Seminar “Endocrine-disrupting chemicals – female reproduction and embryo development”
The Centre for Reproductive Biology in Uppsala and Swetox invites to a seminar on Endocrine-disrupting chemicals – female reproduction and embryo development in Uppsala, Sweden 10th of March.
When:10th of March 2016
Where: Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala, Ekmansalen 9.30-16.00
Register before 2016-02-18, to: anette.forsberg@slu.se
For more information, contact: cecilia.berg@ebc.uu.se
Programme
09.30 – 10.00 Registration and coffee
10.00 – 10.10 Welcome and presentation of CRU Cecilia Berg, CRU
10.10 – 10.30 Swetox – a unique center for CHHEEN research Åke Bergman, Swetox
10.30 – 10.45 Prenatal exposure for perfluorinated compounds (PFAS) and its relation to birth weight in 2,000 children in the SELMA study Carl-Gustav Bornehag, MixRISK project, Swetox
10.50 – 11.05 PFAS exposure in mothers and children from the POPUP-study in Uppsala Irina Gyllenhammar, National Food Agency, Sweden
11.10 – 11.25 Wild mink as a sentinel species: associations between the reproductive organs and levels of pollutants Sara Persson, SLU
LUNCH
13.00 – 13.15 The frog as a model to investigate developmental reproductive toxicity Cecilia Berg, Uppsala University
13.20 – 13.35 Thyroid disruption by chemicals present in indoor dust Gunnar Carlsson, SLU
13.40 – 13.55 Is Wnt signaling a target for EDCs?: preliminary results from the MixRISK project Maria Jönsson, Uppsala University
14.00 – 14.15 Epigenetic effects of EDCs – underlying mechanisms and implications for development and beyond Joelle Ruegg, Swetox
14.20 – 14.50 Coffee break
14.50 – 15.05 In vitro models for ovarian toxicity – help from human ovarian tissue culture? Pauliina Damdimopoulou, Swetox
15.10 – 15.25 In vitro production of bovine embryos as a toxicological model: the impact of pollutants on oocyte quality Ylva Sjunnesson/ Sara Persson, SLU
15.30 – 15.45 Effects of EDCs in a human in vitro model for endometrial receptivity Matts Olovsson, Uppsala University Hospital
15.50 – 16.00 Reflection on EDCs, female reproduction and embryo development Åke Bergman, Swetox
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