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IETS @iets-org.bsky.social · 19h

Panama is the PERFECT #IETS2026 destination! Tour Panama City 🏙️, the Panama Canal 🚢, & other discounted outings 🤑!

Stay at the Sheraton Grand Panama 🏨 or Aloft Panama 🏨

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IETS @iets-org.bsky.social · 1d

NEW IETS Newsletter Issue Now Available! 🗞️👀

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Not an IETS member yet? Become a member and unlock access to this issue and so much more!

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IETS @iets-org.bsky.social · 6d

Meet Your 2026 IETS Board of Governors Candidate: Alan Ealy of Virginia Tech University 👋😊

Read his full bio 👉 bit.ly/4neGdem

We want to hear from you‼️ The 2026 election closes Dec 1 @ 11:59 p.m. CT for professional members.

Cast your vote 👉 bit.ly/4pkhQOe

2026 IETS Board of Governors Candidate

Alan Ealy, PhD
Virginia Tech University

Voting closes December 1, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. CT

IETS @iets-org.bsky.social · 6d

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IETS @iets-org.bsky.social · 6d

🔬 NEW #RESEARCH ALERT: #IETSPapersOfTheMonth 📊

Scientists have worked since 2002 to restore Washington's pygmy rabbits in the Columbia Basin 🐰. New genetic research is tracking their efforts. Read the findings 👉 doi.org/10.3390/gene...

#IETSPapersOfTheMonth

Long-term noninvasive genetic monitoring guides recovery of the endangered Columbia Basin pygmy rabbits (Brachylagus idahoensis)

Nerkowski SA, Hohenlohe PA, Rachlow JL, Warheit KI, Gallie JA, et al. Genes 16, 956.

August 2025

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IETS @iets-org.bsky.social · 7d

The recording of our inaugural webinar with SBTE is now available! 📹🎉

IETS members receive access to ALL previous IETS and Morulas webinar recordings!

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IETS @iets-org.bsky.social · 9d

Did you know current IETS members save on top of early bird discounts—more than $235 for professionals, $130 for postdocs, $145 for graduate students, & $190 for undergrads—making membership entirely free? 😮

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IETS @iets-org.bsky.social · 9d

The wait is over! 🎉

Register today for #IETS2026, happening Jan 17 to 20, 2026, in Panama City, Panama 🇵🇦!

Early bird discounts end 11:59 p.m. CT on Dec 15 (save a reminder ➡️ addcal.io/e/nuexbg8m59to).

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#IETS2026 registration now open!

Early bird savings end December 15

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IETS @iets-org.bsky.social · 9d

🗣️⏰ This is your final reminder to register for the inaugural IETS & SBTE Webinar, happening TOMORROW (Sept 30 📆), 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. CT 🕙!

Register NOW to ensure you’re a part of this trailblazing collaboration!

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IETS @iets-org.bsky.social · 13d

Interested in receiving the full papers of the month list from the IETS Morulas Trainee Association and the CANDES Committee? 📫

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IETS @iets-org.bsky.social · 13d

🔬 NEW #RESEARCH ALERT: #IETSPapersOfTheMonth 📊

A global team explored how adding specific nutrients (like B vitamins, zinc, and folate) to embryo culture media affects successful pregnancy rates in cattle breeding 🐄. Learn more ▶️ doi.org/10.1038/s415...

#IETSPapersOfTheMonth

One carbon metabolism supplementation in maturation medium but not embryo culture medium improves the yield of blastocysts from bovine oocytes

Golestanfar A, Naslaji A, Jafarpour F, Borujen N, Varnosfaderani R, et al. 2025. Scientific Reports 15, 2749.

August 2025

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IETS @iets-org.bsky.social · 15d

In one week (Sept 30 📆, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. CT 🕙), we’re collaborating with SBTE to deliver a cutting-edge webinar on the significant—but often underappreciated—role of male factors in fertility and embryo development. 🧪🌟

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2025 IETS & SBTE Webinar

Join us for an exciting webinar exploring the significant--but often underappreciated--role of male factors in fertility and embryo development.

Date: September 30, 2025
Time: 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. CT

SBTE Speaker: Maíra Bianchi Rodrigues Alves, PhD, MS, DVM
IETS Speaker: Beatriz Fernandez Fuertes, PhD

Register now

IETS @iets-org.bsky.social · 16d

Interested in receiving the full papers of the month list from the IETS Morulas Trainee Association and the CANDES Committee? 📫

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IETS @iets-org.bsky.social · 16d

🔬 NEW #RESEARCH ALERT: #IETSPapersOfTheMonth 📊

Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, PAS researchers characterized carp seminal plasma proteome, classified proteins by cellular location, & explored functions 🐟. Read more ➡️ doi.org/10.1071/RD25...

#IETSPapersOfTheMonth

Comprehensive proteomic characterization and functional annotation of common carp seminal plasma

Majewska A, Kodzik N, Dietrich M, Ciereszko A. 2025. Reproduction, Fertility and Development 37, RD25034.

August 2025

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IETS @iets-org.bsky.social · 20d

Interested in receiving the full papers of the month list from the IETS Morulas Trainee Association and the CANDES Committee? 📫

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IETS @iets-org.bsky.social · 20d

🔬 NEW #RESEARCH ALERT: #IETSPapersOfTheMonth 📊

University of Sassari & @uab.cat collaborated to evaluate the potential beneficial effects of liquid marble microbioreactors as 3D culture systems for prepubertal goat oocytes IVM 🐐. Read more 👉 doi.org/10.3390/ani1...

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Effect of liquid marble 3D culture system on in vitro maturation and embryo development of prepubertal goat oocytes

Podda A, Dujíčková L, Ariu F, Leoni G, Izquierdo D, et al. 2025. Animals 15, 188.

August 2025

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IETS @iets-org.bsky.social · 22d

Did you hear we’re co-hosting a webinar with SBTE to explore the role of male factors in fertility & embryo development⁉️

Join us on Sept 30 📆 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. CT 🕙.

You won’t want to miss this cutting-edge talk—register now!

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IETS @iets-org.bsky.social · 23d

Interested in receiving the full papers of the month list from the IETS Morulas Trainee Association and the CANDES Committee? 📫

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IETS @iets-org.bsky.social · 23d

🔬 NEW #RESEARCH ALERT: #IETSPapersOfTheMonth 📊

Universidad Complutense de Madrid, INIA, & @mncn-csic.bsky.social studied how different IVC media strategies affect embryonic development in domestic cat IVP, & which has the best developmental competence 🐱.
Learn more ▶️ doi.org/10.1016/j.th...

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Comparative evaluation of three culture media for domestic cat in vitro embryo production and their effects on blastocyst development

Munoz-Maceda A, Camacho EP, Priego-Gonzales A, Núñez-Puente C, de Los Reyes NM, et al. 2026. Theriogenology 249, 117641.

August 2025

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IETS @iets-org.bsky.social · 23d

Submit nominations for the coveted 2026 Foundation Early Career Achievement Award, Peter W. Farin Trainee Travel Scholarship, Richard Fayrer-Hosken/Partner Society Travel Fund, & CANDES Trainee Travel Award by TONIGHT at 11:59 p.m. CT!

Submit NOW ▶️ bit.ly/43LGija

Reminder

2026 nominations for the IETS Awards are due TONIGHT at 11:59 p.m. CT!

Submit today!

IETS @iets-org.bsky.social · 28d

Undergraduate, graduate, postdoctoral, or veterinary student with an accepted #IETS2026 abstract? You’re eligible for the 2026 CANDES Trainee Travel Award! 🎓✈️

Applications due by Sept 15 📆 @ 11:59 p.m. CT 🕛 (details ➡️ bit.ly/46dwaiP)

Apply now ➡️ bit.ly/43LGija

Apply for the 2026 CANDES Trainee Travel Award!

Nominations due: September 15, 2025, @ 11:59 p.m. CT

Apply now!

IETS @iets-org.bsky.social · Sep 8

Only 1️⃣ WEEK remains to submit your nominations for the 2026 Early Career Achievement Awards, Peter W. Farin Trainee Travel Scholarship, & Richard Fayrer-Hosken/Partner Society Travel Fund 🏆.

Submit your nominations by Sept. 15 at 11:59 p.m. CT 👉 bit.ly/43LGija

Make sure to submit your 2026 nominations for the Foundation Early Career Achievement Award, Peter W. Farin Trainee Travel Scholarship, and Richard Fayrer-Hosken/Partner Society Travel Fund!

Nominate by September 15, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. CT

IETS @iets-org.bsky.social · Sep 4

Meet Your 2026 IETS Board of Governors Candidate: Jeremy Block of the University of Wyoming 👋😊

Read his full bio ➡️ bit.ly/4lU1JDR

Your vote matters 🗳️‼️ The 2026 election closes Dec 1 @ 11:59 p.m. CT for professional members.

Cast your vote ➡️ bit.ly/4pkhQOe

2026 IETS Board of Governors Candidate

Jeremy Block, PhD
University of Wyoming

Voting closes December 1, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. CT

IETS @iets-org.bsky.social · Sep 4

Interested in receiving the full papers of the month list from the IETS Morulas Trainee Association and the CANDES Committee? 📫

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IETS @iets-org.bsky.social · Sep 4

🔬 NEW #RESEARCH ALERT: #IETSPapersOfTheMonth 📊

Researchers found that while bone resorption increases near the end of pregnancy, lactating wild bonobos show LOWER bone resorption than other reproductive phases 🐒. Learn more ▶️ doi.org/10.1017/ehs....

#IETSPapersOfTheMonth

Wild bonobos experience unusually low bone resorption during early lactation relative to humans and other mammals

Behringer V, Sonnweber R, Fruth B, Housman G, Douglas PH, et al. 2025. Evolutionary Human Sciences.

July 2025

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