The 2024 ERP Annual Research Symposium took place August 29th at the Fluno Center. See you in 2025!
Congratulating ERP’s 2024 Symposium Awardees
Manish Patankar, Faculty of the Year
Teresita Valdes Arciniega, Best Oral Presentation by a Junior Student
Shelby Fertal, Student Service Award
Alissa Hofmann, Best Poster Presentation by a Junior Student
Shelby Fertal, Best Oral Presentation by a Senior Student
Elise Barteld, Best Poster Presentation by a Senior Student
Sejal Sharma, Student Academic Research Excellence Award
View the 2024 Symposium Program Booklet
ERP is committed to making our events accessible to everyone. If you require an accommodation or service to fully participate, please contact Bootsy Harden at charden@wisc.edu or 608-239-6729.
Schedule at-a-glance:
| 8:30 – 9:10 | Registration and Poster Set-up |
| Morning Session: Howard Auditorium | |
| 9:10 – 9:20 | Welcome Remarks |
| 9:20 – 10:10 | Keynote Speaker: Dr. María Virumbrales-Muñoz, Assistant Professor, Department Obstetrics and Gynecology
“Elucidating the functional effects of atovaquone in a 3D microphysiological model for high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma (HGSOC)” |
| 10:10 – 10:20 | Break |
| 10:25 – 10:45 | Teresita Valdes Arciniega – Department of Pediatrics
“Hypoxia and ischemia induced sexually differential hippocampal corticosterone content in neonatal mice” |
| 10:45 – 11:05 | Jake Gutkes – Department of Kinesiology
“Neonatal assessments of neurodevelopmental deficits in infants prenatally exposed to Zika virus” |
| 11:05 – 11:25 | Allison Spillane – Department of Pediatrics
“A genetic maternal cause of adverse pregnancy outcomes” |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | Lunch |
| Afternoon Session: Howard Auditorium | |
| 12:35 – 12:55 | Emily Greinwald – Departments of Neuroscience & Obstetrics and Gynecology
“Evaluating the role of aromatase activity in the expression of sexual behavior in female Rhesus Macaques (macaca mulatta)” |
| 12:55 – 1:15 | Logan Keding – Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
“Exogenous fibrin induces pathology and diminished placental perfusion in the Rhesus Macaque” |
| 1:15 – 1:35 | Shelby Fertal – Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology
“The effect of myCAF GPER modulation on collagen remodeling in a 3D in vitro environment” |
| 1:35 – 2:05 | Poster Session in the Atrium: Even Posters |
| 2:05 – 2:15 | Break |
| 2:15 – 2:45 | Poster Session in the Atrium: Odd Posters |
| 2:45 – 3:35 | Keynote Speaker: Dr. Fei Zhao, Assistant Professor, Department Comparative Biosciences
“The Mystery of Two Reproductive Tracts in Mammalian Development” |
| 3:35 – 4:00 | Closing Remarks and Awards |
| 4:00 – 4:15 | ERP Director Meets with ERP Students |
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