October 05, 2018

Media advisory – SIU hosts reproductive sciences symposium

Reporters, photographers and news crews are welcome to attend the Illinois Symposium on Reproductive Sciences at Southern Illinois University Carbondale this weekend.

Some 150 researchers from various Illinois universities and other organizations will be on hand for the two-day event, which runs from 2 p.m. Sunday through about noon on Monday at the John C. Guyon Auditorium at Morris Library.

During the event, scientists will explore the latest contributions in the fields of female and male reproduction, endocrinology, reproductive disorders and cancer biology. John McCarrey of the University of Texas San Antonio will deliver the Gabriel Bialy Sate of the Art Lecture in Reproductive Biology.