Reproductive Sciences Seminars
Reproductive Sciences Seminars are generally scheduled September through May on Tuesdays from 4:00 - 5:00 pm. Additional special seminars are noted below. These are basic/translational and other research topics across the entire breadth of reproductive sciences and women's health research topics. All are welcome!
Fall 2024/Spring 2025 Reproductive Sciences Seminars will be in a hybrid format,
In person:
Research Complex 2
Conference Room 3109
12700 East 19th Avenue
Aurora, CO 80045
and, online:
https://ucdenver.zoom.us/j/94153895895
Please note the specific format of each seminar on the list of events below
Please contact, Cameron Davis, Seminar Series Coordinator for more information on how to access these seminars.
For additional information or to meet a visiting speaker or to suggest a speaker, please contact:
Jenifer Monks, PhD, Seminar Series Co-Director
Ramón A. Lorca, PhD, Seminar Series Co-Director
Cameron Davis, Seminar Series Coordinator
Sponsored by Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Division of Reproductive Sciences
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| Date | Title/Speaker/Affiliation |
|---|---|
| 09/15/20 | Evidence of metabolic endotoemia as a potential risk factor for pelvic organ prolapse
Kathy Connell, MD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 09/22/20 | Maternal and child health in the context of HIV: research finding from Zambia and Kenya
Karen Hampanda, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 09/29/20 | Maternal vascular adaptation to high-altitude pregnancy
Ramon Lorca, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 10/06/20 | Aging of the mammalian ovary
Josh Johnson, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 10/20/20 | Basigin: a multifunctional protein that is necessary for normal fertility
Romana Nowak, MS, PhD University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 10/27/20 | Bison, brucellosis, and baby making
Jennifer Barfield, PhD Colorado State University |
| 11/03/20 | A metabolic-epigenetic axis reulates cell fate in ovarian cancer
Katherine Aird, PhD Penn State Cancer Institute |
| 11/17/20 | The voyage lecture: a human menstrual cycle: a lifelong story
Nanette Santoro, MD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 12/01/20 | Novel role for phospholipids in placental function and fetal growth
Theresa Powell, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 12/08/20 | CPT1A: an old actor in metabolism auditioning for new cancer roles
Isabel Schlaepfer, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 12/15/20 | Understanding lactation insufficienct at the cellular level
Jen Monks, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 01/05/21 | A new paradigm for the regulation of fetal growth: fetal glucagon as a homeostatic regulator of uterine blood flow and placental function
Paul Rozance, MD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 01/26/21 | Clinical science: what is the "bedside" of research
Jeanelle Sheeder, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 02/02/21 | Germline gene editing: feasibility, safety, ethical, legal and social implications
Kyle Orwig, PhD Magee-Womens Research Institute |
| 02/16/21 | Uterine glucocorticoid signaling supports pregnancy from implantation to placentation
Shannon Whirledge, PhD Yale School of Medicine |
| 02/23/21 | Genetics & physiology for FSH glycoforms
T. Rajendra Kumar, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 03/02/21 | Intracellular placental signaling and sexually dimorphic fetal impact following nanoparticle treatment in a guinea pig model of fetal growth restriction
Helen Jones, PhD University of Florida College of Medicine |
| 03/16/21 | Novel therapies for pre eclampsia
Ananth Karumanchi, MD Cedars-Sinai Medical Center |
| 03/23/21 | Sex differences in adipose tissue distribution protect the femal brain against imflammation with dietary obesity
Alexis Stranahan, PhD Medical College of Georgia |
| 03/30/21 | Rethinking obesity and cardiometabolic health in women: using evolutionarily informed hypotheses to integrate physiology and behavior during weight loss
Annie Caldwell, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 04/06/21 | Other potential biomarkers in ovarian cancer
Rebecca Arend, MD University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine |
| 04/20/21 | Developmental origins of pediatric obesity and type 2 diabetes- what we know and don't know
Dana Dabelea, MD, PhD Colorado School of Public Health |
| 04/27/21 | Using -omics based approaches to identify key regulators of placental development
Geetu Tuteja, PhD Iowa State University |
| 05/04/21 | Protection and preparation: molecular multitasking to achieve cervical remodeling in pregnancy
Mala Mahendroo, PhD UT Southwestern Medical School |
| 05/18/21 | Normalization of circulating adiponectin levels in obese pregnant mice prevents pancreatic islet beta-cell dysfunction in adult offspring
Fredrick Rosario Joseph, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 05/25/21 | Placental mitochondria and the response to hypoxia, from high-altitude to common complications of pregnancy
Andrew Murray, PhD University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine |
| Date | Title/Speaker/Affiliation |
|---|---|
| 9/17/2018 | Ovarian Cancer Dissemination: Fuel for the Journey
Benjamin Bitler, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 09/24/2019 | Evidence for Corpus Luteal: Endometrial Origins of Adverse Obstetrical Outcomes in Pregnancies Conceived With or Without Assisted Reproduction
Kirk Conrad, MD University of Florida |
| 10/15/2019 | Updates in Gynecologic Cancers: New Frontiers
Saketh Guntupalli, MD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 10/22/2019 | EC-SOD Regulation of Redox Sensitive Signaling in Pulmonary Vascular Diseases
Eva Grayck, MD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 10/29/2019 | The Effects of Chemotherapy on the Ovaries in the Setting of Fertility Preservation
Dror Meirow, MD Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel |
| 11/05/2019 | Coordinated T and B Cell Responses are Required for Superior Spontaneous Immune Pressure Against Ovarian Cancer
Jose Conejo-Garcia, MD, PhD Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL |
| 11/19/2019 | Prolonged, Trophoblast-Specific Hif-1 Alpha: A New Mouse Model of Early-Onset Preeclampsia
Thomas Lee Brown, PhD Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio |
| 12/03/2019 | Baculovirus/Insect Cell System for Diverse Biomedical Applications
Donald Jarvis, PhD University of Wyoming |
| 12/10/2019 | Making Your Own: Stem Cell Therapy of Premature Ovarian Insufficiency
Ayman Al-Hendy, PhD University of Illinois at Chicago |
| 12/17/2019 | A Voyage Worthwhile: From Gothenburg Harbor to Placental Origins of Disease
Thomas Jansson, MD, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 01/07/2020 | Sexually Divergent Signaling in Cardiovascular Health and Disease
Lori Walker, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 01/14/2020 | Determining Midkine's Role in Female Heart Failure Pathology
Kathleen Woulfe, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 01/21/2020 | Expanding PARP Inhibitor Efficacy in Ovarian Cancer with Epigenetic Drugs
Dineo Khabele, MD University of Kansas |
| 01/28/2020 | Antenatal Determinants of Chronic Lung Disease after Preterm Birth
Steve Abman, MD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 02/4/2020 | How to Prevent Cardiometabolic Dysfunction in Children of Obese Preganant Women
Owen Vaughan, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 02/18/2020 | “Good” Fats, “Bad” Fats and Female Fertility
Malgorzata Skaznik-Wikiel, MD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 02/25/2020 | Choline in Pregnancy: Future Big Sister of Folate
Camille Hoffman-Shuler, MD, MSCS University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 03/03/2020 | The Enduring Impact of Early Life Stress: Observations at Reproductive Transitions
C. Neill Epperson, MD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 04/14/2020 | New Insights into Ovarian Cancer Progression and Therapy Resistance
Levi Watson, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 04/28/2020 | Pharmacogenomics & Women’s Health: The Leading Edge of Being Behind
Aaron Lazorwitz, MD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 05/05/2020 | Fatty Acid Transport in Intrauterine Growth Restriction: Placental Implications to Last a Lifetime?
Stephanie Chassen, MD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 05/12/2020 | A Histology-Centric Approach to Studying Uterosacral Ligaments and Pelvic Prolapse
David Orlicky, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| Date | Title/Speaker/Affiliation |
|---|---|
| 09/04/2018 | From Ideas to Impact: Bring Your Research to Market with CU Innovations
Doreen Molk, MS University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 09/18/2018 | WNT4 - The "Problem Child" in Women's Health?
Matthew J. Sikora, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 09/25/2018 | Burn Rate: Controlling the Rate of Primordial Follicle Growth Activation and Ovarian Aging
Josh Johnson, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 10/02/2018 | Understanding and Exploiting Immune Responses to Engineered Nanomaterials
Jared Brown, PhD University of Colorado, School of Pharmacy |
| 10/16/2018 | Fetal Signals and Messengers in the Timing of Birth
Carole Mendelsohn, PhD University of Texas Southwestern |
| 10/23/2018 | Integration of Cellular Lipid Storage and Physiological Responses of Obesity
James McManaman, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 10/30/2018 | Oocyte Differentiation is Independent of Meiosis and Driven by Interplay of Multiple Transcriptional Regulators
Aleksandar Rajkovic, MD, PhD University of California San Francisco |
| 11/06/2018 | Preterm Birth and Early Life Origins of Disease
Xiaobin Wang, MD Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| 11/27/2018 | Can Understanding Evolutionary Adaptation to High Altitude Yield Therapeutic Benefits?
Lorna Moore, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 12/04/2018 | Navigating Signaling Pathways from Maple Syrup Urine Disease to Repro-metabolic Syndrome via "Checkpoint Charlie"
Andrew Bradford, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 12/11/2018 | My Career: Following the Thread of Adaptation with a Vascular Perspective
Judith Regensteiner, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 12/18/2018 | Maternal Signals Optimizing Pregnancy via Myometrial Quiescence and Uterine Blood Flow
K. Joseph Hurt, MD, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 01/15/2019 | Impact of Toxoplasma Gondii in Huntington's Disease: Infection as an Environmental Modifier of Neurodegeneration
Jason Gigley, PhD University of Wyoming |
| 01/29/2019 | Gonadal Hormones and Metabolic Health: Importance of the Cellular Composition of Adipose Tissue
Kathleen Gavin, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 02/05/2019 | Designing Alpha-helical Antimicrobial Peptides with No Toxicity as New Therapeutics to Target Gram-negative Pathogens
Robert Hodges, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 03/05/2019 | Reprogramming the Tumor Microenvironment with Chemo-Immunotherapy
Robert Edwards, MD Magee-Women's Hospital University of Pittsburgh Medical Center |
| 03/19/2019 | Is Exercise Intolerance in Diabetes a Microvascular Complication?
Jane Reusch, MD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 03/26/2019 | The Reprometabolic Syndrome: How Obesity Impairs Fertility
Nanette Santoro, MD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 04/02/2019 | Stimulating Pudendal Nerve Function to Improve Sexual Function in Women
Marsha Guess, MD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 04/16/2019 | Colorado Specialized Center of Research Excellence (SCORE) on Sex Differences: Reflections & Projections
Wendy Kohrt, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 04/23/2019 | Focusing T Cell Responses on Specific Antigens
Jill Slansky, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 04/30/2019 | Mediators of Impaired Fetoplacental Angiogenesis in Severe Fetal Growth Restriction
Emily Su, MD, MSCI University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 05/07/2019 | Understanding Pituitary Tumorigenesis: Biomarkers of Disease and New Therapeutic Targets
Margaret Wierman, MD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 05/21/2019 | The Genomics of Birth Timing
Louis Muglia, MD, PhD University of Cincinnati |
| 05/28/2019 | Pregnancy Complications: Challenges in Translational Research
Nihar R. Nayak, DVM, PhD Wayne State University School of Medicine |
| 06/04/2019 | Facing the Challenges of Mosaicism
Mandy Katz-Jaffe, PhD Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine |
| Date | Title/Speaker/Affiliation |
|---|---|
| 09/05/2017 | Oxygen Toxicity in the Premature Lung: Can We Separate the Signal from the Inevitable Consequence?
Clyde Wright, MD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 09/19/2017 | Ancestry, Genetic Risk, and Better Treatment Through Personalized Medicine
Kathleen Barnes, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 09/26/2017 | New Insights Into the Pathophysiology of Endometriosis: The Role of miR-451a
Warren Nothnick, PhD, HCLD Kansas University Medical Center |
| 10/03/2017 | Epigenetic Marks of In-Utero Exposure to Gestational Diabetes and Childhood Adiposity Outcomes: The EPOCH Study
Ivana Yang, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine and Colorado School of Public Health |
| 10/17/2017 | Prenatal Exposures and Placental Serotonin: a Potential Pathway for the Developmental Programming of Mental Diseases
Alexandre Bonnin, PhD University of Southern California |
| 10/24/2017 | Novel Functions of a Tight Junction Protein in the Progression of Ovarian Cancer
Heidi Wilson, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 10/31/2017 | Opportunities for Translational Research in Ovarian Cancer
Kian Behbakht, MD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 11/07/2017 | TNBC and Serous Ovarian Cancer: High-jacking a Program of Immune-Suppression from Trophoblasts
Jennifer Richer, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 11/21/2017 | Developmental Origins of Pulmonary Vascular Dysfunction
Colleen Julian, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 12/05/2017 | Mechanism of Tumor Suppressor miRNA-7 Downregulation in Ovarian Cancer: Role of Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Factor Snail
Yevgeniya Ioffe, MD Loma Linda University School of Medicine |
| 12/12/2017 | Maternal Obesity, Placental Function and Long Term Health
Theresa Powell, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 12/19/2017 | Effects of High Altitude on AMPK Activation and Maternal Uterine Vascular Function During Pregnancy
Ramón Lorca, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 01/16/2018 | Preeclampsia: New Insights for the Mechanisms of Vascular Dysfunction
Sandra Davidge, PhD University of Alberta |
| 01/23/2018 | Peregrinations of a Persistant Scientist: From Pituitary Biology to Bone Formation to Breast Cancer and Beyond
Arthur Gutierrez-Hartmann, MD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 01/30/2018 | Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) Regulates Trophoblast Amino Acid Transport and Pancreatic ß Cell Function
Fredrick Joseph, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 02/06/2018 | Therapeutic Applications of Non-Coding RNAs
Anil Sood, MD University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 02/27/2018 | Umbilical Cord and Cord Blood Progenitors: Opportunities for Collaboration
Christopher Baker, MD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 03/20/2018 | The Science Behind Urogynecologic Meshes: Learning from Current Products to Improve Future Materials
Pamela Moalli, MD, PhD University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| 04/03/2018 | Statins for the Prevention of Preeclampsia
George Saade, MD University of Texas Medical Branch |
| 04/17/2018 | Merging Models for Menopause: A Tumor's Tale of Two Mammary Glands
Paul MacLean, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 04/24/2018 | HIF-dependent Integration of Trophoblast Fate and Metabolism in the Placenta
Emin Maltepe, MD, PhD University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine |
| 05/01/2018 | Targeting Wnt Signaling in Therapy Resistant Ovarian Cancer
Ben Bitler, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 05/15/2018 | Obesity is Associated with Decreased Pituitary LH and FSH, Inadequate Folliculogenesis and Reduced Ovarian Steroid and Protein Production: WHY?
Alex Polotsky, MD, MS University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 05/22/2018 | Cell Biology of Lactation: Docking and Stimulated Secretion of Milk Fat Globules
Jenifer Monks, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| Date | Title/Speaker/Affiliation |
|---|---|
| 09/06/2016 | mTOR as a Critical Regulator of Fetal Growth: From Mechanisms to Intervention
Thomas Jansson, MD, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 09/13/2016 | The Impact of Fragile X Premutation Upon Ovarian Follicle Development and Survival
Joshua Johnson, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 09/19/2016 | The Potential Role of Exosomes in Obstetrics and Gynecology: Focus on Pregnancy Complications and Ovarian Cancer
Carlos Salomon, PhD The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, Brisbane, Australia |
| 09/27/2016 | Insights into Mechanisms of Platinum Resistance Pave the Path for Personalizing Ovarian Cancer Therapy
Sanaz Memarzadeh, MD, PhD UCLA Ronald Reagan Hospital |
| 10/04/2016 | Maternal Nutrition During Pregnancy and Offspring Energy Management - Studies in Nonhuman Primates
Laura Cox, PhD Texas Biomedical Research Institute |
| 10/11/2016 | Metabolic Control of Vascular Cell Phenotype in Pulmonary Hypertension: Similarities to Cancer
Kurt Stenmark, MD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 10/19/2016 | Mechanisms Underlying the Developmental Origins of Metabolic Disease: Are we ready to intervene?
Susan Ozanne, PhD University of Cambridge, United Kingdom |
| 10/25/20165 | Maternal Obesity and the Fetal Programming of Disordered Metabolism
Kristen Boyle, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 11/01/2016 | A New Tale for an Old Hormone
Russ Anthony, PhD Colorado State University |
| 11/14/2016 | The Good and Ugly Sides of the Iron-Overload Disease Hemochromatosis
Vadivel Ganapathy, PhD Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center |
| 11/15/2016
Dean's Distinguished |
Deciphering the Guidance Cue Code for B Cell Immunity
Jason Cyster, PhD UCSF, Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
| 11/29/2016 | Genetics of Neural Tube Defects and Environmental Impacts on Neural Tube Closure
Lee Niswander, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 12/06/2016 | Adaptive Mechanisms Regulating Placental Development
Michael J. Soares, PhD University of Kansas Medical Center |
| 12/15/2016 | Mechanisms of Placental Inflammation in Obstetric Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Vikki M. Abrahams, PhD Yale University School of Medicine |
| 01/03/2017 | Oxytocin Receptor Response in Uterosacral Ligaments
Kathleen Connell, MD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 01/10/2017 | Androgen Signaling and the Placenta
Gerrit J. Bouma, PhD Colorado State University |
| 01/17/2017
Dean's Distinguished |
CAR T Cells for Cancer
Carl H June, MD Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania |
| 01/24/2017 | Regenerative Therapies for Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
Margot Damaser, PhD Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute |
| 01/31/2017 | Tumor Heterogeneity, EMT, and Metastasis
Heide Ford, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 02/07/2017 | Can Heparin Prevent Severe Pre-Eclampsia?
John Kingdom, MD, FRCSC, FRCOG, MRCP University of Toronto |
| 02/21/2017 | Mutant p53 Regulation of Early Events in Ovarian Cancer
Joan Brugge, PhD Harvard Medical School |
| 02/28/2017 | Translational Regulation of Gene Expression During Oocyte and Early Embryo Development: The role of EPAB
Emre Seli, MD Yale University School of Medicine |
| 03/13/2017 | CRISPR/Cas9 Mediated Genome Editing and Its Application for the Study of Reproduction
Masahito Ikawa, PhD Osaka University, Japan |
| 03/21/2017
Dean's Distinguished |
Rewriting the Language of Life: Impacts and Challenges of DNA Editing
Jennifer Doudna, PhD University of California, Berkeley |
| 03/28/2017 | tRNA Fragments as Regulators in Ovarian Cancer Cells
Lynne Bemis, PhD University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth |
| 04/04/2017 | Intrauterine Inflammation and Infection: Journey to the Center of the Fetal Brain
Irina Burd, MD, PhD Johns Hopkins University |
| 04/11/2017 | Placental Gene Therapy for Placental Insufficiency
Timothy Crombleholme, MD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 04/18/2017
Dean's Distinguished |
Ultrafast Endocytosis at Synapses: Revisiting Heuser and Reese in the 21st Century
Erik Jorgensen, PhD University of Utah |
| 04/25/2017 | Fetal Origins of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
Steven Abman, MD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 05/02/2017 | Why are Uterine Fibroids More Common in Women of Color?
Ayman Al-Hendy, MD, PhD Augusta University |
| 05/09/2017
Dean's Distinguished |
A Worm's Tale: Secrets of Inheritance and Immortality
Craig Mello, PhD University of Massachusetts Medical School |
| 05/16/2017 | GLUT1 and Glucose are Required for Mammary Tumorigenesis Induced by Activated ErbB2
Steven M. Anderson, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 05/23/2017 | An Intergrated Approach to Understand Gonadal & Non-Gonadal Actions of FSH
T. Rajendra Kumar, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |