SHORT TALKS 

 

 

MONDAY

 

12:30

A. Life at Low Temperature I

 

SL1A. Effect of Ice Nucleation Temperature on the Survival of Excised Tissue from the Alpine Cockroach Celatoblatta quinquemaculata 

M. R Worland and D. A.Wharton

British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road., Cambridge CB3 0ET, United Kingdom; Department of Zoology, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand 

mrwo@bas.ac.uk

 

SL2A. Development and Results of Quality Assurance Testing for Mass-Reared and Laboratory-Colonized Insects After Embryo Cryopreservation.

R. A. Leopold, A. Rajamohan and T. E. Shelly

USDA/ARS Biosciences Research Laboratory, Fargo, ND; North Dakota State University, Department of Entomology, Fargo, ND; USDA/APHIS Plant Protection Research Laboratory, Waimanalo, HI, U.S.A.

leopoldr@fargo.ars.usda.gov

 

 

B. Life at Low Temperature II

 

SL1B. Rapid Cold Hardening in the Antarctic Springtail Cryptopygus Antarcticus

M. R. Worland and P. Convey

British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road., Cambridge CB3 0ET, United Kingdom

mrwo@bas.ac.uk

 

SL2B. Hemolymph Antifreeze Proteins from the Longhorn Beetle Rhagium inquisitor

Erlend Kristiansen, Hans Ramløv, Lars Hagen and Karl Erik Zachariassen

Department of Biology & Department of cancer research and molecular medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Roskilde University, Denmark

erlend.kristiansen@bio.ntnu.no

 

 

17:00

A. Cryopreservation of Plants and Vegetal Cells

 

SL3A. Thermal Analysis of Water Status in Plants at Low Temperatures

J. Zamecnik, A. Bilavcik, M. Faltus and J. Sestak

Department of Molecular Biology, Research Institute of Crop Production, Drnovska 507, CZ 161 06 Prague 6, Czech Republic

zamecnik@vurv.cz

 

SL4A. Response of Cytoskeletal Elements of Cassava Callus to Cryostorage

D. J. Mycock

School of Animal, Plant & Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Dave@biology.biol.wits.ac.za

 

SL5A. Non-Colligative Role of Sucrose in Cryopreservation of Cacao (Theobroma Cacao L.) Somatic Embryos

J.-Y. Fang, M. Sacandé, A. Wetten and H. Pritchard

School of Plant Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire RG6 6AS (United Kingdom); Seed Conservation Department, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Wakehurst Place, Ardingly, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH17 6TN, United Kingdom 

ahr00jf@reading.ac.uk 

 

SL6A. Cryopreservation of Eukaryotic Soil Algae

A. Lukešová, M. R. Worland and P. Hrouzek

Institute of Soil Biology, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic

luksa@upb.cas.cz

 

SL7A. The Importance of Cryopreservation: The Acoi Collection Case

R. Amaral, H. Osório, C. Mendes, V. Ramos, F. Santos and L. Santos 

Departamento de Botânica da Universidade de Coimbra, Calçada Martim de Freitas 3000 Coimbra, Portugal

liliamas@ci.uc.pt

 

 

B. Mechanisms of Adaptation of Microorganisms to Low Temperature and Cryopreservation of Microorganisms

 

SL3B. Interspecies Protection Against Freezing Stress Within a Microbial Community

E. Denou, M. Guéguen and J.-M. Panoff

Laboratoire de Microbiologie Alimentaire (UA 3213 – USC INRA) – IBFA, Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, Esplanade de la Paix, F-14032 Caen cedex, France. 

panoff@ibba.unicaen.fr

 

SL4B. Stabilization of Bacterial Cells for Biosensor Applications 

R. Pedahzur, Rachel Rosen and Shimshon Belkin

Division of Environmental Sciences, the Fredy and Nadine Herrmann Graduate School of Applied Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel

ramip@pob.huji.ac.il

 

SL5B. Cooling Rate is a Determining Factor of the Viability of Different Types of Cells after Freeze-Thawing

F. Dumont, P.A. Marechal and P. Gervais

Laboratoire de Génie des Procédés Alimentaires et Biotechnologiques ENSBANA 1, Esplanade Érasme, F-21000 Dijon, France

dumontf@u-bourgogne.fr

 

SL6B. Stabilization of Yeast Cells during Freezing: Interaction Between Temperature Level and Temperature Kinetics

P.A. Marechal, F. Dumont and P. Gervais

ENSBANA, University of Burgundy, 1 esplanade Erasme 21000 Dijon. France

marechal@u-bourgogne.fr

 

SL7B. Novel Adaptive Response to Near-Freezing Temperaures in Yeast

Olga Kandror, Nancy Bretschneider, Duccio Cavalieri, Alfred L. Goldberg

Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Bauer Center for Genomic Research, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA

okandror@hms.harvard.edu

 

 

TUESDAY

 

9:00

A. Cryopreservation Solutions and Protocols

 

SL8A. Isothermal Drying Kinetics of Carbohydrate Solutions

Alptekin Aksan and Mehmet Toner

Center for Engineering in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Department of Surgical Services, Massachusetts General Hospital, The Shriners Burns Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA

mtoner@sbi.org

 

SL9A. Cryopreservation, Hepatocyte Monolayers, and DMSO Shock

D. Stevenson, M.H. Grant, E. Goldie, G. Connel and C Morgan

Bioengineering Unit, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland G4 0NW, United Kingdom

m.h.grant@strath.ac.uk

 

SL10A. Theoretical Prediction of ‘Optimal’ Freezing Programmes

H. Woelders and A.E.N. Chaveiro

Animal Sciences Group, Wageningen UR, Division of Animal Resources Development P.O. Box 65, 8200 AB, Lelystad, The Netherlands

henri.woelders@wur.nl

 

SL11A. Optimization of Cryopreservation Protocols using Computer Simulations

L.E. McGann and J.A.W. Elliott

Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2R8, Canada

locksley.mcgann@ualberta.ca

 

 

B. Low Temperature Chemistry and Physics of Biologically Relevant Molecules

 

SL8B. Vibrational Properties of Cryoprotectants in Water Mixtures by Inelastic Neutron Scattering

S. Maccarrone, A. Mangione, S. Magazù and F. Migliardo

Department of Physics, University of Messina, I-98166 Messina, Italy

fmigliar@dsme01.unime.it

 

SL9B. Low Temperature Matrix-Isolation and Solid State FT-IR Spectra of N-Methylated Aminoacids: May the Neutral Forms Exist in Solid State?

A. Gómez-Zavaglia and R. Fausto

Department of Chemistry, University of Coimbra, P-3004-535, Portugal; Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires,  RA-1113, Argentina

angoza@qui.uc.pt

 

SL10B. Controlled Nucleation in Freezing Biological Material

A. Petersen, B. Glasmacher and G. Rau

Institute for Biomedical Technologies, RWTH Aachen, D-52074 Aachen (Germany)

petersen@hia.rwth-aachen.de

 

SL11B. Results of The Application of An Ultrasound Field on the Statistical Properties of Water Freezing

Roberto Baena and Ramon Risco

CryoBioTech. Escuela Superior de Ingenieros, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain

ramon@us.es

 

 

15:30

A. Effects of Freezing and Drying in Cells

 

SL12A. Membrane Integrity of Desiccated Rat Mitochondria

Xiang-Hong Liu and Mehmet Toner

Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgical Services, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Shriners Hospital for Children, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

x_liu@hms.harvard.edu

 

SL13A. Effect of Cryopreservation on Mitochondrial DNA of Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Blastomere Cells

J. Kopeika, T. Zhang, D. M. Rawson and G. Elgar

Luton Institute of Research in the Applied Natural Sciences, University of Luton, The Spires, 2 Adelaide Street, Luton, LU1 5DU, United Kingdom; Human Genome Mapping Project Resource Centre, Cambridge, United Kingdom

tiantian.zhang@luton.ac.uk

 

SL14A. Rapid Loading of Trehalose Induced in J774 Mouse Macrophage Cells

Gloria Elliott, Jennifer Cusick, Michael Menze, Trudy Witt, S. Hand and Mehmet Toner

Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02114, USA; Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA

gelliott@sbi.org

 

SL15A. Post-Thaw Assessment of Intracellular Ice: Preparation and Experimental Significance

Ioana M Croteau and Jason P. Acker

Canadian Blood Services; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, T6g 2r8 Edmonton, Canadaont>

Jason.Acker@ualberta.ca

 

SL16A. Proteomic Profiling Following Cryopreservation: Evidence for A Complex Set of Biomolecular Events Influencing Cell Survival 

Martin J. Vogel, John M. Baust, Robert Van Buskirk and John G. Baust

Institute of Biomedical Technology, State University of New York, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000, USA

mvogel1@binghamton.edu

 

SL17A.  Stability of Thawed Red Cells. A Comparison Between the Low and High Glycerol Method

Charles C. M. Lelkens, Femke Noorman, Jack G. Koning, Rosa Truijens-de Lange, Arthur J. Verhoeven and Johan W M Lagerberg

Military Blood Bank, Leiden and Sanquin Research at CLB, Laboratory of Cryobiology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

j.lagerberg@sanquin.nl

 

SL18A. Cryopreservation Response of Osteoblasts Attached to Hydroxyapatite as a Function of Minimum Temperature

J. J. McGrath and B. L. Liu

Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Department University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA

mcgrath@ame.arizona.edu

 

SL19A. Calpain Activation Following Cryopreservation: A Downstream Effector of Cellular Demise

Anthony T. Robilotto, John M. Baust, Robert G.Van Buskirk and John G. Baust

Institute of Biomedical Technology, State University of New York Binghamton, NY 13902-6000, USA

arobilo1@binghamton.edu

 

SL19'A. Stabilization of Nucleated Mammalian Cells by Drying at Reduced and Low Water Content

I. I. Katkov, S. R. Oppenheimer, I. Puhlev, A. M. Mackay and F. Levine

UCSD Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA; Osiris Therapeutics, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland 21231, USA
prodvincell@hotmail.com

 

 

B. Organs and Tissues Cryoprotection

 

SL12B. Utilization of Directional Freezing to Construct Tissue Engineering Scaffolds

J. Preciado, S. Cohen and B. Rubinsky

University of California at Berkeley, USA; Ben Gurion University, Israel

preciado@me.berkeley.edu

 

SL13B. Vitreous Cryopreservation of Tissue-Engineered Constructs

L. L. Kuleshova, X. W. Wang, A.Chua, Y. Wu and H. Yu

Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 2 Medical Drive, Singapore; Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Singapore

phskl@nus.edu.sg

 

SL14B. Post Thaw Function of Cryopreserved Hepatocyte Aggregates

A. Hubel and T. B. Darr

Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA

hubel001@umn.edu

 

SL15B. Renal Preservation with Sucrose-Based (Sbs) Solution

B. Fuller, C. Shurey, A. Petrenko, N. Lane and C. Green

Royal Free & University College, Medical School, London NW3 2QG, United Kingdom; Northwick Park Institute for Medical Research, Harrow HA1 3UJ, United Kingdom; Institute for Problems of Cryobiology and Cryomedicine, Kharkov, Ukraine.

b.fuller@rfc.ucl.ac.uk

 

SL16B. The Liver Energetic State After Cold Storage in Uw and Sucrose-Based Solution

A. Somov, O. Semenchenko, A. Petrenko and B. Fuller

Department of Biochemistry, Institute for Problems of Cryobiology and Cryomedicine of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 61015 Kharkov, Ukraine; University Department of Surgery, Royal Free & University College Medical School, London NW3 2QG, United Kingdom

somov@ukr.net

 

SL17B. Strategies for Optimization the Survival of Ovarian Blood Vessels After Whole Organ Cryopreservation

Z. Gavish  and A. Arav

Institute of Animal Science, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO). The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel

gav@agri.huji.ac.il

 

SL18B. Avrami Kinetics of Intercellular Ice Propagation during Freezing of Confluent Tissues

M. L. Sumpter, S. L. Stott and J. O. M. Karlsson

Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA

karlsson@alum.mit.edu

 

SL19B. Cryopreservation Effect on Thyroid Organ Culture Biochemical Indices

N. A. Volkova and T. P. Bondarenko

Institute for Problems of Cryobiology and Cryomedicine of the National Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine, 23, Pereyaslavskaya str., Kharkov 61015, Ukraine

avolkovn@yahoo.com

 

 

WEDNESDAY

 

9:00

A. Cryopreservation of Oocytes and Embryos

 

SL20A. Evaluating Viability of Fish Oocytes: A First Step Towards Methods for Cryopreservation

Esther Lubzens, Irena Pekarsky, Idit Blais and Iris Meiri

National Institute of Oceanography, Haifa; National Center for Mariculture, Eilat, Israel; Oceanographic & Limnological Research, Israel

esther@ocean.org.il

 

SL21A. Studies on Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Oocytes Sensitivity to Chilling and Cryoprotectant Toxicity

Tiantian Zhang, Max Plachinta, Anna Isayeva and David Rawson

Luton Institute of Research in the Applied Natural Sciences, University of Luton, The Spires, 2 Adelaide Street, Luton, LU1 5DU, United Kingdom

tiantian.zhang@luton.ac.uk

 

SL22A. Progressive Decline of Intracellular Trehalose During Embryonic Development

Ali Eroglu, Gloria Elliott, Thomas L. Toth and Mehmet Toner

Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia,USA. Surgical Services; Vincent Memorial Obstetrics and Gynecology Service,Massachusetts. General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

aeroglu@mail.mcg.edu

 

SL23A. Cryopreservation and Autografting of Ovarian Tissue in a Non-Human Primate

A. Hendriama, D. Pawitri, M. Diamente, M. Pangestu and J. Shaw

Monash Institute of Reproduction and Development Monash University,Clayton, Vic 3168, Australia; Monash IVF, Clayton Vic 3168 Australia; Centre Primate Research Centre. Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor Indonesia

jill.shaw@med.monash.edu.au

 

 

B. Cryopreservation of Spermatozoa

 

SL20B. The Effects of Cryopreservation on Sperm Motility and Vitality

C. Miranda, P. Henriques and T. Almeida Santos
Departamento de Zoologia da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra. Departamento de Medicina Materno-Fetal, Genética e Reprodução Humana. Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra. Portugal
anaateresasantos@hotmail.com

 

SL21B. Why Can We Vitrify Mammalian Spermatozoa Without Cryoprotectants?: Physical Chemistry Considerations

 I. I. Katkov, V. Isachenko, E. Isachenko and F. Nawroth

UCSD Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany

prodvincell@hotmail.com

 

SL22B. Advancements in Cryopreservation of Rainbow Trout (Onchorhyncus mykiss) Sperm

E. Cabrita, V. Robles and M.P. Herráez

Faculty of Marine Sciencies and Environment, University of Algarve; 8000 Faro, Portugal; Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of León, 24071 León, Spain

dbcmho@unileon.es

 

SL23B. Linear and Non-Linear Cryopreservation Protocols for Spermatozoa: Comparison of Ideal and Non-Ideal Solution Models.

Jaime Saenz and Ramon Risco

CryoBioTech. Escuela Superior de Ingenieros. Universidad de Sevilla, 41092 Sevilla, Spain.

ramon@us.es

 

 

THURSDAY

 

9:00

A. Cryosurgery and Cryomedicine

 

SL24A. Pre-Existing Inflammation Augments Cryo-Injury in vivo

Bo H. Chao and John C. Bischof

Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Urologic Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA

bischof@umn.edu

 

SL25A. Stochastic Simulation of The Kinetics of Intercellular Ice Propagation During Cryosurgery

 S. L. Stott and J. O. M. Karlsson

Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA

karlsson@alum.mit.edu

 

SL26A. Cardiomyocyte Responses to Thermal Excursions: Implications for Electrophysiological Cardiac Mapping

Kristi K. Snyder, John M. Baust, Robert Van Buskirk and John G. Baust

Institute of Biomedical Technology, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902 USA

Bh09474@binghamton.edu

 

SL27A. In Vitro Evaluation of Thermal and Mechanical Effects of Cryoplasty

Erin D. Grassl and John C. Bischof

Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

bischof@umn.edu

 

 

B. Cryopreservation Procedures

 

SL24B. Using Simulations to Design a Cryopreservation Procedure for Hematopoietic Stem Cells Without DMSO

L. U. Ross-Rodriguez, H. Yang, J. A. W. Elliott and L. E. McGann

Canadian Blood Services; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

ross@ualberta.ca

 

SL25B. Quantitative Examination of Concentration Change in the Perfusion Chamber

Hiroshi Takamatsu and Yuichi Komori

Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, 6-1 Kasugakoen, Kasuga, Japan; Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Japan

takamatu@cm.kyushu-u.ac.jp

 

SL26B. A Comparison of Various Models of Osmotic Transport

H. Y. Elmoazzen, J. A. W. Elliott and L. E. McGann

Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

helmoazz@ualberta.ca

 

SL27B. Use of Alginate and Sugar Solutions for The Improvement of Performances of Lactic Acid Bacteria Subjected to Freezing and Freeze Drying

B. De Giulio, R. Coppola, P. Orlando, M. De Rosa, A. Sada, P. P. De Prisco and F. Nazzaro

Institute of Food Science and Technology-CNR, Via Roma 52, 83100 Avellino, Italy; Di. S.T.A.A.M. - University of Molise, Via De Sanctis, 86100, Campobasso, Italy; Institute of Protein Biochemistry and Enzymology-CNR, 80100, Napoli, Italy; Dept of Exp. Medic.-II University of Naples, Via Costantinopoli 16, 80100 Napoli, Italy.

mena@isa.cnr.it

 

 

15:30

A. Low Temperature Storage of Human Embryos

 

SL28. Successful Vitrification of Human Embryos Using Modified Straw-in-Straw Method

L. L. Kuleshova, N. Takeda and Y. Odawara

Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore 2 Medical Drive, Singapore; Odawara Women’s Clinic Reproduction Centre, 2-11-16 Ebisu-Nishi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0021, Japan

phskl@nus.edu.sg

 

SL29. Hypothermic Storage of Human Oocytes and Embryos

V. I. Grischenko, N. N. Chub and L.V. Kovalinskaya

Institute for Problems of Cryobiology and Cryomedicine of the National Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine, Kharkov, Ukraine

cryo@online.kharkov.ua

 

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