Center for Research on Reproduction and Women's Health
2009-2010 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 30, 2009
Dr. Genevieve Neal-Perry’s seminar has been rescheduled to November 4, 2009


October 7, 2009
Catherine Nguyen, Ph.D.
Director of the Department of Advanced Technology for Genomics and Clinical Research (TAGC)
French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM)
“Combining tools and concepts of functional genomics towards a global understanding of pathologies”


October 14, 2009
F. Kent Hamra, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Cecil H. and Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences
University of Texas SW Medical Center
“Biology and Applications of Spermatogonial Stem Cells”


October 21, 2009
Carmen J. Williams, M.D., Ph.D.
Clinical Investigator, Reproductive Medicine Group
Laboratory of Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
“Neonatal endocrine disruption and adult female fertility - long term impact of phytoestrogen exposure”


October 28, 2009
Norman B. Hecht, Ph.D.
William Shippen Jr. Professor of Human Reproduction
Center for Research on Reproduction and Women’s Health
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
“Germ cells, transposons and non-coding MSY-RNAs”


November 4, 2009
Genevieve Neal-Perry, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women’s Health and Neuroscience
Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center
“Female Reproductive Senescence: A Cerebral Event”


November 11, 2009
Lisa Mehlmann, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Cell Biology
University of Connecticut Health Center
“Arrested Development: Regulation of Meiosis in the Mouse Oocyte”

* Please note: No CRRWH Seminars are scheduled for November 18 or 25, 2009

December 2, 2009
Shuk-mei Ho, Ph.D.
Jacob G. Schmidlapp Chair and Professor of Environmental Health
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
“Estrogen receptor-beta isoforms & their actions”


December 9, 2009
Mariana Wolfner, Ph.D.
Professor of Developmental Biology
Cornell University
“With love from me to you: molecular interplay between the sexes in Drosophila”


December 16, 2009
P. Jeremy Wang, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Animal Biology
University of Pennsylvania
“Stem cells, meiotic recombination, and human genetics of azoospermia”


This will be the last CRRWH seminar for the Fall semester. The CRRWH seminars will resume on January 13, 2010.

January 13, 2010
Alanna C. Morrison, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Human Genetics Center
The University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston
“Title to be announced”


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anuary 20, 2010
Rabindranath De La Fuente, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Studies
University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
“Epigenetic Control of Heterochromatin Formation and Chromosome Stability in the Female Gamete”


January 27, 2010
John P. Atkinson, M.D.
Samuel B. Grant Professor of Medicine
Professor of Molecular Microbiology
Acting Chief, Division of Rheumatology
Washington University School of Medicine
“Innate immunity in acute injury states and chronic debris deposition: the examples of hemolytic uremic syndrome, age-related macular degeneration and preeclampsia”


February 3, 2010
Geraldine Seydoux, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Center for Cell Dynamics
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
“Cell cycle regulation of the oocyte-to-embryo transition”


February 10, 2010

David F. Stern, Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology
Yale University School of Medicine
“Title to be announced”


February 17, 2010
Andrew Singson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Genetics
Waksman Institute
Rutgers University
“Title to be announced”


February 24, 2010
Ting Xie, Ph.D.
Investigator
Stowers Institute for Medical Research
“Title to be announced”


March 3, 2010
To be announced


March 10, 2010
Jurrien Dean, M.D.
Chief, Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
National Institutes of Health
“Title to be announced”


March 17, 2010
Patricia Hunt, Ph.D.
Meyer Distinguished Professor
School of Molecular Biosciences
Washington State University
“The egg and the environment”


March 24, 2010

Blanche Capel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Cell Biology
Duke University Medical Center
“Title to be announced”


March 31, 2010

Laurinda A. Jaffe, Ph.D.
Professor and Interim Chair
Department of Cell Biology
University of Connecticut Health Center

“Title to be announced”


April 7, 2010
Kate L. Loveland, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and NHMRC Senior Research Fellow
Departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Department of Anatomy & Developmental Biology
Deputy Director, ARC Centre of Excellence in Biotechnology and Development
Monash University
“Title to be announced”


April 14, 2010
Ann Dorward, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair in Genetics
Faculty of Medicine
Memorial University of Newfoundland
“Title to be announced”


April 21, 2010
Dale Dorsett, Ph.D.
Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
“Title to be announced”


April 28, 2010
David J. Riese II, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Co-Program Leader
Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Purdue University Center for Cancer Research
“Functionally Selective Ligands for ErbB Family Receptors Provide Clues to the Discovery of Novel Antagonists”


May 5, 2010
To be announced


May 12, 2010
To be announced



May 19, 2010
Time: 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.
Location: BRB II/III Auditorium and Lobby
2010 CRRWH Annual Research Retreat and 31st Annual James M. Cuozzo Memorial Lecture


May 26, 2010
Christine M. Disteche, Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology
Adjunct Professor of Medicine
University of Washington
“Title to be announced”



*Please note: This will be the last scheduled weekly CRRWH seminar for the Spring semester. The CRRWH seminars will resume in September 2010.