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. Location is Research Complex 2 (RC2), 3rd floor conference room (P15-3109) unless otherwise noted. All are welcome!
For additional information or to meet a visiting speaker or to suggest a speaker, please contact:
Lorna Moore, PhD, Seminar Series Director
Jackie Smith, Seminar Series Coordinator
Sponsored by Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Division of Reproductive Sciences
| 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 |
| Date | Title/Speaker/Affiliation |
|---|---|
| 09/14/2015 | Role of Endometrial Stem Cells in Normal Physiology and Gynecological Disease
Caroline Gargett, PhD The Ritchie Centre Monash Institute of Medical Research, Australia |
| 09/22/2015 | Tibetan Reproductive Success at High Altitude: Insights from Placenta Studies
Tanna Wuren, MD, PhD Qinghai University Medical College, Qinghai, China |
| 09/29/2015 | The Gas6/AXL Relationship: A New Model for Preeclampsia?
Juan Arroyo, PhD Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah |
| 10/06/2015 | Endometrial Cancer: PIK - HER Path of Resistance
Bo Rueda, PhD Vincent Center for Reproductive Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital |
| 10/13/2015 | The Vasculopathy of the Intrauterine Growth Restricted Fetus
Blair Dodson, PhD Children's Hospital Colorado |
| 10/27/2015 | Mechanisms of Seizure During Pregnancy and Preeclampsia
Marilyn Cipolla, PhD University of Vermont College of Medicine |
| 11/03/2015 | The Contribution of Brain and Ovarian Estrogens to Brain Metastatic Colonization in Pre-Menopausal Women
Diana Cittelly-Cuevas, MS, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 11/10/2015 | Rebecca Krisher, PhD
The Mammalian Oocyte: Metabolic Challenges and Opportunities National Foundation for Fertility Research |
| 11/17/2015 | The Human Fetoembryonic Defense System Hypothesis and Its Relationships to Pathogenesis
Gary Clark, PhD University of Missouri School of Medicine |
| 12/01/2015 | .Uterine Quiescence During Pregnancy is Caspase Dependent
Jennifer Condon, PhD Wayne State University | Perinatal Research Branch - NICHD | CS Mott Center for Human Growth and Development |
| 01/05/2016 | How to Feed a Fetus
Theresa Powell, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 01/12/2016 | Intrauterine and Postnatal Influences on Offspring Metabolic Diseases: From Mouse to Macaque to Mom
Lynn Barbour, MD, MSPH & Jed Friedman, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 01/26/2016 | New Insights into the Maternal-Placental-Fetal Comunication Interface
Yoel Sadovsky, MD Magee-Womens Research Institute |
| 02/02/2016 | New Insights into the Maternal-Placental-Fetal Comunication Interface
Crystal Adams, MD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 02/09/2016 | Translational Insight into Vascular Aging in Women
Kerrie Moreau, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 02/16/2016 | Chronic Pelvic Pain and Pain Co-Morbidities: Understanding the Complex Patient
Anna Malykhina, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 02/23/2016 | What is it about placental insufficiency that dysregulates fetal liver metabolism?
Stephanie Wesolowski, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 03/01/2016 | Microbes and Host Defense in the Placenta: Impact on Parturition and Preterm Birth
Indira Mysorekar, PhD Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri |
| 03/08/2016 | Finding New Treatments for Invasive Lobular Breast Carcinomas; no KIT-ing
Britta Jacobsen, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 03/22/2016 | Measures of Maternal Stress and Mood in Relation to Preterm Birth
M. Camille Hoffman, MD, MSCS University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 03/29/2016 | Early Life Omega-6 Fatty Acid Exposures Associate with Elevated Infant Adipose Deposition: Obesity Risk, Metabolic Programming, and Mechanism
Michael Rudolph, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 04/05/2016 | Targeting Non-Coding RNAs in Ovarian Cancer
Michael Gordon, PhD University of Colorado, School of Medicine |
| 04/12/2016 | Use of Innovative Technologies to Manage Obesity in Prenatal and Postnatal Women
Leanne Redman, MS, PhD Pennington Biomedical Research Center of LSU |
| 04/26/2016 | Personalized Medicine for Women with PCOS: Present at the Conception, Still Waiting for the Birth
Richard Legro, MD The Penn State College of Medicine |
| 05/03/2016 | Exercise During Pregnancy: Baby Steps to Better Health
Margaret Davenport, MD The Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at University of Alberta |
| 05/17/2016 | Microengineered Physiological Biomimicry: Human Organs-on-Chips
Dan Huh, PhD Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania |
| 05/24/2016 | In Vivo Gene Modulation in the Placenta
Johann Urschitz, PhD John A. Burns School of Medicine - University of Hawaii |