Date

Time

Faculty

Affiliation

Activity

Sunday

April 30

6 PM

Rafael Fissore

UMass-Amherst

Introduction to FIR

 

Stephen Hammes

University of Rochester

Introduction to Section 1

 

Monday

May 1

9 AM

Dan Bernard

McGill University

Lecture:

Overview of the HPG axis

11 AM

Dan Bernard

McGill University

Lab:

Transcription

7 PM

Olga Astapova

U. Rochester

Lecture:

Membrane Signal transduction in the HPG axis

 

Tuesday

May 2

9AM

Stephen Hammes

U. Rochester

Reproduction Case Conferences

11 AM

Dan Bernard

McGill University

Lab:

Transcription

7 PM

Dan Bernard

McGill University

Lecture:

Regulation of FSH by TGFb ligands

 

Wednesday

May 3

9AM

Stephen Hammes

University of Rochester

Lecture:

Non-genomic androgen action in the ovary

11 AM

Stephen Hammes

Dan Bernard

University of Rochester

McGill University

Lab: Signaling/CRISPR

Lab: Transcription

7 PM

Stephanie Pangas

Baylor

Lecture:

Signaling in Follicular Development

 

Thursday

May 4

9AM

Stephanie Page

University of Washington

Lecture:

FSH, Sertoli Cells, and Male Contraception

11 AM

Stephen Hammes

University of Rochester

Lab:

Signaling/CRISPR

7 PM

Jacques Tremblay

Université Laval

Lecture:

LH action in the testis

 

Friday

May 5

9 AM

Dan Dumesic

UCLA

Lecture:

PCOS

11 AM

Stephen Hammes

University of Rochester

Lab:

Signaling/CRISPR

7 PM

2023 FIRbees

FIR

Lab wrap-up: Preparation

 

Saturday

May 6

9 AM

2023 FIRbees

FIR

Lab wrap-up:

Presentations for week 1 labs

 

Sunday

May 7

Free day

Monday

May 8

9 AM

Buffy Ellsworth

SIU

Lecture:

Pituitary development

11 AM

Buffy Ellsworth

SIU

Lab: In situ hybridization

7 PM

Ursula Kaiser

BWH

Lecture:

Kisspeptin and GnRH neurons

 

Tuesday

May 9

9AM

Carolyn Cummins

University of Toronto

Nuclear receptor signaling in the HPG axis and beyond

11 AM

Buffy Ellsworth

SIU

Lab: In situ hybridization

7 PM

Djurdjica Coss

UC-Riverside

Lecture:

Metabolic regulation of hypothalamic-pituitary function

 

Wednesday

May 10

9 AM

Ravi Balasubramanian

Mass General

Lecture:

Genetics of human puberty

11 AM

Buffy Ellsworth

Djurdjica Coss

SIU

UC-Riverside

Lab: In situ hybridization

Lab: Pituitary Cultures

7 PM

Debabrata Chakravarti

Northwestern

Lecture:

Leiomyomas and uterine epigenetics

 

Thursday

May 11

9 AM

Martin Kelly

OHSU

Lecture:

Interrogating hypothalamic neuronal circuits using optogenetic and chemogenetic tools

11 AM

Djurdjica Coss

UC-Riverside

Lab: Pituitary Cultures

7 PM

Richard Auchus

U. Michigan

Lecture:

Steroidogenesis

 

Friday

May 12

9 AM

2023 FIRbees

FIR

Short research (chalk) talks

11 AM

Djurdjica Coss

UC-Riverside

Lab: Pituitary Cultures

7 PM

2023 FIRbees

FIR

Lab wrap-up:

Preparation

 

Saturday

May 13

9 AM

2023 FIRbees

FIR

Lab wrap-up:
Presentations for week 2 Labs

SECTION 2

WEEK 1

Date

Time

Faculty

Affiliation

Activity

Sunday

May 14

7 PM

Karen Schindler

Rutgers University

Introduction to Section 2 and Chalk talks

         

Monday

May 15

 

9 AM

Kenichiro Taniguchi

Medical College of Wisconsin

Lecture: Overview of stem cells

11 AM

Aimee Jaramillo-Lambert

University of Delaware

Lab I: Invertebrate meiosis and fertilization

11 AM

Ewelina Bolcun-Filas

Jackson Laboratory

Lab II: Vertebrate Meiosis

7 PM

Sue Hammoud

University of Michigan

Lecture: Stem cells, spermatogenesis and male fertility

         

Tuesday

May 16

9 AM

Ewelina Bolcun-Filas

Jackson Laboratory

Lecture: Prophase I and meiotic recombination

 

11 AM

Aimee Jaramillo-Lambert

University of Delaware

Lab I: Invertebrate meiosis and fertilization

 

11 AM

Ewelina Bolcun-Filas

Jackson Laboratory

Lab II: Meiosis

 

7 PM

Andy Singson

Waksman Institute

Lecture: Gamete activation and fertilization in C. elegans

         

Wednesday

May 17

9 AM

Yosi Aizen

Ruppin Acad. Center

Lab I: Zebrafish IVF

 

9 AM

Karen Schindler

Rutgers University

Lab II: Mouth pipetting clinic

 

1 PM

Marisa Bartolomei

University of Pennsylvania

Lecture: Epigenetic gene regulation during development and under adverse environmental conditions

 

7 PM

Francesca Duncan

Northwestern University

Lecture: Folliculogenesis, oogenesis and reproductive aging

         

Thursday

May 18

9 AM

Yosi Aizen

Ruppin Acad. Center

Lab I: Zebrafish IVF

 

9 AM

Karen Schindler

Rutgers University

Lab II: Mouth pipetting clinic

 

11 AM

Laurinda Jaffe

UConn Health Center

Lab I: Marine animal fertilization

 

11 AM

Shuo Xiao

Lisa Mehlmann

Rutgers University

UConn Health Center

Lab II: Follicular culture and follicle injection

 

7 PM

Karen Schindler

Rutgers University

Lecture: Oocyte meiotic maturation and aneuploidy

         

Friday

May 19

9 AM

Laurinda Jaffe

UConn Health Center

Lecture: Regulation of meiotic arrest and meiosis resumption by the ovarian follicle

 

11 AM

Laurinda Jaffe

UConn Health Center

Lab I: Marine animal fertilization

 

11 AM

Shuo Xiao

Lisa Mehlmann

Rutgers University

UConn Health Center

Lab II: Follicular culture and follicle injection

 

7 PM

Karen Schindler

Rutgers University

Writing workshop

         

Saturday

May 20

Free day

         

SECTION 2

WEEK 2

Date

Time

Faculty

Affiliation

Activity

Sunday

May 21

7 PM

Mariano Buffone

IBYME, CONICET

Lecture: Sperm Capacitation I: Signaling pathways that lead to fusion of sperm and egg

         

Monday

May 22

9 AM

Gustavo Blanco

KUMC

Lecture: Sperm Capacitation II: Role of ion transporters

 

11 AM

Mariano Buffone

IBYME, CONICET

Lab I: Sperm capacitation & cryopreservation

 

11 AM

Karen Schindler

Rutgers University

Lab II: Oocyte maturation

 

7 PM

Rafael Fissore

UMass Amherst

Lecture: Ca2+ homeostasis and its role in fertilization and egg activation

         

Tuesday

May 23

9 AM

Miler Lee

University of Pittsburgh

Bioinformatics workshop I

 

11 AM

Mariano Buffone

IBYME, CONICET

Lab I: Sperm capacitation & cryopreservation

 

11 AM

Karen Schindler

Rutgers University

Lab II: Oocyte maturation

 

7 PM

Miler Lee

University of Pittsburgh

Lecture: Maternal to zygotic transition

         

Wednesday

May 24

9 AM

Paula Stein

NIEHS

Lecture: Mammalian EGA/cleavage stage embryo development

 

11 AM

Miler Lee

University of Pittsburgh

Bioinformatics workshop II

 

7 PM

Greg FitzHarris

University of Montreal

Lecture: Imaging oocyte maturation and embryo development  

         

Thursday

May 25

9 AM

Amy Ralston

Michigan State Univ.

Lecture: Preimplantation embryo development and CRISPR

 

11 AM

Paula Stein

NIEHS

Lab I: ICSI

 

11 AM

Carmen Williams

NIEHS

Lab II: Mouse IVF

 

7 PM

Carmen Williams

NIEHS

Environmental impacts on the female reproductive tract and embryos

         

Friday

May 26

9 AM

Paulo Rinaudo

UCSF

Lecture: Female infertility/Assisted reproductive technologies

 

11 AM

Paula Stein

NIEHS

Lab I: ICSI

 

11 AM

Carmen Williams

NIEHS

Lab II: Mouse IVF

 

7 PM

Karen Schindler

Rutgers University

Bioethics

         

Saturday

May 27

   

Free day

 

SECTION 3

WEEK 1: May 28 – June 3

Date

Time

Faculty

Affiliation

Activity

Sunday

May 28

6 PM

 

 

Margaret Petroff

Barry Hinton

Michigan State University

University of Virginia

Introduction to Section 3
Workshop: “How to use PowerPoint without PowerPoint using you”

 

 

 

 

 

Monday

May 29

9 AM

Miranda Bernhardt

Washington State University

Lecture: Genetic Engineering Approaches in Reproductive Biology

10 AM Franco DeMayo NIEHS Lecture: Implantation

1 PM

Franco DeMayo

Miranda Bernhardt

NIEHS

Washington State University

Lab: Embryo transfer and ES cell injection

7 PM

Franco DeMayo

NIEHS

Lecture: Decidualization

         

Tuesday

May 30

9 AM

David Natale

Queen’s University

Lecture: Mouse placenta development and function

 

1PM

David Natale

Lisa Vrooman

Miranda Bernhardt

Queen’s University

Washington State University

Washington State University

Lab:  Placenta dissection, staining, and culture-1

Lab: Embryo Analysis -1

Lab Wrapup: Embryo Transfer and ES cell injection

 

7 PM

Carolyn Coyne

Duke University

Lecture: Placenta and infection

  9PM Firbees   Practice Presentations
         

Wednesday

May 31

9 AM

Lisa Vrooman

Oregon Health & Science University

Lecture: Fetal Programming of Long-Term Health Outcomes

 

1 PM

Lisa Vrooman

David Natale

Oregon Health & Science University

Queens University

Lab: Embryo Analysis-2

Lab Wrapup: Placenta Staining and Culture-2

 

7:00 PM

Susan Suarez

Cornell University

Lecture: Female Tract interactions with Sperm

         

Thursday

June 1

9 AM

Ripla Arora

Michigan State University

Lecture: Form and Function: Uterine 3D Structure-Function Relationship in Early Pregnancy

 

11 AM

Ripla Arora

Michigan State University

Workshop: Image analysis of placental and embryo

 

7 PM

Mariana Wolffner

Cornell University

Lecture: Gametogenesis in Drosophila

  9 PM Firebees (3)   Practice Presentations
         

Friday

June 2

9 AM

Erika Matunis

Johns Hopkins University

Lecture: Stem Cells in Drosophila testis

 

11 AM

Mariana Wolffner

Cornell University

Lab:  Fly reproduction

 

7 PM

Barry Hinton

University of Virginia

Lecture: Müllerian & Wolffian duct development

  9 PM FIRbees (3)   Practice Presentations
         

Saturday

June 3

 

 

9 AM

Clémence Belleannée

Laval University

Lab: Epididymis

1 PM

Clémence Belleannée

 

Laval University

Wolffian and Müllerian duct development

Free Evening

SECTION 3

WEEK 2: June 4 – June 10

Date

Time

Faculty

Affiliation

Activity

Sunday

June 4

7 PM

Firbees (5)  

Practice Presentations

         

Monday

June 5

9 AM

Margaret Petroff

Michigan State University

Lecture: Reproductive immunology

 

1 PM

Margaret Petroff

Michigan State University

Lab: Flow cytometry

  5PM Clémance Belleannée Laval University Lab Wrapup: Wolffian & Müllerian duct development
 

7 PM

Soo Hyun Ahn

Michigan State University

Workshop: Flow cytometry analysis

  9 PM Firbees (3)   Practice Presentations
         

Tuesday

June 6

9 AM

Joan Jorgensen

University of Wisconsin

Lecture: Sex determination and the battle of the sexes: Gonadal cells “duke it out”

 

1 PM

Joan Jorgensen

University of Wisconsin

Lab: Isolation and identification of germ cells from embryonic mouse gonads - 1

 

7 PM

Sean Nguyen

s2g Ventures

Workshop: Data visualization with R

  9 PM Firbees (3)   Practice presentations
         

Wednesday

June 7

9 AM

Martin Cohn

University of Florida

Lecture: External genitalia development

 

1 PM

Joan Jorgensen

University of Wisconsin

Lab: Isolation and identification of germ cells from embryonic mouse gonads - 2

 

7 PM

Sarah England

Washington University – St. Louis

Lecture:  Parturition & preterm birth

         

Thursday

June 8

9 AM

Hanne Hoffmann

Sarah England

Michigan State University

University of Washington, St. Louis

Lab: Circadian rhythms & parturition 

 

1 PM

Margaret Petroff

Michigan State University

Section 3 Wrap-up and Student Group Presentations

 

6 PM

 

 

Luigi Mastroianna Memorial Lecture

 

 

 

 

 

Friday

June 9

 

 

FIR Symposium

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday

June 10

 

 

FIR Symposium