13^th International Conference on Tissue Science , Engineering, Regenerative Medicine & Bio Banking April 24-25, 2019 Vancouver, Canada

Igor Katkoc is a trained biophysicist with 30+ experience in cryobiology and cryogenic engineering. The last 5 years the reserach has been focused on the fundamental aspects of kinetic vitrification (K-VF) as welll on designing the practical system for K-VF KrioBlastâ„¢ (in cooperation with V.F. Bolyukh from Ukraine). Chief Scientific Officer of CELLTRONIX (San Diego, CA, USA). Has recently accepted a professor-level position of the Head of the Laboratory of amorphous stae in the Belgorod National Research University, Russia.

Reproductive Biology & Cryobiology

Dr. Young is internationally known as a leader and innovator in Obstetrics and Gynecology. He introduced prenatal genetic diagnosis and performed the first amniocenteses at the NYU Medical Center, founding the Prenatal Diagnosis program in 1972 and the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine in 1975. Other innovations followed, including fetal heart rate monitoring, fetal scalp blood pH, umbilical artery blood measurements in labor, intravenous infusion of magnesium sulfate for pre-eclampsia instead of an intramuscular injection, the world’s first Obstetrical Intensive Care Unit, and a technique for fetoscopic closure of preterm ruptured membranes. He has edited 2 books on Maternal-Fetal Medicine and written 2 books for the general reader. He directed the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine until 2005 and presently directs the NYU Pregnancy Loss Prevention Center. He is a member of the Kimmel Stem Cell Center at NYU Medical Center. His current research focuses on human amniotic fluid derived stem cells.

Stem Cells for Regenerative Medicine