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Image: Celsias.com Jessica Hornick —– The Fall 2009 Oncofertility Consortium’s Virtual Grand Rounds hosted Dr. David Wildt of the Center for Species Survival at the Smithsonian National Zoo for his talk entitled “Sex, Wildlife and Intensive Management”.  Joining him in giving this seminar were Dr.…

Tyler Wellington ———– A few weeks ago world leaders came together for a meeting at the United Nations building in New York to discuss a whole host of issues facing the global community ranging from the proliferation of nuclear weapons to climate change.  While, weeks later, the…

Congratulations to Ariella Shikanov on receiving the IBNAM-Baxter Early Career Award.  She will investigate a combination of natural and synthetic hydrogels and drug delivery technology to maximize ovarian tissue transplantation. The full story can be found here!

The following articles in HemOnc Today and the UAB Reporter are good examples of the public awareness beginning to take shape around fertility preservation.  Take a moment to read the articles, and let us know what you think! UAB Reporter Online: Fertility Hopes Don’t Have…

Rachel Smith ——– The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) has just published a summary of the current oncofertility research in their e-Advances section titled “Building an Artificial Ovary – A New Tool for Understanding Reproductive Biology and Preserving Fertility”. This is a…

The Oncofertility Consortium held its third annual conference this past week (September 13-15) in Chicago, bringing together a diverse group of researchers, basic scientists, clinicians, nurses, social workers, sociologists, economists, and ethicists to share their progress on oncofertility research initiatives as well as brainstorm for…

Huge Galdones, PhD ——– Here are a couple of shots from today’s events. A full gallery will follow.

Hello all.  I wanted to take a moment on the blog to introduce myself, even though I’m mainly involved on the administrative side of the Oncofertility Consortium (so you won’t be seeing too many research-centered blogs from me).  I’m a graduate of Northwestern University’s School…

Check back soon on our blog for a video interview with Dr. Sherman Silber at the 2nd Annual Oncofertility Summit.

Coverage from yesterday’s summit can be found @tarainyoureyes. Today you can see it on both that account and @oncofertility.