Join us today at 4pm to hear from Dr. Elsie Jacobson and Olivia Scott! 💫 Additional information can be found on the flyer below. 👇

For those who want to see reproductive health equity - join the webinar organized by the standing Committee on Reproductive Health, Equity, and Society nationalacademies.org/our-work/stand… via National Academies 👇

Packed house for Mitinori Saitou’s seminar this morning.

📢 A fascinating paper was published today in StemCellReports by members of our CRSHE community! “Anticipating in vitro gametogenesis: Hopes and concerns for IVG among diverse stakeholders” by Le Goff et al.✨ Read more here! 👉🏼 doi.org/10.1016/j.stem…

Excellent article on gender health gap by Kelle Moley Ferring Pharmaceuticals nature.com/articles/d4374…

We launched our first Art and Science Project on the 4th floor of BSRB yesterday! The Abyssal by Saskia Baden. Please stop by and view the large-scale piece in person as a representation of the art of maternal health. UCLA #uclacrshe

Congratulations to Megan Sparrow and all the MCDB UCLA Graduates starting the next phase of their awesome journey today.

Fewer students are entering into careers in reproductive science. Many students are interested in being OB/GYNs but in terms of the science that underpins this technology [IVF], there are fewer opportunities. clarklabucla Aspen Ideas Future of Fertility

Vivien Marx🐘📬⛅️ ISSCR clarklabucla UCLA Broad Stem Cell Parmar Lab Agnete Kirkeby Nature Cell Biology Such a wonderful discussion - thank you everyone!

As scientists we are often asked how biology defines personhood. In my opinion personhood is not based on biology, it is a social construct. It’s time to change the conversation. - Dr. Clark, Director of UCLA CRSHE at the 2024 Aspen Ideas clarklabucla

The two-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision has us laser focused on the lives of women. It is important to take a step back and remind us of the science showing that abortion bans also harm newborns and infants.  If interested 👇 jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap…

So thrilled to be here and learn about the latest science ISSCR #ISSCR2024

Did you know that bats may be a model for ovarian aging? Read more below from an interview we conducted with Dr. Karen Sears from @ucla Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology UCLAEEB SearsLab 👉 reprohealth.ucla.edu/2024/08/06/bat… Image credit: Brock Fenton

How the mifepristone case highlights the need to protect reproductive health care contemporaryobgyn.net/view/how-the-m… via @contemporaryob/gyn

Congratulations to Isaias on being selected as one of our Fellows! Isaias is a two-time award winning fellow as he was also selected in 2023💫. Isaias’ work can be used as tool to uncover the cell and molecular basis of reproductive disorders. clarklabucla

This is a very interesting read by journalist Elizabeth Dias. How Christian Conservatives Are Planning for the Next Battle, on I.V.F. nytimes.com/2024/08/14/us/…

Congratulations to Qiu Ya Wu for being selected as one of our 2024 Fellows! Qiu Ya will be studying the ovary in Dr. Clark's lab and seeks to build in-vitro models that can be applied towards identifying novel non-hormonal contraceptives💫 clarklabucla

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Congratulations to Alexandra Smick on being selected as one of our 2024 Fellows!💫 Alexandra's research examines the association of fallopian tube features in BRCA1 mutation carriers with carcinogenic pathways and targetable drivers of cancer progression.