Project

Optimization of the single embryo transfer (SET) strategy in humans by group culture and proteomics of embryo-conditioned medium, based on the bovine embryo model.

Code

178DI0511

Duration

01 October 2010 → 05 January 2016

Funding

Regional and community funding: IWT/VLAIO

Promotor

Ann Van Soom

Fellow

Eline Wydooghe

Research disciplines

Natural sciences
- Animal biology
- Genetics
Medical and health sciences
- Endocrinology and metabolic diseases
- Gynaecology and obstetrics
- Molecular and cell biology
- Morphological sciences
- Endocrinology and metabolic diseases
- Gynaecology and obstetrics
- Molecular and cell biology
- Morphological sciences
- Nursing
- Endocrinology and metabolic diseases
- Gynaecology and obstetrics
- Molecular and cell biology
- Morphological sciences
Agricultural and food sciences
- Veterinary medicine

Keywords

proteomics group culture humane in vitro embryo production

Project description

In vitro conditions can’t mimic the in vivo situation completely: in vivo embryos are exposed to autocrine, paracrine and endocrine factors. In vitro only autocrine factors remain, they are the cause of a better development during groupculture. In these project, we try to identify the autocrine factors and check if the supplementation of these factors improves the human culture medium.