Endometrial Satellite

Endometrial Satellite

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Room: 103

Chairs:
Douglas Gibson, PhD, University of Edinburgh
Shannon Whirledge, PhD, MHS, Yale University


SESSION I: Endometrial Physiology and Pathology: From Cells to Systems
Moderators:
Douglas Gibson, PhD, University of Edinburgh
Kanako Hayashi, PhD, Washington State University

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Repair of Asherman’s Syndrome Using Stem Cell-Based Therapies
Hugh Taylor, MD
Yale University

9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Progress and Promise: Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Based Modeling of Early Gestation Decidual Cells
Virginia Cheung, PhD
University of California San Diego

9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

COFFEE BREAK

10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

From Genes to Function: Inducible Models Transforming Reproductive Research
Evdokia Dimitriadis, PhD
The University of Melbourne

10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Glucocorticoid Signaling in the Local Regulation of the Decidual Immune Microenvironment
Shannon Whirledge, PhD, MHS
Yale University

11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.

Uterine Natural Killer Cells Mediate Endometrial Stromal Inflammation and Remodeling During Decidualization in a Menstrual-Effluent Derived Model
Stephanie Busch, PhD
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Advancing Extracellular Vesicle Characterization in Endometriosis
Abigail Blatchford, BSc
University of Oxford

11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Mapping the Immune-Neuro-Angiogenic Crosstalk Shaping Human Endometriosis Lesions via Single-Cell and Spatial Omics
Elise Courtois, PhD
The Jackson Laboratory

12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

LUNCH BREAK

SESSION II: Novel Approaches in Endometrial Physiology and Pathophysiolog 
Moderators:
Shannon Whirledge, PhD, MHS, Yale University
Linda Griffith, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Decidualization Resistance in Preeclampsia: From Multi-Omic Maps to the Clinic
Tamara Garrido-Gomez, PhD
Carlos Simon Foundation

2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

The current role of AI in Endometriosis
Mauricio S. Abrão, MD
Sao Paulo University

2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Endometrium-Targeted RNA-Lipid Nanoparticles for the Treatment of Reproductive Conditions
Saed Abbasi, PhD
Johns Hopkins University

3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Fertile Ground: Illuminating Endometrial Health and Disease with Organoid Systems
Juan Gnecco, PhD
Tufts University

3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

COFFEE BREAK

4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Modeling Early Human Placentation and Embryo-Endometrial Crosstalk In Vitro
Matteo Molè, PhD
Stanford University

4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Uterus Transplant: Clinical Care for Uterine Factor Infertility and a Novel Model to Study Endometrial Biology
Kathleen O’Neill, MD
University of Pennsylvania