Proceedings of the first European Ovary Workshop (EOW 2025), Lagos, Portugal, 17–20 February 2025

Christiani A. Amorim; Susana M. Chuva de Sousa Lopes; Michael Klutstein; Miguel Angel Brieño-Enriquez; Richard A. Anderson; Francesca E. Duncan; Michel De Vos; Pauliina Damdimopoulou; Pierre Comizzoli; Suzannah A. Williams; Yvonne O’Meara; Hajra Khattak; Seppe Segers; Jennifer R. Gruhn; Ignasi Roig; Stine Gry Kristensen

doi:10.1093/molehr/gaag039

Proceedings of the first European Ovary Workshop (EOW 2025), Lagos, Portugal, 17–20 February 2025

Christiani A. Amorim^*
, Susana M. Chuva de Sousa Lopes
, Michael Klutstein
, Miguel Angel Brieño-Enriquez
, Richard A. Anderson
, Francesca E. Duncan
, Michel De Vos
, Pauliina Damdimopoulou
, Pierre Comizzoli
, Suzannah A. Williams
, Yvonne O’Meara
, Hajra Khattak
, Seppe Segers
, Jennifer R. Gruhn
, Ignasi Roig
, Stine Gry Kristensen^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Institute of Biomedical Research at the Faculty of Dental Medicine

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Abstract

The inaugural European Ovary Workshop (EOW 2025), that was held on 17–20 February 2025, in Lagos, Portugal, brought together 165 scientists, clinicians, and early career researchers from 28 countries to advance ovarian biology from fundamental mechanisms to clinical translation. The program featured 12 scientific sessions, 17 keynote lectures, 15 selected short talks, 89 flash talks, and >90 posters spanning meiosis, folliculogenesis, ovarian reserve, aging, microenvironment, bioengineering, fertility preservation, environmental toxicology, wildlife conservation, patient-public involvement in science, and ethics. A comprehensive networking program combined formal and informal activities to stimulate scientific exchange and interaction across disciplines and career stages. Post-workshop feedback (n = 86) reflected high satisfaction with scientific content (rated 4.6/5), speaker quality (4.7/5), and networking (4.4/5), while identifying opportunities to expand clinical topics, diversify model organisms, and improve poster logistics. EOW 2025 established a unique community and a biennial platform to accelerate discovery and translation in ovarian research.

Original language	English
Article number	gaag039
Journal	Molecular Human Reproduction
Volume	32
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/molehr/gaag039
State	Published - 2026

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© The Author(s) 2026. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology. All rights reserved. For commercial re-use, please contact [email protected] for reprints and translation rights for reprints. All other permissions can be obtained through our RightsLink service via the Permissions link on the article page on our site—for further information please contact [email protected]. This article is published and distributed under the terms of the Oxford University Press, Standard Journals Publication Model (https://academic.oup.com/pages/standard-publication-reuse-rights)

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Keywords

assisted reproductive technologies
bioengineering
environmental exposures
fertility preservation
folliculogenesis
meiosis
ovarian aging
ovarian reserve
ovary
reproductive toxicology

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Amorim, C. A., Chuva de Sousa Lopes, S. M., Klutstein, M., Brieño-Enriquez, M. A., Anderson, R. A., Duncan, F. E., De Vos, M., Damdimopoulou, P., Comizzoli, P., Williams, S. A., O’Meara, Y., Khattak, H., Segers, S., Gruhn, J. R., Roig, I., & Kristensen, S. G. (2026). Proceedings of the first European Ovary Workshop (EOW 2025), Lagos, Portugal, 17–20 February 2025. Molecular Human Reproduction, 32(3), Article gaag039. https://doi.org/10.1093/molehr/gaag039

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Proceedings of the first European Ovary Workshop (EOW 2025), Lagos, Portugal, 17–20 February 2025

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