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Hovatta, Outi
Stockholm, Sweden
Karolinska Institutet
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Sunday, April 19, 2009 at 8:30
Pre-Congress Course 3: Stem Cells and Reprogramming
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Sunday, April 19, 2009 at 13:30
Pre-Congress Course 6: Low Cost IVF
Embryo Selection
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Monday, April 20, 2009 at 16:15
Concurrent Symposium Laboratory and Management
Derivation and Characterization of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Lines
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 8:30
Plenary III
Outi Hovatta
Biography
Dr. Hovatta graduated from the University of Helsinki with M.D. in 1970 and Ph.D. 1973. She is a specialist in Obstetrics and Gynecology since 1978. After working as consultant in the Helsinki University Hospital, she established the Infertility Clinic of the Family Federation of Finland, and lead it from 1986-1995. From 1995-1998, Dr. Hovatta was a senior research fellow and visiting professor in the Imperial College, at Hammersmith Hospital in London, UK. Since 1998, she is a Professor in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden. Being an invited professor at the Geneva University Hospital for six months in 2008 supported her main research interests of treatment of infertility, fertility preservation before cancer treatment and human embryonic stem cells.
Description of the Presentation
- overview regarding derivation and culture methods of human embryonic stem cell (hESC) lines
- description of the requirements for clinical use of cells derived from hESC
- importance of still using hESC will be stated
- comparison of hESC and induced pluripotent (iPS) cells |
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