Description:

Our lab courses provide high-quality translational research training for students, postdoctoral fellows, and other trainees with the opportunity to isolate ovarian follicles, encapsulate follicles in a 3D biomaterial matrix, and optimize in vitro follicle culture. The curriculum has become the template for a folliculogenesis and in vitro follicle growth laboratory that is taught annually at the Frontiers in Reproduction (FIR) at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA. Since 2011, more than 35 researchers and clinicians have gained hands-on experience from this course.

Lab Course: Investigational Techniques in Fertility Preservation

The training includes the following:

Welcome & Overview
Ovarian and Testicular Tissue Cryopreservation and Processing
In Vitro Follicle Growth
In Vitro Maturation

Lab courses are held each year at Northwestern University in Chicago, IL. This lab course will be held in conjunction with the 2014 Oncofertility Conference (September 22-23, 2014) in Chicago, Illinois.

The $35 fee for the course covers supplies, lab materials, and lunch for attendees.