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Program in Reproductive Sciences Seminars

Seminars are held Tuesdays at 4pm in RC2 3rd floor conference room P15-3109, unless otherwise noted. Student annual research update talks held monthly in RC2-3015 on Friday afternoons at 3:30pm unless otherwise noted. All are welcome!

Dr. K. Joseph Hurt, MD, PhD, Seminar Series Director.

For additional information or to request to meet with a visiting speaker, please contact:
Barb.Hughes@ucdenver.edu, Seminar Coordinator.
Tel: (303) 724-3506
Fax: (303) 724 3512

Sponsored by Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

2012-2013 Seminars
Seminar Archive (2011-2012)

Date	Speaker	Affiliation	Title
9/6/12 Thursday	Frontiers in Pregnancy Research Symposium		Genetics of Pregnancy and Personalized Medicine
9/11/12	Enette Larson Meyer, PhD Associate Professor	University of Wyoming Department of Family and Consumer Science	Presence and Dynamics of Appetite Regulating Hormones in Human Breast Milk at Early Postpartum and Relation to Infant Growth
9/11/12 12:00 PM Hensel Phelps	Geoffrey M. Wahl, PhD Professor	Salk Institute for Biological Studies Gene Expression Laboratory	Stem Cells, Cancer Stem Cells, and Cancer: What are the Relationships
9/18/12	Dean's Distinguished: Beatrice Hahn, MDProfessor	University of Pennsylvania Department of Microbiology	Ape Reservoirs of Human AIDS and Malaria in Hensel Phelps West
9/25/12	Kathy Connell, MD Associate Professor	Univ Colorado AMC	Going back to the basics with the developmental gene, HOXA11, in order to move forward in options for women with pelvic organ prolapse
10/2/12	Ruben Alvero, MD Professor, OB-Gyn	University of Colorado REI section head	The efficacy of an aromatase inhibitor in the treatment of male subfertility: A randomized clinical trial concept proposal for the Reproductive Medicine Network.
10/9/12	Stephen Ford, PhD Professor and Director	University of Wyoming Reproductive Biology	Impacts of maternal obesity on prenatal and postnatal growth and development of offspring in a sheep model
10/16/12	Dean's Distinguished: Elaine Ostrander, PhD Chief & NIH Distinguished Investigator	National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health Cancer Genetics Branch	The Human Links to Good Dogs with Bad Genes
10/23/13	David O Norris, PhD Professor	Univ Colorado Boulder Dept of Integrated Physiology	Endocrine disrupting chemicals in wastewater: implications for wildlife and human health
10/26/13 Friday 3:30 PM	Claire Gustafson Graduate Student	Univ Colorado AMC Immunology Graduate Program Janoff Lab	Mucosal immune development in infants
10/30/12	Leslie Myatt, Ph.D. Professor of OB-GYN	Univ Texas Health Science Center	Sexual dimorphism in placental response and function in obesogenic and inflammatory environments
11/6/12	Carol Sartorius, PhD Associate Professor	Univ Colorado AMC Dept of Pathology	Steroid hormone regulation of breast cancer heterogeneity
11/13/12	Dean's Distinguished: Kevin Gardner, MD PhD Senior Investigator	Laboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression, National Cancer Institute	Molecular linkages between metabolic imbalance and breast cancer: an epigenetic connection
11/16/12 Friday 3:30	Allyson Booth Graduate Student	Univ Colorado AMC McManaman Lab	Ultrastructural analysis of impaired lactation in mouse genetic models
	Melanie Scully Graduate Student	Univ Colorado AMC Program in Molecular Biology Jackson Lab	Estrogen regulation of PTEN activity and compartmentalization
11/20/12	Janet Hall, MD Professor	Harvard Medical School Reproductive Endocrinology	Estrogen and the brain – neuroendocrine effects and beyond
11/27/12	Patrick Burns, PhD Assistant Professor	University of Northern Colorado Department of Biological Sciences	Fish oils – a possible way to regulate prostaglandin metabolism in reproductive tissues
12/4/12	Ronny Drapkin, MD PhD Assistant Professor	Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School Department of Pathology	Coming into focus: the non-ovarian origins of ovarian cancer
12/11/12	Wendy Kohrt, PhD Professor	Univ Colroado AMC Division of Geriatric Medicine	See Jack run. See Jill run. What makes Jack and Jill run? (An introduction to the Specialized Center of Research on Sex Differences)
12/14/12 Friday 3:30	Margaret Heerwagen Graduate Student	Univ Colorado AMC Program in Reproductive Sciences Friedman Lab	Maternal obesity, dietary fat and fetal metabolic programming
12/17/12 Monday 4:00-5:00 Hensel West	Dean's Distinguished: Stephen Teret, JD,MPH Professor, Dept of Health Policy and Management	Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health	Litigating the Public’s Health
1/8/13	Jonathan Van Blerkom Professor	Univ Colorado Boulder Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology	Fertilization competence, oolemmal lipid microdomains, and mitochondrial polarity in idiopathic infertility in women
1/15/13	Dean's Distinguished: Bonnie Bassler, PhD Professor	Princeton University Molecular Biology
1/22/13	Gerrit J. Bouma, PhD Associate Professor	Colorado State University Deptartment of Biomedical Sciences	Exosomes in ovarian function and disease
1/25/13 Friday 3:30	Jaime Fornetti Graduate Student	Univ Colorado AMC Program in Reproductive Sciences Schedin Lab	Manipulating Quorum Sensing to Control Bacterial Pathogenicity
1/29/13	Dan LaBarbera, PhD Assistant Professor	Univ Colorado AMC Pharmaceutical Sciences	Dual Inhibitors of Topoisomerase IIα and TCF-transcription Targeting Drug Resistant and Metastatic Cancers
2/5/13	Hadine Joffe, MD, MSc Associate Professor	Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry	Mechanistic studies of menopause using GnRH agonist models
2/12/13	Laxmi Kondapalli, MD Assistant Prof., OB-Gyn Women’s Reproductive Health Research Scholar	Univ Colorado AMC Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility	Early Childhood Outcomes after Assisted Reproductive Technology: A Pilot Study of Neurodevelopment, Behavior, and Obesity
2/19/13	Dean's Distinguished: Emmanuel Mignot, MD PhD Professor and Director	Stanford Medical School Center for Narcolepsy	Narcolepsy, infections and immunity
2/21/13 Thursday 3:30	Allyson Booth Graduate Student	Univ Colorado AMC Program in Reproductive Sciences	Role of P13K in pituitary lactotroph proliferation
	Chu-An Wang, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow	Univ Colorado AMC Program in Molecular Biology Ford Lab	The novel function of VEGF-C in mediating oxidative stress response through regulation of SOD3 in breast cancer
2/26/13	Chuck Harrell, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Perou Lab	University of North Carolina School of Medicine	Subtyping Breast Cancer Metastasis
3/5/13	R. Ann Word, MD Professor	UT Southwestern Medical Center Obstetrics and Gynecology	Fibulin-5: An elastogenic organizer important for pelvic organ support
3/12/13	No Seminar - Spring Break
3/19/13	Dean's Distinguished: Cato T. Laurencin, MD PhD Professor	University of Connecticut Department of Orthopaedic Surgery	Musculoskeletal Regenerative Engineering: The Future of Tissue Engineering
3/26/13	Sue Moenter, PhD Professor	University of Michigan Molecular & Integrative Physiology	Central control of gonadotropin-releasing hormone neuron activity and secretion
3/29/13 Friday 3:30	Adrianne Stefanski Graduate Student	University of Colorado AMC Program in Reproductive Sciences	Placental Siglec-6 signaling modulates trophoblast invasion: Is it glycoprotein- context dependent?
4/2/13	Genevieve Neal-Perry, MD PhD Associate Professor	Albert Einstein College of Medicine Dept of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health	Vitamin D and reproduction: A role beyond bone health
4/9/13	Terry Hassold, Ph.D. Director, Center for Reproductive Biology	Washington State University	The origin of human aneuploidy: what we know, what we wish we knew
4/23/13	Camille Hoffman, MD Assistant Prof., OB-Gyn Women’s Reproductive Health Research Scholar	Denver Health Medical Center UC Denver Maternal Fetal Medicine	Stressed out and pregnant: Causes and Effects
4/26/13 Friday 3:30	Emily Busta Graduate Student	Univ Colorado AMC Winn Lab	Factor H in preeclampsia
	Linnea Schmidt Graduate Student	Univ Colorado AMC Williams Lab	Gain in hedgehog signaling in the limb and frontonasal prominence mesenchyme causes drastic skeletal patterning defects
4/30/13	Teresa Woodruff, PhD Professor	Northwestern University School of Medicine Obstetrics & Gynecology	Oncofertility: Translation in multiple dimensions
5/7/13	Sarah England, PhD Professor	Washington University, St. Louis Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology	The impact of electrogenic changes on pregnancy outcomes
5/14/13	Dean's Distinguished Daniel J. Rader, MD Professor	University of Pennsylvania Medicine and Pharmacology	Translational medicine in lipids and atherosclerosis: From human genetics to new biological pathways to novel therapeutics
5/21/13	Allyson Booth Graduate Student	Univ Colorado AMC Program in Reproductive Sciences	The role of MST4 kinase in pituitary tumors
	Rebecca Green Graduate Student	Univ Colorado AMC Program in Reproductive Sciences Williams Lab	AP-2 based mouse models of human birth defects
5/28/13	James R. Lambert, MD Assistant Research Professor	University of Colorado AMC Department of Pathology	Preclinical evaluation of a novel anticancer agent

2011-2012 Seminar Archive

Date	Speaker	Affiliation	Title
9/20/11	Adrianne Stefanski Rebecca Green	University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus	"Journal Club"
9/27/11	Terry Nett, PhD Professor of Biomedical Sciences	Colorado State University	"A Toxic Approach to Control of Fertility and Cancer"
10/4/11	Aaron Patrick, PhD Heide Wilson, PhD	University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus	"Structure of the Pro-Tumorigenic and pro- Metastatic SIX1-EYA Transcriptional complex for Structure Based Drug Design" "What are Claudins Doing in Tumor cells Anyway"
10/11/11	Iain L.O. Buxton, PharmD Professor of Pharmacology	University of Nevada School of Medicine	"New Therapeutic Targets in the Regulation of Myometrial Relaxation"
10/18/11	No seminar	Deans Distinguished Seminar
10/25/11 At Noon in Shore Family Auditorium	Jessica Wahlig Doctoral Candidate McManaman Lab Thesis defense	Program in Reproductive Sciences University of Colorado School of Medicine	"The Effect of High Fat Diet and Obesity on Maternal and Neonatal Lipid Metabolism"
11/1/11	Tessa Crume, PhD MSPH Assistant Professor of Epidemiology	University of Colorado AMC School of Public Health	"The Consequences of in utero Over-nutrition and Perinatal Diet on Offspring Obesity and Fat Distribution: Epidemiologic Evidence from the EPOCH Study"
11/8/11	Jennifer Richer, PhD Associate Professor of Pathology	University of Colorado AMC	"The Power of MicroRNAs in Breast and Gynecologic Cancers"
11/15/11	Mark Laudenslager, PhD Professor of Psychiatry	University of Colorado AMC	"STRESS: Spitting in the Wind and Splitting Hairs"
11/22/11	Brenda M. Alexander, PhD Assistant Professor of Animal Science	University of Wyoming	"Male Sexual Behavior and the Absence of Expression"
11/29/11	Emily Busta, Graduate Student Linnea Schmidt, Graduate Student	University of Colorado AMC Reproductive Sciences	"Measuring Oxidative Stress Induced by Maternal High Fat Diet" "The Effect of Leptin on Leptin Receptor and Integrin Alpha 1 Expression in Invasive Trophoblast Cells"
12/6/11	Susan Sadler, PhD Associate Professor of Biological Sciences	University of Denver	"Insulin and IGF-1 in Oocyte Maturation-More Questions than Answers"
12/13/11	No Seminar	Deans Distinguished Seminar
1/6/12 Friday at noon in RC1 East Auditorium	Connie Trimble, MD Associate Professor of Gynecology/Obstetrics, Oncology and Pathology Co-sponsored: Hormone Related Malignancies	Johns Hopkins School of Medicine	"Immune Therapies for HPV Disease"
1/10/12	Margaret Heerwagen, BS Graduate Student Jaime Fornetti, BS Graduate Student	University of Colorado AMC Program in Reproductive Sciences	"Fetoplacental Lipotoxicity and Offspring Metabolic Outcomes: Examining a Protective Role for Omega-3s" "Characterization of Phagocytic Mammary Epithelial Cells during Postpartum Involution"
1/17/12	No Seminar	Deans Distinguished Seminar
1/24/12	Dale 'Buck' Hales, PhD Professor of Physiology Co-sponsored: Pathology	Southern Illinois University Carbondale, School of Medicine	"New Insights into the Pathogenesis of Ovarian Cancer: Identifying Molecular targets for Dietary Intervention"
1/31/12	David Bain, PhD Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	University of Colorado School of Pharmacy	"Toward a Quantitative Understanding of the Human Steroid Receptors: the Role of Energetics"
2/7/12	Katherine Wisner, MD MS Professor of Psychiatry, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences & Epidemiology Co-sponsored: Psychiatry	University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine	"SSRI Treatment during Pregnancy: Are we Asking the Right Questions"
2/14/12	Peggy Neville, PhD Professor Emerita	University of Colorado AMC	"The Biology of Developmental Switches in the Mammary Gland"
2/21/12	No Seminar	Deans Distinguished Seminar
2/28/12	Smita Salian-Mehta, PhD Post Doctoral Fellow	Wierman Lab Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Diabetes	"Axl and Met: Kinase Receptor Crosstalk in GnRH Neuron Survival and Migration"
3/6/12	Emily Busta, BS Graduate Student Linnea Schmidt, BS Graduate Students	University of Colorado AMC Program in Reproductive Sciences.	"The Role of Histone Deacetylase 9 (HDAC9) in GnRH Neuron Development" "Identifying Non-classical Estrogen Responsive Targets in Endometrial Cancer Cells by Microarray"
3/13/12	No Seminar	Spring Break
3/20/12	No seminar	Deans Distinguished Seminar
3/27/12	Gil Mor, MD, PhD, MSc Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences	Yale School of Medicine, Newhaven CT *Student Invited Speaker	"Inflammation and Pregnancy: The Good and the Bad"
4/3/12	Pei-San Tsai, PhD Associate Professor of Integrated Physiology	University of Colorado at Boulder	"Developmental and Postnatal Control of Gonadotropin-releasing Hormone Neurons"
4/10/12	W. Allan Walker, MD Professor of Nutrition and Pediatrics	Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School *Student Invited Speaker	"Immunologic Programming in the Perinatal Period"
4/17/12	Joaquin Espinosa, PhD Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology	University of Colorado at Boulder	"The Long Road Toward a p53-Based Cancer Therapy: It's Back to Basics"
4/24/12	Stuart Tobet, PhD Professor of Biomedical Sciences	Colorado State University Fort Collins	"Neuroendocrine Bases for Co-Morbidity of Mood Disorders, Cardiovascular Disease, Infertility and Obesity"
4/27/12 Friday 3pm	Adrianne Stefanski, BA, BS Graduate Student, Winn Lab Rebecca Green, BA Graduate Student Williams Lab	University of Colorado, AMC Program in Reproductive Sciences	"Pregnancy Amelioration of Arthritis in SKG Mice Corresponds with Alterations in Serum Amyloid A3" "AP-2 Based Mouse Models of Human Birth Defects"
5/1/12	Yaacov Barak, PhD Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences	Magee Women's Hospital University of Pittsburgh	"PPAR gama Transcriptional Networks in Placental Metabolism and Development"
5/8/12	Francesco DeMayo, PhD Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology Co-sponsor: Cancer Center Cell Biology Program	Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX	"Understanding the Molecular Interactions Regulating Uterine Biology"
5/15/12	No Seminar	Deans Distinguished Seminar
5/18/12 FRIDAY Noon	Catherine Spong, MD Chief, Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch Co-sponsor: Pediatrics	NICHD NIH Bethesda, MD	"Neuroprotection in Models of Down Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome"
5/22/12	Emily Busta Graduate Student Linnea Schmidt Graduate Student	University of Colorado Program in Reproductive Sciences	"Placental Siglec-6: A Role in Early Trophoblast Invasion" "Manipulation of Hedgehog Signaling Results in Limb and Craniofacial Abnormalities"
5/29/12	Jennifer Armstrong-Wells, MD MPH Assistant Professor Pediatric Neurology	Children's Hospital Colorado University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus	"Patterns of Placental Inflammation and the Fetal Inflammatory Response in Pregnancies Complicated by Premature Rupture of Membranes"

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