Smith The University of Western Australia, Australia Kisspeptin neurons are central regulators of fertility - but also govern rhythms of metabolism, core temperature and activity

Professor Chun So National Institute of Biological Sciences, China Towards better eggs and embryos

Professor You-Qiang Su Shandong University, China RNA binding proteins in the control of maternal mRNA metabolism and oocyte development

Professor Satoshi Sugimura Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan Morphological dynamics of preimplantation embryos

Professor Qing-Yuan Sun Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, China How Ca2+ oscillations are initiated and sustained after sperm penetration into the oocyte?

Professor Tao Tan Kunming University of Science and Technology, China Ex utero embryogenesis of non-human primate embryos and beyond

Professor Chao Tong Chongqing Medical University, China The regulatory role of placenta in fetal growth

Dr. Takashi Umehara Hiroshima University, Japan The expressed genes from X chromosome in sperm alter sperm motility and provides a novel simple technology for sexing sperm

Professor Haoyi Wang Institute of Zoology, CAS, China X chromosome status in different human pluripotency

Professor Lei Wang Fudan University, China The genetic basis of abnormalities in human oocyte maturation, fertilization and embryonic development

Professor Qiang Wang Nanjing Medical University, China Increased mtDNA mutation frequency in oocytes causes epigenetic alterations and embryonic defects

Professor Yan-Ling Wang Institute of Zoology, CAS, China Regulation of human placental trophoblast cell fate by glucose metabolism

Professor Yang Xia Central South University, China Metaboinflammation and Autoimmunity in Preeclampsia

Professor Liying Yan Peking University Third Hospital, China Aneuploidy and mosaicism in human early embryos

Professor Leqian Yu Institute of Zoology, CAS, China Large-scale production of human blastoids amenable to modeling blastocyst development and maternal-fetal crosstalk

Professor Hua Zhang China Agricultural University, China Angiogenesis and vascular remodeling in adult ovary: from basic research to potential applications

Professor Ying Zhang Beijing Normal University, China Impacts of environmental exposure on pregnant outcome and offspring health

Professor Shigang Zhao Shandong University, China Polycystic ovary syndrome as a Metabolic Disease: An Update

Professor Ping Zheng Kunming Institue of Zoology(KIZ), Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Regulation of genomic stability in pluripotent cells to ensure embryogenesis

Professor Fan Zhou Tsinghua University, China Peri-implantation embryogenesis and regulation

Professor Zhi Zhou ShanghaiTech University, China Testicular microenvironment and men's health