Session 92: MIGHTY MOLECULES IN REPRODUCTION

Alison is the Director of Laboratory Operations at the Center for Advanced Reproductive Services at the University of Connecticut. Prior to becoming a “UCONN Husky” in 2012, she started her embryology career in 1999 at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and then at Fertility Centers of New England in Reading, MA. Alison obtained a Master’s of Science degree in Clinical Embryology and Andrology from Eastern Virginia Medical School in 2005 and returned to EVMS almost 15 years later where she received her PhD in Clinical Reproductive Sciences in November 2019. Under the mentorship of some of the “greats” in our field, Alison has acquired a distinct interest for oocyte and somatic cell communication, embryo morphology, and optimizing quality in the clinical IVF lab.
Alison is a member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine and the New England Fertility Society and served on the SART executive council as the SRBT laboratory representative from 2014-2017. She has been an invited speaker at multiple conferences across the country, presenting on topics involved in improving laboratory outcomes and strategies for monitoring key performance indicators in the laboratory. She has first and co-authored multiple peer reviewed articles on embryo morphology predictors of embryo potential and most recently published work performed for her thesis on microRNA-21 in human cumulus cells.

Dr. Daniel Le is responsible of the IVP lab of Allice in Nouzilly, France. After a technician degree, he gained a 30-year expertise in embryo production and handling, including IVP, embryo biopsy, embryo sexing, genotyping and cloning. He is in charge of implementing and managing several projects dedicated to IVP optimization and embryo quality prediction. He is the author or co-author of 30 peer review publications and 16 communications (H factor =12). He is also involved in networking with IVP lab managers in France.