2009 Constance Campbell Award Winners: (l-r) Michael VanGompel (NU), Lavanya Anandan (UIUC), Cristina Thomas (NU), Alison Kim (NU), Maricedes Acosta-Martinez (NU), (not pictured) Daniel Trombly (NU), Antonina Frolova (Washington U.)

(l-r) CRS Associate Dir. Teresa Woodruff, '09 Keynote Speaker Dr. Linda Giudice, CRS Founder Neena Schwartz and CRS Director Kelly Mayo

Keynote Speaker, Dr. Linda Giudice, presents her talk.

The Center for Reproductive Science held its annual Minisymposium on October 12, 2009.

This day-long event is focused on providing trainees with an early opportunity to present their research in a forum that includes both ten minute talks and poster presentations.

This year, the Minisymposium was held in conjunction with the 1st Illinois Symposium on Reproductive Biology. Trainees from universities throughout the Midwest participated, and prizes were awarded in each presentation category.

The highlight of the day was the Neena B. Schwartz Lectureship in Reproductive Biology given by Linda Giudice, MD, PhD, Chair of the Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences Department at University of California, San Francisco. The Minisymposium is organized and run by CRS trainees.

View the 2009 program