Project Description

EPISODE 1:
Hosted by NUS Medicine’s Dr. Huang Zhongwei and Dr. Jennifer Garrison from the Buck Institute for Research on Aging, this first episode features Dr. Coleen Murphy who spoke on the topic, “Defining a “Clock” for Female Reproductive Decline.”

EPISODE 2:
Professor Holly Ingraham and Associate Professor Polina Lishko share about identifying novel drivers in central control of female reproduction and the unexpected role of steroid hormones in reproduction and ageing respectively.

EPISODE 3:
Dr. Carlos Ribeiro joins us today and will discuss how nutrients, neuronal circuits and the microbiome can shape nutritional decisions and sustain reproduction, while Dr. Ivana Celic will explore the activation of LINE1 retrotransposons during female reproductive ageing.

EPISODE 4:
In this week’s webinar, we hear from Dr. Bérénice Benayoun who will be sharing about age-relevant mouse models of menopause, and Dr. Ingrid Fetter Pruneda, who will explore the molecular and cellular basis of high fertility in social insects.

EPISODE 5:
In this week’s webinar, we hear from Assistant Professor Amanda Kallen, who will speak on ovarian senescence as a driver of female reproductive ageing, and Associate Professor Arjumand Ghazi, who will share about splicing genes to slow reproductive ageing.

EPISODE 6:
We welcome Dr. Gul Bikem Soygur Kaya from UCSF and Professor Iain Cheeseman from MIT as our guest speakers this week!

EPISODE 7:
In this “Making Reproductive Longevity a Reality” webinar session, we hear from guest speakers, Dr. Lynae M. Brayboy and Dr. Min Hoo Kim.

EPISODE 8:
Dr. Zita Santos and Professor Marco Conti join us to speak about the metabolic reprogramming of germline required for female fertility and sugar appetite, and the mRNA translation program and oocyte competence for embryo development respectively.

EPISODE 9:
Dr. Farners Amargant and Professor Mary Zelinski join us to  speak about the use of anti-fibrotic drugs and harvesting of high-quality of oocytes to extend the reproductive lifespan of women.

EPISODE 10:
In this final episode, guest speakers Professor Chong Yap Seng, Dean of NUS Medicine, Nicole Shanahan, President of the Bia-Echo Foundation, and Dr. Joon Yun, President and Managing Partner of Palo Alto Investors, discuss the opportunities and challenges in building the ecosystem to reframe women’s health.