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Reproductive Sciences Seminars

2011-2012


Program in Reproductive Sciences
​​Seminars are held Tuesdays at 4pm in RC2 3rd floor conference room P15-3109.
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


​​​  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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