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Friday, August 1, 2025
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM EDT
Past President's Breakfast (Invitation Only)

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

8:00 AM - 9:45 AM EDT

Poster Session C

8:15 AM - 9:30 AM EDT
Grant Workshop (Appt. Only)

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

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: Arthur L. Caplan, PhD – 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: Lauri A. Pasch, PHD – 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: Cristina García Merino, MSc – 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: Silvana A. Andric – 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

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: Patrick Allard, PhD – UCLA

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Differential impact of anti-androgens on the developing mouse penis

Location: Marquis Ballroom 1-5

Author: Ciro M. Amato, PhD – 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: Neha Biju, MS – 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: Pranav Volety – 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: Kuhelika Mali – 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: Kanako Hayashi, PhD – Washington State University

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
Impacts of Ageing

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: Kathryn Grive, Ph.D. – 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: Yousin Suh, ys3214@cumc.columbia.edu – 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: Edson Guimaraes Lo Turco, PhD – 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: Lauren R. Alesi, PhD – 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: Lacy J. Barton, PhD – 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: Jordana C.B Bloom, PhD – Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
Modelling Embryo-maternal Interactions

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: Thorsten Boroviak

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: Anna LS Beeson, MS – 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: Sydney Parks, BA – 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: Jessica C. Edge, PhD – 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: Savannah L. Speckhart, MS, PhD – University of Kansas Medical Center

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
Single Cell Cartographers - What are they telling us about Reproduction?

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: Susana M. Chuva de Sousa Lopes, PhD – LUMC

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM EDT

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

Location: Chinatown Room

Author: Anna Catherine Unser – 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: Ryan Marquardt, PhD – 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: Álvaro López-Valiñas, PhD – 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: Katie D. Peterson, MS – 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: Pitchaya Santativongchai, PhD – University of Minnesota

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
Spermatogonial Stem Cells

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: Maria Mikedis

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Dynamic SSC Regulation Self-Organizes the Spermatogenic Cycle and Wave

Location: Marquis Salon 12/13

Invited Speaker: Shosei Yoshida, N/A, MD, PhD – 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: Ankit Jaiswal, PhD – 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: Chao Wei, PhD – 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: Shivi Khurana, MS – 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: Grace H. Neiswanger, B.S. – East Carolina University

12:15 PM - 1:15 PM EDT
Lunch Program: A Look Back at the Career of Janice Bahr

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

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: Howard Chang, PhD – 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: Samantha Gardner, PhD, BSc Hons – 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: Shuang Liang, PhD – 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: Kimberly Abt, PhD – 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: Pablo Fioravanti, DVM, MS – The University of Tennessee-Knoxville

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
Dr. Kwang Yul Cha Session: Preimplantation DOHAD

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: Zachary Bonomo, BS – 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: Muhammad S. siddique, PhD student – 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: Tia M. Hoisington, B.S. – Washington State University

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

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: James A. MacLean, II, Ph.D. – Washington State University

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT

How to build a spermatogonial stem cell

Location: Chinatown Room

Author: Tessa Lord, PhD – 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: Clay A. Lents, PhD, Dpl ACAS – USDA, ARS, US Meat Animal Research Center

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
The ART of Wildlife Conservation

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: Tiffany A. Kosch, PhD – 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: Danielle M. Sosnicki, MS, PhD – 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: Daniela R. Chavez, PhD – 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: Pei-Chih Lee, PhD – 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: Shelley Sandmaier, PhD – San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
William Hansel Ovarian Biology Session: Ovarian Function/Dysfunction

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: Jennifer McKey, PhD – 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: Camilla HK Hughes, PhD – 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: Jillian M. Hughes-Brown – 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: Shuo Xiao, PhD (he/him/his) – Rutgers University

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
Career Center (Appt. Only)

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

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 - 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: Kikue Tachibana

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM EDT

How does a tissue-sized cell support pregnancy?

Plenary: Amy S. Gladfelter, PhD – Duke University

5:15 PM - 6:00 PM EDT
Business Meeting

5:15 PM - 6:00 PM EDT

Business Meeting

Location: Shaw/LeDroit Park Room

7:00 PM - 10:00 PM EDT
Closing Reception

7:00 PM - 10:00 PM EDT

Closing Reception

Location: Marquis Ballroom 1-5