KU Med Institute for Repro & Develop Sciences @KUMCRepro
Research focus on fertility/infertility, developmental origins of health and disease, epigenetics and stem cell biology. kumc.edu/irds Kansas City, KS Joined July 2016-
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New publication from the Zheng lab. @XLongZheng2
New publication from the Zheng lab. @XLongZheng2
New publication from Ning Wang, Xiaoyu Zhang and Wan Liu: Dynamic changes in histone lysine lactylation during meiosis prophase I in mouse spermatogenesis | PNAS pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…
New Publication! "mRNA Transcript Variants Expressed in Mammalian Cells" Yashica Sharma, Kevin Vo, Sharmin Shila, Anohita Paul, Vinesh Dahiya, Patrick E. Fields, M.A. Karim Rumi mdpi.com/3154928 @IJMS_MDPI
New from Vargheese Chennathukuzhi lab: Loss of PRICKLE1 leads to abnormal endometrial epithelial architecture, decreased embryo implantation, and reduced fertility in mice @PNASNexus academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/arti…
COVER FEATURE! Congratulations to Esteban Dominguez and colleagues for the highlighted research and selection as cover art for the current issue of JCI Insight.
COVER FEATURE! Congratulations to Esteban Dominguez and colleagues for the highlighted research and selection as cover art for the current issue of JCI Insight. https://t.co/yW5ZAx6Ntt
Mikaela Simon received an SRI President’s Presenter’s Award for her project entitled "Activin and FSTL3 Possess Opposing Actions Required for Hemochorial Placentation" @SRIWomensHealth
Madison Shay received a 2025 Biomedical Research Training Program Fellowship Award for her project entitled "Investigating autoantibody-mediated effects on ADAMTS13 in immune thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura" kumc.edu/brtp.html
Marija Kuna received an Early Career Investigator Award, supported by the NIH and to be presented at the @SRIWomensHealth Meeting in March, for her project entitled "Natriuretic Peptide B Involvement in Hemochorial Placentation and Maternal Adaptations to Pregnancy"
New publication from Praveen Chakravarthi, Pat Fields, MA Karim Rumi, and collaborators: "Altered Expression of Epigenetic and Transcriptional Regulators in ERβ Knockout Rat Ovaries During Postnatal Development" mdpi.com/3138180 #mdpiijms via @IJMS_MDPI
New publication from @DrXLongZheng and collaborators: "ABO incompatibility and component irradiation are independently associated with platelet transfusion reaction rate" - Transfusion onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tr…
New publication from the @DrXLongZheng lab: A Mutant Complement Factor H (W1183R) Enhances Proteolytic Cleavage of von Willebrand Factor by ADAMTS13 Under Shear @WenjingCaoMDPhD @JTHjournal sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
New publication from Ning Wang, Xiaoyu Zhang, and collaborators: Lactylation of tau in human Alzheimer's disease brains - Alzheimer's & Dementia alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/al…
New article from Vargheese Chennathukuzhi lab "Loss of PRICKLE1 leads to subfertility, aberrant extracellular matrix, and abnormal myometrial architecture in mice" doi.org/10.1530/REP-24…
Lauren Higgins, a Summer KINBRE Scholar and KU undergraduate working in Lane Christenson’s Lab, presented a poster at the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research (@ASGSRSpace) conference in San Juan Puerto Rico December 5-8.
What a week for our program with Savannah Siceloff receiving 3rd place for her poster at the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research in Puerto Rico. I am amazed everyday! @theSMSD @xumis3 @KUMedCenter @ASGSRstudents @smnw_office
Savannah Siceloff, a student in the @smsdbiotech program working in Lane Christenson's lab, won third place in the High School division for her poster at the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research (@ASGSRSpace) conference in San Juan Puerto Rico December 5-8.
Mahfuz Adnan received an American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship award for the project entitled "Involvement of DUSP9 in Uteroplacental Vascular Adaptations to Pregnancy". Congratulations Adnan! @AHA_Research
New publication from the Soares Lab: JCI Insight - TFAP2C is a key regulator of intrauterine trophoblast cell invasion and deep hemochorial placentation insight.jci.org/articles/view/… @reganscott @a_mo_irusta
Jeff McDermott, Gustavo Blanco and collaborators have a new publication: Molecular Structure of the Na+,K+-ATPase α4β1 Isoform in Its Ouabain-Bound Conformation mdpi.com/3047880 #mdpiijms via @IJMS_MDPI
We are very thankful! @BeristainLab @BeristainAG

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