Center for Research on Reproduction and Women's Health
2008-2009 Seminar Series

Note: CRRWH seminars are held on Wednesdays at noon in seminar room 251 BRB II/III, unless otherwise noted.
Light refreshments will be served at 11:45 a.m.
To schedule an appointment to meet with any of our seminar speakers, contact Donna Adamoli at (215) 573-5446 or e-mail her at adamoli@mail.med.upenn.edu

September 10, 2008
J. Michael Pierce, Ph.D.
Director, UGA Cancer Center
George E. and Sarah F. Peters Mudter Professor in Cancer Research
University of Georgia
"How sweet it is: applying glycoproteomics to identify potential cancer markers"

September 17, 2008
Sam Mesiano, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Reproductive Biology and Obstetrics and Gynecology
Case Western Reserve University
"Steroid hormone receptors and the physiology of human parturition"

September 24, 2008
Sally Perreault Darney, Ph.D.
National Program Director for Human Health
Office of Research and Development
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
"Protecting reproductive health in our changing world"

October 1, 2008
Location: 253 BRB II/III *
Niels Geijsen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Center for Regenerative Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
"Different flavors of pluripotency"

October 8, 2008
Location: 253 BRB II/III *
Douglas L. Black, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
University of California, Los Angeles
"Alternative splicing and the regulation of neuronal gene expression"

October 15, 2008
Radoslaw Bukowski, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
University of Texas Medical Branch
"Preconceptional folate supplementation and the risk of preterm birth: First and second trimester evaluation of the risk for aneuploidy and patient counseling"

October 22, 2008
Andrew K. Godwin, Ph.D.
Member, Medical Science Division
Member, Department of Medical Oncology
Director, Clinical Molecular Genetics Laboratory
Director, Biosample Repository
Fox Chase Cancer Center
"Title to be announced"

October 29, 2008
C.H. Tsai-Morris, Ph.D.
Staff Scientist, Section on Molecular Endocrinology
Endocrinology and Reproduction Research Branch
Program in Developmental Endocrinology and Genetics
National Institutes of Child Health and Development
National Institutes of Health
"Gonadotropin-regulated Testicular RNA helicase, GRTH/Ddx25, an Essential Multifunctional Protein in Germ Cell Development"

November 5, 2008
Hyagriv Simhan, M.D., M.S.C.R.
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Divisions of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Reproductive Infectious Diseases and Immunology
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Magee-Women's Hospital
"Gene-environment interactions in preterm birth"

November 12, 2008
Francesco J. DeMayo, Ph.D.
Gordon Cain Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Director, Genetically Engineered Mouse Core
Baylor College of Medicine
"Molecular mechanisms regulating endometrial function and dysfunction"

November 19, 2008
Gil Mor, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Reproductive Immunology Unit
Yale University School of Medicine
"Inflammation and pregnancy: The role of toll like receptors"

December 3, 2008
Amander Clark, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology
Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research
University of California, Los Angeles
"Title to be announced"

December 10, 2008
Location: 253 BRB II/III *Please note the different location for this week only.
Patricia K. Donahoe, M.D.
Director, Pediatric Surgical Research Laboratories
Massachusetts General Hospital
Marshall K. Barlett Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
"Title to be announced"

December 17, 2008
Location: 253 BRB II/III *Please note the different location for this week only.
Wei Yan, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Physiology and Cell Biology
University of Nevada School of Medicine
"Function of testicular miRNAs in spermatogenesis"

This will be the last CRRWH seminar for the Fall semester. The CRRWH seminars will resume on January 7, 2009.

Please reserve the date on your calendar for our
2009 CRRWH Annual Research Retreat and 30th Annual James M. Cuozzo Memorial Lecture
May 27, 2009
Time: 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m.
Location: BRB II/III Auditorium and Lobby
The Cuozzo lecture will be delivered by:

Paul H. Patterson, Ph.D.
Anne P. and Benjamin F. Biaggini Professor of Biological Sciences
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
California Institute of Technology