2017 Annual ONPRC Scientific Symposium

2017 Annual Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC) Scientific Symposium

Reproductive & Developmental Sciences: From Bench to Bedside

Registration is free, includes breakfast, lunch, and an optional tour of the Center, but space is limited, so please register early!

Abstract submission is now closed!

Program

8:15AM Registration and breakfast

8:15AM Opening Statement by Jon Hennebold

Session 1: Germ Cell & Embryonic Development (Chair: Shawn Chavez)

9:00AM Timothy H. Bestor, Ph.D., Professor of Genetics and Development, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University

"Biology of genomic methylation patterns"

9:45AM Kelsey Brooks, "Animal models for the investigation of chromosomal instability during pre-implantation embryo development"

10:00AM Tomonari Hayama, "Pathogenic mtDNA Mutations are Common in the Germline but Eliminated during Postimplantation Development"

10:15AM Alison Ting, "Oxygen as a potential regulator of follicle quiescence in the primate ovary"

10:30AM Coffee break

Session 2: Fertility & In Utero Development (Chair: Mary Zelinski)

10:45AM Marisa S. Bartolomei, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Cell & Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

"Regulation of genomic imprinting in development and disease"

11:30AM Antonio Frias, "Advanced imaging to understand placental function in vivo"

11:45AM Cadence True, "Combined effects of androgen and western-style diet on metabolism, the reproductive axis and fertility in juvenile female rhesus macaques"

12:00PM Eric Wang, "Trophoblast respiration in the rhesus macaque (RM). Potential for use as an interventional model"

12:15PM Lunch

Session 3: Fetal Outcome & Postnatal Development (Chair: Richard Stouffer)

1:30PM Patrick M. Catalano, M.D., Director, Center for Reproductive Health and Director, Clinical Research
MetroHealth, Case Western Reserve University

"Maternal pre-pregnancy metabolic condition; short and long-term effects on the offspring"

2:15PM Peta Grigsby, "Maternal Dietary Creatine Supplementation to Prevent Cerebral Palsy caused by Birth Asphyxia"

2:30PM Alejandro Lomniczi, "SIRT1 functions as a biological rheostat for Kiss1 gene activity in response to early nutritional unbalance"

2:45PM Jacqueline Thompson, "Developmental exposure to a high-fat diet programs neural development and anxiety behaviors in juvenile non-human primates"

3:00PM Mariya Shapiro, "The promise of antibody therapy for preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission"

3:15PM Final Remarks by Jon Hennebold

3:30PM Reception, Primate Center Tour, and Posters