Partial Listing of Past Talks and Speakers

2011

2010

2009

2008

  • Estrogen regulation of the central reproductive axis
  • Sally Radovick, M.D. of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

  • Neuroendocrine regulation of female reproductive function requires convergence of estradiol and IGF-I signaling in the hypothalamus
  • Anne M. Etgen, Ph.D. of Albert Einstein College of Medicine

  • Estrogen regulation of GnRH receptor gene expression: Elusive or Illusive
  • Colin M. Clay, Ph.D. of Colorado State University

  • Signaling pathways regulating ovarian follicle formation
  • Kelly E. Mayo, Ph.D. of Northwestern University

  • Estrogen regulation of luteinizing hormone release
  • Mary C. Gieske, M.S. of University of Kentucky

  • Heat shock factors and their epigenetic role in sperm
  • Donald C. Wilkerson, Ph.D. of University of Kentucky College of Medicine

2007

  • Pubertal hormones meet the adolescent brain and an adult is born
  • Cheryl L. Sisk, Ph.D., Neuroscience Program and Department of Psychology, Michigan State University

  • Integration of progesterone receptor and MAP kinase-dependent signaling pathways in breast cancer models
  • Carol A. Lange, Ph.D., University of Minnesota

  • The search for the elusive memebrane progesterone receptor in the mammalian ovary
  • John Peluso, Ph.D., University of Connecticut Health Center

  • Defining the role of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma and its ligands on breast cancer progression
  • Michael Kilgore, Ph.D., University of Kentucky College of Medicine

  • Molecular analysis of pathways regulating endometrial function
  • Franco DeMayo, Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine


2006

  • Fetal-maternal interactions in the initiations of labor
  • Carole Mendelson, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

  • Mechanisms of inhibitory Ah receptor-estrogen receptor crosstalk in breast cancer
  • Stephen Safe, Texas A&M University System Health Sciences Center

  • HIV infection in women: Multiple sites of possible action
  • Melinda Wilson, University of Kentucky College of Medicine

  • Estrogens co-opt growth factor receptors to stimulate breast cancer growth
  • Richard Santen, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center

  • Is caloric restriction the ovarian fountain of youth?
  • Mary Zelinski, The Oregon National Primate Research Center

2005

  • The controversy over GABA and the afferent control of the GnRH neurons
  • Suzanne M. Moenter, University of Virginia

  • Estrogen receptor beta in the brain: Not just another receptor for estrogen anymore
  • Robert J. Handa, Colorado State University

  • Reproductive immunology outside of the uterus: A gonadal perspective
  • Joy L. Pate, The Ohio State University

  • Localization, regulation, and function of Runx1 in periovulatory ovaries
  • Misung Jo, University of Kentucky

  • PPAR gamma activation and function in cancers of the breast and colon
  • Clinton D. Allred, University of Kentucky

  • The oocyte-granulosa cell interface in the ovulatory follicle: Closing the gap
  • Marco Conti, Stanford University

2004

  • Nuclear receptor-cofactor interactions: Points of convergence between multiple signaling pathways
  • Donald P. McDonnell, Duke University Medical Center

  • Proteolytic and cellular death mechanisms in ovulatory ovarian rupture: Pathophysiologycal implications
  • William J. Murdoch, University of Wyoming

  • Neuronal steroid hormone receptors: Integration of hormonal and environmental information (Are steroid hormones essential)?
  • Jeff D. Blaustein, University of Massachusetts

  • Ovarian follicular cysts in dairy cows: When good follicles go bad
  • William J. Silvia, University of Kentucky

  • Role of activin and inhibin in the female reproductive axis
  • Teresa Woodruff, Northwestern University

2003

  • Neuroendocrine and paracrine regulation of luteal functions
  • Wolfgang Wuttke, University of Göttingen, FRG

  • Functional genomics and mammalian reproduction
  • Martin M. Matzuk, Baylor College of Medicine

  • How does a hormone generate so many different signals? A look at gonadotropins
  • Tae H. Ji, University of Kentucky

  • New insights into signaling pathways and proteins involved in steroid hormone biosynthesis
  • Douglas M. Stocco, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

  • The prolactin family expansion and pregnancy
  • Michael J. Soares, University of Kansas Medical Center

2002

  • A paleontologist's perspective of the evolution of mammalian reproduction
  • Jason Lillegraven, University of Wyoming

  • Estrogen receptors: Mechanisms, actions and selective modulation
  • Benita Katzenellenbogen, University of Illinois

  • Developmental acquisition of the thermotolerance in bovine embryos: Basic and practical implications
  • Peter Hansen, University of Florida

  • The ovarian matrix metalloproteinase system: What, where, why, and how
  • Thomas Curry, University of Kentucky

  • Regulation of gene transcription in the reproductive axis
  • William Chin, Harvard University

  • Neural systems controlling episodic GnRH secretion: How neural plasticity determines reproductive function
  • Robert Goodman, West Virginia University

2001

  • Basic biology and practical implications of selection of a single ovulatory follicle in cattle
  • Milo Wiltbank, University of Wisconsin

  • Obligatory role for ARF6 in luteinizing hormone receptor desensitization
  • Mary Hunzicker-Dunn, Northwestern University

  • The oocyte-granulosa cell regulatory loop
  • John Eppig, The Jackson Laboratory

  • GnRH neurons: Site of integration of estrogenic signals
  • Lothar Jennes, University of Kentucky

  • Cellular mechanism establishing sex differences in the brain
  • Margaret M. McCarthy, University of Maryland

  • Gonadal steroid regulation of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons
  • Allan E. Herbison, The Babraham Institute

2000

  • Autocrine mechanisms in the control of steroidogenic enzyme gene expression
  • Michael Melner, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

  • Autocrine regulation in the ovary: Role of GnRH
  • Peter C.K. Leung, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia

  • Alterations in hypothalamic neuronal function associated with lactation
  • Susan Smith, Oregon Regional Primate Research Center, Beaverton, Oregon

  • Neuronal progesterone receptors: Where signals converge to surge
  • Jon Levine, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

  • Neuroendocrine regulation and repercussions of the "menopause"
  • Phyllis Wise, University of Kentucky

1999

  • Effects of everyday stresses on reproductive function: Dieting, exercise and psychological stresses
  • Judy L. Cameron, Oregon Regional Primate Research Center, Beaverton, Oregon

  • Regulation of GnRH receptor gene expression in sheep and cattle
  • Terry M. Nett, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado

  • Physiology and cell biology of the primate ovary
  • Anthony J. Zeleznik, Magee-Women's Research Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Immune-inflammatory challenge disrupts the estrous cycle: Mechanisms and mediators
  • Fred J. Karsch, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

1998

  • Gene regulation in the ovary: A multiplicity of hormones and cell signaling pathways
  • JoAnne S. Richards, Northwestern University

  • Actions and regulation of inhibin and activin in the ovarian granulosa cell
  • Kelly E. Mayo, Northwestern University

  • Trophoblast differentiation and its role in the interaction with the endometrium during implantation and placentation in different species
  • Allen C. Enders, University of California at Davis

  • Chemosensory and hormonal influences on male hamster sexual behavior
  • Sarah W. Newman, Cornell University

1997

  • Multifaceted action of prolactin in the ovary
  • Geula Gibori, University of Illinois at Chicago

  • Invaders of the mind: The march of neurons and mast cells into the brain
  • Ann-Judith Silverman, Columbia University

  • Making steroid hormones in the gonads and the placenta
  • Jerome Strauss, University of Pennsylvania

  • Seasonal reproduction: Neuroendocrine and environmental determinants
  • Irving Zucker, University of California at Berkeley

1996

  • Breast cancer, progesterone receptors and hormone resistance
  • Kathryn Horwitz, University of Colorado

  • Signal transduction and regulation of pituitary hormone gene expression
  • Richard Maurer, Oregon Health Science University

  • Molecular actions of PGF2α in the ovine corpus luteum
  • Gordon Niswender, Colorado State University

  • Novel mechanisms for the regulation of GnRH production
  • James L. Roberts, Mount Sinai Medical Center

1995

  • What is required to produce a good blastocyst in vitro
  • Robert Foote, Cornell University

  • Apoptosis as a proximal cause of ovarian follicle atresia: Conservation of processes based upon a non-mammalian model
  • A.L. Johnson, University of Notre Dame

  • Estrogen and hypothalamic regulation of gonadotropin gene expression
  • Margaret A. Shupnik, University of Virginia Medical School

  • Metabolic fuels and reproduction in female mammals
  • George N. Wade, University of Massachusetts

1994

  • Early aspects of ovarian follicular development
  • Anne N. Hirshfield, University of Maryland

  • Regulation of gonadotropin gene expression
  • J. Larry Jameson, Northwestern University Medical School

  • Phenotypes associated with disruption of the estrogen receptor gene
  • Kenneth Korach, NIH-NIEHS

  • Galanin co-expression and regulation in GnRH neurons
  • Robert A. Steiner, University of Washington

1993

  • Regulation of follicular development and function in cattle
  • Joanne E. Fortune, Cornell Univeristy

  • Molecular mechanisms of estrogen receptor function
  • Jack Gorski, University of Wisconsin

  • Alpha-subunit glycoprotein hormones: Evolution of combinatorial codes for tissue-specific expression in hormone regulation
  • John H. Nilson, Case Western Reserve Medical School

  • Gonadotropic and local control of follicular and luteal function in the primate ovary
  • Richard L. Stouffer, Oregon Regional Primate Research Center