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21st Annual Gilbert S. Greenwald Symposium on Reproductive and Developmental Sciences, the University of Kansas Medical Center

Thursday, November 7, 2024

University of Kansas Medical Center Campus
3901 Rainbow Boulevard
Kansas City, Kansas

Time Session
1:30-2:00 p.m. Registration Opens
Hallway outside Health Education Building, Rm B104
2:00-3:00 p.m. Trainee Elevator Pitch Session
Health Education Building, Rm B104
3:00-4:15 p.m. Keynote Lecture
Blanche Capel, Ph.D. | Duke University
"Epigenetic Regulation of Sex Determination"
Health Education Building, Rm B104
4:30-7:00 p.m. Reception and Poster Sessions A and B
Ad Astra Room, 5202 Health Education Building (HEB)

Friday, November 8, 2024

Kansas City Public Library - Central
Helzberg Auditorium, 5th floor
14 West 10th Street
Kansas City, Missouri

Time Session
8:00-8:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Welcome/Announcements

Session I

8:35-10:05 a.m.

Michael B. Stout, Ph.D. | Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
"Cell-type-specific hallmarks of ovarian aging in mice"
Farzaneh Tamanaeifar, B.S. | Graduate Student, University of Nebraska Medical Center
“Luteinizing hormone activates hippo signaling pathway in steroidogenic luteal cells”
Jon Oatley, Ph.D. | Washington State University
"Molecular dissection of sperm morphogenesis"

Arturo Matamoros, Ph.D.  | Postdoctoral Fellow, Colorado State University
“Super-resolution imaging reveals PKA remodeling in mouse sperm during capacitation”

10:05-10:35 a.m. Morning Break

Session II

10:35 a.m.- 12:05 p.m.

Natalie Shaw, M.D. | National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
"The story of SMCHD1: epigenetic repression and craniofacial development"

Brittany Hufft-Martinez, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Kansas Medical Center
“Increased expression of B9 (folate) and B12 receptors may underlie the protective effect of Thm1 heterozygous female mice against cleft palate in offspring”

Jun Wu, Ph.D. | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
"Engineering embryo-like structures with stem cells"

Dinh Nam Tran, D.V.M., Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Missouri
“Role of SMRT in implantation and decidualization during early pregnancy”  

12:05-1:30 p.m. Lunch (Speaker-Trainee Lunch Interactions 12:05-1 p.m.)

1:30-1:40 p.m.

Speaker Photo

1:40-1:50 p.m.

Trainee Award Presentation

Session III

1:50-3:20 p.m.

Diana Monsivais, Ph.D. | Baylor College of Medicine
"Uncovering the growth factor signals that control endometrial regeneration and endometriosis"

Hager M. Kowash, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Nebraska Medical Center
“The effects of prenatal oxycodone exposure and melatonin treatment on fetal and placental outcomes in a pregnant rat model”

Mikaela Simon, M.S. | Graduate Student, University of Kansas Medical Center
“Follistatin like 3 modulation of trophoblast cell development and hemochorial placentation”

Shawn L. Chavez, Ph.D. | Oregon Health and Science University
“Preimplantation chromosome segregation and instability: Lessons from nonhuman primate embryos”
3:30 p.m. Closing Comments
Meeting Adjourned
Greenwald Symposium

University of Kansas Medical Center
Greenwald Symposium
3901 Rainbow Boulevard
Mailstop 3050
Kansas City, KS 66160