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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • Monday, July 28, 2025
  • 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Board Meeting (Invitation Only)
  • Tuesday, July 29, 2025
  • 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM EDT
    Finance Committee Meeting (Invitation Only)
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    Trainee Forum
  • 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM EDT
    Board and Committee Chair Meeting (Invitation Only)
  • 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    Session and Program Chair Meeting (Invitation Only)
  • 3:30 PM - 5:15 PM EDT
    Opening Ceremony
    Plenary Presentation- Genetic Conflicts between Sex Chromosomes Drive the Rapid Evolution of Protamines: Insights from Drosophila”; presented by Harmit Malik 
    Carl G.Hartman Award
    Recognition Awards
  • 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM EDT
    Opening Reception
  • Wednesday, July 30, 2025
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM EDT
    2026 Program Committee Meeting
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM EDT
    SSR Committee Meetings
  • 8:00 AM - 9:45 AM EDT
    Poster Session A
  • 8:15 AM - 9:30 AM EDT
    Grant Workshop (Appt. Only)
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Adventures of the Sperm in the Female Tract
    Focus Session Chair: John Bromfield, University of Florida
    Focus Session Co-Chair: Muhammad Sohail	Siddique, University of Florida
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Becoming Haploid- sponsored by FRQNT
    Focus Session Chair: Yayoi Obata, Tokyo University of Agriculture
    Focus Session Co-Chair: TBC
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Gates Foundation: Female Contraception
    Focus Session Chair: Francisco Diaz, Penn State University
    Focus Session Co-Chair: Maria Lopez Duarte, University of Florida
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Looking at Reproduction through the Lens of Physics
    Focus Session Chair: Lynda Harris, University of Nebraska Medical Center
    Focus Session Co-Chair: Eleanore O'Neil, Duke University
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Trophoblast and Placenta: Connecting to Mom
    Focus Session Chair: Mandi de Mestre, Cornell University
    Focus Session Chair: Ty	Montgomery, University of Missouri
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    V. B Mahesh Neuroendocrine Session
    Focus Session Chair: Blanche Capel, Duke Univ Medical Ctr
    Focus Session Co Chair: Jessica Sustaita-Monroe, Texas A&M University
  • 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM EDT
    Lunch Program: Trainee Mentor Lunch
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    Exchange Lecture 1 (SRF): Implantation and pregnancy
    Focus Session Chair: Angela Gonella, University of Florida
    Focus Session Co-Chair: Inyoung Kang, Eulji University
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    Exchange Lecture 2 (SRB): Novel Methods to Assess Developmental Competency
    Focus Session Chair: TBC
    Focus Session Co-Chair: Sydney Cohen, Université de Montreal
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    Feeding the World
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    John Eppig Session - Oocyte and Early Embryo Development
    Focus Session Chair: Binyam Mogessie, Yale University
    Focus Session Chair: Helia Motamedi, Université de Montreal
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    Male Contraception/Fundamental Mechanisms and Application
    Focus Session Chair: Tessa Lord, University of Newcastle
    Focus Session Co-Chair: Opeyemi	Dhikhirullahi, Wayne State University School of Medicine
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    Neuroendocrine Signaling in the Reproductive Tract
    Focus Session Chair: Amanda Patterson, University of Missouri
    Focus Session Co-Chair: Yinka Ojo, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Career Center (Appt. Only)
  • 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Refreshment Break
  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Plenary Presentations
    Plenary Presentation- “
    The Dangerous Womb: A History of Pregnancy Loss and Blame”; presented by Kathleen Crowther
    Research Awards
    New Investigator Awards
    Plenary Presentation- “Bringing Back the Past to Protect our Future; Deextinction of the Tasmanian Tiger”; presented by Andrew Pask
  • 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM EDT
    BOR Reception (Invitation Only
  • 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM EDT
    New Investigator Mixer
  • 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM EDT
    Trainee Mixer
  • Thursday, July 31, 2025
  • 7:00 AM - 7:50 AM EDT
    Breakfast Symposium- Eggs Over Easy: Black Women & Fertility [a documentary] (Pre-Registration Required)
  • 8:00 AM - 9:45 AM EDT
    Poster Session B
  • 8:15 AM - 9:30 AM EDT
    Grant Workshop (Appt. Only)
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Diversity of Peri-implantation Development in Mammals
    Focus Session Chair: Dawit Tesfaye, Colorado State University
    Focus Session Co-Chair: Laura Chavez, The University of Texas at San Antonio
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Exchange Lecture 3 (ASRM): Focus on Endometriosis
    Focus Session Chair: TBC
    Focus Session Co-Chair: Cora Thompson, University of Wisconsin
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Immunology of Reproduction
    Focus Session Chair: Sylvie Girard, Mayo Clinic
    Focus Session Co-Chair: Sai Kumar B A A, University of Saskatchewan
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Male Reproductive Tract
    Focus Session Chair: Clemence Bellanée, The CHU de Québec-Université Laval Research Centre
    Focus Session Co-Chair: Kazuki Takahashi, University of California, Davis
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    New Views of Steroidogenesis
    Focus Session Chair: Chris Price, University of Montreal
    Focus Session Co-Chair: Ritwik Shukla, The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Trainee Led Session: Bench to Bedside
  • 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM EDT
    Lunch and Learn: Fostering Resiliency Through Mentorship (Pre-Registration Required)
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    Trainee Award Platform Competition
  • 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Career Center (Appt. Only)
  • 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Refreshment Break
  • 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM EDT
    President's Reception (Invitation Only)
  • Friday, August 1, 2025
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM EDT
    Past President's Breakfast (Invitation Only)
  • 8:00 AM - 9:45 AM EDT
    Poster Session C
  • 8:15 AM - 9:30 AM EDT
    Grant Workshop (Appt. Only)
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    ART Donor Community: Issues and Opportunities
    Focus Session Chair: Paulo Rinaudo, UCSF
    Focus Session Co-Chair: Angela Dean, University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Endocrine Disruptors
    Focus Session Chair: Martha Susiarjio, University of Rochester Medical Center
    Focus Session Co-Chair: Mary Ali Oliver, Virginia Tech
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Impacts of Ageing
    Focus Session Chair: Francesca Duncan, Northwestern University
    Focus Session Co-Chair: Elizabeth Lawrence, Michigan State University
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Modelling Embryo-maternal Interactions
    Focus Session Chair: Harriett Fitzgerald, Hudson Institute of Medical Research
    Focus Session Co-Chair: Emma Patenode, Michigan State University
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Single Cell Cartographers - What are they telling us about Reproduction?
    Focus Session Chair: Ramiro Alberio, University of Nottingham
    Focus Session Co-Chair: Samantha Gardner, University of Leeds
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Spermatogonial Stem Cells
  • 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM EDT
    Lunch Program: A Look Back at the Career of Janice Bahr
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    Cha Health Systems Session: Emerging Global Challenges for Reproduction
    Focus Session Chair: Aileen Keating, Iowa State University
    Focus Session Co-Chair: Haidee Tinning, University of Leeds
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    Dr. Kwang Yul Cha Session: Preimplantation DOHAD
    Focus Session Chair: TBC
    Focus Session Co-Chair: Jess Edge, University of Leeds
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    Ryuzo Yanagimachi Symposium on Rewiring Reproduction-Producing Gametes from Somatic Cells
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    The ART of Wildlife Conservation
    Focus Session Chair: Jen Barfield, Colorado State University
    Focus Session Co-Chair: Kyung Soo Kang, Shingu college
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    William Hansel Ovarian Biology Session: Ovarian Function/Dysfunction
    Focus Session Chair: Ewelina Bolcun-Filas, The Jackson Laboratory
    Focus Session Co-Chair: Godspower Okeke, University of Southern Mississippi
  • 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Career Center (Appt. Only)
  • 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
    Refreshment Break
  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Plenary Presentations
    Plenary Presentation- “Rise and SINE: Mechanisms of Transcriptional ‘Awakening’ at the Start of Life”; presented by Kikue Tachibana
    Service Award
    Mentor Award
    Plenary Presentation- “How Does a Tissue-sized Cell Support Pregnancy”; presented by Amy Gladfelter
  • 5:15 PM - 6:00 PM EDT
    Business Meeting
  • 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM EDT
    Closing Reception