PROGRAM
Wednesday, 2 September
2:00 pm–10:00 pm Registration and room assignments (Swope Center, 1st Floor)
5:30 pm–7:00 pm Dinner (Swope Center, Hall, 2nd Floor)
7:15 pm–7:30 pm Opening remarks (Clapp Auditorium, Lillie Building)
Sarah England, Polina Lishko, and Celia Santi, Meeting Organizers
Jorge Contreras, President, Society of General Physiologists
Gregory Malar, Executive Director, Society of General Physiologists
7:30 pm–8:45 pm Friends of Physiology Keynote Lecture
Mariana Wolfner (Cornell University)
Molecular mechanisms of membrane excitability during egg activation and development
9:00 pm–11:00 pm Travel Awards Presentation and Mixer (Swope Center, Meigs Room)
Thursday, 3 September
7:30 am–8:30 am Breakfast (Swope Center, Dining Room)
All Sessions (1–3) will be held in the Clapp Auditorium, Lillie Building. Poster Session A will be held in Swope, 2nd Fl.
8:30 am–10:15 am Session 1: Membrane Excitability in Female Gametes
8:30 am–9:00 am Carmen Williams (NIH/NIEHS)
Ion channels regulation of zygote activation and calcium waves
9:00 am–9:30 am Rafael Fissore (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
TRP channels in the egg; a biophysical perspective
9:30 am-10:00 am Anne Carlson (University of Pittsburgh)
The role of zinc in regulation of gametal bioelectricity
10:00 am-10:15 am Short Talk 1
10:15 am–10:45 am Break
10:45 am–12:30 pm Session 2: Membrane Excitability in Male Gametes
10:45 am-11:15 am Jean-Ju Chung (Yale University)
CatSper: structure, function and diseases
11:15 am-11:45 am Ziao Fu (WashU Medicine)
Structure and function of Slo3 and CatSper channels
11:45 am-12:00 pm Short Talk 2
12:00 pm-12:30 pm Flash Poster Previews (10 posters, 3 minutes each)
12:30 pm-3:30 pm Lunch (Swope Center) and Free Time
3:30 pm-4:30 pm Public Panel Discussion (Meigs Room, Swope Center)
From Trainee to Tenure: Navigating the Academic Lifecycle in Reproductive Biology
4:30 pm–6:00 pm Poster Session A and visits with exhibitors (Swope 2nd Floor). Even numbered abstracts.
6:00 pm–7:00 pm Dinner (Swope Center, Dining Hall)
7:15 pm–9:00 pm Session 3: Mechanosensation in Reproduction
7:15 pm-7:45 pm Farners Amargant i Riera (WashU Medicine)
Focus on Piezo, the role of mechanosensation in ovarian health and aging
7:45 pm-8:15 pm Scott Barnett (University of Nevada, Reno)
Role of Piezo in the uterine contractions and pregnancy
8:15 pm-8:45 pm Seham Ebrahim (University of Virginia)
Emerging mechanosensors: TMC ion channels in reproduction
8:45pm-9:00 pm Short Talk 3
9:00 pm–11:00 pm Evening at the Captain Kidd (77 Water Street, Woods Hole)
Friday, 4 September
7:30 am–8:30 am Breakfast (Swope Center, Dining Hall)
All Sessions (4–6) will be held in the Clapp Auditorium, Lillie Building. The Panel Discussion and Poster Session B will be held in Swope, 2nd Fl.
8:30 am-10:15 am Session 4: Drug Discovery for Fertility Preservation and Contraception
8:30 am-9:00 am Jerod Denton (Vanderbilt University)
Promising targets for fertility preservation and contraception and their pharmacology
9:00 am-9:30 am Aminata Touré (INSERM)
sNHE, its structure, physiology and contraceptive development
9:30 am-10:00 am Alberto Darszon (UNAM)
Starvation, contraception, and mammalian sperm ion channels
10:00 am-10:15 am Short Talk 4
10:15 am–10:45 am Break
10:45 am–12:15 pm Session 5: Emerging Topics
10:45 am-11:15 am TBD
11:15 am-11:45 am TBD
11:45 am-12:00 pm Short Talk 5
12:00 pm-12:15 pm Short Talk 6
12:15 pm-12:30 pm Group Photo (Lillie Building Front Steps)
12:30 pm-3:30 pm Lunch and Free Time
3:30 pm-4:30 pm Roundtable Discussion on Current Funding in Science
Building and Supporting Productive and Well-Funded Research Teams (Meigs Room, Swope)
4:30 pm-6:00 pm Poster Session B and visits with exhibitors (2nd Fl, Swope Center)
6:00 pm-7:00 pm Dinner (Dining Hall, Swope Center)
7:15 pm-9:00 pm Session 6: Ion Channels and Receptors of the Male Reproductive Tract
7:15 pm-7:45 pm Patricia Cuasnicú (IBYME-CONICET)
The role of calcium signaling and CRISP in the epididymis
7:45 pm-8:15 pm Marc Spehr (Aachen University)
Illuminating P2X receptors in testicular biology
8:15 pm-8:45 pm SGP Excelsior Awardee (TBA)
8:45 pm-9:00 pm Short Talk 7
9:00 pm-11:00 pm Evening at the Captain Kidd (77 Water Street, Woods Hole)
Saturday, 5 September
7:30 am–8:30 am Breakfast (Swope Center, Dining Hall)
8:30 am-10:15 am Session 7: Ion Channels and Transporters of the Female Reproductive Tract
8:30 am-9:00 am Ramón Lorca (University of Colorado, Denver)
Optogenetic regulation of uterine blood flow: a novel model for FGR
9:00 am-9:30 am Ripla Arora (Michigan State University)
Bioelectricity of the uterus/embryo interactions
9:30 am-10:00 am Joris Vriens (KU Leuven)
TRP channels in reproduction
10:00 am-10:15 am Short Talk 8
10:15 am-10:45 am Break
10:45 am–12:30 pm Session 8: Ion Channels and Transporters of the Female Reproductive Tract, Part II, and Emerging Fields
10:45 am-11:15 am Andy Blanks (University of Warwick)
hERG in the uterus
11:15 am-11:45 am Huanghe Yang (Duke University)
Bioelectricity of the placenta
11:45 am-12:15 pm Short Talk 9
12:15 am-12:30 pm Short Talk 10
12:30 pm-4:30 pm Lunch (12:30 pm to 1:30 pm) and Free Time
1:30 pm-3:00 pm 1st Boat Trip (Optional) Meet in the Swope Lobby at 1:15 pm sharp
3:00 pm-4:30 pm 2nd Boat Trip (Optional) Meet in the Swope Lobby at 2:45 pm sharp
4:45 pm-6:30 pm Session 9: Emerging Fields in Reproductive Biology
4:45 pm-5:15 pm David Combs (Harvard University)
Use of optogenetics in the study of uterine excitability/contractility
5:15 pm-5:45 pm TBD
5:45 pm-6:00 pm Short Talk 11
6:00 pm-6:15 pm Short Talk 12
6:15 pm-6:30 pm Short Talk 13
6:30 pm-8:00 pm Lobster Banquet and Poster Award Presentations (Swope Terrace)
8:00 pm -10:00 pm Closing Mixer (Swope Terrace)
Sunday, 6 September
7:30 am-8:30 am Breakfast (Dining Hall, Swope Center)
10:00 am Swope Checkout Deadline
2:00 pm–10:00 pm Registration and room assignments (Swope Center, 1st Floor)
5:30 pm–7:00 pm Dinner (Swope Center, Hall, 2nd Floor)
7:15 pm–7:30 pm Opening remarks (Clapp Auditorium, Lillie Building)
Sarah England, Polina Lishko, and Celia Santi, Meeting Organizers
Jorge Contreras, President, Society of General Physiologists
Gregory Malar, Executive Director, Society of General Physiologists
7:30 pm–8:45 pm Friends of Physiology Keynote Lecture
Mariana Wolfner (Cornell University)
Molecular mechanisms of membrane excitability during egg activation and development
9:00 pm–11:00 pm Travel Awards Presentation and Mixer (Swope Center, Meigs Room)
Thursday, 3 September
7:30 am–8:30 am Breakfast (Swope Center, Dining Room)
All Sessions (1–3) will be held in the Clapp Auditorium, Lillie Building. Poster Session A will be held in Swope, 2nd Fl.
8:30 am–10:15 am Session 1: Membrane Excitability in Female Gametes
8:30 am–9:00 am Carmen Williams (NIH/NIEHS)
Ion channels regulation of zygote activation and calcium waves
9:00 am–9:30 am Rafael Fissore (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
TRP channels in the egg; a biophysical perspective
9:30 am-10:00 am Anne Carlson (University of Pittsburgh)
The role of zinc in regulation of gametal bioelectricity
10:00 am-10:15 am Short Talk 1
10:15 am–10:45 am Break
10:45 am–12:30 pm Session 2: Membrane Excitability in Male Gametes
10:45 am-11:15 am Jean-Ju Chung (Yale University)
CatSper: structure, function and diseases
11:15 am-11:45 am Ziao Fu (WashU Medicine)
Structure and function of Slo3 and CatSper channels
11:45 am-12:00 pm Short Talk 2
12:00 pm-12:30 pm Flash Poster Previews (10 posters, 3 minutes each)
12:30 pm-3:30 pm Lunch (Swope Center) and Free Time
3:30 pm-4:30 pm Public Panel Discussion (Meigs Room, Swope Center)
From Trainee to Tenure: Navigating the Academic Lifecycle in Reproductive Biology
4:30 pm–6:00 pm Poster Session A and visits with exhibitors (Swope 2nd Floor). Even numbered abstracts.
6:00 pm–7:00 pm Dinner (Swope Center, Dining Hall)
7:15 pm–9:00 pm Session 3: Mechanosensation in Reproduction
7:15 pm-7:45 pm Farners Amargant i Riera (WashU Medicine)
Focus on Piezo, the role of mechanosensation in ovarian health and aging
7:45 pm-8:15 pm Scott Barnett (University of Nevada, Reno)
Role of Piezo in the uterine contractions and pregnancy
8:15 pm-8:45 pm Seham Ebrahim (University of Virginia)
Emerging mechanosensors: TMC ion channels in reproduction
8:45pm-9:00 pm Short Talk 3
9:00 pm–11:00 pm Evening at the Captain Kidd (77 Water Street, Woods Hole)
Friday, 4 September
7:30 am–8:30 am Breakfast (Swope Center, Dining Hall)
All Sessions (4–6) will be held in the Clapp Auditorium, Lillie Building. The Panel Discussion and Poster Session B will be held in Swope, 2nd Fl.
8:30 am-10:15 am Session 4: Drug Discovery for Fertility Preservation and Contraception
8:30 am-9:00 am Jerod Denton (Vanderbilt University)
Promising targets for fertility preservation and contraception and their pharmacology
9:00 am-9:30 am Aminata Touré (INSERM)
sNHE, its structure, physiology and contraceptive development
9:30 am-10:00 am Alberto Darszon (UNAM)
Starvation, contraception, and mammalian sperm ion channels
10:00 am-10:15 am Short Talk 4
10:15 am–10:45 am Break
10:45 am–12:15 pm Session 5: Emerging Topics
10:45 am-11:15 am TBD
11:15 am-11:45 am TBD
11:45 am-12:00 pm Short Talk 5
12:00 pm-12:15 pm Short Talk 6
12:15 pm-12:30 pm Group Photo (Lillie Building Front Steps)
12:30 pm-3:30 pm Lunch and Free Time
3:30 pm-4:30 pm Roundtable Discussion on Current Funding in Science
Building and Supporting Productive and Well-Funded Research Teams (Meigs Room, Swope)
4:30 pm-6:00 pm Poster Session B and visits with exhibitors (2nd Fl, Swope Center)
6:00 pm-7:00 pm Dinner (Dining Hall, Swope Center)
7:15 pm-9:00 pm Session 6: Ion Channels and Receptors of the Male Reproductive Tract
7:15 pm-7:45 pm Patricia Cuasnicú (IBYME-CONICET)
The role of calcium signaling and CRISP in the epididymis
7:45 pm-8:15 pm Marc Spehr (Aachen University)
Illuminating P2X receptors in testicular biology
8:15 pm-8:45 pm SGP Excelsior Awardee (TBA)
8:45 pm-9:00 pm Short Talk 7
9:00 pm-11:00 pm Evening at the Captain Kidd (77 Water Street, Woods Hole)
Saturday, 5 September
7:30 am–8:30 am Breakfast (Swope Center, Dining Hall)
8:30 am-10:15 am Session 7: Ion Channels and Transporters of the Female Reproductive Tract
8:30 am-9:00 am Ramón Lorca (University of Colorado, Denver)
Optogenetic regulation of uterine blood flow: a novel model for FGR
9:00 am-9:30 am Ripla Arora (Michigan State University)
Bioelectricity of the uterus/embryo interactions
9:30 am-10:00 am Joris Vriens (KU Leuven)
TRP channels in reproduction
10:00 am-10:15 am Short Talk 8
10:15 am-10:45 am Break
10:45 am–12:30 pm Session 8: Ion Channels and Transporters of the Female Reproductive Tract, Part II, and Emerging Fields
10:45 am-11:15 am Andy Blanks (University of Warwick)
hERG in the uterus
11:15 am-11:45 am Huanghe Yang (Duke University)
Bioelectricity of the placenta
11:45 am-12:15 pm Short Talk 9
12:15 am-12:30 pm Short Talk 10
12:30 pm-4:30 pm Lunch (12:30 pm to 1:30 pm) and Free Time
1:30 pm-3:00 pm 1st Boat Trip (Optional) Meet in the Swope Lobby at 1:15 pm sharp
3:00 pm-4:30 pm 2nd Boat Trip (Optional) Meet in the Swope Lobby at 2:45 pm sharp
4:45 pm-6:30 pm Session 9: Emerging Fields in Reproductive Biology
4:45 pm-5:15 pm David Combs (Harvard University)
Use of optogenetics in the study of uterine excitability/contractility
5:15 pm-5:45 pm TBD
5:45 pm-6:00 pm Short Talk 11
6:00 pm-6:15 pm Short Talk 12
6:15 pm-6:30 pm Short Talk 13
6:30 pm-8:00 pm Lobster Banquet and Poster Award Presentations (Swope Terrace)
8:00 pm -10:00 pm Closing Mixer (Swope Terrace)
Sunday, 6 September
7:30 am-8:30 am Breakfast (Dining Hall, Swope Center)
10:00 am Swope Checkout Deadline