ASA 35th Annual Meeting
Lifetime Determinants of Male Reproductive Health
April 10 - 13, 2010

Program Chairs: Kate Loveland, PhD and Mark Sigman, MD
   

Registration fee includes entry into the lectures, one ticket to the Welcome Reception, a syllabus, and refreshment break.

(Please note that the all Sessions will be held in Regency Ballroom DEFG unless otherwise noted.)

   

FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2010

2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Registration
Location: Regency Ballroom Foyer

   
SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 2010
7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Registration
Location: Regency Ballroom Foyer

4:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Exhibit Hall Open
Location: Colonnade Salon

6:00 p.m. 6:10 p.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks
6:10 p.m. 6:30 p.m.

Distinguished Andrologist Award

6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

EMIL STEINBERGER MEMORIAL LECTURE
Insights into Disorders of Testis Development Using Whole Genome Analysis
Andrew Sinclair, PhD
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Australia
(Introduced by Dolores Lamb, PhD)

7:30 p.m. - 7:50 p.m.

Updates from NICHD & NIEHS
Stuart B. Moss, PhD
NICHD
Jerry J. Heindel, PhD
NIEHS

7:50 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.

Welcome Reception
Location: Regency Ballroom Foyer

   

SUNDAY, APRIL 11, 2010

6:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.

Past President’s Breakfast
Location: Woodway

7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Exhibit Hall Open
Location: Colonnade Salon

7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Registration
Location: Regency Ballroom Foyer

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

AUA LECTURE
Melding Basic Research With Clinical Infertility Needs — A Glass Half Empty or Half Full

Larry I. Lipshultz, MD
Baylor College of Medicine
(Introduced by Mark Sigman, MD)

9:00 a.m. 9:15 a.m.

Distinguished Service Award

9:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. SYMPOSIUM I – Life in the Womb: Fetal Determinants of Men’s Reproductive Health
Co-chairs: John H. Richburg, PhD
               
Robert D. Oates, MD
 

Epigenetic Reprogramming of Germ Cells and Relevance to Testicular Cancer
Sarah Kimmins, PhD
McGill University

 

Animal Models for Testicular Cancer
D.N. Rao Veeramachaneni, DVM, PhD
Colorado State University

 

Relevance of Human Testis Fetoneonatal Development for Future Fertility
Hector E. Chemes, MD, PhD
Buenos Aires Children’s Hospital, Argentina

10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Break – Visit Exhibits
Location: Colonnade Salon

11:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m. Poster Session I
Location: Colonnade Salon
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Lunch (on your own)
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Women in Andrology Luncheon and Discussion
(not included in registration fee; tickets required)
Location: Windsor
“From Mentee to Mentoring: Preparing Women for Success in Science Careers”
Gayle Slaughter, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine

   
 

CONCURRENT ORAL SESSIONS

2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Concurrent Oral Session I
Location: Regency Ballroom B
Moderators: Greg Buchold, PhD
Ina Dobrinski, DVM, PhD

  Concurrent Oral Session II
Location: Regency Ballroom C
Moderators: John K. Amory, MD
Shaye Lewis, MD
3:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m.

Break – Visit Exhibits
Location: Colonnade Salon

4:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.

LECTURE I
Erectile Dysfunction: A Red Flag for Early Cardiometabolic Dysfunction

Martin Miner, MD
Brown University

(Introduced by J. Lisa Tenover, MD, PhD)

4:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

LECTURE II
The Progression to Androgen-Independent Prostate Cancer
Robert J. Matusik, PhD
Vanderbilt University
(Introduced by Gail S. Prins, PhD)

6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Trainee Forum and Mixer
(All Trainee Travel Awards will be distributed and celebrated at this event)
Location: Regency Ballroom ABC

   
MONDAY, APRIL 12, 2010
7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Exhibit Hall Open
Location: Colonnade Salon
7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Registration
Location: Regency Ballroom Foyer

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

WOMAN IN ANDROLOGY LECTURE
Epigenetic Changes in Sperm: A Cause of Male Factor Infertility
Rebecca Z. Sokol, MD, MPH
University of Southern California
(Introduced by Moira K. O'Bryan, BSc, PhD)

9:00 a.m. 9:15 a.m.

Young Andrologist Award

9:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. SYMPOSIUM II – Size Does Matter! Growth in the Juvenile
Co-chairs: Martin M. Matzuk, MD, PhD
                Catherine Itman, PhD
 

Doublesex-Related Genes Coordinate Somatic and Germ Cell Development in the Mammalian Testis
David Zarkower, PhD
University of Minnesota

 

Vitamin A and the Onset of Meiosis
Michael D. Griswold, PhD
Washington State University

 

Normal and Abnormal Pubertal Patterns and their Regulation
Mary M. Lee, MD
University of Massachusetts

10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Break – Visit Exhibits
Location: Colonnade Salon
11:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m.

Poster Session II
Location: Colonnade Salon

12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Lunch (on your own)
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

MENTORING LUNCHEON SPONSORED BY THE DIVERSITY AND TRAINEE AFFAIRS COMMITTEES
(Not included in registration; tickets required)
Location: Regency Ballroom C
"So You Want To Write A Grant Application To The NIH: How The Program Officer And Scientific Review Officer Can Help”
Stuart B. Moss, PhD
NICHD

12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Editorial Board Luncheon
Location: Regency Ballroom AB

2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. SYMPOSIUM III – Fertility in Adult Life
Co-chairs: Jeffrey J. Lysiak, PhD
               Cigdem Tanrikut, MD
 

Roles of Testicular MicroRNAs
Wei Yan, MD, PhD
University of Nevada

 

Sperm and your Natural Marijuana: Endocannabinoids, Nicotine and Fertility
Lani Burkman, PhD
University of Buffalo

 

Phosphorylation Events During Sperm Capacitation
Pablo E. Visconti, PhD
University of Massachusetts

3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Break – Visit Exhibits
Location: Colonnade Salon
4:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.

LECTURE III:
Male Reproductive Tract Function
Bernard Robaire, PhD
McGill University
(Introduced by Joseph Alukal, MD)

4:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

LECTURE IV:
Translational Andrology: Bridging Bench and Bedside
Christina Wang, MD
UCLA Medical Center

(Introduced by William J. Bremner, MD, PhD)

5:30 p.m.

ASA Business Meeting,
Outstanding Trainee Investigator and Trainee Awards

7:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.

Annual Banquet
(Not included in registration fee; tickets required)
Location: Black Swan Nightclub (on-property)

   

TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 2010

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.

2010 Program Committee Meeting
Location: Westbury

7:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Registration
Location: Regency Ballroom Foyer

8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. SYMPOSIUM IV – Aging and Male Reproductive Health
Co-chairs: Kirk C. Lo, MD, FRCSC
                Douglas Stocco, PhD
 

Effects of Aging and Environmental Insults on the Sperm Genome
Andrew J. Wyrobek, PhD
Lawrence Berkeley Labs

 

Testosterone and the Aging Male
Alvin M. Matsumoto, MD
University of Washington

 

The Relationship of Paternal Age to Health and Disease in Offspring
Susan Harlap, MD
New York University

9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Break
Location: Colonnade Salon
9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

INTERNATIONAL LECTURE:
Mechanisms of Fertilization – A View Through Gene Manipulated Mice

Masaru Okabe, PhD
Osaka University
(Introduced by Patricia S. Cuasnicu, PhD)

10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. SYMPOSIUM V – Long-Lasting Sex
Co-chairs: Marvin L. Meistrich, PhD
                Ajay K. Nangia, MBBS
 

The Therapeutic Potential of Germ Stem Cells
Amander Clark, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles

 

Love and Monogamy: An Endocrine Story
C. Sue Carter, PhD
University of Illinois at Chicago

 

Long-Lasting S-E-X (Science, Education, Xenogamy)
Anna Steinberger, PhD
Professor Emerita, UTMS--Houston

   

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