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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • 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