Division of Reproductive Sciences brings research to SRI 2026 annual meeting

The Society for Reproductive Investigation hosted the 73rd annual scientific meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico March 24-28, 2026. Faculty and researchers from the UW Department of Ob-Gyn Division of Reproductive Sciences shared their work at the conference. Just some of their exciting accomplishments: 

Oral Abstracts: 

Placenta Session - Transcriptional Landscape of the Macaque Maternal-Fetal Interface - Andrea Wegrzynowicz, Jessica Vazquez, Michelle Koenig, Aleksandar Stanic, Jenna Schmidt (collaboration with Stanic and Schmidt research groups!)

Dr. Wegrzynowicz received the SRI President’s Presenter Award for this project! 

Müllerian duct maintenance at the cranial region is dependent upon GATA2 – Fei Zhao, Shuai Jia  

Lunch and Learn Symposium:

Advancing Reproductive Health Through AI – Aleks Stanic-Kostic, MD, PhD (moderator, panelist) 

Posters:  

T-bet Fate Mapping and Serial Intravascular Labeling Reveal Gestational Stage-Specific Regulation of NK Cell Trafficking and Proliferation – Mona Mohammed, MD, MSc; Jessica Vazquez, PhD; Fernanday Leyva Jaimes; Aleksandar Stanic-Kostic, MD, PhD 

Hypothalamic ESR1 Knockdown Elevates Basal LH Levels Without Altering LH Pulse Frequency or Amplitude in Adult Female Rhesus Macaques - Molly Willging, Aiden Jacobs, Emily Greinwald, Amita Kapoor, Matthew Flowers, Daniel Uhlrich, Genevieve Neal Perry, David Abbott, Jon Levine  

Knockdown of LINC00704 Inhibits Angiogenesis in Human Endothelial Cells - Si-yan Zhang, Chi Zhou, Jing Zheng 

Impact of Prepubertal Leuprolide Acetate Exposure and Drug Clearance on Ovarian Recovery: Translational Insights from a Rat Model – Elise Barteld, Thomas Niepsuj, Anthony Auger, Kristin Ebert, Walid Farhat, Kimberly Keil Stietz, Joan Jorgensen 

Incredible work, all!