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1 E U R O P E A N C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E F O R M A T PERSONAL INFORMATION Name Address Telephone Fax GIOVANNI COTICCHIO Nationality Italian Date of birth 12 April 1962 WORK EXPERIENCE Dates (from to) Name and address of employer Type of business or sector Occupation or position held Main activities and responsibilities Dec 2009 date BIOGENESI, Reproductive Medicine Centre Istituti Clinici Zucchi Via Zucchi Monza, Italy coticchio.biogenesi@grupposandonato.it Tel , , Fax Assisted Reproduction Technologies Head of research and senior embryologist Planning, design and coordination of research programs - All laboratory activities relevant to human IVF Dates (from to) Sept 1998 Nov 2009 Name and address of employer Tecnobios Procreazione, Via Dante 15, Bologna, Italy Type of business or sector Assisted Reproduction Technologies Occupation or position held Head of research laboratory and senior embryologist Main activities and responsibilities Planning, design and coordination of research programs - All laboratory activities relevant to human IVF Dates (from to) Oct 1999 Jan 2000 Name and address of employer Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Sydney (AUS) Type of business or sector Academic institution Occupation or position held Visiting scientist Main activities and responsibilities Implementation of collaborative research Dates (from to) Name and address of employer Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Nottingham (UK) Type of business or sector Academic institution Occupation or position held Post Doctoral research assistant Main activities and responsibilities Research on oocyte physiology Page 1 - Curriculum vitae of Giovanni Coticchio

2 Dates (from to) Name and address of employer NURTURE, Nottingham University Research and Treatment Unit in Reproduction (UK) Type of business or sector Human IVF Occupation or position held Clinical embryologist Main activities and responsibilities All laboratory activities relevant to human IVF Dates (from to) Name and address of employer Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Nottingham (UK) Type of business or sector Academic institution Occupation or position held Lecturer Main activities and responsibilities Coordinator of the Master of Medical Sciences (M.Med.Sci.) in Assisted Reproduction Technologies, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, EDUCATION AND TRAINING Dates (from to) Oct - Nov 2013 Name and type of organisation Vanderbilt University (USA) Principal subjects/occupational Clinical research Title of qualification awarded Online course on Data management for clinical research Level in national classification Awarded maximum marks and merit Dates (from to) Name and type of organisation University of Nottingham (UK) Principal subjects/occupational Assisted Reproduction Technologies Title of qualification awarded Master of Medical Sciences (M.Med.Sci.) Level in national classification Awarded maximum marks and merit in thesis Dates (from to) Name and type of organisation University of Palermo (Italy) Principal subjects/occupational Developmental biology Title of qualification awarded Ph.D. Level in national classification N.A. Dates (from to) 1992 Name and type of organisation Italian Institute of Biology Principal subjects/occupational Biology Title of qualification awarded License for the profession of biologist Level in national classification N.A. Dates (from to) July 1990 Page 2 - Curriculum vitae of Giovanni Coticchio

3 Name and type of organisation Principal subjects/occupational Title of qualification awarded Level in national classification European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Practical Course on Genetic Manipulation of Streptomyces Expertise in the genetic manipulation of Streptomyces N.A. Dates (from to) June 1988 Name and type of organisation European Federation of Microbial Society (FEMS) Principal subjects/occupational Microbial Breeding Summer School Title of qualification awarded Expertise in the genetic manipulation of microorganisms of industrial interest Level in national classification N.A. Dates (from to) Name and type of organisation University of Palermo, Italy Principal subjects/occupational Biological Sciences Title of qualification awarded B.Sc. Level in national classification Awarded maximum marks and merit in thesis PERSONAL SKILLS Acquired in the course of life and career but not necessarily covered by formal certificates and diplomas. MOTHER TONGUE ITALIAN OTHER LANGUAGES Reading skills Writing skills Verbal skills SOCIAL SKILLS Living and working with other people, in multicultural environments, in positions where communication is important and situations where teamwork is essential (for example culture and sports), etc. ENGLISH Excellent Excellent Excellent Ability to liase with scientists and officials of national and international scientific/governmental organizations Page 3 - Curriculum vitae of Giovanni Coticchio

4 ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS Coordination and administration of people, projects and budgets; at work, in voluntary work (for example culture and sports) and at home, etc. TECHNICAL SKILLS With computers, specific kinds of equipment, machinery, etc. ARTISTIC SKILLS Music, writing, design, etc. - Coordinator of national multi-center collaborative projects on Oocyte cryopreservation promoted and supported by the Italian National Institute of Health ( ) - Deputy of the ESHRE specialist interest group (SIG) in embryology ( date) - Vice- President of SIERR, Società Italiana di Embriologia Riproduzione e Ricerca ( ) - Associate Editor of Human Reproduction - Editorial Board member of Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics - Reviewer of The Lancet, Human Reproduction, Fertility and Sterility, Reproductive Biomedicine Online, Theriogenology. Clinical embryology, developmental biology, molecular biology Photography SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS Books published as Editor 1. Coticchio G, Albertini DF, De Santis L. Oogenesis. Springer. London UK, ISBN Borini A, Coticchio G. Preservation of human oocytes. Informa Healthcare. London UK, ISBN , Articles under submission 1. Yerushalmi G, Salmon-Divon M, Yung Y, Maman E, Kedem A, Ophir L, Coticchio G. Dal Canto M, Mignini Renzini M, Hourvitz A. Characterization of the human cumulus cell transcriptome during final follicular maturation and ovulation. Submitted for publication in Molecular Human Reproduction. Published articles 1. Coticchio G, Guglielmo MC, Albertini DF, Dal Canto M, Mignini Renzini M, De Ponti E, and Fadini R, Contributions of the actin cytoskeleton to the emergence of polarity during maturation in human oocytes. Molecular Human Reproduction doi: /molehr/gat Coticchio G, Guglielmo M, Dal Canto M, Fadini R, Mignini Renzini M, De Ponti E, Brambillasca F, Albertini D. Mechanistic foundations of the metaphase II spindle of human oocytes matured in vivo and in vitro. Human Reproduction (12): Brambillasca F, Guglielmo M-C, Coticchio G, Mignini Renzini M, Canto M, Fadini R. The current challenges to efficient immature oocyte cryopreservation. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2013;30(12): Coticchio G. Polarization microscopy and rescue ICSI. Reprod. Biomed. Online Mar;26(3): Fadini R, Mignini Renzini M, Dal Canto M, Epis A, Crippa M, Caliari I, et al. Oocyte in vitro maturation in normoovulatory women. Fertility and Sterility 2013; 99(5): Fadini R, Mignini Renzini M, Guarnieri T, Dal Canto M, De Ponti E, Sutcliffe A, et al. Comparison of the obstetric and perinatal outcomes of children conceived from in vitro or in vivo matured oocytes in in vitro maturation treatments with births from conventional ICSI cycles. Human Reproduction 2012;27(12): Dal Canto M, Coticchio G, Mignini Renzini M, De Ponti E, Novara PV, Brambillasca F, et al. Cleavage kinetics analysis of human embryos predicts development to blastocyst and implantation. Reprod Biomed Online 2012;25(5): Page 4 - Curriculum vitae of Giovanni Coticchio

5 8. Dal Canto M, Brambillasca F, Mignini Renzini M, Coticchio G, Merola M, Lain M, et al. Cumulus cell-oocyte complexes retrieved from antral follicles in IVM cycles: relationship between COCs morphology, gonadotropin priming and clinical outcome. J Assist Reprod Genet 2012;29(6): Fadini R, Dal Canto M, Mignini Renzini M, Milani R, Fruscio R, Cantù MG, et al. Embryo transfer following in vitro maturation and cryopreservation of oocytes recovered from antral follicles during conservative surgery for ovarian cancer. J Assist Reprod Genet 2012;29(8): Coticchio G, Dal Canto M, Guglielmo MC, Mignini Renzini M, Fadini R. Human oocyte maturation in vitro. Int J Dev Biol 2012;56( ): Fadini R, Colpi E, Mignini Renzini M, Coticchio G, Comi R, Mastrolilli M, et al. Outcome of cycles of oocyte in vitro maturation requiring testicular sperm extraction for nonobstructive azoospermia. Fertility and Sterility 2011;96(2): Fadini R, Comi R, Mignini Renzini M, Coticchio G, Crippa M, De Ponti E, et al. Anti-mullerian hormone as a predictive marker for the selection of women for oocyte in vitro maturation treatment. J Assist Reprod Genet 2011;28(6): De Santis L, Coticchio G. Theoretical and experimental basis of slow freezing. Reprod Biomed Online 2011;22(2): Borini A, Levi Setti PE, Anserini P, De Luca R, De Santis L, Porcu E, et al. Multicenter observational study on slowcooling oocyte cryopreservation: clinical outcome. Fertility and Sterility Oct;94(5): Coticchio G, Borini A, Distratis V, Maione M, Scaravelli G, Bianchi V, et al. Qualitative and morphometric analysis of the ultrastructure of human oocytes cryopreserved by two alternative slow cooling protocols. J Assist Reprod Genet 2010;27(4): Coticchio G, Sciajno R, Hutt K, Bromfield J, Borini A, Albertini DF. Comparative analysis of the metaphase II spindle of human oocytes through polarized light and high-performance confocal microscopy. Fertility and Sterility 2010;93(6): Borini A, Coticchio G. The efficacy and safety of human oocyte cryopreservation by slow cooling. Semin Reprod Med 2009;27(6): Bromfield JJ, Coticchio G, Hutt K, Sciajno R, Borini A, Albertini DF. Meiotic spindle dynamics in human oocytes following slow-cooling cryopreservation. Human Reproduction 2009;24(9): Sereni E, Sciajno R, Fava L, Coticchio G, Bonu MA, Borini A. A PolScope evaluation of meiotic spindle dynamics in frozen-thawed oocytes. Reprod Biomed Online 2009;19(2): Tarozzi N, Nadalini M, Stronati A, Bizzaro D, Dal Prato L, Coticchio G, et al. Anomalies in sperm chromatin packaging: implications for assisted reproduction techniques. Reprod Biomed Online 2009;18(4): Nottola SA, Coticchio G, Sciajno R, Gambardella A, Maione M, Scaravelli G, et al. Ultrastructural markers of quality in human mature oocytes vitrified using cryoleaf and cryoloop. Reprod Biomed Online 2009;19 Suppl 3: Coticchio G, Bromfield JJ, Sciajno R, Gambardella A, Scaravelli G, Borini A, et al. Vitrification may increase the rate of chromosome misalignment in the metaphase II spindle of human mature oocytes. Reprod Biomed Online 2009;19 Suppl 3: Morelli MB, Barberi M, Gambardella A, Borini A, Cecconi S, Coticchio G, et al. Characterization, expression, and functional activity of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide and its receptors in human granulosa-luteal cells. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2008;93(12): Nottola SA, Coticchio G, De Santis L, Macchiarelli G, Maione M, Bianchi S, et al. Ultrastructure of human mature oocytes after slow cooling cryopreservation with ethylene glycol. Reprod Biomed Online 2008;17(3): Borini A, Cattoli M, Bulletti C, Coticchio G. Clinical Efficiency of Oocyte and Embryo Cryopreservation. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2008;1127(1): Marineo S, Cusimano MG, Limauro D, Coticchio G, Puglia AM. The histidinol phosphate phosphatase involved in histidine biosynthetic pathway is encoded by SCO5208 (hisn) in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). Curr Microbiol 2008;56(1): De Santis L, Cino I, Coticchio G, Fusi FM, Papaleo E, Rabellotti E, et al. Objective evaluation of the viability of cryopreserved oocytes. Reprod Biomed Online 2007;15(3): Borini A, Bianchi V, Bonu MA, Sciajno R, Sereni E, Cattoli M, et al. Evidence-based clinical outcome of oocyte slow cooling. Reprod Biomed Online 2007;15(2): De Santis L, Coticchio G, Paynter S, Albertini D, Hutt K, Cino I, et al. Permeability of human oocytes to ethylene glycol and their survival and spindle configurations after slow cooling cryopreservation. Human Reproduction 2007;22(10): Coticchio G, Bonu MA, Sciajno R, Sereni E, Bianchi V, Borini A. Truths and myths of oocyte sensitivity to controlled rate freezing. Reprod Biomed Online 2007;15(1): Nottola SA, Macchiarelli G, Coticchio G, Bianchi S, Cecconi S, De Santis L, et al. Ultrastructure of human mature oocytes after slow cooling cryopreservation using different sucrose concentrations. Human Reproduction 2007;22(4): Bianchi V, Coticchio G, Distratis V, Di Giusto N, Flamigni C, Borini A. Differential sucrose concentration during dehydration (0.2 mol/l) and rehydration (0.3 mol/l) increases the implantation rate of frozen human oocytes. Reprod Biomed Online 2007;14(1): Borini A, Tarozzi N, Bizzaro D, Bonu MA, Fava L, Flamigni C, et al. Sperm DNA fragmentation: paternal effect on Page 5 - Curriculum vitae of Giovanni Coticchio

6 early post-implantation embryo development in ART. Human Reproduction 2006;21(11): Coticchio G, De Santis L, Rossi G, Borini A, Albertini D, Scaravelli G, et al. Sucrose concentration influences the rate of human oocytes with normal spindle and chromosome configurations after slow-cooling cryopreservation. Hum Reprod 2006;21(7): Borini A, Lagalla C, Bonu MA, Bianchi V, Flamigni C, Coticchio G. Cumulative pregnancy rates resulting from the use of fresh and frozen oocytes: 7 years' experience. Reprod Biomed Online 2006;12(4): Borini A, Sciajno R, Bianchi V, Sereni E, Flamigni C, Coticchio G. Clinical outcome of oocyte cryopreservation after slow cooling with a protocol utilizing a high sucrose concentration. Hum Reprod 2006;21(2): Coticchio G, Bonu MA, Bianchi V, Flamigni C, Borini A. Criteria to assess human oocyte quality after cryopreservation. Reprod Biomed Online 2005;11(4): De Santis L, Cino I, Rabellotti E, Calzi F, Persico P, Borini A, et al. Polar body morphology and spindle imaging as predictors of oocyte quality. Reprod Biomed Online 2005;11(1): Borini A, Lagalla C, Cattoli M, Sereni E, Sciajno R, Flamigni C, et al. Predictive factors for embryo implantation potential. Reprod Biomed Online 2005;10(5): Paynter SJ. Volume changes of mature human oocytes on exposure to cryoprotectant solutions used in slow cooling procedures. Human Reproduction 2005;20(5): Bianchi V. Meiotic spindle imaging in human oocytes frozen with a slow freezing procedure involving high sucrose concentration. Human Reproduction 2004;20(4): Coticchio G, Sereni E, Serrao L, Mazzone S, Iadarola I, Borini A. What Criteria for the Definition of Oocyte Quality? Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2004;1034(1): Coticchio G, Rossi G, Borini A, Grøndahl C, Macchiarelli G, Flamigni C, et al. Mouse oocyte meiotic resumption and polar body extrusion in vitro are differentially influenced by FSH, epidermal growth factor and meiosis-activating sterol. Hum Reprod 2004;19(12): Borini A, Lagalla C, Sciajno R, Distratis V, Bonu MA, Cattoli M, et al. Artificial Reproductive Technology Achievements for Optimizing Embryo Quality. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2004;1034(1): Dal Prato L, Borini A, Coticchio G, Cattoli M, Flamigni C. Half-dose depot triptorelin in pituitary suppression for multiple ovarian stimulation in assisted reproduction technology: a randomized study. Hum Reprod 2004;19(10): Borini A, Bonu MA, Coticchio G, Bianchi V, Cattoli M, Flamigni C. Pregnancies and births after oocyte cryopreservation. Fertility and Sterility 2004;82(3): Coticchio G, Bonu MA, Borini A, Flamigni C. Oocyte cryopreservation: a biological perspective. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2004;115 Suppl 1:S Cecconi S, Rossi G, Coticchio G, Macchiarelli G, Borini A, Canipari R. Influence of thyroid hormone on mouse preantral follicle development in vitro. Fertility and Sterility 2004;81 Suppl 1: Borini A, Coticchio G, Flamigni C. Oocyte freezing: a positive comment based on our experience. Reprod Biomed Online 2003;7(1): Coticchio G, Garetti S, Bonu MA, Borini A. Cryopreservation of human oocytes. Hum Fertil (Camb) 2001;4(3): Coticchio G, Fleming S. Inhibition of phosphoinositide metabolism or chelation of intracellular calcium blocks FSHinduced but not spontaneous meiotic resumption in mouse oocytes. Developmental Biology 1998;203(1): Page 6 - Curriculum vitae of Giovanni Coticchio

Dr. Andrea Borini Clinical and Scientific Director Tecnobios Procreazione Bologna, Italy

Oocyte Cryopreservation: Beating the Clock Dr. Andrea Borini Clinical and Scientific Director Tecnobios Procreazione Bologna, Italy Question Why do we need to cryopreserve oocytes? Answers For women suffering