Rocky Mountain Reproductive Sciences Symposium

16th Annual Rocky Mountain Reproductive Sciences Symposium

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Date
Friday May 3, 2024

Location
Colorado State University's Lory Student Center Theater (room 201), 1101 Center Ave Mall, Fort Collins, CO 80521

Time
9:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., with a post-event reception at C.B. & Potts in Fort Collins beginning at 5:00 p.m.

Theme
Reproductive Health and Assisted Reproductive Technologies

Keynote speakers
Dr. Jason E. Swain, PhD, HCLD, Chief Laboratory Officer & President of Lab Operations, CCRM Fertility and Dr. Ayman Al-Hendy, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACOG, CCRP, Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago; Gynecologist, Minimally-Invasive Surgeon, University of Chicago Medicine, 71st President of the Society for Reproductive Investigation

FEE: Free for all students | $25 for non-students

ABSTRACTS DUE: April 19th at midnight

REGISTRATION CLOSES: April 26th

PARKING INFORMATION

FLYER

This conference brings together a diverse group of scientists to discuss advances in both human and animal reproduction that deepen our understanding of reproductive physiology. The one-day event focuses on student training, not only to significantly improve communication and idea sharing, but also to share resources and expertise across human and animal models. The symposium has led to the establishment of new collaborations between institutes to advance the field of reproductive sciences and is a great platform for student and fellow training.

All attendees (faculty, students, clinicians, research associates, etc.) are encouraged to submit abstracts for presentation. Abstracts are uploaded as word documents as attendees register. Abstract submissions are due by April 19th. The top eight trainee abstracts will be selected for oral presentations (with ten minutes for presentation and five minutes for questions). All other abstracts will be presented as posters. Four trainees will be selected to present a three-minute or less elevator pitch describing their research.

More Information

Participants may register once, for themselves only
If you are submitting an abstract, you will upload it as a word document when you register. Abstracts need to be 600 words or less and single-spaced in 12-point Times New Roman font with one-inch margins.
Please make the title of your abstract bold, List authors and affiliations and include an abstract as a single paragraph with research funding listed on the last line
You will be notified if your abstract is selected for an oral presentation. If it is not selected for an oral presentation, please plan to present it as a 3 ft. Wide x 4 ft. Tall portrait-style poster.
Late abstracts will NOT be considered for platform presentation.
Abstracts will be printed exactly as they are submitted.

Program Agenda

9:00 a.m.- Opening Remarks

9:15 a.m.- Keynote Clinical Science Lecture: Dr. Jason E. Swain, PhD, HCLD, Chief Laboratory Officer & President of Lab Operations, CCRM Fertility, “The Modern IVF Laboratory: Technologies to Improve Human ART.”

Trainee Oral Platform Presentations I

10:15 a.m.- Trainee Oral Platform 1

10:30 a.m.- Trainee Oral Platform 2

10:45 a.m.- Trainee Oral Platform 3

11:00 a.m.- Trainee Oral Platform 4

11:30 a.m.- Trainee Elevator Pitch Session

12:00 p.m.- Lunch

Trainee Poster Presentations

1:00 p.m.- Poster Session I – Odd-numbered abstracts

1:45 p.m.- Poster Session II – Even-numbered abstracts

Trainee Oral Platform Presentations II

2:30 p.m.- Trainee Oral Platform 5

2:45 p.m.- Trainee Oral Platform 6

3:00 p.m.- Trainee Oral Platform 7

3:15 p.m.- Trainee Oral Platform 8

3:30 p.m.- Keynote Basic Science Lecture: Dr. Ayman Al-Hendy, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACOG, CCRP. Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago. Gynecologist, Minimally-Invasive Surgeon, University of Chicago Medicine, 71st President of the Society for Reproductive Investigation, “Stem cell-based fertility restoration and protection.”

4:30 p.m.- Open Discussion and closing comments

5:00 p.m.- Reception and faculty-trainee mixer at C.B. & Potts, 1441 E. Horsetooth Rd., Fort Collins

RMRSS Program Committee: Dr. Thomas (Tod) Hansen, Colorado State University; Dr. Quinton Winger, Colorado State University; Dr. Ye Yuan, Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine; Dr. Brenda Alexander, University of Wyoming; Dr. Andy Bradford, University of Colorado Denver; Dr. Patrick Burns, University of Northern Colorado; Dr. James Pru, University of Wyoming; Dr. Michele Plewes, University of Nebraska Medical Center

Event Contact
Jasmin Twiggs
Jasmin.Twiggs@colostate.edu
970-491-4994

The Rocky Mountain Reproductive Sciences Symposium, a regional meeting focused on graduate student training, is supported in part by sponsorships from the Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology Laboratory, the Society for the Study of Reproduction, and the Department of Biomedical Sciences, which helps advance our policy of the free registration for all students at the meeting.

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Student Registration: (Free for graduate, DVM, MD, resident, intern, and postdoctoral students.)

Registration is free for graduate, DVM, MD, resident, intern, and postdoctoral students.

$0.00

Nonstudent Registration

Nonstudent registration is required for all attendees who are NOT graduate students, DVM, MD, resident, intern, and/or postdoctoral students.

$25.00