Trainee Research Day 2024

On October 25th, the C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development hosted it’s very first Trainee Research Day. There were many talks and posters from trainees across the C.S. Mott Center. Dr. Philip W. Jordan, Professor at Uniformed Services University, gave the keynote talk and participated in the career panel with Dr. Strubakos, Radhika Gogoi, and 10x Genomics. We thank them for all of there insight and advice. Lab members Karolina Nowak and DruAnne Maxwell were selected for trainee talks. Amanda Paskavitz, Savni Sawant, and Karolina Nowak all presented posters at the event. DruAnne won first prize for Best Oral Presentation and Savni tied for first place for Best Poster Presentation. Congratulations to everyone who presented at this years Trainee Research Day, it was a spectacular event!

Discovery to Cure 2024

Summer is always busy here in the Pilsner Lab. We would like to congratulate our three summer interns from the DTC 2024 program: Seaha Kim, Yusuf Najy, and Anais Ndione! 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 in our lab!

American Society of Andrology Conference 2024

Dr. Pilsner and lab members: Karolina, DruAnne, Savni, and Amanda had the exciting opportunity to attend the American Society of Andrology conference this year in Denver, Colorado. Karolina, Savni, and Amanda all received the travel awards for the event. Savni was selected for an oral presentation, which was titled “Associations between sperm epigenetic age and semen parameters”. DruAnne gave a 3 minute flash talk titled “Single-cell RNA sequencing of PFAS exposed mice testes – preliminary study” which won the People’s Choice Award for Best Flash Talk at the conference. Congratulations to everyone for their achievement and we look forward to another great 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.