CRU conference: Nordic Embryo Technology Association meeting 2026

Start date: 16 April 2026

End date: 17 April 2026

Venue: Room Tanngrisner (VHC) and the Swedish Livestock Research Centre in Lövsta

Language: English

Last day of registration: 17 March 2026

Organiser: CRU

Location: Uppsala

Venues: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Ulls väg 26, Ultuna, Uppsala, Sweden and the Swedish Livestock Research Centre at SLU, Funbo Lövsta 27, Uppsala, Sweden

Organising group: Ylva Sjunnesson (ylva.sjunnesson@slu.se) and Denise Laskowski (denise.laskowski@slu.se).

Please scroll down for the conference program.

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Light lunch Thursday April 16
Bus from SLU Ultuna to central part of Uppsala April 16
Dinner (at own expense) in pub in central part of Uppsala April 16
Bus from central part of Uppsala to study visit at the Swedish Livestock Research Centre in Lövsta in the morning April 17 (20 min)
Bus back from the Swedish Livestock Research Centre in Lövsta to central part of Uppsala around lunchtime April 17 (20 min)

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Program

The programme is preliminary and may be subject to change.

Thursday April 16

SLU, Ulls väg 26, Uppsala, Sweden, Room Tanngrisner (floor 5)

9:30 Possibility for study visit in the SLU IVP-lab facilities. Please contact the organisers to plan for your visit.

11:30 Registration, light lunch

12:30 Welcome and introduction (organisers)

Invited speakers with focus on ovum-pick-up (OPU) and stress/pain/pain relief:

  • In mares (Emma Lorenzen, VetEmbryo (Rødekro, Denmark)
  • In women (Thomas Brodin (Carl von Linné Clinic, Uppsala, Sweden)
  • In cattle (Renée Båge (SLU, Uppsala, Sweden)

Followed by a discussion/panel debate and a break

  • Current status of embryo research and application, Finland (20 min). 
  • Current status of embryo research and application, Norway (20 min).
  • Current status of embryo research and application, Denmark (20 min).
  • Current status of embryo research and application, Estonia (20 min).

Time for more breaks and questions/discussions will be included in the final schedule.

17:15 Bus leaves from SLU for central Uppsala     

19:00 Dinner in central part of Uppsala (at own expense) and further discussions

Friday April 17 

08:30 Bus leaves from Central part of Uppsala to the Swedish Livestock Research Centre at SLU, Lövsta (20 min drive)

9:00 Study visit in Lövsta including coffee breaks and discussions

  • Current status of embryo research and application, Sweden (20 min).
  • Current status of embryo research and application, Latvia (20 min).
  • Annual NETA meeting (including election of board members)
  • Summary and conclusion, discussion. 
  • Board meeting (present board members only)

11:40 Bus back to Uppsala Central station (20 min drive)

12:00 Bus back to SLU, Ultuna (20 min drive)