CRU PhD course: Developmental origins of health and disease – Effects of environmental toxicants on reproduction
This course deals with how early-life exposure to anthropogenic chemicals and other stressors can disrupt development of the reproductive system.
Start date: 1 December 2025 09:45
End date: 5 December 2025 16:00
Organiser: CRU
Venue: EBC (Uppsala University)
Location: Uppsala
The aims of the course are to provide a broad knowledge of reproductive development and reproductive toxicity in vertebrates and to help build a base for collaboration among researchers in different fields of reproductive biology.
The course includes attendance at the CRU / SWACCS symposium (4 Dec).
Programs
Lecture: Each lecture involves a section where the teacher answers questions
Group work: PBL on defined task to be presented on the last day of the course.
December 1
- 09.00-09.45 Introduction - Barker hypothesis, Maria Jönsson, UU
- 09.45-10.30 Sexual determination and differentiation in fish, birds and mammals 1: Amir Fallahshahroudi, UU
- 10.30-11.00 Break
- 11.00-12.00 Sexual determination and differentiation in fish, birds and mammals 2: Amir Fallahshahroudi, UU
- 12.00-13.00 Lunch break
- 13.00-17.00 Start-up group work
December 2
- 09.00-10.00 Sex hormones, feedback loops: Jan-Bernd Stukenborg, UU
- 10.00-10.30 Break
- 10.30-12.00 Development of sex organs in males and females (puberty??). Jan-Bernd Stukenborg, UU
- 12.00-13.00 Lunch break
- 13.00-15.00 Epigenetics of sexual differentiation: Carlos Guerrero Bosagna, UU
- 15.00-17.00 Group work
December 3
- 09.00-10.30 Evolution of sexual dimorphism. Elina Immonen, UU
- 10.30-11.00 Break
- 11. 00-12.00 Presentations of own research by course participants
- 12.00-13.00 Lunch break
- 13.00-15.00 Presentations of own research by course participants
- 15.00-17.00 Group work
December 4
- 09.00-17.00 CRU networking symposium on environmental pollution and male reproduction. Talks by invited early-career and senier national and international speakers. Poster mingling.
December 5
- 09.00-12.00 Preparation for group work presentations
- 12.00-13.00 Lunch
- 13.00-14.15 Examination: Presentations of group work
- 14.15-14.45 Fika
- 14.45-16.00 Examination: Presentations of group work