The Department of Animal Sciences in the College of Agricultural Sciences and the Department of Biomedical Sciences in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Oregon State University are sponsoring the 13th Annual Northwest Reproductive Sciences Symposium in Corvallis on May 13 and 14. This meeting is a forum for oral and poster presentations on recent findings from investigators at Oregon State University, the Center for Reproductive Biology at Washington State University, and Oregon Health & Sciences University and Oregon National Primate Research Center. Friday’s portion of the meeting will be held at the McKenzie Center at the Salbasgeon Suites, 1730 NW 9th Street, and on Saturday morning the meeting will resume in 102 Magruder Hall in the College of Veterinary Medicine.
The featured Keynote Speaker is Dr. Robert Millar, a world-renowned expert in the neuroendocrine regulation of reproduction. Professor Millar was recently the Director of the MRC Human Reproductive Sciences Unit in the United Kingdom, comprising over 150 researchers and attracts over £5 million annual funding. The Unit research focuses on pathologies of female and male reproductive tissues (e.g. prostate, breast and ovarian cancers, endometriosis and uterine fibroids), infertility, contraception and hormone replacement therapy. In addition to being a professor in the Division of Reproductive and Developmental Sciences at Edinburgh University, he was founder and Chief Scientific Officer of the reproductive health company, Ardana Biosciences. Dr. Millar is currently at the Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria and UCT/MRC Receptor Biology Group, University of Cape Town, and will be giving a talk entitled “Novel Neuroendocrine Regulators of Gonadotropins: Targets for Contraception and Hormone-Dependent Diseases.”
Registration for this event is $75 for faculty and postdoctoral fellows, and $25 for students. Please contact Dr. Timothy Hazzard at timothy.hazzard@oregonstate.edu for more details and to register. Flyer (PDF).
