Reproductive Physiology/Endocrinology Seminar Series

The seminars will be held Wednesdays, 4:00-5:00 pm. A full schedule for the semester is available as a pdf document.

Sept. 12, 2007: Ken Kemphues (J. Parks, host)
Professor of Developmental Genetics and Chair, Dept. of Molecular Biol. & Genetics, Cornell University
"Establishing polarity in the zygote of the nematode, C. elegans"

Sept. 19, 2007: Teresa M. Gunn, PhD (M. Roberson, host)
Robert Hovey Udall Asst. Professor of Genetics, Dept. of Biomed. Sciences, Cornell University
"A genetic link between pigmentation and reproduction?"

Sept. 26, 2007: Iain J. Clarke (Asdell Lecture) (W.R. Butler, host)
Head, Dept. of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
“GnRH and all the president’s men: A conspiracy theory”

Oct. 09, 2007: Dr. Sally Camper (M. Roberson, host)
  Professor, Dept. Internal Medicine & James V. Neel Professor and Dept. Chair of Human Genetics
  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
  “Genetics and Genomics of the Master Gland:
    Mouse mutants reveal etiology of human pituitary hormone deficiency disease”

Oct. 17, 2007: Rebecca Holmes (P. Cohen, host)
Research Associate, Dept. of Biomed. Sciences, NYSCVM, Cornell University
“Meiosis and the Argonautes”

Oct. 24, 2007: Peter Schlegel (P. Cohen, host)
Professor and Chair, Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medical College
Title To Be Announced

Oct. 31, 2007: Scott Coonrod (D. Antczak, host)
Associate Professor, Weill Cornell Medical College
“Epigenetic Reprogramming in the Murine Egg and Early Embryo"

Nov. 07, 2007: Dr. Rafael A. Fissore (S. Bedford-Guaus, host)
Assoc. Prof. of Develop. Biology, Dept. Vet. and Animal Sciences, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
"Mammalian Egg Activation: a tale of two molecules”

Nov. 14, 2007: Dr. Kim Jonas ( , host)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Royal Veterinary College, London, England
"New biology of C Type natriuretic peptides in anterior pituitary cell lines"

Nov. 21, 2007: No Seminar

Nov. 28, 2007: Atsushi Asano (A. Travis, host)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Baker Institute of Animal Health, Cornell University
"Biochemical and Proteomic Characterization of 3 Sub-types of Membrane Rafts in Murine Sperm"

Dec. 11, 2007: Vimal Selvaraj (A. Travis, host)
Doctoral Candidate, Baker Institute of Animal Health, Cornell University
"Membrane organization and dynamics in mammalian sperm”