Conference Program

Oral Presentations

Chair: Dr. David Natale

• 9:30 – 9:45

  Endometriosis patient-derived extracellular vesicles exhibit stage- and tissue-specific signatures and functional effects in vitro

  Jaelis P Holmes, Queen's University

• 9:45 – 10:00

  Interleukin-33-Activated Regulatory T Cells in Endometriosis

  Ola Wodz, Queen's University

• 10:00 – 10:15

  Pancreatic Beta-cell Plasticity: Trans-differentiation of Delta- to Beta-cells during pregnancy

  Bavina Thirunavukarasu, Western University

• 10:15 – 10:30

  Impacts of a Maternal Obesogenic Diet on Uteroplacental Fibrin Deposition in the Mouse

  Sophie Johnston, McMaster University

• 10:30 – 10:45

  Prenatal Phytocannabinoid Exposure Reprograms Pancreatic Alpha and Beta Cell Function in Adult Offspring

  Samuel Ugulini, Western University

Oral Presentations II & Flash Talks

Chair: Dr. Maha Othman

• 11:00 – 11:15

  Seminal Plasma BPS levels correlate to AMH signalling and semen parameters in IVF patients

  Nathan Galvao, University of Guelph

• 11:15 – 11:30

  miR-to-miR interactions: BPA and its analogs dysregulate key miRs and developmental parameters in a miR-21 independent manner in COCs and in vitro produced embryos

  Fiona Mcilhargey-Larkin, University of Guelph

• 11:30 – 11:45

  Protein Dysregulation in Pre-eclampsia: Precision Peptide-Based Molecular Insights

  Thomas Kazmirchuk, Queen's University

• 11:45 – 12:00

  Flash Talks

  • Accelerating Aptamer Discovery for Bovine Sperm Sexing using a Data-driven Non-Iterative SELEX Framework

    Nikita Gahoi, University of Waterloo

  • Triphenyl phosphate disrupts estrogenic, glycolytic and lipid homeostasis: integrated meta-analysis across five vertebrate species and functional validation in aquatic embryonic cells

    Holly Mackay, Queen's University

  • Platelet GPIbα Dysfunction Is Associated with Abnormal Placental Structure and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes

    Vrisha Shah, Queen's University

  • Enhancing Early Obstetric Ultrasound Competency in Medical Education: A Resident-Led POCUS Workshop Evaluation

    Natalie Kearn, Queen's University

Poster Session — SOM Atrium

• 1:30 – 2:15

  Even-numbered posters

• 2:15 – 3:00

  Odd-numbered posters

Oral Presentations III

Chair: Dr. Steve Renaud

• 3:00 – 3:15

  Cyclosporin A treatment rescues mitochondrial apoptotic marker expression in a hypoxia-induced syncytiotrophoblast stress model of preeclampsia

  Jenny Feeny, McMaster University

• 3:15 – 3:30

  OVOL2 Reinforces Epithelial Identity and Mediates Syncytiotrophoblast Formation in the Mouse Placenta

  Violet Patterson, Western University

• 3:30 – 3:45

  Fluoxetine-Induced Oxidative Stress Disrupts Tryptophan and VEGFA Signaling in Human Placenta Cells

  Rodrigo Vargas, McMaster University