2021 News
11.30.2021Dr. Joe (Huanyu) Qiao, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Comparative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign delivered a special CRS Fall seminar titled, “One ring to rule them all: RNF212 makes oocytes remember damage” where he discussed his groups focus on understanding key regulators in meiotic checkpoint pathways in gametes.
11.30.2021Shá Norman, an Equity Outreach and Education Coordinator at Northwestern's Office of Equity, led the CRS community through a Career Catalyst focusing on Frameworks and Tools for Interrupting Harm.
11.30.2021CRS Scientist Spotlight on Nathaniel Henning, DGP graduate student in the Laronda Lab.
11.30.2021CRS Alumni Spotlight on MS-RSM graduate, Sarah Khan, with reflections on her time in the program and her current position with Essential Access Health.
11.29.2021CRS Scientist Spotlight on Katy Trotter, MS, lab technician in the Kim Lab and a MS-RSM alumna.
11.29.2021Fern Murdoch, PhD, reflects on her time as the assistant director of CRS and her current position as a research scientist at UW-Madison.
10.31.2021On October 11th, after a two year hiatus due to the pandemic, the CRS community once again was able to attend, in person, the Illinois Symposium on Reproductive Science (ISRS).
10.31.2021CRS Scientist Spotlight on Khadija Snowber, second year MS-RSM student in the Miller lab.
10.29.2021CRS alum Yogeshwar Makanji, PhD, with reflections on his time as visiting scholar and his current position at Janssen Pharmaceuticals
10.29.2021CRS alumni spotlight on MS-RSM graduate, Jordan Machlin, with reflections on her time in the program and her current research as PhD candidate at the University of Michigan.
10.29.2021CRS Scientist Spotlight on Dr. Jessica Hornick, Operations Director for the Biological Imaging Facility and Research Associate Professor
10.03.2021The Master’s in Reproductive Science and Medicine Program welcomed our 6th cohort of student this September.
10.03.2021On the first Friday of the academic year, Molly Beestrum, the Education and Curriculum Librarian for the Galter Health Sciences Library and CRS’s Library Liaison, led our CRS trainees through the first CRS Career Catalyst.
09.30.2021CRS alumni spotlight on MS-RSM graduate, Julia Balough, with reflections on her time in the program and her current position at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging.
09.30.2021CRS Scientist Spotlight on Manuel Torres-Vélez, second year MS-RSM graduate student in the Goldman lab.
09.30.2021Dr. Diana Monsivais, PhD, reflects on her time as a PhD student at Northwestern and her current position at Baylor College of Medicine.
09.30.2021CRS Scientist Spotlight on Luhan Tracy Zhou, MS-RSM alumna and research associate in the Duncan Lab.
08.31.2021Dr. Pierre Comizzoli presented an enthralling and comprehensive talk titled, “Fertility Preservation in Wild Animal Species: Recent Advances and Relevance to Human Reproductive Medicine” during a special summer seminar.
08.31.2021The CRS Training Program in Reproductive Science, Medicine and Technology welcomes our 2021-2022 cohort of trainees. Congratulations on your appointments Rosemary Bauer, Grace Foley, Juhi Narula, and Emily Zaniker!
08.30.2021CRS Scientist Spotlight on Adebukola Fetuga, undergraduate student in the Duncan Lab.
08.30.2021CRS Alumni Spotlight on MS-RSM graduate, Patrick Eckelkamp, with reflections on his time in the program and his current position as an embryologist.
08.30.2021CRS Scientist Spotlight on Grace Foley, graduate student in the Kim Lab.
08.30.2021Georgia Acuna Gaconnet reflects on her time as a lab technician and lab manager at Northwestern and her current position at MilliporeSigma
08.01.2021A summer retrospect timeline showcasing the tremendous achievements and continued excellence of our CRS community.
07.29.2021CRS Scientist Spotlight on Yaqi Zhang, graduate student in the Matei lab.
07.29.2021Dr. Beatriz Penalver Bernabe reflects on her time as a PhD student at Northwestern and her position at University of Illinois at Chicago.
07.29.2021CRS Scientist Spotlight on Dr. Elnur Babayev, clinical fellow in the Duncan Lab.
07.29.2021CRS Alumni Spotlight on MS-RSM graduate, Emily Hayes, with reflections on her studies in the program and her current time in medical school.
07.01.2021This June CRS was elated to be able to graduate our 5th cohort of MS-RSM students. This past year has brought challenges but our resilient young scientists have made great strides in our field and have left a lasting impact on the MS-RSM and CRS. Read more about their impressions of the program!