Events and Academic Courses
Seminar Series:
RSP holds seminars every Thursdays from 12:10 to 1:00 PM in 5915 Buhl. The public is welcome at the seminars. Please see schedule for Fall Seminars (pdf) for further information. Thank you.
NOTE: Some seminars may be on a different day, time or location, which will be noted on the schedule and announcements.
Upcoming RSP Seminar:
December 3 (PDF)
Speaker: Jennifer Cummings, PhD, Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience Institute, Department of Psychology
Title: Female Sexual Motivation
Time: 12:10 p.m.
Location: Medical Science II, 3813
Previous Seminars:
Fall 2007 (PDF)
Winter 2008 (PDF)
Fall 2008 (PDF)
Winter 2009 (PDF)
Anita H. Payne and Poster Day:
Each autumn the faculty of RSP and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology hold a half-day joint scientific event during which research posters are presented. This joint sponsorship began in 1994 and participation continues to increase. These novel presentations range from research ideas and hypothesis for which feedback is sought to laboratory overviews in which the thematic relationship between several projects is presented. An integral part of the event is the Anita H. Payne Lectureship in Reproductive Sciences. This year, Anita Payne Lecture and Poster Day will be held at the Palmer Commons on Friday, September 25 in conjunction with the Ob/Gyn Norman F. Miller Society Annual Meeting. This year's speaker is Marco Conti, M.D., Professor and Director of the Center for Reproductive Sciences at the University of California.
2008 Abstract Book (PDF)
Academic Courses:
Physiology/Biology/Cell & Developmental Biology 541 or Psych 532
Every Winter Term RSP offers a course in Mammalian Reproductive Endocrinology (MRE 541) which is part of the curriculum of three departments (Cell and Developmental Biology, Biology, Physiology and Psychology). This is a four-credit course for graduate and upper level undergraduate students.
Mammal Reproductive Endocrinology: A study of the physiological and behavior actions for reproductive hormones, which are responsible for the regulation of the reproductive systems and behavior. Topics include: The properties and mechanisms of action of pituitary gonadotropin and sex steroid hormones, the anatomy and endocrine regulation of the reproductive tracts (reproductive & maternal behavior), mechanisms of fertilization, implantation and development, the (neuro) endocrinology of mating and maternal behavior, pregnancy, and contraception.
