2026 Symposium Speakers
October 15-16, 2026
Keynote Lecture
Humphrey Hung-Chang Yao, PhD
Senior Principal Investigator
Reproductive Developmental Biology Group
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
National Institutes of Health
The Birth of Ovary: From Somatic Cell Fate Specification to the Establishment of Ovarian Reserve
Plenary Speakers
Hattie Chung, PhD
Assistant Professor
Yale School of Medicine
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Spatiotemporal dysregulation in murine ovarian aging
Alison Paquette, PhD
Assistant Professor
Seattle Children's Research Institute
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Investigating the Molecular Link Between Prenatal Exposures and Perinatal Outcomes via Placental Omics Data
Sophie Petropoulos, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Montreal
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Better Understanding Human Embryogenesis
Alexander J. Travis, VMD, PhD
Professor
Cornell University
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Sperm membrane rafts: from male fertility diagnostics to new paradigms in contraceptive development
Xiaoqiu (Churchill) Wang, PhD
Associate Professor
North Carolina State University
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Protecting Uterine Function During Reproductive Aging: Molecular Pathways Underlying Implantation, Decidualization, and Fertility
Min (Mia) Yang, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Washington
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Chromosomal instability in human embryogenesis





