Season 3, Episode 7 - Oncofertility
Updated: Nov 1
All the important links, repro news and guest bios from this month's episode
Guest
Associate Professor Karla Hutt
Dr Karla Hutt obtained her PhD from the Australian National University in 2006, where her studies focussed on the establishment and maintenance of the primordial follicle pool during ovarian development. She then undertook her postdoctoral studies at the University of Kansas Medical Center (USA), where she investigated the impact of environmental toxicants on oocyte and embryo quality. In 2008 she returned to Australia and to join Professor Jock Findlay's laboratory at Prince Henry's Institute (now the Hudson Institute of Medical Research).
In 2015 she relocated to Monash University and now leads the Ovarian Biology Laboratory. Her group investigates the role of DNA repair and apoptosis in determining oocyte number and quality, with the aim of i) improving women’s health and fertility during maternal aging and ii) developing new therapeutic strategies to protect female fertility during anti-cancer therapy.
Repro News
Fun Fact
Human sperm are able to deform their bodies in a way that breaks Newtown's third law of motion
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2397442-sperm-caught-breaking-newtons-third-law-of-motion/
Upcoming conferences and abstract deadlines
15th Annual Conference of the Oncofertility Consortium
6th-8th November 2023, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Abstract submissions closed, registration open
SPHERE 2024 Annual Meeting
23rd November 2023, Melbourne, Victoria (hybrid meeting)
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/sphere-annual-meeting-2023-face-to-face-tickets-tickets-650451677477
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/sphere-annual-meeting-2023-virtual-tickets-tickets-690468057547
50th International Embryo Technology Society Annual Conference
8th-12th January 2024, Denver, Colorado
Abstract submissions closed, registration open
https://www.iets.org/Meetings/2024-IETS-Annual-Meeting
Upcoming training
The Oncofertility Consortium Courses and Workshops
Online resource for oncofertility education
https://oncofertility.msu.edu/education/workshops/
Upcoming awards and grants
Cancer Australia Grants and Funding Opportunities
https://www.canceraustralia.gov.au/research-data/grants-and-funding
Parkes Foundation Grants 2024
Applications open in March 2024
http://parkesfoundation.org.uk/grants.html
ESHRE Grant for Research in Reproductive Medicine
Applications open in January 2024
https://www.eshre.eu/Research-and-funding/Research-grant
Paper of the month