The agenda includes:

9 a.m.: Welcome by Gil Mor, M.D., Ph.D., the John M. Malone Jr., M.D., Endowed Chair of Women’s Health Research and scientific director of the C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development

9:10 a.m.: J. Richard Pilsner, Ph.D., M.P.H., of the C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development, Wayne State University School of Medicine, on “Tick Tock: Sperm Epigenetic Aging and Reproductive Success”

9:40 a.m.: Stephen Krawetz, Ph.D., of the C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development and the Wayne State University School of Medicine, on “Messages from Your Father”

10:10 a.m. Roohi Jeelani, M.D., FACOG, of the Wayne State University School of Medicine (topic to be determined)

10:50 a.m.: Break and vendor exhibits

11:15 a.m.: Kyle Orwig, Ph.D., of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, on “Stem Cell Therapies for Male Infertility”

12:15 p.m.: Lunch and vendor exhibits

1:30 p.m.: Sue Hammoud, Ph.D., of the University of Michigan School of Medicine, on “A Balancing Act: Equalizing Sex Specific CENP-A levels is Critical for Mammalian Embryogenesis”

2 p.m.: Josh Bembenek, Ph.D., of the C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development and the Wayne State University School of Medicine, on “Cell Cycle Control of Oocyte Meiosis"

2:30 p.m.: Zhibing Zhang. Ph.D., of the C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development and the Wayne State University School of Medicine, on “The mechanisms of MEIG1 Complex in Mammalian Spermiogenesis and Fertilization”

3:10 p.m.: Break and poster viewing

3:30 p.m.: Kin Fai Au, Ph. D., of the University of Michigan School of Medicine, on “Long-read Sequencing Discovers a Unique Pattern of Zygotic Activation of Transposable Elements”

4:10 p.m.: Daniel Rappolee, Ph.D., of the C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development and the Wayne State University School of Medicine, on “Miscarriage From the Point of View of the Embryo and its Stem Cells”

4:50 p.m.: Break

6 p.m.: Panel discussion

7 p.m.: Adjourn