2025 Symposium Speakers
October 16-17, 2025
Keynote Lecture
Marisa S. Bartolomei, Ph.D.
Perelman Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Professor of Genetics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Director of IRM Program in Reproductive Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Co-Director Epigenetics Institute, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Plenary Speakers

Neil Hunter, Ph.D.
Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
University of California, Davis
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Shuo Xiao, MBBS, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Rutgers University
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Liang Ma, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Developmental Biology
Washington University, St. Louis
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Stephen Renaud, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Western University
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Eldin Jašarević, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
University of Pittsburgh
Magee-Womens Research Institute
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Eszter Posfai, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology
Princeton University
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