4:00–8:00 PM | Registration | Conference Center Atrium |
6:00–8:00 PM | Welcome Mixer with Lite Bites | Conference Center Atrium |
7:30–8:30 AM | Breakfast | Beverly Foyer |
8:00–8:30 AM | Poster Setup | Ipswich |
8:00–5:00 PM | Poster Viewing | Ipswich |
8:30–9:30 AM | Welcome and Keynote Address | Beverly Room |
* Kara McKinley, Harvard University Session Chair |
Teresa K. Woodruff, Michigan State University Remote Presenter - Oncofertility: From Bench to Bedside to Babies |
9:30–11:30 AM | Regenerative Mechanisms in the Female Reproductive Tract | Beverly Room |
* Hilary Critchley, University of Edinburgh Session Chair |
Margherita Y Turco, Friedrich Miescher Institute Unravelling the Mechanisms Underlying Epithelial Repair in the Human Endometrium using Organoids |
Kara McKinley, Harvard University Mechanisms of Post-Menstrual Regeneration in vivo |
Pradeep Tanwar, University of Newcastle Molecular Basis of Fallopian Tube Epithelial Homeostasis |
10:00–10:20 AM | Coffee Break | Beverly Foyer |
11:30–12:30 PM | Lunch | Newburyport |
12:00–2:30 PM | Poster Session 1 | Ipswich |
2:30–4:30 PM | Symposia Spotlight: Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts | Beverly Room |
* Andrew Kelleher, University of MIssouri Session Chair |
* Rowan Karvas, University of Colorado- Anschutz Medical Campus Session Chair |
Jason Rizo, University of Missouri-Columbia Neonatal Uterine Organoids Reveal Insights into Epithelial Specification and Plasticity in Development and Disease. |
Elisa Zhang, University of California, Davis Uterine Injury During Diestrus Leads to Placental and Embryonic Defects in Future Pregnancies in Mice |
Katie Leap, Institut Pasteur Comparative 3D Cell Culture Models of the Mammalian Endometrium to Understand the Evolution of Uterine Function |
Dhanvika Reddy Mopure, university of missouri, Columbia Uncovering Developmental Programs in Endometrial Regeneration Using an Epithelial Ablation Model |
Xiaofei Sun, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Research Foundation Mesenchymal-To-Epithelial Transition of Perivascular Cells Contributes to Endometrial Re-Epithelialization |
Bisiayo E Fashemi, Washington University in St Louis Single-Cell Signatures of High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer Patient-Derived Organoids |
Hilary Skalski, Michigan State University Impact of Obesity on the Endometrium |
Rachel Thayer, University of California Davis Developing Insect Experimental Model Systems to Investigate the Female Reproductive Tract |
4:30–5:00 PM | Coffee & Snack Available | Beverly Foyer |
5:00–7:00 PM | Mechanisms Underpinning Fertility and Infertility | Beverly Room |
* Alexander Nikitin, Cornell University Session Chair |
Amander Clark, University of California, Los Angeles Mechanisms of Early Germ Cell Specification and Differentiation |
Binyam Mogessie, Yale University Unraveling the Molecular Origins of Egg Aneuploidies Associated with Female Reproductive Aging |
Matteo A. Molè, Stanford University Modelling Human Embryo Implantation In Vitro Using A Cell-Engineered Receptive Endometrial Scaffold |
Patti Murphy, Harvard University Short Talk: Mechanisms of Uterine Nerve Degeneration During Pregnancy |
Benjamin R Barath, University of Debrecen, Faculty of Medicine Short Talk: Characterizing Human Hofbauer Cells, Trophoblasts, and Their Interactions That Shape the Cellular Architecture and Function of the Fetal-Maternal Interface |
7:00–8:00 PM | Dinner | Newburyport |
8:00–9:00 PM | Trivia | Newburyport |
7:30–8:30 AM | Breakfast | Beverly Foyer |
8:00–8:30 AM | Poster Setup | Ipswich |
8:00–5:00 PM | Poster Viewing | Ipswich |
8:30–11:30 AM | Dysregulated Regenerative Mechanisms Driving “Benign” Gynecologic Conditions | Beverly Room |
* Matteo A. Molè, Stanford University Session Chair |
* Elisa Zhang, University of California, Davis Session Chair |
Linda G. Griffith, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Identification of Core Pathways Deregulated in Endometriosis using in vitro Avatars |
Digna R Velez Edwards, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Leveraging Clinical Biobanks to Identify Novel Treatments for Uterine Fibroids and Shared Genetic Architecture with Blood Pressure |
Hilary Critchley, University of Edinburgh Failures of “Wound” Repair and Endometrial Function during Abnormal Uterine Bleeding (AUB) |
Laura C Bahlmann, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Short Talk: Old Target, New Tricks: Benchmarking Next Generation c-Jun N-Terminal Kinase (JNK) Inhibitors Using In Vitro Models Toward The Treatment Of Endometriosis |
Rowan Karvas, University of Colorado- Anschutz Medical Campus Short Talk: Blastoids as a Window into Human Trophoblast Development from Pre- to Post-Implantation Stages |
Ludivine Doridot, INSERM U1016 - Université Paris Cité Short Talk: Impact of Endometriosis on Maternal Fetal Interface Development in A Mouse Model |
Michal Caspi Tal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Short Talk: Lyme Disease Increases Risk for Multiple Gynecological Conditions with Age |
9:30–9:50 AM | Coffee Break | Beverly Foyer |
9:50–9:55 AM | Award Recipient Acknowledgement | Beverly Room |
11:30–12:30 PM | Lunch | Newburyport |
12:00–2:30 PM | Poster Session 2 | Ipswich |
2:30–3:30 PM | Regenerative Biology of the Female Reproductive System: Advances and Applications | Beverly Room |
Dineo Khabele, Washington University School of Medicine Panelist |
Amander Clark, University of California, Los Angeles Panelist |
* Linda G. Griffith, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Panelist |
3:30–4:00 PM | Coffee & Snack Available | Beverly Foyer |
4:00–6:00 PM | Dysregulated Regenerative Mechanisms in Reproductive Cancers | Beverly Room |
* Ronald Chandler, Michigan State University Session Chair |
Diego H Castrillon, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Endometrial Cancer Onset and PAX2 |
Cindrilla Chumduri, Aarhus University Tissue Homeostasis of the Cervix and its Alterations in Infection and Cancer |
Alexander Nikitin, Cornell University Dysregulated Stem Cells in the Pathogenesis of Gynecological Cancers |
Dineo Khabele, Washington University School of Medicine Drivers of Chemotherapy-Resistant Ovarian Cancer |
6:00–6:15 PM | Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions (Organizers) | Beverly Foyer |
6:15–8:00 PM | On Own for Dinner |
6:30–10:00 PM | Transportation to Dinner Options |
8:00–9:00 AM | Departure |