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Seminar Series

Fall 2024 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 [Ob/Gyn]
    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
    Aug. 29 Kinsey John Davis, Ph.D.
    University of Nebraska Medical Center
    LH-responsive, Organelle-specific pathways essential for luteal steroidogenesis
    Sept. 12 OB/Gyn

    Rajendra Kumar, Ph.D.
    University of Colorado

    Gonadotropin Rerouting and Female Reproductive Aging
    Sept. 26 Urology Paramita Mitra Ghosh, Ph.D.
    UC Davis Health

    Galectin-1 pathways in prostate cancer progression

    Oct. 3 Pathology Mark Bedford, Ph.D.
    MD Anderson
    Signaling Downstream of PRMT5: Old & New effectors
    Oct. 17 OB/Gyn Mostafa Borahay, M.D.
    Johns Hopkins
    TBD
    Oct. 24 Pathology Matteo Molé Ph.D.
    Stanford
    Modeling the human endometrium and implantation in vitro
    Nov. 21 Pathology Alexander Beristain, Ph.D.
    BC Children's Hospital
    TBD
    Dec. 5 OB/Gyn Francesca Duncan, Ph.D.
    Northwestern
    TBD

    For more information, please email irds@kumc.edu