1. Specification of pgcs Amander Clark 2. Establishing and maintaining gonadal cell fate Humphrey Yao 3. Role of retinoic acid in meiosis Christopher Geyer 4. Assembly of primordial follicles Joan Jorgensen 5. Activation of primordial follicles Deepak Adhikari 6. Mechanisms of germ-soma communication during follicular growth Claude Robert 7. Somatic regulation of oocyte meiotic arrest and resumption Jeremy Egbert 8.
Ovarian stroma / function / role in aging Francesca Duncan 9. New approaches to supporting follicle growth/ovarian function in vitro Monica M. Laronda 10. Cancer therapy - effects on survival/development of oocyte/follicle Karla Hutt 11. Female germ cells from somatic cells Katsuhiko Hayashi 12. Spermatogenic stem cell niche Makoto Nagano 13. Role of macrophages in testis function Tony DeFalco, Sudhanshu Bhushan and Satoko Matsuyama 14. Male germ cells from somatic cells Kotaro Sasaki.