The Women’s Health and Reproductive Science Summer Journal Club will be held every Friday from 9-10 am in the BJCIH 10th floor conference room in the summer months of June, July and August.
Presentations will include:
- Senior/junior trainee (data discussion or journal club)- This will ideally be a shared presentation between a senior trainee or mentor and a Grad or undergrad student.
- Cross-disciplinary (data discussion or journal club)-This will include a joint presentation between a researcher from the Ob/Gyn and Engineering departments and will cover a subject that relates to both presenters expertise.
- Practice talks
- Traditional data discussion and article review
Undergraduates are encouraged to participate.
Contact: Ritu Dave and Shweta Bhagwat
2026 Journal Club Schedule
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| Date | Speaker(s) | Title | Lab |
| 6/5/26 | Eva Kareus | Pregnancy-Aquired Memory CD4+ Regulatory T Cells Improve Pregnancy Outcome in Mice | Gomez-Lopez |
| 6/12/26 | Juan Ferreria, PhD | Retrospective Validation of WHICH-A.R.T. Assay, to Optimize IVF vs ICSI Selection and Reduce Unnecessary ICSI. | Santi |
| 6/19/26 | Natalia Bowman | Bacterial Vaginosis and Papillomavirus | Gilbert |
| 6/26/26 | Shilpita Mitra-Behura & Folaoluwashewa Shofu | Wearable Short-wave Infrared Photoplethysmography Sensor for Real-time Detection and Monitoring of Postpartum Hemorrhage & Using In Vivo Raman Spectroscopy to Measure Biochemical Changes in Vaginal Tissue After Midurethral Sling Surgery | O’Brien |
| 7/3/26 | No Seminar | ||
| 7/10/26 | Abigail Fisk | Investigating Immune Cell Contributions to Postpartum Uterine Healing | Bersi |
| 7/17/26 | Mariami Kuljanishvili | Understanding the Role of piezo1 in Ovarian Function | Amargant i Riera |
| 7/24/26 | Jordan Rich & Grace Whitter | Thermal Stability of Glycosylated Oxytocin Receptor & Manipulating Surface Abundance of the Oxytocin Receptor to Enhance Recovery After Desensitization | Frolova |
| 7/31/26 | Mahima Marichetty | New Insights into Oocyte Quality and Early Embryo Development and Their Implications for Understanding Infertility | Amargant i Riera |
| 8/7/26 | Amelia Giecek | Metabolic Control of Luteinizing Hormone-Responsive Ovarian Steroidogenesis | Frolova |
| 8/14/26 | Ling Zhang | A new Model of Contromere Movement for Zygotene Bouquet Formation in Femalie Mouse Meiosis | McNeill |
| 8/21/2026 | Juan Ferreira, PhD | Activation of Vasopressin Receptor 1A by Vasopressin Enhances Myometrial Smooth Muscle Cell Excitability via SLO2.1 Potassium Channel Inhibition | Santi |