2010 Course Schedule
| Section 1 | ||||
| DATE | TIME | FACULTY / PRESENTER | DESCRIPTION | TOPIC/TITLE |
| Sun. May 2 | 6:00 PM | Heckert/Ascoli | Welcome Reception | |
| Mon. May 3 | 9:00 AM | Leslie Heckert | Lecture- Overview | Signals, Transcription & the HPG Axis |
| 11:00 AM | Jim Marcello | Safety Lecture | ||
| 1:00 PM | Mario Ascoli | Lab Introduction | Protocol | |
| 7:00 PM | Jon Levine | Lecture | Neuroendocrine Regulation of Reproduction | |
| Tues. May 4 | 9:00 AM | Mario Ascoli | Lecture - Overview | G
Protein & G-Protein Coupled
Receptors [ Ref: (1) (2) (3) ] |
| 1:00 PM | Mario Ascoli | Lab | Protocol | |
| 7:00 PM | Mario Ascoli | Research Talk | Signaling Pathways that Regulate the Proliferation & Survival of Leydig Cells [ Ref: (1) (2) (3) ] | |
| Wed. May 5 | 9:00 AM | Ursula Kaiser | Lecture | Gonadotropin Regulation [ Ref: (1) (2) (3) (4) ] |
| 1:00 PM | Mario Ascoli | Lab | Protocol | |
| 7:00 PM | Steve Hammes | Lecture | The
Many Faces of Nongenomic
Androgen Signaling [ Ref: (1) (2) (3) ] |
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| Thurs. May 6 | 9:00 AM | Ken Korach | Lecture | Differential Physiological Actions of Estrogen: Who's to Blame & Where? |
| 1:00 PM | Mario Ascoli | Lab | Protocol | |
| 7:00 PM | Ruth Keri | Lecture | Transcriptional control of mammary gland development and cancer [ Ref: (1) (2) (3) (4) ] | |
| Fri. May 7 | 9:00 AM | Stephanie Seminara | Lecture | Genes for Puberty: A Story Told Through Mice, Monkeys, and Men [ Ref: (1) (2) (3) ] |
| 1:00 PM | Ruth Keri | Lab | Bioinformatics | |
| 7:00 PM | Mario Ascoli | Lab Wrap-Up / Pizza Party | ||
| Sat. May 8 | 9:00 AM | Leslie Heckert | Lecture | The Yin and Yang of DMRT1 Function in the Testis |
| 11:00 AM | Heckert | Lab Introduction | ||
| 1:00 PM | Heckert | Lab | Protocol | |
| Sun. May 9 | Free | |||
| Mon. May 10 | 9:00 AM | Lou Guillette | Lecture | Environmental
Contaminants and the
Developing Reproductive System: Lessons from Wildlife [ Ref: (1) (2) ] |
| 1:00 PM | Heckert | Lab | Protocol [ Ref: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) ] | |
| 7:00 PM | Carol Lange | Lecture - Overview | Nuclear Receptors: Form, Function, and Signaling Crosstalk / MAP Kinase Inputs to Progesterone Receptor Actions in Breast Cancer Models [ Ref: (1) ] | |
| Tues. May 11 | 9:00 AM | Marco Conti | Lecture | LH
signaling and the EGF network in
the ovarian follicle: dissection by genetic and
pharmacological
approaches [
Ref: (1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
] |
| 1:00 PM | Heckert | Lab | Protocol | |
| 7:00 PM | Flex Time | Lab | Student Presentations / Lab | |
| Wed. May 12 | 9:00 AM | Lange Research | Lecture | Research Lecture |
| 1:00 PM | Heckert/Lange | Lab | Protocol-Heckert Protocol-Lange | |
| 7:00 PM | Sergei Tevosian | Lecture | Control of Mammalian Sexual Development by GATA4 and FOG2 Transcription Factors[ Ref: (1) (2) (3) ] | |
| Thurs. May 13 | 9:00 AM | Sally Camper | Lecture | PITX2 in Pituitary Development |
| 1:00 PM | Lange | Lab | Protocol | |
| 7:00 PM | Flex Time | Chalk Talks / Lab | Student Presentations | |
| Fri. May 14 | 9:00 AM | Flex Time | Chalk Talks / Lab | Student Presentations |
| 1:00 PM | Lange | Lab | Protocol | |
| 7:00 PM | Pizza Party/Lab Wrapup | Lab Wrap-Up / Pizza Party | ||
| Sat, May 15 | Free | |||
| Section 2 | ||||
| DATE | TIME | FACULTY / PRESENTER | DESCRIPTION | TOPIC/TITLE |
| Sun. May 16 | 6:00 PM | Sutherland | WELCOME RECEPTION | OVERVIEW AND PIZZA |
| Mon. May 17 | 9:00 AM | Asgi Fazleabas | Lecture | Implantation [ Ref: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) ] |
| 11:00 AM | Asgi Fazleabas | Lab | In Vitro Endometrial Decidualization | |
| Lab Wrap up | ||||
| 7:00 PM | Asgi Fazleabas | Lecture | Animal Models for Implantation | |
| Tues. May 18 | 9:00 AM | Russell Broaddus | Lecture | Laser Capture Micro Dissection |
| 11:00 AM | Russell Broaddus | Lab | Laser Capture Micro Dissection | |
| 7:00 PM | Ann Sutherland | Lecture | Trophoblast Invasion | |
| Wed. May 19 | 9:00 AM | Reynolds/Redmer | Lectrue | Angiogenesis |
| 11:00 AM | Reynolds/Redmer | Lab | Angiogenesis Migration Assay | |
| 7:00 PM | Reynolds | Lecture | Angiogenesis in the Reproductive System | |
| Thurs. May 20 | 9:00 AM | Larry Reynolds | Lecture | Angiogenesis |
| 11:00 AM | Redmer et al | Lab wrap up | Angiogenesis | |
| 7:00 PM | Mike McClure | Lecture | Grantsmanship | |
| Fri. May 21 | 9:00 AM | Humphrey Yao | Lecture | Genetic Basis of Sex Differentiation I |
| 2:00 PM | Humphrey Yao | Lab | Manipulation of Embryonic Mouse Gonads | |
| 7:00 PM | Humphrey Yao | Lecture | Genetic Basis of Sex Differentiation II | |
| Sat. May 22 | 9:00 AM | Humphrey Yao | Lab wrap up | Manipulation of Embryonic Mouse Gonads |
| 2:00 PM | Barry Hinton | Lab | Prep Dissections for Organ Culture | |
| 7:00 PM | FREE | |||
| Sun. May 23 | 7:00 PM | Cook out | Cook out | |
| Mon. May 24 | 9:00 AM | Paul Cooke | Lecture | Stromal - Epithelial Communication |
| 11:00 AM | Paul Cooke | Lab | Tissue Recombination and Graft Preparation in Kidney Capsule | |
| 7:00 PM | Paul Cooke | Lecture | Overview Male Reproduction | |
| Tues. May 25 | 9:00 AM | Paul Cooke | Lab wrap up | Tissue Recombination and Graft Preparation in Kidney Capsule |
| 2:00 PM | Barry Hinton | Lecture | Epididymal Development and Lab [ Ref: (1) (2) ] | |
| 7:00 PM | Prabu Reddi | Lecture | Transcriptional Regulation of Germ Cell Differentiation | |
| Wed. May 26 | 9:00 AM | Tom Spencer | Lecture | Placentation [ Ref: (1) ] |
| 2:00 PM | Tom Spencer | Lab | Placental Structure [ Ref: (1) ] | |
| 7:00 PM | Tom Spencer | Lab wrap up | Placental Structure [ Ref: (1) ] | |
| Thurs. May 27 | 9:00 AM | Peggy Petroff | Lecture | Reproductive Immunology |
| 11:00 AM | Peggy Petroff | Lab | Reproductive Immunology | |
| 7:00 PM | Peggy Petroff | Lab wrap up | Reproductive Immunology | |
| Fri. May 28 | 9:00 AM | Franco DeMayo | Lecture | Genetic Engineering of Mice Strategies |
| 11:00 AM | Franco DeMayo | Lab | DNA Micro Injection and Embryo Transfer | |
| 7:00 PM | ||||
| Sat. May 29 | 9:00 AM | Franco DeMayo | Lecture | Analysis of Progesterone Action in the Uterus |
| 11:00 AM | Franco DeMayo | Lab | ES Cell Injection and Genotyping of Mice | |
| 7:00 PM | Franco DeMayo | Lab and Section Wrap up | ||
| Section 3 | ||||
| DATE | TIME | FACULTY / PRESENTER | DESCRIPTION | TOPIC/TITLE |
| Sun. May 30 | 5:00 PM | Pizza | ||
| 6:00 PM | Harvey Florman | Lecture | Introduction/Overview | |
| Mon. May 31 | 9:00 AM | Harvey Florman | Lecture | Imaging probes and strategies [ Ref: (1) ] |
| 11:00 AM | David Albertini | Lab | In vitro oocyte maturation (A/B/C/D) | |
| 7:00 PM | Rudi Rottenfusser | Lecture | Microscopy | |
| Tues. June 1 | 9:00 AM | Ina Dobrinski | Lecture | Spermatogenic stem cells [ Ref: (1) (2) ] |
| 11:00 AM | Ina Dobrinski | Lab | Spermatogenic stem cell transplantation (A/B) | |
| 11:00 AM | Paula Cohen | Lab | Meiosis (C/D) | |
| 7:00 PM | Paula Cohen | Lecture | Meiosis [ Ref: (1) (2) ] | |
| Wed. June 2 | 9:00 AM | David Albertini | Lecture | Oogenesis [ Ref: (1) (2) ] |
| 11:00 AM | Paula Cohen | Lab | Meiosis (A/B) | |
| 11:00 AM | Ina Dobrinski | Lab | Spermatogenic stem cell transplantation (C/D) | |
| 7:00 PM | David Albertini | Lecture | Oocyte quality | |
| Thurs. June 3 | 9:00 AM | Martin Matzuk | Lecture | Spermatogenesis [ Ref: (1) (2) ] |
| 11:00 AM | Victor Vacquier | Lab | Marine fertilization I (A/B) | |
| 11:00 AM | Runft/Carroll/Terasaki | Lab | Marine fertilization II (C/D) | |
| 7:00 PM | Harvey Florman | Lecture | Fertilization I [ Ref: (1) ] | |
| Fri. June 4 | 9:00 AM | Victor Vacquier | Luigi Mastroianni Memorial Lecture | Jean Dan Memorial Symposium |
| Laurinda Jaffe | ||||
| Harvey Florman | ||||
| Shinya Inoue | ||||
| 2:00 PM | Runft/Carroll/Terasaki | Lab | Marine fertilization II (A/B) | |
| 2:00 PM | Victor Vacquier | Lab | Marine fertilization I (C/D) | |
| 7:00 PM | Victor Vacquier | Lecture | Fertilization II [ Ref: (1) (2) ] | |
| Sat. June 5 | 9:00 AM | Raphael Fissore | Lecture | Fertilization III [ Ref: (1) (2) ] |
| 1:00 PM | Paula Stein | Lecture | RNA regulation and fertilization [ Ref: (1) (2) ] | |
| Sun. June 6 | 5:00 PM | Pizza | ||
| 7:00 PM | Richard Schultz | Lecture | Molecular mechanisms governing the oocyte-to-embryo transition [ Ref: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) ] | |
| Mon. June 7 | 9:00 AM | Richard Schultz | Lecture | "ART procedures and ART outcomes; epigenetic and behavioral sequellae |
| 11:00 AM | Raphael Fissore | Lab | Egg activation (A/B) | |
| 11:00 AM | Paula Stein | Lab | ICSI (C/D) | |
| 7:00 PM | Oliver Rando | Lecture | Imprinting and epigenetic regulation [ Ref: (1) ] | |
| Tues. June 8 | 9:00 AM | Gerald Schatten | Lecture | Stem cells and cloning [ Ref: (1) (2) (3) ] |
| 1:00 PM | Paula Stein | Lab | ICSI (A/B) | |
| 1:00 PM | Raphael Fissore | Lab | Egg activation (C/D) | |
| 7:00 PM | Renee Reijo Pera | Lecture | Reproductive stem cells | |
| Wed. June 9 | 9:00 AM | Mary Ann Handel | Lecture | Genetic models of infertility [ Ref: (1) (2) (3) ] |
| 11:00 AM | Raymond
Page / Tanya Dominko |
Lecture |
Reprogramming
somatic cells I |
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| 1:00 PM | Keith
Sutton Eric Overstrom |
Lab | Mouse
fertilization (A/B) Somatic cell reprogramming (C/D) Page, R.L., Micromanipulation techniques for cloning, in Principles of cloning, J. Cibelli, et al., Editors. 2002, Academic Press. p. 155-173. Page, R.L., et al., Induction of stem cell gene expression in adult human fibroblasts without transgenes. Cloning Stem Cells, 2009. 11(3): p. 417-26. |
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| 7:00 PM | Jackson Kirkman-Brown | Lecture | Assisted reproductive technologies | |
| Thurs. June 10 | 9:00 AM | Harvey Florman | Lecture | Wrap-up session |
| 11:00 AM | Raymond
Page / Tanya Dominko |
Lecture |
Reprogramming somatic cells II | |
| 1:00 PM | Eric
Overstrom Keith Sutton |
Lab | Somatic
cell reprogramming (A/B) Page, R.L., Micromanipulation techniques for cloning, in Principles of cloning, J. Cibelli, et al., Editors. 2002, Academic Press. p. 155-173. Page, R.L., et al., Induction of stem cell gene expression in adult human fibroblasts without transgenes. Cloning Stem Cells, 2009. 11(3): p. 417-26. Mouse fertilization (C/D) |
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| Fri. June 11 | All Day | FIR SYMPOSIUM | ||
| Sat. June 12 | All Day | |||