2010 FIR Symposium: Schedule

Last update: June 9, 2010

2010 Frontiers in Reproduction Symposium Schedule
 
Events shaded in yellow indicate complementary meals & snacks provided for symposium attendees.
Blue shading indicates "on-your-own" elective activities
Thursday, June 10
Time Event Details
6:30 Happy Hour MBL Swope Center Terrace
7:00 Cookout Supper
Evening Night Out Woods Hole Watering Holes
Friday,  June 11
Time Event Details
8:00 a.m.  Breakfast  Buffet  Available Meigs Room, Swope Center, MBL
Session I:  Leslie Heckert, moderator
8:55 Opening remarks, Houskeeping notes
9:00 Mike McClure Pioneer Lecture: Dr. David  Page, Whitehead Institute, MIT         Choosing Sex: How Germ Cells Take the Road Less Traveled
10:15 Emre Seli '04, Yale University Translational regulation of gene expression during oocyte and early embryo development: Role of embryonic poly(A) binding protein (ePAB)
10:30 Coffee Break  
10:45 Scott Purcell '10, Washington University in St. Louis Novel aspects of cumulus cell and oocyte metabolism
11:00 Betty Kong '10, Northwestern University Zinc homeostasis during oocyte maturation
11:15 Huge Galdones '10, Northwestern University The effect of the ovarian physical environment on in vitro follicle development
11:30 Rocio Rivera '07, University of Missouri Size-dependent acquisition of global DNA methylation in oocytes is altered by hormonal stimulation
11:45 Katie Lowther '10, University of Connecticut Health Center Regulation of meiotic arrest in mouse oocytes:  Role of vesicular trafficking at the membrane and surface expression of GPR3
12:00 noon Lunch Meigs Room, Swope Center
Session II:  Mario Ascoli, moderator
1:30 Karen Schindler '07, University of Pennsylvania Determining whether Aurora kinases B and C have unique requirements during oocyte maturation
1:45 Carrie Marin de Evsikova '99 , The Jackson Laboratory Teratogen exposure during oocyte maturation contributes to adult phenotype.
2:00 Stine Gry Kristensen '10, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Denmark Density of follicles in human ovarian medulla tissue and isolation of human preantral follicles
2:15 Paolo Catalano '07, IBYME-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina Bioencapsulated ovarian follicles for alternative hormonal replacement therapies
2:30 Gloria Perez '11CC, Michigan State University Death of the Aging Oocyte: Orchestration by Ceramide, CERT and Mitochondria
2:45 Dahlia Abramovich '07, IBYME-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina Angiopoietin 1 and 2 are essentials for normal folliculogenesis in the prepubertal rat ovary
3:00 Coffee Break  
3:15 Anna Sokalska '10, University of California Davis Effect of simvastatin on human theca-interstitial cells proliferation and apoptosis
3:30 Alison Care '10, University of Adelaide, Australia Macrophages regulate corpus luteum function and are essential for maintenance of eraly pregnancy 
3:45 Sandra Amaral '10, University of Coimbra, Portugal Alterations in the male reproductive function of diabetic animal models
4:00 Brian Hermann,  '05-'08TA, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Donor-derived spermatogenesis in rhesus macaque testes following spermatogonial stem cell transplantation
4:15 Mariano Buffone '06, IBYME-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina Role of actin cytoskeleton during mouse sperm acrosomal exocytosis 
4:30 Melissa Perry '03, Harvard University Human Sperm Sex-Chromosome Disomy and Environmental Exposure to Polychlorinated Biphenyls and DDT  
6:30 - 8:30 Optional Social Event ($15 per person) Sunset cruise aboard "Patriot Too"-- Falmouth Harbor
Evening Night Out Woods Hole Watering Holes
Saturday, June 12
Time Event Details
8:00 a.m.  Breakfast  Buffet  Available Meigs Room, Swope Center, MBL
Session III:  Harvey Florman, moderator
9:00 Beacon Lecture: Pat Hunt, Washington State University                                                                Are environmental exposures challenging our reproductive health?
10:15 Jemma Evans '10, Prince Henrys Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia There she grows! Perfect endometrial repair month after month
10:30 Coffee Break  
10:45 Hiroshi Nabeshim '10 Tohoku University Hospital, Miyagi, Japan Clonality analysis of endometriosis and adenomyosis
11:00 Griselda Vallejo '05, IBYME-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina Gene expression profiling of progestin action in stromal endometrial cells: mechanism of PR–induced cell proliferation
11:15 Martin Sheldon '05, School of Medicine, Swansea University, UK Toll-like receptor 4 mediates the response of epithelial and stromal cells to lipopolysaccharide in the endometrium to cause pelvic inflammatory disease
11:30 Natalie Hannan '07, Prince Henrys Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia Soluble mediators in the human uterine cavity: potential roles in embryo implantation
11:45 Lynda Harris '07, University of Manchester, UK  Matrix metalloproteinase-12 mediates elastolysis in remodelling human uterine spiral arteries during pregnancy
12:00 noon Lunch Meigs Room
Session IV:  Ann Sutherland, moderator
1:30 PM Vesna Garovic '10, The Mayo Clinic Podocyturia as a diagnostic and prognostic marker for preeclampsia
1:45 Aline Lorenzon '10, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil Expression of stromal cell derived factor 2 (SDF-2) in mouse and human placenta
2:00 Patricia Jimenez '10, Washington University in St. Louis Mouse model of obesity and insulin resistance suggests that abnormal TNFα may be responsible for ketogenesis and insulin resistance in the blastocyst 
2:15 Marina Fernandez '10, University of California San Diego  Regulator of G Protein Signaling 2 (Rgs2) is Induced by Pulsatile GnRH and Alters GnRH-induced Gene Expression in LbT2 cells.
2:30 Niraj Josh '10, The M S University of Baroda, India Trimetallic mixture induced male reproductive toxicity: Realistic dosage and duration dependent studies, and role of Melatonin
2:45 Coffee Break
3:00 Isabel Mendez '05, UNAM, Mexico Prolactin and vasoinhibins exert opposite effects on chondrocyte survival
3:15 Emanuel Adu '05, CSIR- AnimalResearch Institute, Achimota, Ghana  Sex ratio bias in the grasscutter, Thryonomys swinderianus, Temminck
3:30 Tobias Poehlmann '05,  Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Germany Development of small interfering RNA, selectively activated in target cells 
3:45 Ravi Goyal '10, Loma Linda University Antenatal protein malnutrition in the mouse: epigenetic changes and developmental origin of hypertension in adult 
5:30 Reception   Meigs Room, Swope Center
6:30 Awards Banquet
Evening Night Out The Leeside
Sunday, June 13
10:00am-2:00pm Brunch Buffet ($10.50 per person)  Dining Room, 2nd Floor, Swope Center
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