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Program Agenda

Program Agenda

  • Monday, July 15, 2024
  • 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM IST
    Registration
  • 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM IST
    Ovarian Workshop
    Pre-Conference
  • 12:45 PM – 6:00 PM IST
    DADE Workshop
    Pre-Conference
  • 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM IST
    Workshop Poster Set-Up
  • Tuesday, July 16, 2024
  • 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM IST
    Registration
  • 8:30 AM – 11:45 AM IST
    Ovarian Workshop
    Pre-Conference
  • 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM IST
    Conference Poster Set-Up
  • 8:30 AM – 12:45 PM IST
    DADE Workshop
    Pre-Conference
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM IST
    Trainee Grants Workshop
  • 11:45 AM – 1:45 PM IST
    Board Meeting
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM IST
    Trainee Forum
  • 12:30 PM – 5:00 PM IST
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM IST
    Trainee Mentor Lunch
  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM IST
    Board & Committee Chair Meeting
  • 2:30 PM – 3:15 PM IST
    Session Chairs and Program Chairs Meeting
  • 3:30 PM – 5:45 PM IST
    Opening Ceremony & Keynote
    Plenary Session
  • 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM IST
    Opening Reception
  • Wednesday, July 17, 2024
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM IST
    Breakfast for SSR Committees
  • 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM IST
    Registration & T-Shirt Pick Up
  • 7:30 AM – 9:15 AM IST
    Attendee Light Breakfast
  • 7:30 AM – 3:00 PM IST
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 8:00 AM – 9:45 PM IST
    Poster Session A
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM IST
    Sex Chromosomes
    Session Chair: Blanche Capel
    Session Co-Chair: Yuzuki Goto – Kyoto University
    Focus Session 1
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM IST
    John Eppig Session on Oocyte Quality and Function
    Session Chair: Alberto Maria Luciano, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Milan
    Session Co-Chair: Antonella R.R Cáceres, PhD (she/her/hers) – IMBECU-CONICET
    Focus Session 2
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM IST
    Fertilization and Embryogenesis
    Session Chair: Savannah L. Speckhart, PhD – University of Kansas Medical Center
    Session Co-Chair: Emma Jooni Grassi, MPH (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Focus Session 3
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM IST
    Environmental Effects
    Session Chair: Niamh Forde, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Leeds
    Session Co-Chair: Hannah E. Lyons, Jr., Bsc (she/her/hers) – Robinson Research Institute and School of Biomedicine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, AUSTRALIA
    Focus Session 4
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM IST
    Evolution
    Session Chair: Peter J. Ellis, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Kent
    Session Co-Chair: Eulalie Liorzou (she/her/hers) – Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris, CNRS UMR 3525, INSERM UA12, Comparative Functional Genomics group, F-75015 Paris, France.
    Focus Session 5
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM IST
    Epigenetics
    Session Chair: Pat Lonergan
    Session Co-Chair: Giulia Musmeci, MSc (she/her/hers) – Reproductive and Developmental Biology Laboratory (ReDBioLab), Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, University of Milan
    Focus Session 6
  • 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM IST
    Diversity Lunch
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM IST
    Sperm Quality and Function
    Session Chair: Masahito Ikawa, PhD (he/him/his) – Osaka University
    Session Co-Chair: David A. Skerrett-Byrne, PhD (he/him/his) – Helmholtz Zentrum München
    Focus Session 7
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM IST
    Ovary/Oocyte and Technologies
    Session Chair: Karen Schindler
    Session Co-Chair: Dominika Kawka, M.Ed (she/her/hers) – Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Olsztyn, Poland
    Focus Session 8
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM IST
    SRB Exchange Session on Placenta
    Session Chair: Rachel West
    Session Co-Chair: Giulia Avellino, MSc – University of Cambridge
    Focus Session 9
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM IST
    Endometrium
    Session Chair: Julie Kim
    Session Co-Chair: Sydney Parks, B.A. – Baylor College of Medicine
    Focus Session 10
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM IST
    Embryo Epigenetics
    Session Chair: John McCarrey
    Session Co-Chair: Katelyn R. DeNegre (she/her/hers) – University of Connecticut
    Focus Session 11
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM IST
    Exotic Animals
    Session Chair: Suzannah A. Williams, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Oxford
    Session Co-Chair: Noemi Monferini, MSc – Reproductive and Developmental Biology Laboratory, Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
    Focus Session 12
  • 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM IST
    Exhibitor Networking Break
  • 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM IST
    Trainee Career Consultation Center
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM IST
    Plenary I | General Session
    General Session
  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM IST
    Trainee Platform Competition
    General Session
  • 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM IST
    Biology of Reproduction Reception
  • Thursday, July 18, 2024
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM IST
    BOR Assoc. Editors Breakfast
  • 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM IST
    Registration
  • 7:30 AM – 9:15 AM IST
    Attendee Light Breakfast
  • 7:30 AM – 3:00 PM IST
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 8:00 AM – 9:45 PM IST
    Poster Session B
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM IST
    Spermatogenesis
    Session Chair: Brian Hermann
    Session Co-Chair: Martin A. Estermann, PhD – National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA
    Focus Session 13
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM IST
    SRF Focus Session on Gametes
    Session Chair: Melissa Pepling, PhD (she/her/hers) – Syracuse University
    Session Co-Chair: Brooke Rudloff, BA (she/her/hers) – University of Nebraska Lincoln
    Focus Session 14
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM IST
    Pregnancy - Implantation to Parturition
    Session Co-Chair: Deirdre M. Scully, PhD (she/her/hers) – Baylor College of Medicine
    Focus Session 15
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM IST
    Trophoblast
    Session Chair: Troy L. Ott, Ph.D. – Penn State University
    Session Co-Chair: Fernanda Fagali Franchi, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Milan
    Focus Session 16
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM IST
    Toxicology
    Session Chair: Geraldine Delbes, PhD (she/her/hers) – Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Session Co-Chair: Eric A. Rhon-Calderon, PhD (he/him/his) – Epigenetics Institute, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania
    Focus Session 17
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM IST
    Pre-Purchased Boxed Lunch
  • 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM IST
    WinRS Lunch
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM IST
    Male Fertility
    Session Chair: Ali A. Fouladi-Nashta, DVM, MSc, PhD (he/him/his) – Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, The Royal Veterinary College
    Session Co-Chair: Macarena Gonzalez, PhD (she/her/hers) – Robinson Research Institute, School of Biomedicine, The University of Adelaide
    Focus Session 18
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM IST
    William Hansel Session on Ovarian Biology
    Session Chair: Serge McGraw, PhD – University of Montreal
    Session Co-Chair: Prianka H. Hashim, BS/BA (she/her/hers) – Northwestern University
    Focus Session 19
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM IST
    Immunology
    Session Chair: John J. Bromfield, PhD – University of Florida
    Session Co-Chair: Hon (Dexter) Y. Chan, PhD (he/him/his) – The Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide, Australia
    Focus Session 20
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM IST
    Reproductive Tract Organoids
    Session Chair: Constantine A. Simintiras, PhD – Louisiana State University
    Session Co-Chair: McKenna J. Crossen, MS (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Focus Session 21
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM IST
    Artificial Intelligence
    Session Chair: Marc-Andre Sirard
    Session Co-Chair: Deirdre M. Logsdon, PhD – University of Colorado at Boulder
    Focus Session 22
  • 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM IST
    Exhibitor Networking Break
  • 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM IST
    Trainee Career Consultation Center
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM IST
    Plenary II | General Session
    General Session
  • 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM IST
    New Investigator Mixer
  • 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM IST
    Trainee Mixer
  • 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM IST
    Past-President's Reception
  • Friday, July 19, 2024
  • 7:00 AM – 7:45 AM IST
    Presidents Breakfast (Invitation Only)
  • 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM IST
    Registration & T-Shirt Pick Up
  • 7:30 AM – 9:15 AM IST
    Attendee Light Breakfast
  • 7:30 AM – 3:00 PM IST
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 8:00 AM – 9:45 PM IST
    Poster Session C
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM IST
    Yanagimachi Session on Assisted Reproduction Technologies
    Session Chair: Monika Ward, PhD – Institute for Biogenesis Research, University of Hawaii
    Session Co-Chair: Tatiane Silva Maia, D.V.M, M.S. (she/her/hers) – University of Forida
    Focus Session 23
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM IST
    Ovary and Oocyte
    Session Chair: Camila B. de Lima, PhD (she/her/hers) – Université Laval
    Session Co-Chair: Florence Gagnon – Université de Sherbrooke
    Focus Session 24
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM IST
    Embryo Models
    Session Chair: Harry G. Leitch, MB/PhD – Great Ormond Street Hospital
    Session Co-Chair: Sai Kamal Nag Bonumallu, MSc (he/him/his) – Reproductive and Developmental Biology Laboratory (ReDBioLab), Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
    Focus Session 25
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM IST
    Uterine Biology
    Session Chair: Agnieszka Waclawik, PhD (she/her/hers) – Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of Polish Academy of Science
    Session Co-Chair: Sarah Ibrahim, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
    Focus Session 26
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM IST
    Cha Health System Sponsored Session on New Technologies
    Session Chair: Monica Laronda
    Session Co-Chair: Ian J. Shofner (he/him/his) – Iowa State University
    Focus Session 27
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM IST
    Pre-Purchased Boxed Lunch
  • 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM IST
    Heritage Lunch
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM IST
    Gates Foundation Sponsored Session on Contraception
    Session Chair: Paula Cohen
    Session Co-Chair: Philippe Godin, DMV, PhD (he/him/his) – Massachusetts General Hospital
    Focus Session 28
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM IST
    Ovary and Time
    Session Chair: Stephanie Pangas
    Session Co-Chair: Caitlin E. Ross, PhD Candidate (she/her/hers) – University of Nebraska - Lincoln
    Focus Session 29
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM IST
    Germ Cells
    Session Chair: Moira O'Bryan
    Session Co-Chair: Wei Li – CS Mott Center
    Focus Session 30
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM IST
    Virendra B. Mahesh Session on Neuroendocrinology
    Session Chair: Casey Nestor, PhD – North Carolina State University
    Session Co-Chair: Yeu-Farn Lin – McGill University
    Focus Session 31
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM IST
    Fertility Preservation
    Session Chair: Alex Evans
    Session Co-Chair: Jeong-Won Bae, MS – Kyungpook National University
    Focus Session 32
  • 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM IST
    Attendee Coffee Break
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM IST
    Plenary III | General Session
    General Session
  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM IST
    Annual Business Meeting & Trainee Competition Awards
  • 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM IST
    Closing Banquet & Reception