Schedule of Sessions

Saturday, July 15, 2000

8:30 AM to 12:00 PM

NOVEL TECHNIQUES TO STUDY REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY: STRATEGIES FOR THE NEW MILLENIUM

1:30 PM to 3:00 PM

SESSION I: TRAINEE RESEARCH COMPETITION

3:30 PM to 5:30 PM

SESSION 2: SPERMATOGENESIS, EPIDIDYMAL FUNCTION, AND FERTILITY

SESSION 3: DETERMINANTS OF NORMAL AND ABNORMAL PREIMPLANTATION DEVELOPMENT

SESSION 4: CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH

SESSION 5: SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION IN REPRODUCTIVE TISSUES

SESSION 6: GROWTH AND INTRAOVARIAN FACTORS IN FOLLICULAR DEVELOPMENT

SESSION 7: CORPUS LUTEUM I

7:00 PM to 7:45 PM

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Sunday, July 16, 2000

8:00 AM to 10:15 AM

TRAINEE RESEARCH COMPETITION

Aging

Apoptosis

Capacitation and Acrosome Reaction

Comparative Reproduction and Genetic Models

Corpus Luteum

Cryopreservation

Epididymis and Sperm Maturation

Fertility Regulation I

Fertilization

Follicular Development I

Oocyte Development

Meiosis

Ovulation

Nutrition and Reproduction

Environment

Toxicology I

Prostate

Puberty

EDUCATIONAL/MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATIONS

10:30 AM to 12:00 PM

Minisymposium I: PULSES, PEPTIDES, AND PROMOTORS: DIFFERENTIAL GnRH ACTIONS ON THE PITUITARY

Minisymposium II: THE INITIATION OF SEX-SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT

Minisymposium III: MECHANISMS OF REPROGRAMMING IN NUCLEAR TRANSPLANTATION

Minisymposium IV: FETAL ORIGINS OF ADULT DISEASES

Minisymposium V: ANIMALS AND SCIENTIST: PARTNERS FOR PROGRESS IN REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY

1:30 PM to 3:30 PM

SESSION 8: IVF/ART I

SESSION 9: GENE EXPRESSION DURING FOLLICULAR DEVELOPMENT

SESSION 10: BIOLOGY OF PREGNANCY

SESSION 11: APOPTOSIS IN REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY

SESSION 12: NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY I

SESSION 13: CAPACITATION AND ACROSOME REACTION / SPERM MOTILITY

4:00 PM to 6:30 PM

REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCES: A FORECAST FOR THE NEW MILLENIUM

Monday, July 17, 2000

7:00 AM to 8:00 AM

TRAINEE FORUM

8:00 AM to 10:15 AM

Corpus Luteum II

Fertility Regulation II

Follicular Development II

Gene Regulation and Function I

Gonadal Function

Gonadal Steriods

Toxicology II

Sex Determination

Preimplantation Embryo/Fetus

Pregnancy and Parturition I

Uterus/Oviduct I

Signal Transduction

10:30 AM to 12:00 PM

Minisymposium VI: FUNCTIONAL AND STRUCTURAL PLASTICITY OF THE GnRH SYSTEM: EXPERIMENTAL MODELS AND EMERGING PRINCIPLES

Minisymposium VII: EMBRYONIC ORIGINS OF THE GERMLINE

Minisymposium VIII: IMMUNE PRIVILEGE IN THE PREGNANT UTERUS

Minisymposium IX: SPERM-EGG INTERACTIONS LEADING TO FERTILIZATION

Minisymposium X: SELECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE DOMINANT FOLLICLE

1:30 PM to 3:30 PM

SESSION 14: CORPUS LUTEUM II

SESSION 15: OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT

SESSION 16: GENE EXPRESSION: TISSUE SPECIFICITY AND REGULATION OF STEROIDOGENESIS

SESSION 17: GROWTH FACTORS I

SESSION 18: IMPLANTATION AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT

SESSION 19: ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION

4:00 PM to 6:00 PM

STATE-OF-THE-ART LECTURES

Tuesday, July 18, 2000

8:00 AM to 10:15 AM

Gene Regulation and Function II

Gonadotropins and Pituitary

Growth Factors II

Hormone Receptors

Implantation and Early Development

IVF /ART II

Neuroendocrinology II

Pregnancy and Parturition II

Reproductive Behavior

Reproductive Immunology

Sperm Motility

Spermatogenesis

Uterus/Oviduct II

10:30 AM to 12:00 PM

Minisymposium XI: POLARITY OF THE EGG AND PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO

Minisymposium XII: ANGIOGENESIS IN THE UTERUS AND PLACENTA

Minisymposium XIII: CELL SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION: SHALL IT BE LIFE OR DEATH?

Minisymposium XIV: CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BASIS OF HUMAN OVARIAN CANCER: FROM BENCH TO BEDSIDE

Minisymposium XV: GAP JUNCTIONAL COMMUNICATION IN REPRODUCTION

Abstracts by Session: Symposia, Oral, Poster

Abstracts Listed by Title/Reference Number

Schedule of Sessions in Chronological Order