THE INAUGURAL CONFERENCE 2019

ISRG will: (a) hold international symposia and conferences to facilitate the sharing of up-to-date research findings and clinical experiences in reproductive genetics; (b) provide professionals in reproductive genetics opportunities to learn and master the state-of-the-art techniques with professional training and seminars; (c) establish standards for the ethics, safety and quality of medical practice in the fields of reproductive genetics; (d) collaborate with regional and international organizations to promote communication and collaboration in scientific research, technology development, clinical practice and education pertinent to reproductive genetics.

CHAIRPERSONS OF 2019 ISRG BEIJING CONFERENCE

2019 ISRG Conference is co-chaired by Jie Qiao of Peking University Third Hospital and Xiaoliang Sunney Xie of Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Genomics at Peking University (ICG).

2019 ISRG CONFERENCE COMMITTEE MEMBERS (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Alan Handyside, Alan Thornhill, Dennis Lo, Ge Lin, Hefeng Huang, James P. Lin, Jie Qiao, Shijia Lu, Taosheng Huang, Xiaoliang Sunney Xie, Yanping Kuang, Yiping Shen, Zhihong Yang

The Conference is mainly sponsored by ICG, Peking University and Peking University Third Hospital.

MAIN CONFERENCE TOPICS (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Biomarkers for preeclampsia

Biomarkers for preterm birth

Endometrium receptivity

Epigenetics in embryo development

Extracellular vesicles

Fetal cells in maternal blood

Genetic causes of infertility

Genetics in premature birth

Genome editing

Mitochondria in reproductive medicine

Molecular biology of human gametogenesis and embryogenesis

Noninvasive chromosome testing (NICT)

Noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT)

Pathogenicity assessment of genomic variants

Preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy (PGT-A)

Preimplantation genetic testing for monogenic disorders (PGT-M)

Preimplantation genetic testing for structural chromosome abnormalities (PGT-SC)

Proteomics and metabolomics-based biomarkers

Single cell genomics

Stem cells and artificial gametes

More topics will be announced later.

PLENARY SPEAKERS (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Alan Handyside

Carlos Simon

Dennis Lo

Jie Qiao

Xiaoliang Sunney Xie

More speakers will be announced later.

ABSTRACT DEADLINE

Participates are encouraged to submit abstracts for contributed oral and/or poster presentations. The deadline for the abstract submission will be July 15th, 2019.

PRE-CONFERENCE TRAINING COURSES

Pre-conference training courses will be provided on Friday, October 25, 2019 by Jie Qiao and Sijia Lu at the conference venue.

EXHIBITIONERS AND SPONSORS

Exhibition booths and industry sessions will be available for companies and organizations upon request and approval. By sponsoring the inaugural 2019 ISRG Beijing Conference, you will be joining the advancement of reproductive medicine and genetics and contributing to the health of future generations. We sincerely invite you to join us to launch the ISRG’s inaugural conference.

Contact: Secretary of ISRG Beijing Conference Committee

isrg@bioipic.pku.edu.cn