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Seminar Series

Spring 2026 Schedule

Thursdays, 8:30-9:30 am (unless otherwise noted)
Cates 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 [Path]
    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 [Uro]
    Sponsored by the Department of Urology, the Institute for Reproductive and Developmental Sciences, and the Bohan Visiting Professor Program
    Date Series Speaker Title

    Jan 22

    CB&P

    Li Gan, Ph.D.
    Weill Cornell Medical College

    Molecular mechanism of neurodegeneration

    Jan 29

    Path

    Berna Sozen, Ph.D.
    Yale School of Medicine

    From flux to morphogenesis: Decoupling metabolic principles of early mammalian development

    Feb 12

    CB&P

    Binyam Mogessie, Ph.D.
    Yale School of Medicine

    TBD

    Feb 26

    Urology

    Philip Jordan, Ph.D.
    Uniformed Services University

    Dynamic Scaffolds: Divergent Microtubule-Organizing Center Strategies
    in Mammalian Gametogenesis

    Mar 3

    DCJ

    Asgerally T. Fazleabas, Ph.D.
    Michigan State University

    The role of Notch1 in Endometrial Function and Endometriosis

    Mar 5

    Urology

    Martin M. Matzuk, M.D., Ph.D.
    Baylor College of Medicine
    TBD

    Mar 12

    Aubrey Koch Converse, Ph.D.
    Northwestern University
    TBD

    Mar 19

    Path

    Juan Melero-Martin, Ph.D.
    Harvard Medical School
    From iPSCs to Organoids: Strategies for Vascular Regenerative Medicine

    Apr 16

    DCJ

    Thomas Spencer, Ph.D.
    University of Missouri
    TBD

    Apr 23

    ObGyn

    Sarah Wernimont, M.D., Ph.D.
    University of Minnesota
    TBD

    May 7

    Damjanov

    Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz, Ph.D.
    California Institute of Technology

     
    TBD

    May 21

    Voogt

    Carol Elias, Ph.D.
    University of Michigan

     
    TBD

    For more information, please email irds@kumc.edu.