Symposium in Reproductive Science and Women's Health
Each spring the Forum sponsors the University of Kentucky Symposium in Reproductive Science and Women's Health. Its purpose is to bring faculty, clinicians, and trainees in the field of reproductive sciences together to exchange ideas and information with each other and with recognized leaders of the reproductive sciences research community. This conference is a keystone of the research and graduate training programs at the University of Kentucky. Registration is open to anyone interested in attending. The Symposium Organization Committee will be accepting abstracts until May 1, 2011 for the Thursday morning poster session in the Common Room of the Charles T. Wethington Building with the presentation of the invited talks in the Auditorium. Here are some scenes from a previous Symposium.
The 30th Annual Symposium in
Reproductive Science and Women's Health
To promote an interchange of ideas on the latest concepts in reproductive biology on the University campus, the University of Kentucky Symposium in Reproductive Sciences was established in 1981. The format of the yearly conference is structured as a two day didactic conference consisting of four state-of-the-art presentations by preeminent reproductive scientists. During their stay, the speakers spend two half days presenting an overview and update of the latest concepts and ideas in their respective fields and a half day with the students and fellows. The Symposium has been exceptionally successful in the education of students and fellows as well as promoting reproductive sciences at the University and within the region.
The 30th Annual Symposium in Reproductive Science and Women's Health will be held on May 19 & 20, 2011. Our guest speakers this year are Dr. Barbara C. Vanderhyden, Dr. Emilie Rissman, Dr. Margaret C. Neville, and Dr. Alan J. Conley. Previous symposia have required the use of a paper form registration. This year we are encouraging the use of an online registration system. Please see below for the registration link.
30th Annual UK Symposium in Reproductive Science and Women's Health
May 19-20, 2011
This Year's Invited Speakers are:
Barbara C. Vanderhyden, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa
Mouse models of ovarian cancer to study disease etiology and for therapeutic testingEmilie Rissman, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia School of Medicine
Sexual differentiation: hormones, sex chromosomes and epigeneticMargaret C. Neville, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of Physiology and Biophysics & Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
The role of the insulin receptor in mammary alveolar development: perspectives from in vivo and in vitro model systemsAlan J. Conley, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Population Health and Reproduction, University of California
Androgen synthesis and disease, traditional model, non-traditional models and unexpected opportunitiesChemyong Ko, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Kentucky
Ovulation, an Outcome of Dynamic Interactions among Genes, Cells and Organs
More information
A complete schedule is now available.
The Symposium registration is currently available thru May 6, 2011.
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The symposium poster sessions and speaker presentations will be held at the Charles T. Wethington Building on the campus of the University of Kentucky.
Evening Session:
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Symposium registration will be available available on April 1, 2011. All those interested are welcome to participate in the daytime sessions.
Previous symposia have required the use of a paper form registration. Again, this year we are encouraging the use of our online registration system. If you are interested in the symposium, please join us each Tuesday at noon in UHS 130 for our weekly scheduled forum.
