The Schedule
09:00 - 09:10
Welcome
Carol Elias, PhD
09:10 - 10:00
Insulin: An Evolutionary and Human History
Jennifer Hill, PhD
10:00 - 10:45
Poster Session - Breakout Rooms
Female Fertility
Stem Cell and Development
Metabolism and Behavior
Toxicants and Endocrine Disruptors
Male Fertility
10:45 - 11:00
Break
11:00 - 12:00
11:00
11:20
11:40
11:50
Mini-Symposium
Moderators: Noura El Habbal and Jennifer Jaime
Roslyn Tedja, PhD (WSU), "Epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity in ovarian cancer metastasis"
Yuan Wang, PhD (MSU), "Mitochondrial regulation in spermatogenesis"
Anna Hu (WSU) - Abstract #23: "The Establishment of a Placenta Specific IFNAR1 Conditional Knockout Mouse Model"
Yong Song, PhD (MSU) - Abstract #40: "A novel endometriotic organoid model for studying cell interactions and the microenvironment during endometriotic lesion development"
09:00 - 09:10
Welcome and Introduction of keynote speaker
Jake Mueller, PhD
09:10 - 10:00
Anita Payne Lecture
Martin Matzuk, MD PhD
10:00 - 10:30
Poster Session - Breakout Rooms
Pregnancy and Placenta
Metabolism
Immuno and Microbio Interaction
Androgens
Sleep and Circadian Regulation
10:30 - 10:45
Break
10:45 - 11:45
10:45
11:05
11:15
11:25
11:35
Mini-Symposium
Moderators: Anthony Maxwell and Hussein Chehade
Molly Moravek, MD (UM) "Reproductive effects of exogenous testosterone: A mouse model"
Robin Kruger (MSU) - Abstract #30: "Characterizing the role of canonical Bone Morphogenic Protein (BMP) signaling in early murine embryonic development"
Cristina Sáenz de Miera (UM) - Abstract #42: "Dopamine transporter-expressing neurons in the ventral premammillary nucleus are leptin-sensitive and innervate kiss1 neurons"
Wenxin Xie (UM) - Abstract #51: "Dual Histone Modification Reader ZCWPW1 is a Multifaceted Regulator in Meiosis"
Gregory W. Burns (MSU) - Abstract #59: "Macrophages Enhance Ectopic Stromal Cell Invasion in a Novel Organoid Model of Endometriosis"
11:45 - 12:00
Honoring Keith Inskeep: Best poster and oral presentation awards
Vasantha Padmanabhan, PhD
Closing Remarks
Dee Fenner, MD - Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Bates Professor of the Diseases of Women and Children