Public PhD Defence Anouk Smits
Opportunities for improvement of oocyte quality in metabolically compromised conditions: from discoveries in the well until the development of preconception care strategies in an obese mouse model
It is our pleasure to invite you for the public PhD defence of Anouk Smits on 31st March 2022 at 5pm.

- Assessment of the effects of cryostorage on pre-antral follicle survival and preservation of intercellular connections by Anniek Bus, 2022
- An adverse outcome pathway-based tiered testing strategy for the assessment of thyroid hormone disruption in fish by Evelyn Stinckens, 2020
- Advancing the zebrafish embryo test for estrogen disruptor screening by Ellen Michiels, 2019
- Maternal metabolic disorders and fertility: importance of lipotoxicity on oocyte, sperm and embryo by Karolien Desmet, 2019
- The use of zebrafish feeding trials for the safety assessment of genetically modified crops by Isabelle Gabriëls, 2019
- Maternal metabolic health and female fertility: upregulated lipolysis and the consequences for in vitro bovine oviduct physiology and function by Lies Jordaens, 2018
- The follicular micro-environment of the oocyte in metabolically compromised dairy cows: impact assessment as a basis for oocyte rescue by Jessie De Bie, 2017
- Bovine Gamete and Embryo Research Models: Development of Alternative in vitro Screening Assays for Toxicity Testing by Ellen Jorssen, 2015
- Ruminant in vitro reproduction models can contribute to the development of (female) fertility preservation strategies: A key role for the preantral follicle by An Langbeen, 2015
- Maternal Metabolic Disorders and Fertility: insights into the effect of a changed maternal micro-enviroment on follicular growth, the acquisition of oocyte developmental compentece and subsequent embryo quality by Sara Valckx, 2015
- Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and their possible effects on the Bovine and Human Ovarian Follicle by Evi Petro, 2014
- Maternal Metabolic Health and Female Fertility: a bovine model to study the effect of elevated non-esterified fatty acid concentrations on oocyte and embryo physiology by Veerle Van Hoeck, 2013
- Single Bovine In Vitro Embryo Production: Qualitative and Quantitative Aspects by Ilse Goovaerts, 2012
- Effect of temperature on cadmium toxicity in zebrafish: from transcriptome to physiology by Lucia Vergauwen, 2012
- An integrated toxicological evaluation of perfluorinated compounds in aquatic organisms by An Hagenaars, 2011
- Bridging the gap between primordial and antral follicles. Novel assisted reproduction techniques in a cow model by Jan Aerts, 2008