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”
January
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.