July 2024
Last week, the Society for the Study of Reproduction hosted their 57th annual meeting in Dublin, Ireland, titled “Evolution of Reproductive Sciences – Where Should We Go?” This week-long conference hosted speakers and visitors from countries across the globe, including a number of faculty and trainees from the Cornell Reproductive Sciences Center.
We would like to recognize and congratulate the following individuals for their participation in the 2024 SSR Annual Meeting:
- Dr. Callum Donnelly, who presented his talk, “The Pioneer 100 Horse Health Project” as part of the pre-conference DADE Workshop on July 16
- Hannah Sylvester, a graduate student in Dr. Selvaraj’s lab, presented her talk, “Indefinitely Preserving Mammalian Biodiversity Using Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells: Progress and Perspectives” on July 17
- Dr. Vimal Selvaraj, who presented his talk, “Bovine Beginnings: From Trophoblast Stem Cells to Placental Development” on July 18
- Dr. Mandi de Mestre, who presented her talk, “Dispelling Misconceptions Regarding Pregnancy Pathophysiology Using Insights from the Horse” on July 18
- Leah Simon, a graduate student in Dr. Cohen’s lab, presented her talk, “Investigating Genes Regulated by BRDT In Vitro for Non-Hormonal Male Contraception” on July 19
- Stephanie Tanis, a graduate student in Dr. Cohen’s lab, presented her talk, “Disruption of Reproductive Function in Vivo and Ex Vivo Using a Novel CRISPR/Cas14d Mouse Model” on July 19
- Rhasaan Bovell, a predoctoral fellow in Dr. Place’s and Dr. Comizzoli’s labs, presented his research, “Pre-Stimulation Level of Serum Anti-Müllerian Hormone is Associated with Subsequent Quality of Ovarian Response to eCH/pLH in the Domestic Cat (Felis catus)” during a poster session on July 19
In addition to this fantastic list of presenters, a number of CoRe members were recognized with awards:
- Leah Simon was awarded the SSR-Male Contraceptive Initiative Poster Award for her poster, which shares the same title as her July 19 talk
- Dr. Paula Cohen was awarded the SSR Trainee Mentoring Award, which recognizes individuals who exceed the basic roles of an academic advisor and become a mentor to those with whom they interact and has had a significant impact on trainees within the SSR.
- Dr. Runi Das was awarded the inaugural SSR Emerging Investigator Grant, which aims to provide early-stage investigators with seed grants for the creation of valuable preliminary data, which she intends to put to use towards her project, “Exploring the complexities of embryo aneuploidy: Genetic insights into reproductive challenges.”
The Cornell Reproductive Sciences Center is proud to have had such impressive representation at the 2024 SSR Annual Meeting. For more information on this meeting’s agenda and mission, please visit the SSR Annual Meeting 2024 website.
