Alison Ting

Alison Ting is 21CM's Head of Reproductive Cryobiology. Dr. Ting is a reproductive biologist who specializes in ovarian biology, folliculogenesis, oocyte and embryo development, and fertility preservation. She is the Principal Investigator of an ongoing Small Business Innovative Research project on whole ovary cryopreservation funded by the NIH. Dr. Ting is also the lead scientist for other 21CM collaborative research projects involving sperm, oocyte, embryo and ovarian tissue cryopreservation.

Dr. Ting came to us from the Division of Reproductive & Developmental Sciences at Oregon National Primate Research Center and Oregon Health & Science University, where she received her postdoctoral training and still holds an adjunct faculty position. Using a nonhuman primate model, she studied in vitro maturation of oocytes and follicles, mechanisms responsible for primordial follicle activation and effects of high fat diet on oocyte quality. She also optimized ovarian tissue vitrification techniques for fertility preservation in young female cancer patients using a nonhuman primate model. After having grown up in Taiwan, Dr. Ting received her Bachelor of Arts degree in microbiology from the University of Kansas, and a Ph.D. in cancer biology and prevention from the University of Kansas Medical Center. She has published many peer-reviewed articles on cryopreservation, fertility preservation, and ovarian biology, and also authored a book chapter and holds provisional patents for her work at 21CM. Dr. Ting has presented her scientific achievements in reproduction and cryobiology related topics at numerous national and international scientific meetings.