Full Schedule

8:30 AM - 5:00 PM EDT

Board Meeting (Invitation Only)

Location: Union Station Room (Level 3)

8:30 AM - 10:30 AM EDT

Finance Committee Meeting (Invitation Only)

Location: Union Station Room (Level 3)

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

Trainee Forum

Location: Shaw/LeDroit Park Room

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM EDT

Board and Committee Chair Meeting (Invitation Only)

Location: Union Station Room (Level 3)

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

Session and Program Chair Meeting (Invitation Only)

Location: Shaw/LeDroit Park Room

3:30 PM - 5:15 PM EDT

Opening Ceremony

Location: Marquis Ballroom 1-5

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM EDT

Genetic conflicts between sex chromosomes drive the rapid evolution of protamines: insights from Drosphila

Location: Marquis Ballroom 1-5

Plenary: – Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM EDT

Opening Reception

Location: Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM EDT

2026 Program Committee Meeting

Location: Chinatown Room

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM EDT

SSR Committee Meetings

Location: Marquis Salon 12/13

8:00 AM - 9:45 AM EDT

Poster Session A

8:15 AM - 9:30 AM EDT

Grant Workshop (Appt. Only)

Location: Catholic University Room (Meeting Level 1)

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Adventures of the Sperm in the Female Tract

Location: Marquis Salon 12/13

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT

Differences between species in the role of seminal plasma in sperm transport

Location: Marquis Salon 12/13

Invited Speaker: – The University of Sydney

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

How and why sperm are changed within the female reproductive tract.

Location: Marquis Salon 12/13

Invited Speaker: – Cornell University

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM EDT

Conventional and Novel IVF Models to Characterize Pro-Mitophagy Sperm Proteins.

Location: Marquis Salon 12/13

Author: – University of Missouri

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Identification and Characterization of Post-Fertilization Sperm Mitophagy Determinants

Location: Marquis Salon 12/13

Author: – University of Missouri

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM EDT

Rab2A and Lactadherin: Potential Players in Sperm-Zona Pellucida Interaction in Pigs?

Location: Marquis Salon 12/13

Author: – Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Seminal Plasma Supplementation at Insemination Programs Offspring Performance in First Lactation Cattle

Location: Marquis Salon 12/13

Author: – University of Florida

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Becoming Haploid- sponsored by FRQNT

Location: Marquis Ballroom 1-5

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT

Invited Speaker - Hugh Clarke

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Novel Approach for Ex Vivo Production of Viable Eggs

Author: – Shinshu University

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM EDT

Chromosome-Specific Bias in Double Crossover Events During Meiosis in the Holocentric Pantry Moth

Location: Marquis Ballroom 1-5

Author: – National Institutes of Health, NICHD

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

MEIOC Regulates HSPA2 to Coordinate the Timing of Early Meiosis

Location: Marquis Ballroom 1-5

Author: – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM EDT

Meiotic divisions and round spermatid formation do not require centriole duplication in mice

Location: Marquis Ballroom 1-5

Author: – Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Meiotic Silencing is Regulated by Asynapsis Levels and Gel-like Phase Separation

Location: Marquis Ballroom 1-5

Author: – University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Gates Foundation: Female Contraception

Location: Georgetown University Room

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT

Validating the Non-Human Primate as a Model for Testing Non-Hormonal Contraception

Location: Georgetown University Room

Invited Speaker: – Oregon Health & Science University

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

A Drosophila ovulation platform for screening nonhormonal female contraceptives

Location: Georgetown University Room

Invited Speaker: – University of Connecticut

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM EDT

Cost-Effectiveness of Salpingectomy vs. Vasectomy for Permanent Contraception

Location: Georgetown University Room

Author: – Uniformed Services University

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Directed Evolution-Engineered Muscle-Tropic AAVs for Feline Anti-Mullerian Hormone (AMH)-Based Contraception

Location: Georgetown University Room

Author: – Massachusetts General Hospital

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM EDT

Uterine Fluid Retention as a Mechanism for RU486 as a Contraceptive

Location: Georgetown University Room

Author: – The University of Georgia

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Potential Use of 17BIPHE2, a Protease Resistant Cathelicidin Antimicrobical Peptide, as an MPT Agent in the Female Reproductive Tract

Location: Georgetown University Room

Author: – Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Looking at Reproduction through the Lens of Physics

Location: University of DC Room

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT

Evolutionary medicine of the mammalian placenta: The interaction between structural variation and physiological function

Location: University of DC Room

Invited Speaker: – University of Southampton

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Assessing Placental Health through the Lense of MRI

Location: University of DC Room

Author: – University of Wisconsin-Madison

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM EDT

Simulated Microgravity Interferes with Oocyte Meiotic Maturation in a 3D Ex Vivo Mouse Folliculogenesis System

Location: University of DC Room

Author: – Rutgers University

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Systemic Delivery Of KDR-Targeted Magnetic Nanoparticles In Rhesus Macaques: A Novel Approach For Non-Invasive Imaging Of Endometriosis

Location: University of DC Room

Author: – Oregon Health & Science University

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM EDT

Biophysics and Deep Learning Approach to Investigate Tissue Dynamics During Ovulation of Young and Aged Follicles.

Location: University of DC Room

Author: – Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Trophoblast and Placenta: Connecting to Mom

Location: Shaw/LeDroit Park Room

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT

In conversation with the fetus: Implications of host-microbial bi-directional interactions “eavesdropping” in pregnancy physiology.

Location: Shaw/LeDroit Park Room

Invited Speaker: – University of Cambridge

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Stem Cell-Based Modeling of Trophoblast Development in Normal Pregnancies and in Pre-eclampsia

Location: Shaw/LeDroit Park Room

Invited Speaker: – University of Missouri

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM EDT

Trisomic Expression of Nuclear Receptor InteractingÂ Protein (NRIP1) in Down Syndrome Trophoblasts Dampens Estrogen Signaling and Disrupts Cell Fusion

Location: Shaw/LeDroit Park Room

Author: – University of Colorado at Boulder

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Understanding IVF-Induced Placental transcriptional Changes at Single-Nucleus Resolution

Author: – UCSF

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM EDT

Intermediate Conductance Calcium Activated Potassium Channel is Critical to Balance Trophoblast Development During Human Placentation.

Location: Shaw/LeDroit Park Room

Author: – University of Kansas Medical Center

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Chronic prenatal cannabinoid exposure in rats drives differences in fetal and placental size, placental oxidative stress genes, and placental SIRT1 expression

Location: Shaw/LeDroit Park Room

Author: – Auburn University

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

V. B Mahesh Neuroendocrine Session

Location: Chinatown Room

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT

The Biology of Puberty and Androgen Effects on Sports Performance

Location: Chinatown Room

Invited Speaker: – ANZAC Research Institute, University of Sydney

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Reproductive Consequences of Puberty Suppression Followed by Testosterone Administration in a Mouse Model

Author: – UConn Health

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM EDT

Maternal Undernutrition During Lactation Shapes Single-Cell Transcriptomic Profile of the Postnatal Offspring Hypothalamus in a Sexually Dimorphic Manner in Mice

Location: Chinatown Room

Author: – Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, Polish Academy of Science

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM EDT

The Impacts of Extended-Release Leuprolide Acetate on Juvenile Rodent Reproductive Hormones and Organ Development: A Focus on Puberty Blocker Effects

Location: Chinatown Room

Author: – University of Wisconsin Madison

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Testosterone Positively Regulates Hypothalamic Gonadotropin-Inhibitory Hormone Expression in the adult Male Rhesus Monkey (Macaca mulatta)

Location: Chinatown Room

Author: – Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Sheringal, Dir upper, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

12:15 PM - 1:15 PM EDT

Lunch Program: Trainee Mentor Lunch

Location: Marquis Salon 12/13

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

Exchange Lecture 1 (SRF): Implantation and Pregnancy

Location: Marquis Ballroom 1-5

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

Alkaline Phosphatase: An Important Regulator of Utero-Placental Phosphate Availability and Conceptus Development

Location: Marquis Ballroom 1-5

Invited Speaker: – Pennsylvania State University

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM EDT

A Single-Cell Transcriptomic Atlas of Sheep Symmetry Breaking, Gastrulation and Conceptus Elongation

Location: Marquis Ballroom 1-5

Author: – INIA, CSIC

2:15 PM - 2:30 PM EDT

Characterization of Temporal Changes in Tissue Non-specific Alkaline Phosphatase Activity and Phosphate Concentration in Utero-placental Tissues and Fetal Fluids in Cattle

Location: Marquis Ballroom 1-5

Author: – The Pennsylvania State University

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM EDT

Establishment of a Trophoblast Stem Cell Model to Study Placenta Development in Cattle

Location: Marquis Ballroom 1-5

Author: – University of Missouri

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

Porcine Endometrium Responds to Conceptus IFNG and Transitions from a Nidatory Inflammatory State to Anti-Inflammatory State between Days 15 and 20 of the Peri-Implantation Period of Pregnancy

Location: Marquis Ballroom 1-5

Author: – Texas A&M University

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

Exchange Lecture 2 (SRB): Novel Methods to Assess Developmental Competency

Location: Chinatown Room

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

Advancing Reproductive Biology Through Interdisciplinary Innovation

Location: Chinatown Room

Invited Speaker: – Robinson Research Institute, School of Biomedicine, The University of Adelaide

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM EDT

Epithelial Estrogen Receptor Alpha is Required for Uterine Epithelial Development

Location: Chinatown Room

Author: – University of Missouri

2:15 PM - 2:30 PM EDT

Maternal and Paternal CENP-A Equalization is Critical for Proper Mammalian Embryo Development

Location: Chinatown Room

Author: – Department of Human Genetics , University of Michigan

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM EDT

The protective effects of cord blood-derived exosomes on oocyte and ovarian granulosa cells during cisplatin chemotherapy

Location: Chinatown Room

Author: – King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

Feeding the World

Location: University of DC Room

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

Using Reproductive Technologies and Developmental Programming to Help Feed the World

Location: University of DC Room

Invited Speaker: – North Dakota State University

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT

Improving Cattle Production Efficiency Through Advanced Reproductive Technologies

Location: University of DC Room

Author: – STgenetics

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT

Invited Speaker - Pablo Ross

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM EDT

Impact of Maternal Undernutrition During Lactation on Kisspeptin and Estrogen Receptor Alpha Expression in Distinct Hypothalamic Regions of Female Offspring

Location: University of DC Room

Author: – Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Olsztyn, Poland

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

Higher Estrous Associated Temperatures (HEAT): Relationship with Different Estrous Active Behaviors

Location: University of DC Room

Author: – The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

John Eppig Session - Oocyte and Early Embryo Development

Location: Shaw/LeDroit Park Room

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

Integrated Stress Response signaling acts as a metabolic sensor in fat tissues to regulate oogenesis and ovulation

Location: Shaw/LeDroit Park Room

Author:

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT

Molecular mechanisms that regulate the first cell fate decisions in human development

Location: Shaw/LeDroit Park Room

Invited Speaker: – University of Cambridge

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM EDT

Sperm Lacking Protamine 2 Fail to Support Normal Fertilization and Embryogenesis in Mouse

Location: Shaw/LeDroit Park Room

Author: – Yale University

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

Nexilin: An Actin-Binding Protein as a Potential Common Molecular Mediator Between Cardiomyocyte and Oocyte Health

Location: Shaw/LeDroit Park Room

Author: – Purdue University

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

Male Contraception/Fundamental Mechanisms and Application

Location: Georgetown University Room

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

Development of RBM46 Small Molecular Degraders for Reversible Male Contraception

Location: Georgetown University Room

Invited Speaker: – The University of Texas at San Antonio

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT

Unveiling the Roles of Semenogelin-1 on Sperm Function: From Experimental Studies to Applications in Male Contraception.

Location: Georgetown University Room

Invited Speaker: – São Paulo State University

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM EDT

Targeting MEIG1-SC35 Interaction for the Development of Male-based Contraceptives

Location: Georgetown University Room

Author: – Wayne State University

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

Neuroendocrine Signaling in the Reproductive Tract

Location: Marquis Salon 12/13

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

Effects of Prenatal and Early Postnatal Nutrition on Brain Development and Puberty in Beef Heifers

Location: Marquis Salon 12/13

Invited Speaker: – Texas A&M University

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT

Neuroendocrine and Immune Consequences of Circadian Dysregulation in Pregnancy

Location: Marquis Salon 12/13

Invited Speaker: – Michigan State University

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM EDT

Regulation of follicle-stimulating hormone Î² subunit transcription by newly discovered enhancers

Location: Marquis Salon 12/13

Author: – McGill University

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

Ovariectomized Bos taurus, Bos indicus, and Crossbreed beef heifers have similar sensitivity to progesterone negative feedback on LH pulsatile secretion

Location: Marquis Salon 12/13

Author: – Texas A&M University

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

Career Center (Appt. Only)

Location: Catholic University Room (Meeting Level 1)

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

Refreshment Break

Location: Marquis Ballroom Foyer (Meeting Level 2)

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM EDT

Plenary Presentations

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM EDT

The Dangerous Womb: A History of Pregnancy Loss and Blame

Plenary:

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM EDT

Bringing Back the Past to Protect Our Future. Deextinction of the Tasmanian Tiger.

Plenary: – The University of Melbourne

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM EDT

BOR Reception (Invitation Only

Location: Independence H (Meeting Level 4)

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM EDT

New Investigator Mixer

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM EDT

Trainee Mixer

Location: BeerLab (Marriott Marquis Lobby Level)

7:00 AM - 7:50 AM EDT

Breakfast Symposium- Eggs Over Easy: Black Women & Fertility [a documentary] (Pre-Registration Required)

Location: Marquis Salon 12/13

8:00 AM - 9:45 AM EDT

Poster Session B

8:15 AM - 9:30 AM EDT

Grant Workshop (Appt. Only)

Location: Catholic University Room (Meeting Level 1)

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Diversity of Peri-implantation Development in Mammals

Location: Chinatown Room

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT

Transcriptomes of male and female bovine embryos in the early elongation stage - environmental mirrors or indicators of future vitality?

Location: Chinatown Room

Invited Speaker: – University of Goettingen

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Elucidating the Mechanisms of Mammalian Placentation: From Comparative Insights to In Vitro Models

Invited Speaker: – Institute of Zoology，Chinese Academy of Sciences

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM EDT

Identifying Lineage-Specific Transcripts in Different Embryonic Layers of Porcine Conceptuses During Peri-Implantation Development

Location: Chinatown Room

Author: – University of Missouri

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Temporal Dynamics of Extracellular Vesicle-Associated miRNAs at the Maternal-Embryo Interface During Porcine Conceptus Elongation

Location: Chinatown Room

Author: – University of Nebraska-Lincoln

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM EDT

FGF8 is not Required for Bovine Epiblast Formation and Early Development

Location: Chinatown Room

Author: – INIA, CSIC

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

The Trophectoderm of Elongating Conceptuses uses Reverse TCA Cycle Flux to Supply Biosynthetic Precursors within a Physiologically Low Oxygen Intrauterine Environment in Pigs.

Location: Chinatown Room

Author: – University of Maryland

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Exchange Lecture 3 (ASRM): Focus on Endometriosis

Location: Shaw/LeDroit Park Room

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT

Investigating the Impact of Endometriosis on Endometrial Regeneration and Receptivity

Location: Shaw/LeDroit Park Room

Author: – Hudson Institute of Medical Research and Monash University

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Invited Speaker - Hugh Taylor

Location: Marquis Salon 12/13

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM EDT

Characterization of a new mouse model of spontaneous endometriosis for preclinical studies of associated endometrial and ovarian pathologies.

Location: Shaw/LeDroit Park Room

Author: – Indiana University

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Noninvasive Detection and Thermal Ablation Therapy of Endometriosis Using Silica-Coated Gold Nanorods

Location: Shaw/LeDroit Park Room

Author: – Michigan State university

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM EDT

Proteomic Signatures of the Eutopic Endometrium of Patients with Deep Bowel Endometriosis

Location: Shaw/LeDroit Park Room

Author: – FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARA

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

The Effects of Di (2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate (DEHP) on Ovarian Endometriotic Spheroids Using a Gelatin Hydrogel Model

Location: Shaw/LeDroit Park Room

Author: – University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Immunology of Reproduction

Location: Marquis Salon 12/13

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT

Immune Mechanisms That Initiate Labor Too Soon and Harm the Offspring

Location: Marquis Salon 12/13

Invited Speaker: – WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Immune Crosstalk at the Maternal-Fetal Interface: Implications for Brain Development

Location: Marquis Salon 12/13

Invited Speaker: – University of Western Ontario

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM EDT

Single-nucleus Transcriptome Profiling of Human Ovary Reveals Role of Distinct Immune Cells in Classic Galactosemia Leading to Premature Ovarian Insufficiency

Location: Marquis Salon 12/13

Author: – National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Specialized pro-resolving mediators (SPM) as markers of postpartum uterine health in dairy cows

Location: Marquis Salon 12/13

Author: – FMV-ULisboa

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM EDT

From Cow to Lab: Assessing Cytobrush Technique for Obtaining Endometrial Epithelial cells from Postpartum Cows for In-vitro Culture Studies

Location: Marquis Salon 12/13

Author: – Western College of Veterinary Medicine (University of Saskatchewan)

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Decoding Myometrial Activation in an Equine Ascending Placentitis Model: Transcriptomic Insights

Location: Marquis Salon 12/13

Author: – University of Kentucky

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Male Reproductive Tract

Location: Marquis Ballroom 1-5

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT

Impact of Functional Diversity in Epididymal Epithelial and Immune Cells on Male Fertility

Location: Marquis Ballroom 1-5

Invited Speaker: – Massachusetts General Hospital - Harvard Medical School

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

β-defensins at the immune-reproduction interface

Location: Marquis Ballroom 1-5

Invited Speaker: – University College Dublin

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM EDT

Hybrid Motility Mechanism of Sperm at the Viscoelastic Fluid-Solid Interface

Location: Marquis Ballroom 1-5

Author: – North Carolina A & T State University

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Protamine Sequence Evolution: Unraveling Its Role in Sperm Motility and Embryonic Viability

Location: Marquis Ballroom 1-5

Author: – University of Michigan

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM EDT

Metabolic Control of Sertoli Cell Function: Implications for Germline Maintenance and Infertility

Location: Marquis Ballroom 1-5

Author: – National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

GATA2 is an essential transcription factor for epididymal development

Location: Marquis Ballroom 1-5

Author: – University of Wisconsin-Madison

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

New Views of Steroidogenesis

Location: University of DC Room

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT

Substrate and Product Pathways in Monomeric and Dimeric Aromatase

Location: University of DC Room

Invited Speaker: – Monash University

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Invited Speaker - Matti Poutanen

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM EDT

Distinct cAMP Dynamics Mediated by PDE4 isoforms Regulate Granulosa Cell Function

Location: University of DC Room

Author: – The University of Adelaide

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Gonadotropin-releasing Hormone Stimulated Luteinizing Hormone Secretion is Regulated by the Non-canonical G Protein, GÎ±s, in Mice

Location: University of DC Room

Author: – McGill University

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM EDT

Oxygen Depletion and HIF1Î± Regulate Steroidogenesis in Mouse Granulosa Cells by Modulating Cholesterol Metabolism and Lipid Availability

Location: University of DC Room

Author: – University of Zurich

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Expression of ESR2 in GC Lineages is Essential in Ovarian Steroidogenesis and Ovulatory Machinery

Location: University of DC Room

Author: – University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Trainee Led Session: Bench to Bedside

Location: Georgetown University Room

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT

Invited Speaker - Diana Monsivais

Location: Georgetown University Room

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Ovine Model of Whole Ovary Vitrification for Cryopreservation: Ovarian Function Post-Transplantation

Location: Georgetown University Room

Author: – Oregon State University

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM EDT

Revealing Fertilization-Competent Sperm Subpopulations

Location: Georgetown University Room

Author: – East Carolina University

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

The Mouse Embryo is Susceptible to Mitotic Slippage

Location: Georgetown University Room

Author: – Université de Montréal

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM EDT

Exposure to a Phthalate Mixture Alters Factors that Mediate Mouse Cumulus-Oocyte Complex Expansion and Stability In Vitro

Location: Georgetown University Room

Author: – University of Kentucky

12:15 PM - 1:15 PM EDT

Lunch and Learn: Fostering Resiliency Through Mentorship (Pre-Registration Required)

Location: Marquis Salon 12/13

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

Trainee Award Platform Competition

Location: Marquis Ballroom 1-5

1:30 PM - 1:45 PM EDT

The basic-helix-loop-helix Transcription Factor TCF4 Regulates Supporting Cell Differentiation in the Embryonic Gonad

Author: – Duke University

1:45 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

A Platform of High-throughput Ex Vivo Mammalian Ovulation Screening to Discover Novel Ovulatory Signaling Pathways and Identify Non-hormonal Contraceptive Targets

Location: Marquis Ballroom 1-5

Author: – Rutgers University

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM EDT

Single Nuclei Multiome Analysis of the Endometrium and Placenta in Bovine Reveals Novel Cellular Phenotypes

Location: Marquis Ballroom 1-5

Author: – University of Leeds

2:15 PM - 2:30 PM EDT

Programming of the Uterine Immune Milieu by Interferon Gamma during Early Pregnancy in Pigs

Location: Marquis Ballroom 1-5

Author: – University of Missouri

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM EDT

Parental Testosterone Treatment Induces Multi-Generational Reproductive and Metabolic Effects in a Mouse Model of Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy

Location: Marquis Ballroom 1-5

Author: – University of Michigan

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

Cellular Senescent Markers Increase During the Follicular to Luteal Cell Transition

Location: Marquis Ballroom 1-5

Author: – University of Nebraska Medical Center

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

Career Center (Appt. Only)

Location: Catholic University Room (Meeting Level 1)

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

Refreshment Break

Location: Marquis Ballroom Foyer (Meeting Level 2)

7:30 PM - 9:00 PM EDT

President's Reception (Invitation Only)

Location: Rooftop Terrace- Marriott Marquis

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM EDT

Past President's Breakfast (Invitation Only)

Location: Marquis Salon 12/13

8:00 AM - 9:45 AM EDT

Poster Session C

8:15 AM - 9:30 AM EDT

Grant Workshop (Appt. Only)

Location: Catholic University Room (Meeting Level 1)

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

ART Donor Community: Issues and Opportunities

Location: University of DC Room

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT

Ethical Challenges in Procuring Reproductive Tissues for Research

Author: – NYU Grossman School of Medicine

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

The Needs and Interests of Donor Conceived People, Donors and Families

Location: University of DC Room

Invited Speaker: – University of California San Francisco

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM EDT

Assessment of Somatic DNA Quality in the Eighth Generation of Mice Produced by ICSI

Location: University of DC Room

Author: – INIA-CSIC

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Mitochondrial Dynamics Markers in Spermatozoa as Possible New Prognostic/Diagnostic Tool to Assess Men (In/Sub)Fertility â€“ Fantasy or Reality?

Location: University of DC Room

Author: – Laboratory for Reproductive Endocrinology and Signaling, Laboratory for Chronobiology and Aging, CeRES, DBE, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Endocrine Disruptors

Location: Marquis Ballroom 1-5

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT

The disruption of histone PTMs is a required event for environmentally-induced transgenerational germline dysfunctions

Location: Marquis Ballroom 1-5

Invited Speaker: – UCLA

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Differential impact of anti-androgens on the developing mouse penis

Location: Marquis Ballroom 1-5

Author: – Department of Surgery

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM EDT

Unveiling Ido1-Ido2 Imprinting Regulation in the Placenta: Key Players of Maternal-Fetal Immune Tolerance

Location: Marquis Ballroom 1-5

Author: – University of Rochester

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Chronic Exposure Of Mice To Propylparaben Reduces Progesterone Receptor Signaling And Promotes Fibrosis In The Uterus

Location: Marquis Ballroom 1-5

Author: – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM EDT

Exposure to Wildfire Smoke Particulate Matter Induces Ovarian Hyperandrogenism by Activating Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor

Location: Marquis Ballroom 1-5

Author: – Rutgers University, New Brunswick

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Transgenerational effects of in utero and nursing cannabis exposure on male and female reproductive functions in mice

Location: Marquis Ballroom 1-5

Author: – Washington State University

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Impacts of Ageing

Location: Georgetown University Room

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT

The diverse reproductive roles of Ubiquitin C-Terminal Hydrolase L1: a model to understand the role of oocyte quality in neurodegeneration, aging, and beyond

Location: Georgetown University Room

Author: – Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island/Brown University

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Mechanisms of Ovarian Aging: A Target for Geroprotection in Women

Location: Georgetown University Room

Author: – Columbia University

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM EDT

The Impact of Ovarian Reserve, Aneuploidy Rates, and Maternal Age on IVF Success

Location: Georgetown University Room

Author: – UNIFESP/Neo Vita/EmbrioLógica

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Targeting PUMA as a Novel Fertility Preservation Strategy to Prevent Chemotherapy-Induced Ovarian Damage

Location: Georgetown University Room

Author: – Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University (Clayton, VIC, Australia)

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM EDT

Increased Parental Age Compromises Primordial Germ Cell Migration to the Gonad

Location: Georgetown University Room

Author: – The University of Texas at San Antonio

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Menopause Alters Gene Expression Within and Beyond the Reproductive Tract in Both Humans and Rhesus Macaques

Location: Georgetown University Room

Author: – Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Modelling Embryo-maternal Interactions

Location: Shaw/LeDroit Park Room

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT

Human and non-human models for embryo implantation

Location: Shaw/LeDroit Park Room

Author:

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Invited Speaker - Kara McKinley

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM EDT

Adrenomedullin Enhances Endometrial Receptivity: Insights Into Cytoskeletal Reorganization and Pinopode Formation

Location: Shaw/LeDroit Park Room

Author: – University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

TGFBR2 Coordinates the Endometrial Response to Estrogen, Preventing Endometrial Hyperplasia and Associated Infertility

Location: Shaw/LeDroit Park Room

Author: – Baylor College of Medicine

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM EDT

Endometrial Organoids as a Tool for Species Comparison of Endometrial Function

Location: Shaw/LeDroit Park Room

Author: – University of Leeds

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Leukemia Inhibitory Factor Receptor Signaling Directs Development of the Maternal-Placental Interface

Location: Shaw/LeDroit Park Room

Author: – University of Kansas Medical Center

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Single Cell Cartographers - What are they telling us about Reproduction?

Location: Chinatown Room

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT

Exploring early human development and oogenesis through spatial transcriptomics

Location: Chinatown Room

Invited Speaker: – LUMC

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM EDT

Identification of ALDH1A1+ Cells as Endometrial Progenitors Involved in Regeneration and Endometriosis

Location: Chinatown Room

Author: – Baylor College of Medicine

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM EDT

Serum Response Factor is Essential for Endometrial Function and Prevention of Inflammatory Fibrosis Based on Single Cell Analysis

Location: Chinatown Room

Author: – National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Single-Cell RNA-Sequencing Analysis of the Infundibulum, Ampulla, and Isthmus to Characterize Cell Populations in the Post-Ovulation Bovine Oviduct

Location: Chinatown Room

Author: – University of Zurich (UZH)

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM EDT

Evidence of endometrial binucleate cells in cattle: A product of mono-culture or a new endometrial epithelial phenotype?

Location: Chinatown Room

Author: – University of Tennessee, Knoxville

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Turkey Reproductive Tract Organoids Expressed Cell-specific Markers and Avian Influenza Virus Receptor Related Genes as in the Origin Tissues

Location: Chinatown Room

Author: – University of Minnesota

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Spermatogonial Stem Cells

Location: Marquis Salon 12/13

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT

Preparing spermatogenic cells for meiosis

Invited Speaker:

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Dynamic SSC Regulation Self-Organizes the Spermatogenic Cycle and Wave

Location: Marquis Salon 12/13

Invited Speaker: – Division of Germ Cell Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM EDT

TEX15 Regulates Spermiogenesis via the HUSH2 Complex to Ensure Proper Chromatin Packaging

Location: Marquis Salon 12/13

Author: – University of Pennsylvania

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

ASZ1 Directs the Precise Localization of piRNA Biogenesis Factors in Mouse Spermatogenesis

Location: Marquis Salon 12/13

Author: – Michigan State University

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM EDT

Sertoli Cells Require NELF-B for Spermatogenesis in Mice

Location: Marquis Salon 12/13

Author: – University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign (UIUC)

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Germ Cell-Specific Fatty Acid Beta-Oxidation is Required for Quantitatively Normal Spermatogenesis in the Mouse

Location: Marquis Salon 12/13

Author: – East Carolina University

12:15 PM - 1:15 PM EDT

Lunch Program: A Look Back at the Career of Janice Bahr

Location: Marquis Salon 12/13

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

Cha Health Systems Session: Emerging Global Challenges for Reproduction

Location: University of DC Room

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

Climate-Sensitive Environmental Exposures and Reproductive Outcomes: Evidence from Epidemiologic Studies

Location: University of DC Room

Author: – Emory University

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM EDT

Exposure to both Diurnal and Multi-Day Heat Stress results in Dramatic Changes in Gene Expression in Endometrial Organoids

Location: University of DC Room

Author: – University of Leeds

2:15 PM - 2:30 PM EDT

Heat exposure during pregnancy leads to fetal growth restriction due to placental hypoxia

Location: University of DC Room

Author: – DUKE UNIVERSITY

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM EDT

Impacts of Maternal Heat Stress on Reproductive Organ Development of Male Mouse Offspring

Location: University of DC Room

Author: – National Institue Environmental health Sciences

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

Advanced Preovulatory Follicle Progression Associated with Higher Estrous-Associated Temperatures (HEAT) and Impacted by Estrous Active Behaviors

Location: University of DC Room

Author: – The University of Tennessee-Knoxville

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

Dr. Kwang Yul Cha Session: Preimplantation DOHAD

Location: Marquis Salon 12/13

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

Invited Speaker - Keith Latham

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM EDT

Cannabinoid exposure duration differentially alters human endometrial epithelial organoid behavior

Location: Marquis Salon 12/13

Author: – Louisiana State University

2:15 PM - 2:30 PM EDT

Recreational Levels of THC Exposure from Cannabis Elicits Structural, Genomic and Novel Epigenomic Changes to Mature Sperm that Impact Embryo Development

Location: Marquis Salon 12/13

Author: – Department of Animal Sciences University of Florida

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM EDT

Altered Sperm H3K27me3 Disrupts Offspring Skeletal Structure, Craniofacial Development, and Prenatal Viability

Location: Marquis Salon 12/13

Author: – Washington State University

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

Ryuzo Yanagimachi Symposium on Rewiring Reproduction-Producing Gametes from Somatic Cells

Location: Chinatown Room

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

Putative role of RHOX6 in germ cell specification in mice

Location: Chinatown Room

Author: – Washington State University

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT

How to build a spermatogonial stem cell

Location: Chinatown Room

Author: – University of Newcastle

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM EDT

Effects of Developmental Age and Knockout of KISS1 on Serum Concentrations of Anti-Mallerian Hormone (AMH) in Boars and Gilts

Location: Chinatown Room

Author: – USDA, ARS, US Meat Animal Research Center

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

The ART of Wildlife Conservation

Location: Georgetown University Room

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

Building Resilience in a Changing World: Exploring Genetic Frontiers in Wildlife Conservation

Location: Georgetown University Room

Author: – University of Melbourne

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM EDT

First Attempts in Microwave-Assisted Drying of Domestic Cat Primary Fibroblasts for Long Term Storage at Ambient Temperatures

Location: Georgetown University Room

Author: – Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

2:15 PM - 2:30 PM EDT

Impact of Microwave-Assisted Dry Preservation on Structural Integrity of Ovine Germinal Vesicles as an Alternative Strategy to Cryopreservation

Location: Georgetown University Room

Author: – Towson University

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM EDT

Evaluating the Impact of Membrane-Permeable Trehalose on the Survival and Dehydration Tolerance of Cumulus-Oocyte Complexes

Location: Georgetown University Room

Author: – Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

Influence of Seminal Characteristics in Male Tigers on Strategies for Genome Resource Banking

Location: Georgetown University Room

Author: – San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

William Hansel Ovarian Biology Session: Ovarian Function/Dysfunction

Location: Shaw/LeDroit Park Room

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

Building a molecular spatial blueprint of the developing mammalian ovary

Location: Shaw/LeDroit Park Room

Author: – University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT

Luteolysis at Single Cell Resolution: Luteal Cell-Immune Cell Interactions

Location: Shaw/LeDroit Park Room

Invited Speaker: – Penn State

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM EDT

Modulation of Apoptotic Mechanisms in Developing Bovine Corpora Lutea May Regulate Susceptibility to Luteolysis in Response to PGF2A

Location: Shaw/LeDroit Park Room

Author: – Penn State

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

Inhibition of oogenic JNK prevents chemotherapy-induced premature ovarian insufficiency and infertility in mice

Location: Shaw/LeDroit Park Room

Author: – Rutgers University

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

Career Center (Appt. Only)

Location: Catholic University Room (Meeting Level 1)

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

Refreshment Break

Location: Marquis Ballroom Foyer (Meeting Level 2)

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM EDT

Plenary Presentations

Location: Marquis Ballroom 1-5

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM EDT

“Rise and SINE: Mechanisms of Transcriptional ‘Awakening’ at the Start of Life

Plenary:

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM EDT

How does a tissue-sized cell support pregnancy?

Plenary: – Duke University

5:15 PM - 6:00 PM EDT

Business Meeting

Location: Shaw/LeDroit Park Room

7:00 PM - 10:00 PM EDT

Closing Reception

Location: Marquis Ballroom 1-5