Schedule of Events
2009 SSR 42nd Annual Meeting
David L. Lawrence Convention Center (DLLCC)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
“Science for the Public Good”
Thursday, 16 July 2009
3:00–5:00 pm
Finance Committee Meeting. Omni William Penn Hotel.
7:00–9:00 pm
Board of Directors Meeting. Omni William Penn Hotel.
Friday, 17 July 2009
8:00 am–5:00 pm
Board of Directors Meeting. Omni William Penn Hotel.
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Saturday, 18 July 2009
8:30 am–12:00 noon
Editorial Retreat. Omni William Penn Hotel.
9:00 am–6:00 pm
Slide Preview Room. Meeting Room 309, Third Floor, DLLCC.
9:00 am–7:00 pm
Registration. Third Floor, DLLCC.
1:00–2:00 pm
Volunteers’ Meeting. Meeting Room 305, Third Floor, DLLCC.
2:00–3:00 pm
Session Chairs Meeting. Meeting Room 301/302, Third Floor, DLLCC.
3:30–4:00 pm
Opening Ceremony. Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom, Third Floor, DLLCC.
- Welcome: Asgerally T. Fazleabas, Ph.D. (University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois). President, SSR.
- Remarks: Tony M. Plant, Ph.D. (University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). Patricia A. Hunt, Ph.D. (Washington State University, Pullman, Washington). Chair, SSR Program Committee.
4:00–5:00 pm
Keynote Address. Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom, Third Floor, DLLCC.
- Introduction: Asgerally T. Fazleabas, Ph.D. (University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois). President, SSR.
- David J.P. Barker, M.D., Ph.D. (Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, and University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom), Chronic Disease Begins in the Womb.
5:00–5:15 pm
Break.
5:15–6:30 pm
Awards Ceremony.
- Welcome: Robert A. Cushman, Ph.D. (USDA/ARS/USMARC, Clay Center, Nebraska). Chair, SSR Awards Committee.
- Carl G. Hartman Award (sponsored by a grant from Cook Medical): Terry M. Nett, Ph.D. (Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado). Introduced by Barbara M. Sanborn, Ph.D. (Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado).
- SSR Research Award: Richard M. Schultz, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). Introduced by John J. Eppig, Ph.D. (The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine).
- SSR New Investigator Award (sponsored by the Virendra B. Mahesh New Investigator Fund): Wei Yan, M.D., Ph.D. (University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada). Introduced by John R. McCarrey, Ph.D. (University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas).
- Distinguished Service Award (sponsored by EMD Serono Research Institute): Fredrick Stormshak, Ph.D. (Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon). Introduced by Joy L. Pate, Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania).
6:30–8:30 pm
Opening Reception: Taste of Pittsburgh. Exhibit Hall Concourse, Second Floor, DLLCC.
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Sunday, 19 July 2009
7:00–8:00 am
Volunteers’ Meeting. Meeting Room 308, Third Floor, DLLCC.
7:30–8:30 am
Continental Breakfast. Hall C Concourse, Second Floor, DLLCC.
Program Committee Meeting (moved from 11:30 am Tuesday, 21 July). Meeting Room 301/302, Third Floor, DLLCC.
7:30–10:00 am
Poster Session A. Exhibit Hall C, Second Floor, DLLCC.
7:30 am–5:00 pm
Slide Preview Room. Meeting Room 309, Third Floor, DLLCC.
Registration. Third Floor, DLLCC.
Trainee Placement Service and Career Development Center. Meeting Room 305, Third Floor, DLLCC.
9:30–10:00 am
Refreshment Break. Hall C Concourse, Second Floor, DLLCC.
10:00–11:30 am
Minisymposia I–V. (5 concurrent sessions). Third Floor Meeting Rooms, DLLCC.
- I. Maternal Effects on Egg Quality. Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom B. Chair: Richard J. Tasca, Ph.D. (NIH/NICHD, Rockville, Maryland).
- Kelle H. Moley, M.D. (Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri), Too Much of a Sweet Thing―Maternal Diabetes and Oocyte Quality.
- Kevin Sinclair, Ph.D. (University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England, United Kingdom), Developmental Origins of Health and Disease: B Vitamins and DNA Methylation Programming in the Oocyte and Pre-Implantation Embryo.
- Tom Fleming, Ph.D. (University of Southampton, Southampton, England, United Kingdom), Maternal Dietary Effects on Rodent Egg/Embryo Developmental Potential and Long-Term Health.
- II. Small RNAs in Reproduction and Development. Meeting Room 301/302. Chair: Norman B. Hecht, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).
- Robert Blelloch, M.D., Ph.D. (University of California, San Francisco, California), Small RNA Regulation of Embryonic and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells.
- Eric C. Lai, Ph.D. (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York), Small Regulatory RNAs.
- Norman B. Hecht, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), The RNA-Binding Protein MSY2 Selectively Binds a Population of MIWI-Independent Small RNAs Expressed in Male Germ Cells and Somatic Cells.
- III. The SSR/Frontiers in Reproduction (FIR) Symposium. Meeting Room 303/304. Chair: Jerome F. Strauss III, M.D., Ph.D. (Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia).
- Emre U. Seli, M.D. (Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut), Translational Regulation of Gene Expression During Oocyte and Early Embryo Development.
- Rocio M. Rivera, Ph.D. (University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri), Epigenetic Effects of Manipulating Mouse Oocytes and Preimplantation Embryos.
- Elena Zambrano, Ph.D. (National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition, Mexico City, Mexico), Living with the Past: Developmental Origins of Health and Disease.
- IV. Current Concepts of Corpus Luteum Regulation and Function (In honor of Gordon D. Niswender, Ph.D.). Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom C. Chair: E. Keith Inskeep, Ph.D. (West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia).
- Geula Gibori, Ph.D. (University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois), The Large Luteal Cell-Derived PRAP/HSD17B7: An Enzyme with a Split Personality.
- Milo C. Wiltbank, Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin), Cheating Death: Why Early Bovine and Porcine CL Do Not Die after Prostaglandin F2 Alpha.
- Richard L. Stouffer, Ph.D. (Oregon National Primate Research Center, Beaverton, Oregon), Endocrine and Local Control of the Primate Corpus Luteum: 1973 to Today.
- V. New Concepts in Sperm Function and Fertility. Meeting Room 315/316. Chair: Janice L. Bailey, Ph.D. (Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada).
- George L. Gerton, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Adenine Nucleotides and Sperm Motility.
- Pierre Leclerc, Ph.D. (Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada), Putative Roles of Tyrosine Kinase in Sperm Functions.
- Gillian Stanfield, Ph.D. (University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah), Regulation of Sperm Motility in C. elegans.
11:30 am–1:00 pm
Trainee/Mentor Luncheon. Meeting Room 319/320/321, Third Floor, DLLCC.
Break for Lunch. (Attendees responsible for their own lunches.)
Committee Meetings:
- Awards Committee. Meeting Room 301/302, Third Floor, DLLCC.
- Bylaws Committee. West Atrium, Third Floor, DLLCC.
- Development Committee. Meeting Room 303/304, Third Floor, DLLCC.
- Nominating Committee. (rescheduled to 5:00 pm, Monday 20 July)
- Publications Committee. Meeting Room 317/318, Third Floor, DLLCC.
1:00–1:45 pm
State-of-the-Art Lecture I. Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom, Third Floor, DLLCC.
- Introduction: Patricia A. Hunt, Ph.D. (Washington State University, Pullman, Washington). Chair, SSR Program Committee.
- Kjersti M. Aagaard-Tillery, M.D., Ph.D. (Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas), Comparative Genomics, Epigenomics, and Nutrition in Perinatal Health: Keys to Understanding the Molecular Basis of the Developmental Origins of Adult Disease.
2:00–3:30 pm
Platform Presentations 1–6. (Concurrent sessions; 6 presentations per session.) Third Floor Meeting Rooms, DLLCC.
- Platform Session 1 (Abstracts 18–23). Development and Function of the Male Reproductive Tract. Meeting Room 301/302. Co-Chairs: Barry T. Hinton, Ph.D. (University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia) and Geraldine Delbes, Ph.D. (McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada).
- Platform Session 2 (Abstracts 24–29). Meiotic and Developmental Competence. Meeting Room 303/304. Co-Chairs: Gary D. Smith, Ph.D. (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan) and Paula Stein, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).
- Platform Session 3 (Abstracts 30–35). Decidua. Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom B. Co-Chairs: J. Julie Kim, Ph.D. (Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois) and Mary Laws (University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois).
- Platform Session 4 (Abstracts 36–41). Sexual Differentiation and Embryonic Development. Meeting Room 315/316. Co-Chair: Joan S. Jorgenson, Ph.D., D.V.M. (University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin) and Jerry Bouma, Ph.D. (Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado).
- Platform Session 5 (Abstracts 42–47). HPG Axis. Meeting Room 317/318. Co-Chairs: Ruth Ann Keri, Ph.D. (Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio) and Christine K. Ratacjzak (Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee).
- Platform Session 6 (Abstracts 48–53). Ovulation and Luteinization. Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom C. Co-Chairs: Bruce D. Murphy, Ph.D. (University of Montreal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada) and Cheng Wang, Ph.D. (University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska).
3:30–4:00 pm
Refreshment Break. Third Floor, DLLCC.
4:00–5:00 pm
Exchange Lectures. (3 concurrent sessions.) Third Floor Meeting Rooms, DLLCC.
- SSR New Investigator: Wei Yan, M.D., Ph.D. (University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada). Meeting Room 301/302. Introduced by Martin M. Matzuk, M.D., Ph.D. (Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas).
- ASRM Distinguished Research Scientist: Linda C. Giudice, M.D., Ph.D. (University of California, San Francisco, California). Meeting Room 303/304. Introduced by Andrew R. La Barbera, Ph.D. (American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama).
- SRF New Investigator Scientist: Greg FitzHarris, Ph.D. (University College London, London, United Kingdom). Meeting Room 315/316. Introduced by Jay M. Baltz, Ph.D. (University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada).
5:00–6:00 pm
Committee Meetings:
- Minority Affairs Committee. Meeting Room 317/318, Third Floor, DLLCC.
- Nominating Committee (moved from 11:30 am, Sunday 19 July). Meeting Room 315/316, Third Floor, DLLCC.
- Public Affairs Committee. Meeting Room 301/302, Third Floor, DLLCC.
- Trainee Affairs Committee. Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom B, Third Floor, DLLCC.
Free evening.
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Monday, 20 July 2009
7:00–8:00 am
Volunteers’ Meeting. Meeting Room 308, Third Floor, DLLCC.
Senior/Emeritus Breakfast (moved from 11:30 am, Tuesday 21 July). Lawrence Welk Room, Omni William Penn Hotel.
7:30–8:30 am
Continental Breakfast. Hall C Concourse, Second Floor, DLLCC.
7:30–10:00 am
Poster Session B. Exhibit Hall C, Second Floor, DLLCC.
7:30 am–5:00 pm
Slide Preview Room. Meeting Room 309, Third Floor, DLLCC.
Registration. Third Floor, DLLCC.
Trainee Placement Service and Career Development Center. Meeting Room 305, Third Floor, DLLCC.
8:00–9:00 am
Emeritus Committee Meeting (moved from 11:00 am Tuesday). Lawrence Welk Room, Omni William Penn Hotel.
9:30–10:00 am
Refreshment Break. Hall C Concourse, Second Floor, DLLCC.
10:00–11:30 am
Minisymposia VI-X. (5 concurrent sessions.) Third Floor Meeting Rooms, DLLCC.
- VI. The Oviductal Environment and Fertilization and Preimplantation Embryo Development. Meeting Room 301/302. Chair: Jay M. Baltz, Ph.D. (University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada).
- Henry J. Leese, Ph.D. (University of York, York, England, United Kingdom), The Oviductal Environment and Early Embryo Development: A Question of Supply and Demand.
- Kai-Fai Lee, Ph.D. (University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China), Roles of Oviductal Proteins on Preimplantation Embryo Development.
- Carmen J. Williams, M.D., Ph.D. (NIEHS, NIH, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina), Long-Term Impact of Neonatal Genistein Exposure on Adult Oviductal Function in the Mouse.
- VII. DNA Methylation as a Key Epigenetic Regulator During Gametogenesis and Embryogenesis. Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom B. Chair: Bernard Robaire, Ph.D. (McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada).
- Jacquetta Trasler, M.D., Ph.D. (McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada), Setting Epigenetic Programs in the Early Germline—Role of DNA Methyltransferases and Folate Pathway Enzymes.
- Myriam Hemberger, Ph.D. (The Babraham Institute, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom), Epigenetic Mechanisms of Cell Lineage Commitment in Early Development.
- John R. McCarrey, Ph.D. (University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas), The Role of DNA Methylation in Regulating Tissue-Specific Gene Expression During Gametogenesis.
- VIII. Male-Female Communication. Meeting Room 303/304. Chair: Janice P. Evans, Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland).
- Susan S. Suarez, Ph.D. (Cornell University, Ithaca, New York), Female Control: Sperm Movement and Storage in the Oviduct.
- Mariana F. Wolfner, Ph.D. (Cornell University, Ithaca, New York), Battle and Ballet: Molecular Interplay Between the Sexes in Drosophila.
- Rafael Fissore, D.V.M, Ph.D. (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts), Activating the Egg: A Tale of Two Molecules.
- IX. Non-Genomic Actions of Steroid Hormones in Regulating Reproduction Function. Meeting Room 315/316. Chair: Stephen Hammes, M.D., Ph.D. (University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York).
- Martin J. Kelly, Ph.D. (Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon), Rapid Estrogen Signaling in Hypothalamic Neurons.
- William H. Walker, Ph.D. (University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), Non-Classical Testosterone Signaling in Sertoli Cells and the Regulation of Male Fertility.
- Richard J. Santen, M.D. (University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia), Linear IGF-1R and EGFR Pathway in Breast Cancer Cells.
- X. Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Endometrial Biology. Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom C. Chair: Francesco DeMayo, Ph.D. (Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas).
- J. Julie Kim, Ph.D. (Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois), Progesterone Action in Endometrial Cancer and Uterine Leiomyomas.
- Wendy Jefferson, Ph.D. (NIEHS, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina), Developmental Exposure to Estrogens and Uterine Disease Later in Life.
- Shannon M. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D. (Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas), MicroRNAs in Endometriosis.
11:30 am–2:00 pm
Break for Lunch. (Attendees responsible for their own lunches.)
11:45 am–12:30 pm
Minority Affairs Health Disparities Symposium and Forum. (Supported by FASEB MARC Program, Bethesda, Maryland, through a grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health T36-GM08637.) Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom B, Third Floor, DLLCC.
- Introduction: Winston E. Thompson, Ph.D. (Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia). Chair, SSR Minority Affairs Committee.
- James R. Gavin III, M.D., Ph.D. (Emory University School of Medicine, Fairburn, Georgia). Minority Populations, Health Disparities, and Research Opportunities.
12:30–2:00 pm
Minority Affairs Health Disparities Luncheon. (Supported by FASEB MARC Program, Bethesda, Maryland, through a grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health T36-GM08637.) Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom A, Third Floor, DLLCC.
2:00–2:45 pm
State-of-the-Art Lecture II. Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom, Third Floor, DLLCC.
- Introduction: Patricia A. Hunt, Ph.D. (Washington State University, Pullman, Washington). Chair, SSR Program Committee.
- Shuk-mei Ho, Ph.D. (University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio), Epigenetic Memories: How Do They Interact with Life-Span Events?
3:00–4:30 pm
Platform Presentations 7–12. (Concurrent sessions; 6 presentations per session.) Third Floor Meeting Rooms, DLLCC.
- Platform Session 7 (Abstracts 74–79). Testis. Meeting Room 301/302. Co-Chairs: Marvin L. Meistrich, Ph.D. (M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas) and Chris Geyer (NIEHS, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina).
- Platform Session 8 (Abstracts 80–85). Reproductive Toxicology. Meeting Room 303/304. Co-Chairs: Vasantha Padmanabhan, Ph.D. (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan) and Kembra Howdeshell (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina).
- Platform Session 9 (Abstracts 86–91). Angiogenesis/Immunology. Meeting Room 315/316. Co-Chairs: Wendy Ingman, Ph.D. (University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia) and Greg A. Johnson, Ph.D. (Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas).
- Platform Session 10 (Abstracts 92–97). Advances in Cloning and Transgenic Technology. Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom B. Co-Chairs: Martin M. Matzuk, M.D., Ph.D. (Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas) and Kristen Grace, M.D., Ph.D. (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland).
- Platform Session 11 (Abstracts 98–103). New Experimental Approaches Exploring Female Reproductive Tract Differentiation and Function. Meeting Room 317/318. Co-Chairs: Beverly S. Chilton, Ph.D. (Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock, Texas) and David Erikson (Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas).
- Platform Session 12 (Abstracts 104–109). Regulation of Follicle Development. Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom C. Co-Chairs: Joanne Fortune, Ph.D. (Cornell University, Ithaca, New York) and Eric E. Nilsson, D.V.M. (Washington State University, Pullman, Washington).
4:30–5:00 pm
Refreshment Break. Third Floor, DLLCC.
5:00–6:30 pm
President's Symposium: Reproductive Policy and the Public Good. Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom, Third Floor, DLLCC. Chair: Asgerally T. Fazleabas, Ph.D. (University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois). President, SSR.
- Tom Holder, Founder, Speaking of Research (Oxford, United Kingdom), Standing Up for Science.
- Mary Woolley, President, Research!America (Alexandria, Virginia), Breakthrough Advocacy for Research.
- John Peterson (Pete) Myers, Ph.D., Founder, CEO, and Publisher of “Environmental Health News” (Charlottesville, Virginia), Making Sausage: When Science Meets Politics in the Process of Chemical Policy Reform.
7:00 pm–12:00 midnight
Optional Social Event: Baseball! Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Milwaukee Brewers.
President’s Reception.
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Tuesday, 21 July 2009
7:00–8:00 am
Volunteers’ Meeting. Meeting Room 308, Third Floor, DLLCC.
Past Presidents’ Breakfast. Omni William Penn Hotel.
7:30–8:30 am
Continental Breakfast. Hall C Concourse, Second Floor, DLLCC.
7:30–10:00 am
Poster Session C. Exhibit Hall C, Second Floor, DLLCC.
7:30 am–5:00 pm
Slide Preview Room. Meeting Room 309, Third Floor, DLLCC.
Registration. Third Floor, DLLCC.
Trainee Placement Service and Career Development Center. Meeting Room 305, Third Floor, DLLCC.
9:30–10:00 am
Refreshment Break. Hall C Concourse, Second Floor, DLLCC.
10:00–11:30 am
Minisymposia XI-XV. (5 concurrent sessions.) Third Floor Meeting Rooms, DLLCC.
- XI. Developmental Origins of Adult Health and Disease (DOHaD): From Concept to Human Studies. Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom B. Chair: Sally D. Perreault, Ph.D. (US EPA, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina).
- Dana Dolinoy, Ph.D. (University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan), Epigenetic Gene Regulation: Linking Early Development Environment to Adult Disease.
- John M. Rogers, Ph.D. (US EPA, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina), Long-Term Effects of Maternal Undernutrition or Toxicant Exposure on Adult Health of Offspring in Rodents.
- Kenneth C. Schoendorf, M.D., M.P.H. (NICHD, Rockville, Maryland), The National Children’s Study: A Life Course Study for Early Origins of Health and Disease.
- XII. Oncofertility—New Approaches to Preserving Reproductive Function in Female Cancer Patients. Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom C. Chair: Richard L. Stouffer, Ph.D. (Oregon National Primate Research Center, Beaverton, Oregon).
- David F. Albertini, Ph.D. (Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas), Oocyte Cryopreservation: Resolving Conflict Between the Cell Cycle and Cytoskeleton.
- Renee A. Reijo Pera, Ph.D. (Stanford University, Stanford, California), Differentiation of Germ Cells from Human Embryonic Stem Cells and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells.
- Teresa K. Woodruff, Ph.D. (Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois), Oncofertility: Fertility Preservation for Cancer Patients.
- XIII. Sex Determination—Unraveling the Pathways. Meeting Room 301/302. Chair: Michael D. Griswold, Ph.D. (Washington State University, Pullman, Washington).
- Blanche Capel, Ph.D. (Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina), Patterning the Gonad in Four Dimensions.
- Josephine Bowles, Ph.D. (University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia), Sex Fate Determination in the Germ Line.
- Eric Vilain, M.D., Ph.D. (University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California), Disorders of Sex Development: Of Mice and Men.
- XIV. Sertoli Cells: Novel Functions of an Old Cell. Meeting Room 303/304. Chair: Kwan Hee Kim, Ph.D. (Washington State University, Pullman, Washington).
- Leslie L. Heckert, Ph.D. (University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas), Fshr and Transcriptional Regulation in Sertoli Cells.
- William Wright, Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland), Understanding the Regulation of Stage-Specific Gene Expression by Sertoli Cells: Insights Obtained by Dissecting the Cathepsin L Promoter.
- Miles F. Wilkinson, Ph.D. (University of California at San Diego, San Diego, California), Rhox5: A New Model of Transcriptional Control.
- XV. Kisspeptin Signaling in the Regulation of the HPG Axis (Mahesh Neuroendocrine Minisymposium). Meeting Room 315/316. Chair: Tony M. Plant, Ph.D. (University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania).
- Robert L. Goodman, Ph.D. (West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia), Arcuate Kisspeptin Neurons Play a Key Role in the Feedback Controle of GnRH Secretion in Sheep.
- William H. Colledge, Ph.D. (University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom), Kisspeptin Signaling in Rodents: Insights from Knock-Out Mice.
- Robert P. Millar, Ph.D. (MRC Human Reproductive Sciences Unit, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom), Dissection of Kisspeptin’s Role in the Neuroendocrine Regulation of Gonadotropin Using Antagonists.
11:30 am–1:00 pm
Break for Lunch. (Attendees responsible for their own lunches.)
Committee Meetings.
- Emeritus Committee. (rescheduled to 8:00 am, Monday 20 July)
- Membership Committee. Meeting Room 303/304, Third Floor, DLLCC.
- Program Committee. (rescheduled to 7:30 am, Sunday 19 July)
1:00–1:45 pm
State-of-the-Art Lecture III. Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom, Third Floor, DLLCC.
- Introduction: Patricia A. Hunt, Ph.D. (Washington State University, Pullman, Washington). Chair, SSR Program Committee.
- Markus Stoffel, M.D., Ph.D. (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland), MicroRNAs: Biological Functions and Therapeutic Opportunities.
2:00–3:30 pm
Platform Presentations 13–18. (Concurrent Sessions; 6 presentations per session.) Third Floor Meeting Rooms, DLLCC.
- Platform Session 13 (Abstracts 129–134). Fertilization and Contraception. Meeting Room 301/302. Co-Chairs: Nongnuj (Nuch) Tanphaichitr, Ph.D. (Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) and Anna Berkhart (NIDDK, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland).
- Platform Session 14 (Abstracts 135–140). Reproductive Effects of Nutrition, Diet, and Diabetes. Meeting Room 303/304. Co-Chairs: Tom Fleming, Ph.D. (University of Southampton, Southhampton, England) and Gordon Murdoch, Ph.D. (University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho).
- Platform Session 15 (Abstracts 141–146). Epigenetics/Stem Cells. Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom B. Co-Chairs: John R. McCarrey, Ph.D. (University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas) and Michael Golding, Ph.D. (University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada).
- Platform Session 16 (Abstracts 147–152). Growth Factors/Uterus. Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom C. Co-Chairs: Kelle H. Moley, M.D. (Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri) and Shannon M. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D. (Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas).
- Platform Session 17 (Abstracts 153–158). Follicle Development: Signaling. Meeting Room 315/316. Co-Chairs: Elizabeth A. McGee, M.D. (Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia) and Melanie Clemmer, Ph.D. (West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia).
- Platform Session 18 (Abstracts 159–164). Hormonal and Developmental Control of Gene Expression. Meeting Room 317/318. Co-Chairs: John H. Nilson, Ph.D. (Washington State University, Pullman, Washington) and Lori Raetzman, Ph.D. (University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois).
3:30–4:00 pm
Refreshment Break. Third Floor, DLLCC.
4:00–5:30 pm
Awards Presentation. Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom B, Third Floor, DLLCC.
- Chair: Chrissy Cochran, Ph.D. (FDA/CDRH/DBM, Silver Spring, Maryland), Trainee Representative & Co-Chair of the SSR Trainee Affairs Committee.
- Trainee Mentoring Award: Fuller W. Bazer, Ph.D. (Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas). Introduction: Thomas E. Spencer, Ph.D. (Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas).
Trainee Forum. Beyond the Bench: Exploring Career Opportunities and Striving for Success. Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom B, Third Floor, DLLCC.
- Introduction: Chrissy Cochran, Ph.D. (FDA/CDRH/DBM, Silver Spring, Maryland), Trainee Representative & Co-Chair of the SSR Trainee Affairs Committee.
- Speakers: Joe Tringali (Tringali & Associates, Manchester, New Hampshire); Bill Lindstaedt (University of California Office of Career & Professional Development, San Francisco, California); Mark Mirando, Ph.D. (USDA, Washington, D.C.); Peter Sutovsky, Ph.D. (University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri); Olga Bolden-Tiller, Ph.D. (Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama); Marjorie A. Faust, Ph.D. (ABS Global, Inc., Deforest, Wisconsin).
6:30–8:30 pm
Barbecue and Riverboat Cruise on the Ohio. Convention Center Boat Dock, First Floor, DLLCC.
8:30–12:00 midnight
Social & Dance. Exhibit Hall C and Concourse, Second Floor, DLLCC.
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Wednesday, 22 July 2009
7:30–8:30 am
Continental Breakfast. Third Floor, DLLCC.
7:30 am–1:00 pm
Slide Preview Room. Meeting Room 309, Third Floor, DLLCC.
Registration. Third Floor, DLLCC.
Trainee Placement Service and Career Development Center. Meeting Room 305, Third Floor, DLLCC.
8:30–10:00 am
Platform Presentations 19–24. (Concurrent Sessions; 6 presentations per session.) Third Floor Meeting Rooms, DLLCC.
- Platform Session 19 (Abstracts 166–171). New Concepts in Sperm Formation and Function. Meeting Room 301/302. Co-Chairs: Monika A. Ward, Ph.D. (University of Hawaii School of Medicine, Honolulu, Hawaii) and Wei Yan, M.D., Ph.D. (University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada).
- Platform Session 20 (Abstracts 172–177). Meiotic Prophase, Aneuploidy, and Reproductive Aging. Meeting Room 303/304. Co-Chairs: Keith Jones, Ph.D. (University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia) and Aleksandar Rajkovic, M.D., Ph.D. (Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas).
- Platform Session 21 (Abstracts 178–183). Pregnancy. Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom B. Co-Chairs: Peter J. Hansen, Ph.D. (University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida) and Ronaldo Cerri, Ph.D. (University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida).
- Platform Session 22 (Abstracts 184–189). In Vitro Gamete Maturation Systems. Meeting Room 315/316. Co-Chair: Nucharin Songsasen, Ph.D., D.V.M. (Smithsonian National Zoo, Front Royal, Virginia) and Min Xu, M.D., Ph.D. (Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois).
- Platform Session 23(Abstracts 190–195). Contemporary Issues in Reproductive Toxicology: Understanding Low Dose Effects and Mechanisms. Meeting Room 317/318. Co-Chairs: Sheri Hild, Ph.D. (BioQual Inc., Rockville, Maryland) and Lisanne Grenier (McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada).
- Platform Session 24 (Abstracts 196–201). Follicle Endowment and Activation. Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom C. Co-Chair: Lane K. Christenson, Ph.D. (University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas) and Melissa Pepling, Ph.D. (Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York).
10:00–10:30 am
Refreshment Break. Third Floor, DLLCC.
10:30 am–12:00 noon
Historical Perspectives Lectures. Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom, Third Floor, DLLCC. Chair: Asgerally T. Fazleabas, Ph.D. (University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois). President, SSR.
- Fuller W. Bazer, Ph.D. (Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas), The Embryo Comes Knockin'—Mama's Response and How to Study It.
- John A. McLachlan, Ph.D. (Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana), Environmental Estrogens from the Very Beginning.
12:00 noon–12:15 pm
Presentation of Trainee Research Awards—Platform Presentation and Poster Presentation. (Sponsored by EMD Serono Research Institute.) Robert A. Cushman, Ph.D. (USDA/ARS/USMARC, Clay Center, Nebraska). Chair, SSR Awards Committee.
12:30–2:00 pm
Business Meeting of the SSR Membership, with Installation of Newly Elected SSR Officers and Directors. Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom, Third Floor, DLLCC.
Closing Ceremony. Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom, Third Floor, DLLCC.
2:00 pm
Meeting Adjourned.
2:15–3:30 pm
Meeting of 2009–2010 Board of Directors.
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