2015
Stacey Missmer, Sc.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard University
“Building Resources for Multidisciplinary Advances toward Personalized Reproductive Medicine”
December 16, 2015
Gaurang Daftary, M.D.
Assistant Professor – Obstetrics and Gynecology
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
“Epigenetics, Endometrium and Endometriosis”
October 14, 2015
Jennifer Richer, Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
“Androgen Receptors in breast Cancer: Estrogen Receptor alpha. Accomplice, Competitor, or Substitute?”
September 2, 2015
Ja-Young Kwon, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Reproductive Immunology Department
Yale University School of Medicine
“The Role of Trophoblasts as Immune Regulator”
July 29, 2015
Nihar Nayak, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Wayne State University
“Using animal models to study pregnancy disorders: challenges and opportunities”
May 6, 2015
2014
Yoel Sadovsky, M.D.
Director, Magee Womens Research Institute
Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences and
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
University of Pittsburgh
“New Insights into the Maternal-Placental-Fetal Communication Interface”
November 19 and 20, 2014
Andrea Dunaif, M.D.
Charles F. Kettering Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Department of Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
“The Long, Winding and Rocky Road to PCOS Genes”
September 10, 2014
Linda Schuler, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Comparative Biosciences
University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine
School of Medicine and Public Health
“Prolactin and Breast Cancer : Insights from Mouse Models”
June 3, 2014
Sun-Wei Guo, Ph.D.
Professor
Shanghai Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital
Department of Biochemistry
Fudan University Shanghai College of Medicine
“Cracking the Enigma of Endometriosis Pathogenesis”
April 25, 2014
Soumen Paul, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Pathology
University of Kansas Medical Center
"Molecular Determinants of Trophoblast Lineage Development"
April 14, 2014
2013
Ariella Shikanov, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of Michigan
“Engineering the Follicle Environment”
December 11, 2013
Zhong Wang, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Cardiac Surgery
University of Michigan
“SWI/SNF-Mediated Epigenetic Regulation in Stem Cell Differentiation”
November, 13, 2013
Mary B. Zelinski., Ph.D.
Affiliate Associate Scientist
Division of Reproductive & Developmental Sciences
Oregon National Primate Research Center
“Oncofertility: Translational Research in Ovarian Cryopreservation, Transplantation and In Vitro Follicle Maturation”
September 12, 2013
Polani B. Seshagiri, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Molecular Reproduction,
Development and Genetics
Indian Institute of Science
“Blastocyst Hatching Phenomenon & Blastocyst Derived Pluripotent Stem Cell Differentiation”
July 16, 2013
Brian Schutte, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics;
Pediatrics and Human Development
Michigan State University
“IRF6 in Neural Tube Development; the Prequel to IRF6 in Lip and Palate Development”
March 27, 2013
Rita Loch Caruso, Ph.D.
Professor
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Department of Environmental Health Sciences
“Toxicology of Parturition”
February 27, 2013
Irving Vega, Ph.D.
Asst. Dean of Research, Office of the Dean of Graduate School and Research
Associate Professor, Department of Biology
University of Puerto Rico – Rio Piedras Campus
"Neuroproteomics: toward deciphering neuroprotection and neurodegeneration signals"
February 6, 2013
2012
Anne Croy, DVM, Ph.D
Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Reproduction, Development and Sexual Funtion
Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences
"Uterine Immune Cells: The Remodeling of Early Pregnancy"
December 5, 2012
Diego H. Castrillon, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
"The PI3K - FOXO Tumor Supressor Pathway in the Control and Maintenance of the Mammalian Germline"
October 3, 2012
Mary Hunzicker-Dunn, Ph.D.
Professor, School of Molecular Biology
Washington State University
"Tales of how FSH Signals Granulosa Cells Usurp Unexpected Pathways to Regulate Gene Expression"
September 4, 2012
Patricia Hunt, Ph.D
Meyer Distinguished Professor
School of Molecular Biosciences
Washington State University
“Making Gametes in the 21st Century: is the Environment Affecting our Reproductive Health?"
June 13, 2012
Jason Knott, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Animal Science
Michigan State University
“Transcriptional Regulation of Tight Junction Biogenesis and Cavity Formation During Blastocyst Development"
May 16, 2012
Sonia S. Hassan, M.D.
Associate Dean for Maternal, Perinatal and Child Health
Professor, Division of MFM, Department of ObGyn
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Director, Center for Advanced Obstetrical Care and Research
Perinatology Research Branch, NICHD/NIH/DHHS
“Ultrasound Examination of the Uterine Cervix: A Critical Tool in the Prediction and Prevention of Preterm Birth”
April 18, 2012
2011
R. Michael Roberts, Ph.D.
Curators' Professor
Biochemistry, Animal Sciences and Veterinary Pathology
University of Missouri-Columbia
“Model Systems for Studying Trophoblast Differentiation from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells”
December 14, 2011
Thomas P. Conrads, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer
Women’s Health Integrated Research Center
Inova Health System
September 7, 2011
Hugh S. Taylor, M.D.
Professor and Director
Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Yale University School of Medicine
Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology-Yale University
Chief of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility-Yale-New Haven Hospital
“Stem Cells and the Endometrium”
April 20, 2011
Milan L. Bachi, Ph.D.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Center for Research in Reproduction and Infertility
March 30, 2011
Chemyong (Jay) Ko, Ph.D
Universisty of Kentucky
Center of Excellence in Reproductive Sciences
Division of Clinical and Reproductive Laboratory Science
"Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: Development of Animal Models by Genetic Modulation and High Fat Diet"
February 16, 2011
Lucio Miele, MD, Ph.D.
University of Mississippi Cancer Institute
Ergon Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology
University of Mississippi Medical Center
January 19, 2011
2010
Kjersti Aagaard - Tillery, M.D.
Assistant Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Division of Maternal - Fetal Medicine
Baylor College of Human Medicine
"Pregnancy Research and Discovery Science"
November 17, 2010
Gustavo Rodriguez, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor
University of Chicago
Adjunct Associate Professor
Duke University
Director, Gynecology Oncology, NorthShore University HealthSystem
“Pharmacological Opportunities for the Chemoprevention of Ovarian and Endometrial Carcinoma”
October 20, 2010