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Reproductive Biology - from genesis to baby
Provider: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Activity no.: 3247-18-00-00 
Enrollment deadline: 17/01/2018
Date and time06.02.2018, at: 08:30 - 09.02.2018, at: 16:00
Regular seats40
Course fee3,480.00 kr.
LecturersClaus Yding Andersen
ECTS credits3.50
Contact personStine Gry Kristensen    E-mail address: stine.gry.kristensen@rh.regionh.dk
Enrolment Handling/Course OrganiserPhD administration     E-mail address: phdkursus@sund.ku.dk

Aim and content
This course is free of charge for PhD students at Danish universities (except Copenhagen Business School). Special rules apply for research year students enrolled at Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at UCPH. All other participants must pay the course fee.
Anyone can apply for the course, but if you are not a PhD student, you will be placed on the waiting list for the course until enrollment deadline. After the deadline of enrollment, available seats will be allocated to students on the waiting list.

Course title
Reproductive Biology - from genesis to baby

Learning objectives
A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to:

1. Understand basic regulatory mechanisms in both male and female human reproduction.
2. Get a comprehensive insight into key events of gonadal and embryonic development.
3. Understand the impact of reproductive sciences in the modern management of infertile couples who undergo assisted reproduction techniques.

Content
This is a ReproUnion PhD course integrating the Danish and Swedish Øresund Region. The aim of this course is to give the participants a comprehensive understanding of the basic knowledge on both male and female human reproduction. The course covers widespread aspects of reproductive biology from the molecular mechanisms behind male and female gonadal development to new perspectives and techniques in the management of people with reduced fertility (due to cancer or ageing) and infertile couples. This course makes the connections between the complex regulatory systems controlling reproductive functions and the importance for reproductive performance and outcomes in human beings.

Participants
PhD students, both science candidates and medical doctors, from the Faculty of Science at Copenhagen University and Lund University, as well as PhD students from other universities.

Relevance to graduate programmes
The course is relevant to PhD students from the following graduate programmes at the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences, UCPH:

Clinical Research
Cellular and Genetic Medicine
Clinical Research

Language
English

Form
The course will consist of lectures by leading clinicians and scientists in the field. On the last day of the course the participants provide short presentations on selected topics which will be discussed in plenum.

Course directors
Claus Yding Andersen, Professor, Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, University Hospital of Copenhagen, University of Copenhagen. Email: yding@rh.dk
Yvonne L. Giwercman, Professor, Molecular Genetic Reproductive Medicine, Clinical Research Centre, Lund University, Malmø. Email: yvonne.giwercman@med.lu.se

Teachers
Richard A Anderson, Professor, MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, Queen's Medical Research Institute, The University of Edinburgh.
J. Dean, Professor, Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA.
David Mottershead, MD, Lecturer in Biochemistry and Cell Biology, School of Pharmacy, Keele University, UK.
Claus Yding Andersen; Professor, Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, University Hospital of Copenhagen, University of Copenhagen.
Yvonne L. Giwercman, Professor, Molecular Genetic Reproductive Medicine, Clinical Research Centre, Lund University, Malmø.
Aleksander Giwercman, Professor, Reproductive Medicine Centre, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö.
Ilpo Huhtaniemi, Professor Emeritus of Reproductive Endocrinology, Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Imperial College London, UK.
Eva Hoffmann, Professor, DNRF Center for Chromosome Stability, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Copenhagen.
Peter Humaidan, Professor, The Fertility Clinic, Skive Regional Hospital and Faculty of Health, Aarhus University.
Claus Oxvig, Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Molecular Intervention, University of Aarhus.
Marie Louise Grøndahl, PhD, Laboratory Director of the Reproductive Medicine Unit, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital.
Janni Vikkelsø Jeppesen, PhD, Fertility Clinic, Rigshospitalet.
Ida Lindgreen, PhD, Molecular Genetic Reproductive Medicine, Clinical Research Centre, Lund University, Malmø.
Stine Gry Kristensen, PhD, Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, University Hospital of Copenhagen.
Linn Salto Mamsen, PhD, Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, University Hospital of Copenhagen.
Susanne Pors, PhD, Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, University Hospital of Copenhagen.
Lihua Dong, PhD, Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, University Hospital of Copenhagen.

Examination
The final exam consists of group presentations and may include the following formats; short answer or multiple choice.

Literature
There is no required textbook for this course. Peer-reviewed research articles will constitute the curriculum and these will also be used for the group presentations.

Grade
Approved or non-approved

Dates
February 6-9, 2018

Course location
Medicon Valley Alliance in Ørestaden. Auditorium, Arne Jacobsens Allé 15, DK-2300 Copenhagen S

Registration
Please register before January 17, 2018

Seats to PhD students from other Danish universities will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and according to the applicable rules.
Applications from other participants will be considered after the last day of enrolment.

Note: All applicants are asked to submit invoice details in case of no-show, late cancellation or obligation to pay the course fee (typically non-PhD students). If you are a PhD student, your participation in the course must be in agreement with your principal supervisor.

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