Season 3, Episode 1 - Photonics in reproduction
Updated: May 2
All the important links, repro news and guest bios from this month's episode
Guest
Dr Kylie Dunning
Dr Kylie Dunning leads the Reproductive Success team within the Robinson Research Institute and the School of Biomedicine.
Kylie is a reproductive biologist who aspires to use safe, cutting-edge, light-based technologies (also referred to as photonics) to better understand the biology that underpins successful development of the oocyte (egg) and early embryo. With one-in-six Australian couples struggling to start a family without medical intervention, Kylie is committed turning her laboratory discoveries into impact for these couples, engaging early and often with clinical experts to address the greatest clinical challenges.
Repro News
Fun Fact
Scientists produce mice with two fathers after making eggs from male cells
Upcoming conferences and abstract deadlines
Australian Reproduction Update
7th - 8th August 2023, Melbourne, Australia
Abstracts open until 2nd of June
https://mercyperinatal.com/event/australian-reproduction-update-2023
The 5th World Congress of Reproductive Biology
13th - 15th September 2023, Beijing, China
Abstracts open until 15th June
https://wcrb2023.medmeeting.org/en
The Fertility Society of Australia and NZ Annual Conference
3rd - 6th June 2023, Gold Coast, Australia
Registration open
https://www.fsanzconference.com/key-dates
Upcoming training
MerinoLink Sire Evaluation Field Day
2nd of June, Bathurst, Australia (following MerinoLink Conference 2023)
http://www.merinolink.com.au/conference2023/
Upcoming awards and grants
RV Short Medal and Lecture
Nominations close 15th May 2023
https://srf-reproduction.org/roger-short-medal-and-lecture/
SRF Marshall Medal, Distinguished Scientist (Anne McLaren) Award
and Emerging Investigator Award
Nominations close 15th May 2023
https://srf-reproduction.org/grants-awards/awards/
Nuffield Australia Scholarships
Applications due 9th June 2023
Paper of the month
Can't get enough? Check out these links for more:
Tiffany C Y Tan, Hannah M Brown, Jeremy G Thompson, Sanam Mustafa, Kylie R Dunning, Optical imaging detects metabolic signatures associated with oocyte quality, Biology of Reproduction, Volume 107, Issue 4, October 2022, Pages 1014–1025,
Yagoub, S. H., Thompson, J. G., Orth, A., Dholakia, K., Gibson, B. C., & Dunning, K. R. (2022). Fabrication on the microscale: a two-photon polymerized device for oocyte microinjection. Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, 39(7), 1-11.
Episode sponsored by IVF VET Solutions
