Dear ASPIRE Members, We invite you to join us for the ASPIRE 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM), which will take place during the 14th Congress of the Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE 2025) at Suntec Convention and Exhibition Centre, Singapore, from 1–4 May 2025. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING DETAILS Date: Saturday, 3 May 2025 [...]
ASPIRE stands with the people and communities affected by Typhoon Gaemi. Our thoughts are with the victims, their families, and everyone impacted by this disaster. In this challenging time, the unity and compassion of our community are more important than ever. Let us continue to support and uplift each other. Our thoughts and prayers [...]
Singapore: Countries across Southeast Asia are mounting a rear-guard action against an alarming decline in fertility rates that pose a major threat to their future sustainability. Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam are embracing a unique reform blueprint to advance family friendly policies and arrest falling birth rates with other countries being urged to follow their [...]
In the 1960s, one could be forgiven for believing that population growth, then exponential, would portend the end of the human race, just as modelling of flies growing in a bottle with limited resources had demonstrated. The availability of fertility control for people around the world became a welcome solution to achieve zero population [...]
ASPIRE have awarded 15 outstanding abstract presentations across three award categories namely: Young Investigator Awards, Best Oral Presentations and Best Poster Presentations. These awards are a testament to their commitment to advancing knowledge and making significant contributions to the field of Reproductive Medicine. Kudos to all the awardees, and may their research continue to [...]
Dear ASPIRE Members, As we enter the second half of 2022, Fertility and Reproduction is about to publish its 15th on-line journal. The next two editions will be a little different as they will feature abstracts of presentations at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Fertility Society of Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ) held [...]
We are pleased to report the recent ASPIRE 2022 Congress concurrent session on a new paradigm in endometriosis management was well received by registrants. We heard excellent presentations from: • Professor Neil Johnson from New Zealand on addressing the delay in diagnosis; • Professor Charles Chapron from France on the shifting paradigm in management [...]
Two webinars specifically designed by the Embryology SIG for clinical embryologists are coming soon. Researchers in clinical embryology, physicians and nurses are also encouraged to participate in the webinars and pose questions. Details below: How to read and understand scientific data/paper with a focus on clinical embryology Tuesday 16 August 2022, 7:00pm – 8:30pm [...]
The Endometrium and Implantation SIG continues to focus on uterine factors and improved embryo quality. Two sessions of the ASPIRE-CPAM Masterclass Webinar Series have been held this year addressing fundamental concepts in assisted reproductive technology and bridging the gaps. They were organised and presided over by Chairman Li Rong. In March, we explored how [...]
The World Health Organisation’s 6th edition of semen analysis has become the fundamental investigation and subsequent evaluation protocol for the infertile man. If routine semen analysis is abnormal, it should be repeated. Once the repeated semen analyses demonstrate a sperm concentration less than 15 million spermatozoa/mL, serum testosterone, serum follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), and [...]
