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Seminar Series

Fall 2023 Schedule

Thursdays, 8:30-9:30 am (unless otherwise noted)
Wahl Hall West Auditorium

The Institute for Reproductive and Developmental Sciences, in collaboration with several other departments on campus, sponsors the following seminar series:

  • Seminars in Development and the Pathogenesis of Disease [Pathology]
    Sponsored by the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, the Institute for Reproductive and Developmental Sciences, and the Bohan Visiting Professor Program
  • Seminars in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology [ObGyn]
    Sponsored by the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Institute for Reproductive and Developmental Sciences, and the Bohan Visiting Professor Program
  • Seminar Series in Urology, Male Reproductive Health and Infertility [Urology]
    Sponsored by the Department of Urology, the Institute for Reproductive and Developmental Sciences, and the Bohan Visiting Professor Program
    Date Series Speaker Title
    August 31 Pathology Jack Bui M.D., Ph.D.
    UC San Diego Health
    Successful anti-tumor immunity and IL-17D and extracellular vesicles
    September 14 OB/Gyn Kanako Hayashi, Ph.D.
    Washington State University
    Pathophysiology and targeting in endometriosis - chronic inflammation and dynamic macrophage differentiation
    September 21 Pathology Paul Liu, B. Med, Ph.D.
    NIH
    Clinical and genomic characterizations of patients with germline RUNX1 mutations: The NIH natural history study
    September 28 Uro Francesca Cole, Ph.D.
    MD Anderson
    Age-dependent alterations in recombination casue aneuploidies in mouse spermatocytes
    October 5 OB/Gyn Stacey Missmer, Sc.D
    Michigan State University
    What is Endometriosis?: Toward Translational Subphenotypes
    October 19 Pathology Joaquin Espinosa, Ph.D.
    Colorado
    Understanding Down Syndrome as an Interferonopathy: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Implications
    October 26 OB/Gyn Elizabeth Enninga, Ph.D.
    Mayo Clinic
    Understanding maternal immune tolerance and activation in chronic placental inflammation
    November 16 Pathology Noel Warfel, Ph.D.
    Arizona
    TBD
    December 7 Uro Kathleen Hwang, M.D.
    University of Pittsburg School of Medicine
    Ultrasound-Guided Rete Testis Sperm Aspiration: A Path to Spermatogonial Stem Cell Transplantation

    For more information, please email irds@kumc.edu