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The Activated Egg Symposium
October 27, 2023
“Human Egg Activation: The Influence of Sperm”
Watch the talks from last year’s unique one-day event for investigators from academia, industry and infertility clinics. The focus was on discovering novel sperm influences on egg activation.
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An innovative funding model that’s been
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products to help cover our overhead. Before NIH grants became
the target for so many institutions, this model was more common, for
example, the Salk Institute in San Diego, CA, that used non-federal resources
to develop the polio vaccine.
The Foundation is a forward thinking institution that covers
overhead costs by fee-for-service testing, thus allowing
hilanthropic donations to go directly to research.– Alan Geismer, Chairman,
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As an independent, non-federally funded research institute, our scientists have more flexibility and more consistency than most facilities dependent on federal grants. This unique status in the research community has attracted partnerships across the world, including projects at:
