2021 Seminars

Joshua Heyza, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Schmidt Lab

Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering

Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Biology

Michigan State University

"Chromatin Association Dynamics of DDR Proteins Revealed by Live-Cell Single-Molecule Imaging"

December 8, 2021

Gregory Burns Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Fazleabas Lab

Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Biology

Michigan State University

"Identification of FOXC1 as a Transcriptional Regulator of Inflammation in Endometriosis "

November 24, 2021

Irina V. Larina, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

Baylor College of Medicine

"Live Biophotonic Investigation of Early Embryonic Development"

November 10, 2021

Joshua Johnson Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Biology

University of Colorado – Anschutz Medical Campus

"Key Ovarian Signals Modulate the Integrated Stress Response in Order to Control Follicle Development and Survival"

October 13, 2021

Michael Wilson Ph.D

Postdoctoral Fellow, Chandler Lab

Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Biology

Michigan State University

"How Do Obesity and CancerAssociated Mutations Impact Endometrial Cancer Risk?"

October 6, 2021

Carlo Barnaba Ph.D

Postdoctoral Fellow, Chandler Lab

Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Biology

Michigan State University

"Dynamics and Molecular Determinants of Autophagy"

September 22, 2021

Stacey Missmer, ScD

Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Biology

Michigan State University

"The Science of Endometriosis"

July 11, 2021

Joshua Grey

Research Assistant, Teixeira Lab, Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Biology

Michigan State University

"Characterization of Chromatin Conformation in Homeotic Transformations Between Myometrial Stem Cell/Progenitor Cells and Uterine Fibroids"

May 26, 2021

Hamid‐Reza Kohan‐Ghadr, PhD

Assistant Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Biology

Michigan State University

"The Placenta, a Window into Peripartum Depression"

May 12, 2021

Gregory Gressel, MD

Director of Gynecologic Cancer Clinical Research, Spectrum Health Medical Group

Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,

Michigan State University

""Direct Oral Anticoagulant (DOAC) Use in Gynecology (and Obstetrics)""

May 12, 2021

Tae Hoon Kim, PhD

Assistant Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Biology

Michigan State University

"Development of Mouse Models for Metastatic and Recurrent Endometrial Cancer"

May 5, 2021

Gregory Burns, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, Fazleabas Lab Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Biology

Michigan State University

"Enhanced Invasion of Scaffold-Free Endometriotic Lesion Organoids in the Presence of Macrophages or Exogenous Estrogen"

April 28, 2021

Brooke Armistead

PhD Candidate, Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Biology

Michigan State University

"Molecular Mechanisms Involving PPARγ in the Placental Pathophysiology of Preeclampsia"

April 14, 2021

Francesca E. Duncan, PhD

Co-Director, Center for Reproductive Science

Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University/p>

"Mechanisms and modulation of ovarian function across the lifespan."

April 7, 2021

Debabrata (Debu) Chakravarti, PhD

Anna Lapham Professor and Vice Chair for Translational
Research; Obstetrics and Gynecology
Feinberg School of Medicine of Northwestern University

"Epigenome Regulation and Enhancer Malfunction in Uterine Fibroids"

March 31, 2021