SY21 - Developing an Ovary: Insights from Across the Lifespan

Sunday, June 14, 2026

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM CT

Location: Room W184ABC

Symposium Chair(s)

Monica Laronda, PhD

Associate Professor
Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Disclosure(s):

Monica M. Laronda, PhD: No financial relationships to disclose

Corrine K. Welt, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

The development of the ovary and follicle complement remains difficult to study in early stages and across the reproductive lifespan. Recent advances across species shed light on early germ cell, oocyte and follicle formation.

Presentations:

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM CT

Human Ovary Development: Can Transcriptomic Analysis Provide Insights into Ovarian Insufficiency?
Symposium Speaker: John Achermann, MB, MD, PhD – UCL GOS Institute of Child Health
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM CT

Generating Gametes from Pluripotent Stem Cells / Earliest Fate Decisions in Human Primordial Germ Cells
Symposium Speaker: Amander Clark, PhD – UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM CT

Modeling Ovarian Aging
Symposium Speaker: Francesca Duncan, PhD – NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY