2017 Seminars
David Ferguson, PhD
Assistant Professor
Michigan State University
Department of Kinesiology
“Early life nutrition influences cardiac function and exercise capacity in adulthood”
March 7, 2017
March 27, 2017:
Alvaro Rojas-Pena, MD
University of Michigan
“Animals in artificial organ research”
Jack Harkema, DVM, PhD, DACVP
Professor
Michigan State University
Food Safety
“Animal models of air pollutant-Induced asthma and rhinitis: What we have learned from monkeys, rats, and mice”
Clifford Les, DVM, PhD
Oakland University
“Large animal models for bone materials and remodeling research”
Lisa Larkin, PhD
Professor, Molecular & integrative Physiology
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
University of Michigan
“Using sheep as a large animal model to test ligament/tendon repairs”
Andrew Shaver
NuGEN
“RNAseq solutions”
Adam Moeser, DVM, PhD
Associate Professor
Michigan State University
“Porcine models of stress-induced gastrointestinal disorders: pathophysiology and translational implications”
Sean Limesand, PhD
Professor
University of Arizona
“Biomedical animal models for pregnancy”
RD Roghair, MD
University of Iowa
“Translational cardiovascular investigations in sheep and transgenic pigs”
Ariela Shikanov, PhD
University of Michigan
“Engineering the follicle environment”
Lonnie Shea, PhD
University of Michigan
“Local ;and systemic immunomodulation for regenerative medicine”
Randall Prather, PhD
University of Missouri
“Genome editing-state of the art, promises, pitfalls, & applications”
Tom Spencer, PhD
University of Missouri
“Understanding fertility in agriculturally important large animals: Impacts of technology”
Arjun Krishnan, PhD
Assistant Professor
Michigan State University
“Nobody knew health and disease could be so complicated!”
July 17, 2017
Melanie B. Jacobs
Senior Associate Dean
Michigan State University
“The complicated art of parentage determination in the time of A.R.T.”
October 2, 2017
Gina Leinninger, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology
Michigan State University
“Weighing in on how central neurotensin controls body weight”
October 16, 2017
Ashley George, PhD-c
Endocrinology and Animal Biosciences
Rutgers University
Maternal lactocrine programming of porcine uterine development”
October 17, 2017
Xiao-Jiang Li, MD, PhD
Professor
Department of Human Genetics
Emory University School of Medicine
“Genetically modified non-human primate models of human diseases”
November 20, 2017
Courtney Carignan, Phd
Assistant Professor
Food Science and Human Nutrition
Michigan State University
“Flame retardants and fertility. Using IVF as a model for reproductive health”
December 4, 2017
Rita Strakovsky, PhD
Assistant Professor
Food Science and Human Nutrition
Michigan State University
“Endocrine disruptors, maternal adiposity, and gestational estrogen status”
December 11, 2017
2016 Seminars
Jeff MacKeigan, PhD
Associate Professor
Center for Cancer and Cell Biology
Van Andel Research Institute
"Precision medicine: The Genomics Landscape of a Tumor Syndrome"
December 19, 2016
Gil Mor, PhD
Professor and Director
Division of Reproductive Sciences
Director, Discovery to Cure Translational Resarch Program
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Yale University School of Medicine
"Origins of Ovarian Cancer and Mechanisms of Recurrence"
November 7, 2016
Richard Behringer, PhD
Professor
Department of Genetics
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
"Developmental Genetics of Mammalian Reproductive Organs"
October 3, 2016
Alex Bonnin, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Cell and Neurobiology
University Southern California – Keck School of Medicine
“Prenatal Exposures and Placental Serotonin: A Potential Pathway for the Developmental”
September 28, 2016
Sathish Kumar, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Texas Medical Branch
“Maternal Androgens in Cardiovascular Function, Placental Development and Fetal Programming”
September 20, 2016
Ben Major, PhD
Associate Professor
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Department of Cell Biology and Physiology
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
"Proteomics and Functional Genomics of Signal Transduction in Cancer"
September 13, 2016
Paul Soumen, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Division of Cancer and Departmental Biology
University of Kansas Medical Center
"Transcriptional Control of Trophoblast Development"
May 23, 2016
Susan Fisher, PhD
Professor
Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
University of California - San Francisco
"Genome- Scale Fluctuations in the Cytotrophoblast Epigenome Over Gestation and in Placental Pathologies"
May 13, 2016
Steve Ondersma, PhD
Professor
Wayne State University
"Maximizing Reach Via Computer-Delivered Screening and Brief Intervention for Substance Use Among Pregnant and Postpartum Women"
April 29, 2016
Sascha Drewlo, PhD
Assistant Professor
Wayne State University School of Medicine
C.S. Mott for Human Growth and Development
"Introduction into a New Era for the Detection and Improvement of Placental Function"
April 28 and 29, 2016
Sophia Lunt, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry
Michigan State University
"Cancer Metabolomics"
April 25, 2016
Thaddeus Golos, PhD
Professor
Department of Comparative Biosciences
University of Wisconsin, Madison
"Reproductive Tract Targets of Listeria Monocytogenes in Early Pregnancy"
March 24, 2016
Katherine Aird, PhD
Staff Scientist
The Wistar Institute and Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA
"Metabolic Regulation of Oncogene - Induced Senescense"
March 21, 2016
Xin Sun, PhD
Professor, Laboratory of Genetics
Department of Medical Genetics
University of Wisconsin - Madison
"Building a Functional Lung, Lessons From Mouse Models of Diseases"
January 25, 2016