KU Med Institute for Repro & Develop Sciences

Research focus on fertility/infertility, developmental origins of health and disease, epigenetics and stem cell biology.

[KU Med Institute for Repro & Develop Sciences @KUMCRepro]

New publication from the Zheng lab. @XLongZheng2

[X. Long Zheng, MD, PhD @DrXLongZheng]

Hot of press: Dr. Liang Zheng from my group reported the preventative and #therapeutic effects of a novel humanized anti-GPIbα Fab fragment in a murine model of #thrombotic #thrombocytopenic #purpura - Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis https://t.co/7N9j0KthMU

[KU Med Institute for Repro & Develop Sciences @KUMCRepro]

New publication from Ning Wang, Xiaoyu Zhang and Wan Liu: Dynamic changes in histone lysine lactylation during meiosis prophase I in mouse spermatogenesis | PNAS https://t.co/AC01Uf1ac9

[KU Med Institute for Repro & Develop Sciences @KUMCRepro]

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
https://t.co/OH4GIY65BG @IJMS_MDPI

[KU Med Institute for Repro & Develop Sciences @KUMCRepro]

New from Vargheese Chennathukuzhi lab: Loss of PRICKLE1 leads to abnormal endometrial epithelial architecture, decreased embryo implantation, and reduced fertility in mice @PnasNexus https://t.co/IwWazTak4h

[KU Med Institute for Repro & Develop Sciences @KUMCRepro]

COVER FEATURE! Congratulations to Esteban Dominguez and colleagues for the highlighted research and selection as cover art for the current issue of JCI Insight.

[KU Med Institute for Repro & Develop Sciences @KUMCRepro]

New publication from the Soares Lab: JCI Insight - TFAP2C is a key regulator of intrauterine trophoblast cell invasion and deep hemochorial placentation https://t.co/pLDpS3ntb4
@reganscott @a_mo_irusta

[KU Med Institute for Repro & Develop Sciences @KUMCRepro]

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

[KU Med Institute for Repro & Develop Sciences @KUMCRepro]

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"
https://t.co/SIzG9O7LTn

[KU Med Institute for Repro & Develop Sciences @KUMCRepro]

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"

[KU Med Institute for Repro & Develop Sciences @KUMCRepro]

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" https://t.co/30UqALRkka #mdpiijms via @IJMS_MDPI

[KU Med Institute for Repro & Develop Sciences @KUMCRepro]

New publication from @DrXLongZheng and collaborators: "ABO incompatibility and component irradiation are independently associated with platelet transfusion reaction rate" - Transfusion https://t.co/UtjhL00IWg

[KU Med Institute for Repro & Develop Sciences @KUMCRepro]

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
https://t.co/vsX80s32Pj

[KU Med Institute for Repro & Develop Sciences @KUMCRepro]

New publication from Ning Wang, Xiaoyu Zhang, and collaborators: Lactylation of tau in human Alzheimer's disease brains - Alzheimer's & Dementia https://t.co/OexoGAaoo7

[KU Med Institute for Repro & Develop Sciences @KUMCRepro]

New article from Vargheese Chennathukuzhi lab "Loss of PRICKLE1 leads to subfertility, aberrant extracellular matrix, and abnormal myometrial architecture in mice" https://t.co/2YAlMXrBl9

[KU Med Institute for Repro & Develop Sciences @KUMCRepro]

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.

[Ph.Lee - Biotechnology @smsdbiotech]

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

[KU Med Institute for Repro & Develop Sciences @KUMCRepro]

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.

[KU Med Institute for Repro & Develop Sciences @KUMCRepro]

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

[KU Med Institute for Repro & Develop Sciences @KUMCRepro]

New publication from the Soares Lab: JCI Insight - TFAP2C is a key regulator of intrauterine trophoblast cell invasion and deep hemochorial placentation https://t.co/pLDpS3ntb4
@reganscott @a_mo_irusta

[KU Med Institute for Repro & Develop Sciences @KUMCRepro]

Jeff McDermott, Gustavo Blanco and collaborators have a new publication: Molecular Structure of the Na+,K+-ATPase α4β1 Isoform in Its Ouabain-Bound Conformation https://t.co/qexL3yX2es #mdpiijms via
@IJMS_MDPI

[KU Med Institute for Repro & Develop Sciences @KUMCRepro]

We are very thankful! @BeristainLab @BeristainAG

[KU Pathology & Laboratory Medicine @KUPathology]

Thank you Dr. Alexander G. Beristain, PhD, for a fantastic #lecture 'Evaluating regenerative trophoblast systems and deciphering the importance of oxygen in extravillous trophoblast lineage development' #research