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DESCRIPTION:Breakthroughs in Reproduction and Development\n\n14th CRRD Rese
 arch Day\, 2022\n\nWednesday May 25\, 9-4 pm\n\nPlaza Centre-Ville\, 777 R
 obert-Bourassa\, Montreal\n\n\n	Call for abstracts deadline\, April 8th:\n		E
 mail crrd [at] mcgill.ca for submission guidelines.\n\n	Open to UG\, MSc\, 
 PhD\, PDF\, research assistants/associates\, and technicians\n\n\n\n	Regist
 ration: Email crrd [at] mcgill.caMust register by May 10th\n\n	Free to atte
 nd Open to all who are interested\n		Breakfast & Lunch provided.\n\n\n \n\nS
 peakers\n\n\n	Dr. Janet Rossant. Plenary Lecturer“Stem cells\, embryos and 
 embryo models”\n\n	Janet Rossant\, CC\, PhD\, FRS\, FRSC is Senior Scientis
 t and Chief of Research Emeritus at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toro
 nto and President and Scientific Director of the Gairdner Foundation. She 
 is an internationally recognized developmental and stem cell biologist\, e
 xploring the biology of the early embryo and its stem cells and their appl
 ications to understanding and treating human disease. She has also been ac
 tively involved in ethics and public policy discussions around stem cell r
 esearch and genetic modifications. She led the Research Institute at the H
 ospital for Sick Children from 2005 to 2015. She has received many honors 
 and recognition for her work\, including six honorary degrees\, and electi
 on to the Royal Societies of London and Canada and the US National Academy
  of Sciences. In 2018 she received the N. American L’Oreal-UNESCO Women in
  Science Award and in 2021 the ISSCR Achievement Award.\n\n\n\n	Dr. Barry Z
 irkin\, Clermont Lecturer“Reduced Testosterone by Aging Leydig Cells: Mech
 anisms\, Prevention and Treatment”\n\n	Barry Zirkin\, PhD\, is Professor in
  the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Johns Hopkins
  Bloomberg School of Public Health. The research in the Zirkin lab has cen
 tered on three main areas: Leydig cell aging\, Leydig cell development fro
 m stem cells\, and spermatogenesis regulation. To date\, Dr. Zirkin’s lab 
 has published about 275 scientific papers. For 25 years\, he was Head of t
 he Division of Reproductive Biology at Johns Hopkins. He is the recipient 
 of teaching and mentorship awards from the Johns Hopkins School of Arts an
 d Sciences and School of Public Health. He was President of the American S
 ociety of Andrology\, and prior to that received its Distinguished Service
  and Distinguished Andrologist awards. He was the recipient of a MERIT Awa
 rd from National Institute on Aging of the NIH. He is an elected AAAS Fell
 ow.\n\n
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LOCATION:CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3C 3Z7\, Plaza Centre-Ville\, 777 Robert-Bou
 rassa
SUMMARY:CRRD: Breakthroughs in Reproduction and Development
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