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Join us for the 2017 Center for Reproductive Science Reproductive Science and Medicine Summit on June 12th, 2017 from 8:00am - 5:00 pm (Central Time) in Baldwin Auditorium and the Lurie Atrium (Chicago Campus, 303 East Superior). Awards for the best presentations and the winner of the CRS logo competition will be announced at the Summit!

This full-day event includes breakfast, lunch, and three exciting scientific sessions:

Key Players in Reproduction: the HPG-axis, the Gonads, the Gametes, and the Tract

Wei Yan, M.D., PhD., University of Nevada, Reno Foundation Professor, Director, Single Cell Genomics & Fenome Editing Core Labs

Thomas V. O'Halloran, Ph.D., Morrison Professor of Chemistry, Molecular Biosciences, Director, Chemistry of Life Processes Institute, Associate Director of Basic Sciences, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences

Translational Perspectives and Clinical Applications

Rebecca L. Krisher, Ph.D., Research Director, Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine, Reproductive Biologist

J. Julie Kim, Ph.D., Susy Y. Hung Research Professor, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Reproductive Science in Medicine), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Regulation and Dysregulation of Reproduction: Disease and Pathology

T. Rajendra (Raj) Kumar, Ph.D., Edgar L. and Patricia M. Makowski Endowed Professor & Associate Vice-Chair of Research, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Colorado Denver-Anschutz Medical Campus

Patrick F. Kiser, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Reproductive Science in Medicine), Northwestern University McCormick School of Engineering and Feinberg School of Medicine

Center for Reproductive Science Alumni Lecture

Ariella Shikanov, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan

And special thanks to the Summit Committee for planning, organizing and running the event!

2017 Reproductive Science and Medicine Summit Trainee Committee

Ann Marie Carias, PhD, Post-doctoral Fellow, Cell and Molecular Biology, Hope Lab
Max Edmonds, MD/PhD Candidate, Ob/Gyn, Woodruff Lab
Allison Grover, MS-RSM Student, Duncan Lab
Amanda Kohlmeier, MD, REI Fellow, Ob/Gyn
Shimeng Liu, DGP Graduate Student, Bulun Lab
Kelly McKinnon, PhD Candidate, Ob/Gyn, Woodruff Lab
Pam Monahan, PhD, Post-doctoral Fellow, Molecular Biosciences, Mayo Lab
Drew Nowakowski, PhD, Ruth L. Kirchstein Postdoctoral Fellow, O’Halloran Lab
Christia Sison, DGP Graduate Student, Bulun Lab