Dr. Van Blerkom Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

B.S.College of New York City 1969 (General Honors and Honors in Biology and Biochemistry)
Ph.D.Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1974

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

1975: Fellow, European Molecular Biology Organization, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England
1975-1978: Lecturer, Department of Pediatrics, B.F. Stolinsky Laboratory, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO
1978-1985: Senior Research Associate, Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder
1981-1993: Faculty Fellow, Institute of Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado at Boulder
1986-present: Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder

CLINICAL ACTIVITIES

1982-1999: IVF Laboratory Director, Reproductive Genetics In Vitro, Denver, CO
1998-present: IVF Laboratory Director, Colorado Reproductive Endocrinology, Rose Medical Center, Denver, CO
2008-present: Co-Coordinator: ESHRE/WHO Task Force on Reproductive Health in the Developing World
2012: Trustee, Walking Egg Foundation

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

Bachelor’s degree awarded with General Honors and Honors in Biology and Biochemistry
U.S. Patent (4,840,891), Polymeric Encapsulation of Sperm for Artificial Insemination, June, 1989
U.S. Patent (RE 34,326), Polymeric Encapsulation, Storage and Programmed Delivery of Sperm for Artificial Insemination, June 1993
Fellow, American College of Embryology, 2011

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND SERVICE

Editorial Board, Electron Microscopy in Biology and Medicine, 1979-1984
Member, Board of Scientific Advisors, Genetic Engineering, Inc., Denver, 1981-1982
Chairman, Board of Scientific Advisors, Genetic Engineering, Inc., Denver, 1982-1985
Member, National Institute of Medicine Committee on Medically Assisted Conception, 1987-1988
Associate Editor, International Journal of Developmental Biology, 1988-1993
Guest Editor, Journal Electron Microscopic Technique, 1989
Board of Scientific Advisors, Progenitor, Inc., 1993-1998
Editorial Board, Human Reproduction Update, 1994-1996
Editorial Board, Molecular Human Reproduction, 1996-2001
Editorial Board, Reproductive Biomedicine Online, 2000- 2011
Consulating Member of United States FDA Advisory Panels, 2002-present
Associate Editor, Molecular Human Reproduction, 2007-2011
Embryo Advisory Board, Schering Plough, Inc. 2008-2010
Associate Editor, Human Reproduction Update, 2009- 2013
Guest Editor, Series on Mitochondria in Development, Mitochondrion, 2010-2011
Editorial Board, Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Health, 2009-present
Section Editor, Reproductive Biomedicine Online, 2011-2016
European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) Expert Panel on
Oocyte and Embryo Assessment, 2010
Editorial Board, Zygote, 2010-2011
North American Editor, Zygote, 2012-2016
Associate Editor, Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, 2012-

HONORS

2003: General Program Prize Paper, 59th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine

INVITED LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS

1999 (accepted)

Plenary Lecture, 11th World Congress of In Vitro Fertilization and Human Reproductive Genetics. Sydney, Australia
Speaker, International Symposium on The Bottleneck: Gamete and Embryo Mitochondria in Humans. Sydney, Australia
Invited Speaker, 15th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology. Tours, France
Alpha International Society of Reproductive Biologists. Copenhagen, Denmark
Shackman Lecture, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology Johns Hopkins Medical School. Baltimore, MD
Invited Speaker, British Fertility Society. Newcastle, UK
Opening Lecture: Internal Workshop on Stem Cells and Nuclear Transfer Strategies. Munich, Germany
Speaker: French Society of Reproductive Medicine. Mechanisms of Oogenesis and Implantation. Paris, France

2000 (accepted)

State-of-the-Art Lecture: Mitochondrial Function in Early Development: International Symposium: From Gamete to Newborn, Leuven Belgium, September
Plenary Lecture: ESHRE Symposium on Human Embryogenesis, Antwerp, Belgium, May
Plenary Lecture: International Symposium: Embryogenesis Begins During Oogenesis, Bologna, Italy, May
Invited Speaker, Annual Meeting of the Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society, St. John’s, Newfoundland, September
Plenary Lecture: The Human Blastocyst, Palermo, Sicily, September
Lecturer, Post Graduate Course on IVF, 33rd Annual Meeting of American Society for Reproductive Medicine, October
Lecturer: ROLDUC Workshop 2000, Oocyte and Embryo Organization, Aachen, Germany

2001 (accepted)

Seminar, Developmental Biology Program, UC Davis, Davis, CA, April
Organon Lecture, Northwest Fertility Society, Portland, OR, June
Invited Lecture, 17th Annual European Society of Human Reproudction and Embryology, Lussaane, Switzerland, July
Plenary Lecture, International Symposium on Human Oocyte Maturaton, Copenhagen, Denmark, August
Invited Speaker, XXVIII International Symposium on Fertility. Dexeus University, Barcelona, Spain, October

2002 (accepted)

Invited Lecture, American College of OB/GYN. Big Sky Conf. Big Sky, MT, February
Invited Lecture, Soc. Gynecological Investigation, Los Angeles, CA., March
Invited Lecture, Annual Meeting, American College of Reproductive Medicine, Myrtle Beach, SC, April
Invited Lecture, Fourth International Symposium on Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis, Cyprus, April
Invited Lecture, 18th Annual Symposium of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, Vienna, July
Invited Lecture, First Mediterranean Congress on Reproductive Medicine, Sicily, November

2003 (accepted)

Serono Symposium on the Human Oocyte and Embryo, Rome, Italy
Course Organizer and Lecture: State of the Art: The Communicating Oocyte: Madrid, Spain
5th Internaitonal Symposium on Preimplantation Genetics, Antalya, Turkey
Keynote Speaker and Lecturer, 4th Biennial Alpha Conference, Antwerp, Belgium
Serono Symposium on Reproductive Aging, Palma de Majorca, Spain
Serono Symposium, Measuring Human Embryo Quality, Montreal, Canada
Serono Lecture, Phoenix Society of Reproductive Medicine, Phoenix, AZ.

2004 (accepted)

Speaker, 18th World Congress on Fertility and Sterility (IFFS 2004), Montreal, Canada
Speaker, 2nd WARM Congress, Rome, Italy
SISMER Lecture, Bologna, Italy
Symposium Organizer and Speaker: Serono Symposia International Conference on: “From the Oocyte to the Embryo: A Pathway to Life, Stresa, Italy
Seminar: Dept. of Cell and Mol. Biology, Oregon Primate Res. Center, Univ. of Oregon.
Seminar: Depts. Of Cell Biology and ObGyn. Univ. of Penn. Medical School. Philadelphia, PA.

2005 (accepted)

Sixth International Symposium on Preimplantation Genetics, London, U.K.
Keynote Address, Section Chairman and Lecturer, 13th World Congress on In Vitro Fertilization Assisted Reproduction & Genetics, Istanbul, Turkey
Organizer and Session Chairman State of the ART Symposium: Oocyte Signaling, Copenhagen Denmark
Human Oocyte Freezing: Safety, Efficacy and Outcome, Bologna, Italy
Serono Symposium: Cell and Molecular Biology of Human Gametes, Gubbio, Italy

2006 (accepted)

22nd Annual Symposium of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, Prague
International Society of Clinical Embryology (Alpha) Luzerne, Switzerland
Canadian Association of Clinical Embryologists, Toronto, Canada
Lecturer, World Association of Reproductive Medicine, Rome, Italy
Invited Lecturer, French Federation for the Study of Reproduction (FFER), Paris
Genevrier Laboratories Lecture (FFER), Paris
Invited Speaker, Symposium on Natural Cycle IVF, London

2007 (accepted 1 of 15 invitations)

Keynote Lecture, Mediterranean Society of Reproductive Medicine, Anatalya, Turkey

2008 (accepted)

International Society of Clinical Embryology (Alpha), Istanbul, Turkey
Keynote Speaker, 2nd Annual Suzanne Mubarak Symposium, Alexandria, Egypt
Distinguished Speaker, South American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Invited Speaker, Fertility Society of Australia, Brisbane
Serono Symposium Speaker, Brisbane, Australia
Keynote Speaker, World Association of Reproductive Medicine, Guadalajara, Mexico

2009 (accepted)

Keynote Speaker, Mediterranean Society of Reproductive Medicine, Florence, Italy
Canadian Fertility Society, Montreal
Emerging Concepts in the Treatment of Human Infertility, Suzanne Mubarak Women’s Center, Alexandria, Egypt
Invited Speaker, 25th Annual Symposium of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2010

ESHRE/Alpha Expert Meeting: Human Oocyte and Embryo Standardization, Istanbul, Turkey, February
Invited Speaker: Belgian Society of Reproductive Medicine, Leuven, March
Invited Speaker, 1st International Congress on Stem Cells, Reproductive Cells, Tissues and Organs, Valencia, Spain, April
Invited Speaker, 26th Annual Symposium of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, Rome, Italy
Distinguished Lecturer: World Association of Reproductive Medicine and Biology, Moscow, Russia, October

2011 (accepted)

Seminar, BSRM Symposium on Fertilization, Genk, Belgium, March
Seminar: Functional Remodeling of the Oolemma. Dept. of Animal Science, Colorado State Univ. Ft. Collins, October
Invited Speaker: The Oocyte – Symposium on Basic and Clinical Research: Barcelona, Spain, November

2012 (accepted)

Keynote Speaker: Southwest Embryology Society, Las Vegas, January
Seminar, Dept. Animal Reproductive Sciences, Colorado State University, March
Keynote Speaker: Asian Pacific Society of Reproductive Medicine and Biology (ASPIRE) Osaka, Japan, September
Invited Speaker: Japanese Society of Fertilization and Implantation, August, Osaka
Invited Speaker—Ovarian Club Symposium II: The fertilization process of the oocyte and early embryo development in relation to various clinical conditions, Prague, November
Invited Speaker: The Future of Reproduction, Cambridge, UK, December

PUBLICATIONS

(1) Van Blerkom, J., C. Manes and J.C. Daniel (1973) Development of preimplantation rabbit embryos in vivo and in vitro. I. An ultrastructural comparison. Dev. Biol. 35:262-282.
(2) Van Blerkom, J. and C. Manes (1974) Development of preimplantation rabbit embryos in vivo and in vitro. II. A comparison of qualitative aspects of protein synthesis. Dev. Biol. 40:40-51.
(3) Motta, P. and J. Van Blerkom (1974) Présence d’un materiel characteristique granulaire dans le cytoplasma de l’ovocytes et dans les premiers stades de la differentiation des cellules embryoaires. Bull. Assoc. Anat. Fr. 58:349-356.
(4) Motta, P. and J. Van Blerkom (1974) A scanning electron microscopic study of the luteo-follicular complex. I. Follicle and oocyte. J. Submicro. Cytol. 6:297-310.
(5) Van Blerkom, J. and G. Brockway (1975) Qualitative patterns of protein synthesis in the preimplantation mouse embryo. I. Normal pregnancy. Dev. Biol. 44:148-157.
(6) Van Blerkom, J. and G. Brockway (1975) Qualitative patterns of protein synthesis in the preimplantation mouse embryo. II. During release from facultative delayed implantation. Dev. Biol. 46:446-451.
(7) Van Blerkom, J. (1975) Protein synthesis during preimplantation embryogenesis. Res. Reprod. 7:1-3.
(8) Motta, P. and J. Van Blerkom (1975) A scanning electron microscopic study of the luteo-follicular complex. II. Events leading to ovulation. Am. J. Anat. 143:241-265.
(9) Motta, P. and J. Van Blerkom (1975) A scanning electron microscopic study of rabbit spermatozoa in the female reproductive tract after coitus. Cell and Tissue Res. 163:29-45.
(10) Van Blerkom, J. and M.N. Runner (1976) The fine structure of parthenogenetically activated preimplantation mouse embryos. J. Exp. Zool. 196:113-124.
(11) Van Blerkom, J., S. Barton and M.H. Johnson (1976) Molecular differentiation of the preimplantation mouse embryo. Nature (Lond.) 259:319-321.
(12) Van Blerkom, J. and M.H. Johnson (1976) A molecular approach to the study of preimplantation development in mammals. J. Anat. 122:727-729.
(13) Van Blerkom, J. and P. Motta (1977) Changes occurring in the head region of rabbit spermatozoa after coitus and in the uterus as observed by scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Acta Anat. 99:344-345a.
(14) McGaughey, R.W. and J. Van Blerkom (1977) Patterns of polypeptide synthesis of porcine oocytes during maturation in vitro. Dev. Biol. 56:241-254.
(15) Van Blerkom, J. (1977) Molecular approaches to the study of oocyte maturation and preimplantation embryonic development. In: Immunobiology of the Gametes (M. Edidin and M.H. Johnson, eds.), Cambridge University Press.
(16) Van Blerkom, J. and C. Manes (1977) The molecular biology of preimplantation embryogenesis. In: Concepts in Mammalian Embryogenesis (M.I. Sherman, ed.), M.I.T. Press.
(17) Van Blerkom, J. and R.W. McGaughey (1978) Molecular differentiation of the rabbit ovum. I. During oocyte maturation in vivo and in vitro. Dev. Biol. 63:139-150.
(18) Van Blerkom, J. and R.W. McGaughey (1978) Molecular differentiation of the rabbit ovum. II. During the preimplantation development of in vivo and in vitro matured oocytes. Dev. Biol. 63:151-164.
(19) Van Blerkom, J. and P. Motta (1978) A scanning electron microscopic study of the luteo-follicular complex. III. The repair of the follicle and the formation of the corpus luteus. Cell Tiss. Res. 189:131-153.
(20) Barberini, S., J. Van Blerkom and P. Motta (1978) Changes in the surface of the rabbit endometrium related to the estrous and progestational stages of the reproductive tract. Cell Tiss. Res. 190:207-222.
(21) Van Blerkom, J. (1978) Methods for the high resolution analysis of protein synthesis: Applications to studies of early mammalian development. In: Methods in Mammalian Reproduction (J.C. Daniel, ed.), Academic Press.
(22) Motta, P. and J. Van Blerkom (1978) Structure and ultrastructure of the mammalian Graafian follicle. In: Ovulation: Mechanisms, Detection, Prediction and Regulation (E.S.E. Hafez, ed.), Elsevier, North Holland Pub.
(23) Chavez, D.J. and J. Van Blerkom (1979) Persistence of RNA synthesis during facultative delayed implantation in the mouse. Dev. Biol. 70:39-49.
(24) Van Blerkom, J. (1979) Molecular differentiation of the rabbit ovum. III. Fertilization- autonomous polypeptide synthesis. Dev. Biol. 72:188-194.
(25) Van Blerkom, J. and Motta, P. (1979) The Cellular Basis of Mammalian Reproduction. Urban and Schwartenberg, Baltimore and Munich.
(26) Van Blerkom, J. and P. Motta (1979) Morphodynamic aspects of the ovarian superficial epithelium as revealed by transmission, scanning and high voltage electron microscopy. Ann. Biol. Anim. Biophys. 19:1559-1567.
(27) Van Blerkom, J., D.J. Chavez and H. Bell (1979) The molecular and cellular biology of facultative delayed implantation in vivo and in vitro. In: Maternal Recognition of Pregnancy (CIBA Symposium No. 64)., Excerpta Medica, Amsterdam.
(28) Motta, P., J. Van Blerkom and S. Makabe (1980) Changes in the superficial morphology of the ovarian “germinal epithelium” during the reproductive cycle and in pathological conditions. J. Submicro. Cytol. 12:407-425.
(29) Van Blerkom, J. (1980) The molecular biology of mammalian oogenesis and oocyte maturation. In: The Biology of the Ovary (P. Motta and E.S.E. Hafez, eds.), Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague.
(30) Motta, P. and J. Van Blerkom (1980) The biology of ovulation. In: The Biology of the Ovary (P. Motta and E.S.E. Hafez, eds.), Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague.
(31) Van Blerkom, J. and P. Motta (1980) Morphodynamic aspects of the ovarian superficial epithelium. In: Development and Maturation of the Reproductive Organs (P. Mauleon, ed.), Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague.
(32) Schliwa, M. and J. Van Blerkom (1981) Interactions of cytoskeletal components and a comparison of their images in lysed and unlysed cells. J. Cell Biol. 90:222-235.
(33) Schliwa, M., J. Van Blerkom and K.R. Porter (1981) In vitro stabilization of the cytoplasmic ground substance and analysis of its biochemical composition. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 78:4329-4333.
(34) Van Blerkom, J. and D.J. Chavez (1981) Morphodynamics of outgrowths of mouse trophoblast in the presence and absence of a monolayer of uterine epithelium. Am. J. Anat. 162:143-155.
(35) Van Blerkom, J. (1981) The structural relation and posttranslational modification of stage-specific proteins synthesized during early preimplantation development in the mouse. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 78:7629-7633.
(36) Van Blerkom, J. (1981) Intrinsic and extrinsic patterns of molecular differentiation during oogenesis, embryogenesis and organogenesis in mammals. In: Molecular and Cellular Aspects of Implantation (D. Bullock and S. Glasser, eds.), Plenum Press.
(37) Chavez, D.J. and J. Van Blerkom (1981) Attachment and outgrowth in vitro of mouse trophectoderm. In: Molecular and Cellular Aspects of Implantation (D. Bullock and S. Glasser, eds.), Plenum Press.
(38) Wagner, T.E., J. Van Blerkom and J.D. Jollick (1982) Gene chimeric mammals: Mice developed from zygotes microinjected with rabbit beta globin genes producing rabbit globin. DNA 1:165-168.
(39) Schliwa, M., J. Van Blerkom and K.B. Pryzwansky (1982) Structural organization of the cytoplasm. In: Cold Spring Harbor Symposium on Quantitative Biology 46 (The Cytoplasm), Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, pp. 51- 67.
(40) Schliwa, M., J. Van Blerkom and K.B. Pryzwansky (1982) Implications of cytoskeletal interactions for cellular architecture and behavior. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 299:199-205.
(41) Van Blerkom, J., R. Janzen and M.N. Runner (1982) The patterns of protein synthesis during foetal and neonatal organ development are remarkably similar. J. Embryol. Exp. Morph. 72:97-116.
(42) Weil, J., C.J. Epstein, J. Van Blerkom and N. Xuong (1983) Computer-assisted analysis demonstrates that polypeptides induced by natural and recombinant human interferon-alpha are the same and that some have related primary structures. Antiviral Res. 3:303-314.
(43) Van Blerkom, J. (1983) Posttranscriptional and posttranslational controls during early mammalian embryogenesis. In: Indo-US Symposium on Ovo-Implantation (B. Saxena and K. Yoshinaga, eds.), IIMS Pub.
(44) Van Blerkom, J. and M.N. Runner (1984) Mitochondrial reorganization during resumption of arrested meiosis in the mouse oocyte. Am. J. Anat. 171:335-355.
(45) Van Blerkom, J., G. Henry and R. Porreco (1984) Preimplantation human embryonic development of polypronuclear eggs after in vitro fertilization. Fertil. Steril. 41:686-696.
(46) Van Blerkom, J., G. Henry and R. Porreco (1984) Morphologically normal-appearing preimplantation stage human embryos can develop from polypronuclear eggs after in vitro fertilization: Sequestration of aberrant cells to extraembryonic lineage. J. IVF and ET 2:146-147.
(47) Henry, G., J. Van Blerkom and R. Porreco (1984) Ultrastructurally-guided uterine placement of human embryos after in vitro fertilization. J. IVF and ET 2:115-116.
(48) Janzen, R.G., J. Van Blerkom and M.N. Runner (1984) Identification and characterization of glycoproteins secreted by the skin of the day 16 fetal mouse. J. Exp. Zool. 232:99-106.
(49) Johnson, M.H., J. McConnell and J. Van Blerkom (1984) Programed development in the mouse embryo. J. Emb. Exp. Morph. 83:197-231.
(50) Henry, G., J. Van Blerkom and R. Porreco (1984) Human in vitro fertilization in a private program: Reproductive genetics in vitro. J. IVF and ET 1:76-79.
(51) Van Blerkom, J. and P. Motta (eds.) (1984) Ultrastructure of Reproduction: Gametogenesis, Fertilization and Embryogenesis, Martinus Nijhoff, Boston.
(52) Van Blerkom, J. (1985) Posttranslational modification of proteins during resumption of arrested meiosis and early embryogenesis in the mammal. In: Control of Cell Growth and Proliferation (C.M. Veneziale, ed.), Van Nostrand, Reinhold, Co., pp. 67-86.
(53) Van Blerkom, J. (1985) Protein synthesis during oogenesis and early embryogenesis in the mammal. In: Biology of Fertilization, Vol. 3 (C.B. Metz and A. Monroy, eds.), Academic Press, NY, pp. 379-399.
(54) Van Blerkom, J. (1985) Extragenomic regulation and autonomous expression of a developmental program in the early mammalian embryo. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 442:58-72.
(55) Carroll, S., P.D. Riley, M. Klymkowsky, J. Van Blerkom, J. Stewart and M.P. Scott (1986) Localization of homoeodomain-containing proteins using antibodies against synthetic oligopeptides. In: Gametogenesis and the Early Embryo, Alan Liss, Inc., pp. 257-270.
(56) Van Blerkom, J. and H. Bell (1986) Regulation of development in the fully grown mouse oocyte: Chromosome-mediated temporal and spatial differentiation of the cytoplasm and plasma membrane. J. Embryol. exp. Morph. 93:213-238.
(57) Van Blerkom, J., H. Bell and G. Henry (1987) The occurrence, recognition and developmental fate of pseudomultipronuclear eggs after in vitro fertilization of human oocytes. Human Reprod. 2:217-225.
(58) Van Blerkom, J. and G.P. Henry (1988) Cytogenetic analyses of living human oocytes: Cellular basis and developmental consequences of perturbations in chromosomal organization and complement. Human Reprod. 3:777-790.
(59) Van Blerkom, J. and P. Motta (eds.) (1989) Ultrastructure of Human Gametogenesis and Embryogenesis, Kluwer Acad. Pub., Boston.
(60) Van Blerkom, J. (1989) Developmental failure in human reproduction associated with preovulatory oogenesis and preimplantation embryogenesis. IN: Ultrastructure of Human Gametogenesis and Embryogenesis (J. Van Blerkom and P. Motta, eds.), Kluwer Acad. Pub., pp. 125-180.
(61) Van Blerkom, J. (1989) Morphodynamics of nuclear and cytoplasmic reorganization during the resumption of arrested meiosis in the mouse oocyte. Prog. in Clin. and Biol. Res. 294:33-52.
(62) Van Blerkom, J. (1989) The origin and detection of chromosomal abnormalities in meiotically mature human oocytes obtained from stimulated follicles and after failed fertilization in vitro. Prog. in Clin. and Biol. Res. 296:299-310.
(63) Van Blerkom, J. (1989) Maturation of germinal vesicle stage mouse oocytes at high frequency after cryopreservation. I. Alterations in cytoplasmic, nuclear, nucleolar and chromosomal structure and organization associated with vitrification. Human Reprod. 4:883-898.
(64) Van Blerkom, J. (1989) Experimental approaches to the study of early developmental failure in human reproduction. IN: The Basic Science Foundation of Medically-Assisted Conception (K. Ryan et al., eds.), National Academy of Sciences, pp. 234-249.
(65) Van Blerkom, J. (1990) Cellular and Developmental Biological Aspects of Bovine Meiotic Maturation, Fertilization, and Preimplantation Embryogenesis in Vitro. JEMT 16:298-323.
(66) Van Blerkom, J. (1990) Occurrence and Developmental Consequences of Aberrant Cellular Organization in Meiotically Mature Human Oocytes after Exogenous Ovarian Hyperstimulation. JEMT 16:324-346.
(67) Van Blerkom, J. (1991) Intrinsic and extrinsic influences on the expression of molecular and cellular differential in human oocytes and embryos. IN: The Biology and Chemistry of Mammalian Fertilization (P.M. Wassarman, ed.), CRC Press.
(68) Van Blerkom, J. and G. Henry (1991) Dispermic fertilization of human oocytes. JEMT 17:437-449.
(69) Van Blerkom, J. (1991) Cryopreservation of the mammalian oocyte. IN: Animal Applications of Research in Mammalian Development (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press), pp. 83-119.
(70) Van Blerkom, J. (1991) Microtubule mediation of cytoplasmic and nuclear maturation during the early stages of resumed meiosis in cultured mouse oocytes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 88:5031-5035.
(71) Van Blerkom, J. and G.H. Henry (1992) Oocyte dysmorphism and aneuploidy in meiotically-mature human oocytes after controlled ovarian stimulation. Human Reprod. 7(3):379- 390.
(72) Van Blerkom, J. (1993) Development of human embryos to the hatched blastocyst stage in the presence or absence of a monolayer of Vero cells. Human Reprod. 8:1525-1539.
(73) Van Blerkom, J. (1994) Developmental failure in human reproduction associated with chromosomal abnormalities and cytoplasmic pathologies in meiotically-mature oocytes. IN: The Biological Basis of Early Reproductive Failure in the Human: Applications to Medically Assisted Conception in the Treatment of Infertility (J. Van Blerkom, ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 283-325.
(74) Van Blerkom, J. (1994) Intrinsic factors affecting the outcome of laboratory-assisted conception in the human. IN: The Biological Basis of Early Reproductive Failure in the Human: Applications to Medically Assisted Conception in the Treatment of Infertility (J. Van Blerkom, ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 3-27.
(75) Van Blerkom, J. and P. Davis (1994) Cytogenetic, cellular and developmental consequences of cryopreservation of immature and mature mouse and human oocytes. Micr. Res. Tech. 27:165-193.
(76) Van Blerkom, J., P. Davis and J. Merriam (1994) The developmental ability of human oocytes penetrated at the germinal vesicle stage after insemination in vitro. Human Reprod. 9:697-708.
(77) Van Blerkom, J. (1994) The History, Current Status and Future Prospects for Research Involving Human Embryos: A Report to the National Institutes of Health Panel on Human Embryo Research. In: Report of NIH Human Embryo Research Panel. U.S. Government Printing Office.
(78) Van Blerkom, J., P. Davis and J. Merriam (1994) A retrospective analysis of unfertilized and presumed parthenogenetically activated human oocytes demonstrated a high frequency of sperm penetration. Human Reprod. 9:2381-2388.
(79) Van Blerkom, J., P. Davis and J. Lee (1995) ATP content of human oocytes and developmental potential and outcome after in-vitro fertilization and embryo transfer. Human Reprod. 10:415-424.
(80) Van Blerkom, J., J.P. Davis, J. Merriam and J. Sinclair (1995) Nuclear and cytoplasmic dynamics of sperm penetration, pronuclear formation, and microtubule organization during fertilization and early preimplantation development in the human. Human Reprod. Update 1:429-461.
(81) Van Blerkom, J. and P. Davis (1995) Evolution of the sperm aster after microinjection of isolated human sperm centrosomes into meiotically mature human oocytes. Mol. Human Reprod. 1:2179-2182.
(82) Van Blerkom, J. (1996) The influence of intrinsic and extrinsic factors on the developmental potential and chromosomal normality of the human oocyte. J. Soc. Gynecol. Invest. 3:3-11.
(83) Van Blerkom, J. (1996) Sperm centrosome dysfunction: A possible new class of male factor infertility in the human. Mol. Human. Reprod. 2:349-354.
(84) Tarin, J., F. Vendrell, J. Van Blerkom and A. Cano (1996) The oxidant agent tertiary butyl hydroperoxide induces disturbances in spindle structure, c-meiosis, and aneuploidy in mouse oocytes. Mol. Human Reprod. 12:895-902.
(85) Van Blerkom, J., M.Antczak and R Schrader (1997) The developmental potential of the human oocyte is related to the dissolved oxygen content of follicular fluid: association with vascular endothelial growth factor levels and perifollicular blood flow characteristics. Human Reprod. 12:1047-1055.
(86) Cioffi, J. J. Van Blerkom, M. Antczak, A. Shafer, S. Wittmer and R. Snodgress (1997) The expression of leptin and its receptors in pre-ovulatory human follicles. Mol. Human Reprod. 3:467-472.
(87) Van Blerkom, J. (1997) Can the developmental competence of early human embryos be predicted effectively in the clinical IVF laboratory? Human Reprod. 12:1610-1614.
(88) Van Blerkom, J. (1997) The earliest events of human fertilization. In: Microscopy of Reproduction and Development: A Dynamic Approach (P. Motta, ed.).
(89) Van Blerkom, J. (1997) Human ovarian follicular vascularity, oxygen content and the developmental potential of the preovulatory oocyte. Proc. 19th World Cong. on In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer (V. Gamely and P. Leung, eds.). Monduzzi Editore, Rome. Pp. 743-750.
(90) Antczak, M., J. Van Blerkom and A. Clark (1997) A novel mechanism of vascular endothelial growth factor, leptin and transforming growth factor beta2 sequestration in a subpopulation of human ovarian follicle cells. Human Reprod. 12:2226-2234.
(91) Antczak, M. and J. Van Blerkom (1997) Oocyte influences on early development: The regulatory proteins leptin and STAT3 are polarized in mouse and human oocytes and differentially distributed within the cells of the preimplantation stage embryo. Mol. Human Reprod. 3:1067-1086..
(92) Van Blerkom, J. and P. Davis (1998) DNA strand breaks and phosphatidylserine redistribution in newly ovulated and cultured mouse and human oocytes: occurrence and relationship to apoptosis. Human Reprod. 13:1317-1324.
(93) Van Blerkom, J. (1998) Epigenetic influences on oocyte developmental competence. Follicular oxygenation and perifollicular vascularity. J. Asst. Reprod. Genet. 15:226-234.
(94) Van Blerkom, J., J. Sinclair and P. Davis (1998) Mitochondrial transfer between oocytes: Potential applications of mitochondrial donation and the issue of heteroplasmy. Human Reprod. 12:2857-2868.
(95) Antczak, M. and J. Van Blerkom (1999) Temporal and spatial aspects of fragmentation in early human embryos: Possible effects on developmental competence and association with the differential elimination of regulatory proteins from polarized domains. Human Reprod. 14:429-447.
(96) Van Blerkom, J. (1999) Oocyte contributions to embryogenesis in mammals. Processing of the 11th World Congress on In Vitro Fertilization and Human Reproductive Genetics: Towards Reproductive
Certainty: Fertility and Genetics Beyond 1999 (R. Jansen and D. Mortimer, eds.). Parthenon Pub., New York. Pp. 223-230.
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In Preparation

Van Blerkom, J. Mitochondria and early mammalian development: polarities, bioenergetic and outcome. Reproductive Futures: A Symposium in Tribute to Robert Edwards. Cambridge University, UK. (supplement for RBM Online)

Van Blerkom J. High ΔΨm in subplasmalemmal mitochondria drives
oolemmal GM1 lipid microdomain remodeling and establishes fertilization competence
is regulated by eNOS activity in the pericortical cytoplasm.