Breakfast Workshop – 7:00AM-8:00 AM
(Made possible by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation)This workshop entitled “
Tailoring Your Research for Contraceptive Research and Development” is supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as a part of a collaborative project with the SSR. The workshop purpose is to stimulate SSR members thinking about how their research may be suitable to developing a contraceptive project. The structure will be an interactive workshop including brief perspectives on the experiences and lessons learned from four different contraceptive research stakeholders, followed by a brief Q&A session with all speakers addressing audience questions.
Panelist:
- Diane Duffy, Eastern Virginia Medical School
- Stephen Ward, Gates Foundation
- Jeff Jensen, Oregon Health and Science University
- Mike O’Rand, University of North Carolina
Fun Run – 6:00AM-8:00AM
Poster Session C – 8:00AM – 10:00AM
Break – 10:00AM-10:30AM
Focus Sessions AM – 10:30AM-12:00PM
Session 16 - SRI-SSR Exchange Lectures: Novel Mechanisms Regulating Parturition
Senior Co-Chair: Deborah Sloboda, PhD, McMaster University, Canada
Jerry Strauss, PhD
Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
“Gene x Environment Interactions and Preterm Birth”
Mark Phillippe, MD, MHCM
Harvard University, USA
“Pregnancy Length, Parturition and the Telomere Gestational Clock”
Session 17 - Impact of Climate Change on Reproduction
Senior Co-Chair: Janice Bailey, PhD, Université Laval, Canada
Peter Dutton, PhD
National Marine Fisheries Service, USA
“Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination in Marine Turtles: Is the Future Female”
Jason Ross, PhD
Iowa State University, USA
“Physiological Mechanisms Through Which Heat Stress Compromises Reproduction in Pigs”
Session 18 - RNA Modifications in Reproduction
Senior Co-Chair: Sue Hammoud, PhD, University of Michigan, USA
Qi Chen, MD, PhD
University of California, Riverside, USA
“Sperm RNA Code: How Many More Secrets?”
Marcos Morgan, PhD
University of Edinburgh, UK
“Role of RNA Uridylation In Germ Line Differentiation”
Session 19 - Reproductive Tract Modulation of Sperm Function
Senior Co-Chair: Rebecca Krisher, PhD, Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine, USA
Wipawee Winuthayanon, PhD
Washington State University, USA
“Disruption of Semen Liquefaction in the Female Reproductive Tract: A Potential Novel Contraceptive”
Patricia Martin-DeLeon, PhD
University of Delaware
“The Role of Extracellular Vesicles in the Female Reproductive Tract”
Session 20 - Mechanisms of Early Embryo Development
Senior Co-Chair: Pete Hansen, PhD, University of Florida, USA
Pablo J Ross, PhD
University of California Davis, USA
“Transcriptional and Epigenetic Reprogramming During Bovine Preimplantation Development”
Shawn Chavez, PhD
Oregon Health & Science University, USA
“Investigating Embryonic Chromosomal Instability in Preimplantation Development”
Break - 12:00PM – 1:30PM
Heritage Lunch – 12:15PM-1:15PM
Speaker: Kelly Mayo, PhD, Northwestern University, USA
The Heritage Lunch will honor the life and achievements of Dr. Neena Schwartz
Focus Sessions PM – 1:30PM – 3:00PM
Session 21 - Metabolic Drivers of Heritable Phenotypes
Senior Co-Chair: Justin St. John, PhD, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Australia
Deborah Sloboda, PhD - Canadian Fertility & Andrology Society Exchange Lecture
McMaster University, Canada
“Maternal Microbial and Metabolic Impacts on Fetal and Placental Development”
Roger Sturmey, PhD
The Hull York Medical School, UK
"Metabolic Induction of Epigenetic Modifications in Early Embryos"
Session 22 - Ovarian Conversations
Senior Co-Chair: Claude Robert, PhD, Université Laval, Canada
Jon Hennebold, PhD
Oregon Health & Science University, USA
“Progesterone Receptor Action in the Primate Ovulatory Follicle”
Kelly Young, PhD
California State University – Long Branch, UAS
“Photostimulated Ovarian Recrudescence: The Role of Gonadotropins”
Session 23 - CHA Health Systems Symposium on Epigenetic Modulation of Pluripotency
Senior Co-Chair: Marisa Bartolomei, PhD, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Wei Xie, PhD
Tsinghua University, China
"Chromatin Reprogramming During Mammalian Gametogenesis and Early Development"
Thorold Theunissen, PhD
Washington University, USA
“Understanding Human Pluripotent States and Their Applications”
Session 24 - Sperm-Egg Conversations
Senior Co-Chair: Rafael Fissore, PhD, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
Pablo Visconti, PhD
University of Massachusetts – Amherst, USA
“Sperm Signaling in ART and Science”
Andrea Pauli, PhD
Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Austria
“Bouncer and SPACA4 – Small Proteins with Big Roles in Fertilization”
Session 25 - Mixed Signals: Unraveling Pathways in Diseases of The Female Reproductive Tract
Senior Co-Chair: Shannon Hawkins, PhD, Indiana University, USA
Jackie Maybin, PhD - SRF-SSR Exchange Lecture
University of Edinburgh, UK
“Understanding the Role of Endometrial Hypoxia to Improve Management of Heavy Menstrual Bleeding”
Linda Giudice, PhD
University of California San Francisco, USA
"The Versatile Fibroblast, Maestro of Endometrial Homeostasis and
Pregnancy Success, is Derailed in Endometriosis"
Break – 3:00PM – 3:30PM
Plenary Session - 3:30PM – 5:30PM
Keynote Speaker:
Janet Rossant, PhD
The Hospital for Sick Children, USA
Lecture: “Embryos, Stem Cells and Ethical Concerns”
Janice Bahr Junior Scientist Travel Fund
2019 Recipient
Andreas Meinhardt, PhD
Justus-Liebig-University
Institute of Anatomy & Cell Biology
Giessen, Germany
Fuller W. Bazer SSR International Scientist Award Fund
2019 Recipient
Annie Newell-Fugate,
PhD, DVM
Assistant Professor
Texas A&M University
Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
SSR Trainee Mentor Award
Barbara Vanderhyden, PhD
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Ottawa, Canada
Keynote Speaker:
Jeffrey F. Peipert, MD, PhD
Indiana University School of Medicine, USA
Lecture: “Impact of Long-Acting Reversible Contraception on
Public Health Outcomes”
Closing Ceremonies – 5:30PM-6:15PM
Trainee Merit Awards
Best International Abstracts
Burroughs Welcome Fellows
SSR Business Meeting
Closing Reception - 7:00PM-11:00PM
Location:
Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose