| 2010
Frontiers in Reproduction Symposium Schedule |
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| 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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