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