ANNUAL REPORT 2009-2010 - University of Toronto Department of ...

ANNUAL REPORT 2009-2010
P-D2 UTILIZATION OF FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION (FISH)
METHODOLOGY FOR EVALUATION OF NUCLEAR ORGANIZATION IN HUMAN
SPERMATOZOA
Sergey I Moskovtsev[O](1, 2), Naazish Alladin(1), Shlomit Kenigsberg(1), J. Brendan M.
Mullen(2), Clifford L Librach(1, 3)
(1)CReATe Fertility Center, (2)Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mount Sinai
Hospital, (3)Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics
and Gynaecology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.
P-D3 MODULATION OF NUCLEAR FACTOR KAPPA SIGNALING BY NALP5
(Work in Progress)
Taline Naranian [G](1), Tong ZhiBin(2), Lawrence Nelson(2), Andrea Jurisicova(1,3).
(1) Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, (2) Developmental Endocrinology Branch,
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, (3) Department of Obstetrics &
Gynaecology, Mount Sinai Hospital
P-D4 CHARACTERIZATION OF THE OOCYTE PHENOTYPE CAUSED BY MCL-1
DEFICIENCY
Shakib Omari[G](1), Andrea Jurisicova(1,2).
(1) Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, (2) Department of Obstetrics and
Gynaecology, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital
P-D5 TAP73 KNOCKOUT MICE AS A MODEL OF REPRODUCTIVE AGING
Tetyana Yavorska [G](1,2), Tak W Mak (3), Andrea Jurisicova (1,2,4).
(1)Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, (2) Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute,
Mount Sinai Hospital, (3) The Campbell Family Institute, Ontario Cancer Institute, University
Health Network, (4) Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of
Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Toronto.
P-E1 IN VITRO DERIVATION OF FUNCTIONAL INSULIN-PRODUCING CELLS
FROM HUMAN FIRST TRIMESTER UMBILICAL CORD STEM CELLS
Rong Xiao[PD], Shang-mian Yie, Junhai Zhao, Wei Gong, Clifford L. Librach
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Women’s
College Hospital, University of Toronto.
P-E2 ENHANCED FUNCTION OF PREFRONTAL SEROTONIN 5-HT 2A/C
RECEPTORS IN A RAT MODEL OF PSYCHIATRIC VULNERABILITY
Nathalie M Goodfellow[G](1), Madhurima Benekareddy(2), Farhan Mohammed(2), Vidita A.
Vaidya(2), Evelyn K Lambe (1,3)
(1)Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, (2) Department of Biological Sciences, Tata
Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India, (3)Department of Obstetrics and
Gynaecology, University of Toronto.
P-E3 THE EFFECT OF CHRONIC MATERNAL ADVERSITY (CMA) ON ACTIVITY
AND ATTENTION IN JUVENILE GUINEA PIG OFFSPRING
Jeff Emack[G](1) and Stephen Matthews(1,2,3)
Departments of (1)Physiology, (2)Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and (3)Medicine, Faculty of
Medicine, University of Toronto.
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