The award winners receives a free registration and his/her travel and accommodation to the Annual ESHRE Congress

36th Scientific Meeting
Seminiferous tubule integrity, Sertoli cell maturation and Leydig cell functionality after long-term organotypic culture of human immature testicular tissue
de Michele Francesca1,2, Poels Jonathan2, Weerens Laura2, Petit Celine2, Evrard Zoe2, Ambroise Jerome3, Gruson Damien4, Wyns Christine1,2
1 Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels,Belgium,
2 Department of Gynecology-Andrology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels,Belgium,
3 Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC); Centre de Technologies MoléculairesAppliquées (CTMA), Brussels, Belgium,
4 Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Cliniques UniversitairesSaint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium

34th Scientific Meeting
Open versus closed oocyte vitrification in an oocyte donation program: a prospective comparative sibling oocyte study
De Munck N 1,2,4, Santos-Ribeiro S 1,3, Stoop D 1, Van de Velde H 1,2, Verheyen G 1
1 Centre for Reproductive Medicine, UZ Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 101, Brussels, Belgium
2 Reproduction and Genetics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). Laarbeeklaan 101, Brussels,1090, Belgium
3 Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine, Hospital Universitário de Santa Maria, Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, Lisbon 1649-035, Portugal

32nd Scientific Meeting
A Survey of IVF centres towards the use of oocytes affected by Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum
aggregates
Nina Van Beirs, Chloë Shaw-Jackson, Serge Rozenberg, Candice Autin
Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, CHU St-Pierre, Bruxelles

30th Scientific Meeting
AMH mutations with reduced bioactivity in premature ovarian insufficiency patients
B. Mercadal Alvaro 1,2,3, R. Imbert 3, I. Demeestere 1, C. Gervy 4, A. De Leener 5, Y. Englert 1,3, S. Costagliola 2, A. Delbaere 1,3
1 Research Laboratory on Human Reproduction, Faculté de Médecine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 2 Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Biologie Humaine et Moléculaire (IRIBHM), Faculté de Médecine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 3 Fertility Clinic, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxells, 4 Biochemistry Department, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 5 Department of Medical Genetics, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles

28th Scientific Meeting
First pregnancies with a simplified IVF procedure: a crucial step to universal and accessible infertility care
Elke Klerkx 1, Mia Janssen 1, Jonathan Van Blerkom 2, Rudi Campo 1, Willem Ombelet 1,3
1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Genk Institute for Fertility Technology, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600 Genk, Belgium , 2 Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80302, United States, 3 Coordinator of the ESHRE Special Task Force on Developing Countries and Infertility

26th Scientific Meeting
Epigenetic analysis of specific genes in children born after assisted reproductive technologies
L. Petrussa1, C. Geldof, A. Sutcliffe2, M. Bonduelle3, M. De Rycke3
1 Department of Reproduction and Genetics (REGE), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussel; 2 Department
of Paediatrics, University College of London (UCL), London, UK ; 3 Centre for Medical Genetics (CMG), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Brussels, Belgium

24th Scientific Meeting
Aberrant calcium pattern following fertilization by intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) in a mouse model with round-headed sperm cells
F. Vanden Meerschaut, B. Heindryckx, C. Qian, T. Schmitt-John, J. Gerris, L. Leybaert, P. De Sutter
Ghent University Hospital, Department for Reproductive Medicine, 9000 Ghent, Belgium

22th Scientific Meeting
Sequential versus single medium: a randomized study
Paternot G., Debrock S., D’Hooghe T.M., Spiessens C.
Leuvens Universitair Fertiliteitscentrum, UZ Leuven Campus Gasthuisberg, 3000 Leuven, Belgium

20th Scientific Meeting
Molecular karyotyping by array-CGH on single blastomeres: a pilot study
Mertzanidou, A.1; Wilton, L.3; Spits, C.1; Vanneste, E.4; Staessen, C.1,2; McBain, J,3; Liebaers, I.1,2; Vermeesch, J.4; Sermon, K.1
1 Department of Embryology and Genetics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium, 2 Centre for Medical Genetics, UZ Brussel, Belgium, 3 Genetic and Molecular Research, Melbourne IVF, Victoria, Australia, 4 Centre for Human Genetics, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium

18th Scientific Meeting - VVKE Session
HLA-G expression in human preimplantation embryos and embryonic stem cells
A.Verloes1, H. Van de Velde2,3, I. Mateizel3, G. Cauffman3, M. De Waele1, P. Devroey2, M. Vercammen1
1Department of Hematology, 2 Centre for Reproductive Medicine and 3 Department of Reproduction and Genetics, UZ Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090 Brussels, Belgium

16th Scientific meeting
Temporary nuclear arrest by phosphodiesterase 3-inhibitor improves the quality of in vitro matured mouse oocytes
L. Vanhoutte1, D. Nogueira2, J. Gerris1, M. Dhont1, P. De Sutter1
1 Infertility Centre, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, 2 Laboratoire de Biologie de la Reproduction, IFRAERES, Toulouse,  France

14th Scientific Meeting
Methylation analysis of the LIT 1 locus in human gametes and preimplantation embryos
E. Geuns1, K. Geentjes1, P. Hilven1, A. Van Steirteghem1,2, I. Liebaers1,3 and M. De Rycke1,3
1 Research Centre Reproduction and Genetics, 2 Centre for Reproductive Medecine and 3 Centre for Medical Genetics, Academisch Ziekenhuis Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

12th Scientific Meeting
Prospective study to compare one-cell and two-cell biopsy for pre - implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD): implications for diagnostic accuracy and in vitro development
V. Goossens1, K. Sermon2, M. De Rycke2, C. Staessen1, A. Van Steirteghem1, I. Liebaers2, P. Devroey1
1 Centre for Reproductive Medicine, 2 Centre for Medical Genetics, Dutch-speaking Brussels Free University, Brussels, Belgium

10th Scientific Meeting
Spontaneous ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome due to a mutant follitropin receptor
Guillaume Smits, Sabine Costagliola, Olufemi Olatunbosun, Roger Pierson, Gilbert Vassart, Anne Delbaere
Hôpital Erasme, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Brussels