American Society of Andrology Conference 2025

We are excited to share that Dr. Pilsner and lab members Karolina, Savni, and Amanda attended this year’s American Society of Andrology conference in Washington, D.C.!

We're thrilled to announce that Karolina, Savni, and Amanda each received travel awards for the event — an outstanding recognition of their contributions!

A special shoutout to Amanda and Karolina, who were selected for oral presentations titled Second-generation sperm epigenetic clock predicts male fertility age and time-to-pregnancy in the general population and Sperm DNA methylation outlier burden is associated with pregnancy outcomes in the general population— what an incredible honor! Congratulations to everyone for their hard work and accomplishments.

We’re already looking forward to another amazing conference next year!

F31Awarded

Congratulations to DruAnne Maxwell on being awarded an F31 fellowship entitled Uncovering the Molecular Signature of PFAS Mixtures on Preconception Male Reproductive Health! This is a remarkable achievement and a testament to your dedication and hard work. We look forward to seeing your project flourish and watching your continued growth as a future leader in research. Well done!

Trainee Research Day 2024

On October 25th, the C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development hosted its very first Trainee Research Day — and what a spectacular event it was!

Trainees from across the center showcased their work through engaging talks and poster presentations. We were honored to welcome Dr. Philip W. Jordan, Professor at Uniformed Services University, as our keynote speaker, who also joined the career panel alongside Dr. Strubakos, Radhika Gogoi, and representatives from 10x Genomics. A huge thank you to all of them for their invaluable insight and guidance!

Congratulations to Karolina Nowak and DruAnne Maxwell for being selected for trainee talks, and to Amanda Paskavitz, Savni Sawant, and Karolina Nowak for their poster presentations.

A special shoutout to DruAnne Maxwell, who won First Prize for Best Oral Presentation, and to Savni Sawant, who tied for First Place for Best Poster Presentation!

We’re incredibly proud of all who participated and helped make this inaugural event such a success. Here’s to even more great research and recognition in the future!

Discovery to Cure 2024

Summer is always a busy and exciting time in the Pilsner Lab, and this year was no exception! We’re thrilled to congratulate our three DTC 2024 summer interns — Seaha Kim, Yusuf Najy, and Anais Ndione — on a fantastic 8 weeks of hard work, learning, and growth. We're so proud of everything you’ve accomplished in such a short time, and we can't wait to see where your journeys take you next. Congratulations and best of luck in all your future endeavors — it was truly a pleasure having you in the lab!

American Society of Andrology Conference 2024

Big congratulations to Dr. Pilsner and lab members Karolina Nowak, DruAnne Maxwell, Savni Sawant, and Amanda Paskavitz for representing the lab at this year’s American Society of Andrology conference in Denver, Colorado!

We’re proud to share that Karolina, Savni, and Amanda each received travel awards for the event — a wonderful recognition of their hard work and contributions.

Savni Sawant was selected for an oral presentation, titled “Associations between sperm epigenetic age and semen parameters” — an exciting opportunity to share important research!

DruAnne Maxwell gave a compelling 3-minute flash talk, “Single-cell RNA sequencing of PFAS exposed mice testes – preliminary study”, and was honored with the People’s Choice Award for Best Flash Talk — amazing work!

A huge congratulations to everyone for their achievements. We’re already looking forward to another inspiring conference next year!

GSRPD

Wayne State University School of Medicine hosted their Graduate Student’s Research Presentation Day on February 28th. Amanda, Karolina, and DruAnne all presented posters on their research. Sanvi gave a flash talk as well as presenting a poster. Great work on all of your projects thus far!

MARTS 2023

Dr. Pilsner and lab members DruAnne, Savni, and Amanda had the opportunity to participate in the Michigan Alliance for Reproductive Technologies and Sciences this year, hosted by Michigan State University in Grand Rapids, MI. We are proud to announce that Savni Sawant gave an oral presentation titled: “The associations between Sperm Epigenetic Age and Semen Parameters” and was awarded “Best Oral Presentation”. Congratulations to, Savni!

Welcome New Members

We are pleased to announce that Jitendra Barupal has joined the Pilsner lab as our newest Post-Doctoral Fellow! Welcome, Jitendra, we are happy to have you here!

Discover to Cure 2023

After 8 weeks of scientific exploration, we are excited to announce Myrna Stephan and Ishani Modi have completed the Discovery to Cure program of 2023. We are proud to see how much they have accomplished in 8 weeks in our lab. Congratulations and good luck in your future endeavors! It was a pleasure to have you both in our lab!

50th Anniversary Celebration

In June of 2023, the C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development celebrated 50 years of research. The Pilsner Lab, along with other colleagues, attended the Detroit Tigers game for a day of fun and celebration.

MARTS

Pilsner lab members, Oladele Oluwayiose and Emily Houle, participated in the 11th Annual Michigan Alliance for Reproduction Technologies and Sciences (MARTS) Conference. Link.