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Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 201-208 , February 2010

Ultra-rapid vitrification of mouse oocytes in low cryoprotectant concentrations

Ho-Joon Lee
- Vincent Obstetrics and Gynecology Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
- Ho-Joon Lee and Heidi Elmoazzen contributed equally to this work
- Corresponding authors.
Heidi Elmoazzen
- Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgical Services, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Shriners Hospital for Children, Boston, MA 02114, USA
- Ho-Joon Lee and Heidi Elmoazzen contributed equally to this work
Diane Wright
- Vincent Obstetrics and Gynecology Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
John Biggers
- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Bo R Rueda
- Vincent Obstetrics and Gynecology Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Yun Seok Heo
- Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgical Services, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Shriners Hospital for Children, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Mehmet Toner
- Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgical Services, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Shriners Hospital for Children, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Thomas L Toth
- Vincent Obstetrics and Gynecology Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
- Corresponding authors.

Received 26 May 2009 ,Revised 4 June 2009 ,Accepted 2 November 2009.

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Ho-Joon Lee has been working in the area of reproductive biology and medicine since 1985, beginning with a human IVF program and as a director of the IVF lab in Cheil General Hospital, Seoul, Korea. He was awarded a PhD in Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea, 1993. He developed co-culture and embryo cryopreservation techniques to improve pregnancy rates. He joined the Vincent Center for Reproductive Biology in Massachusetts General Hospital in 2003, where he is currently working as an investigator. His current interests are oocyte and embryo preservation and he focuses on ovarian stem cells in mammal as well as fertility preservation.