Like most U.S. hospitals, Cincinnati Children's is affected by the IV fluid shortage caused by damage to Baxter International's North Carolina production facility during Hurricane Helene. Our teams will continue to watch this situation and will provide any updates as needed.
Served on two editorial boards: Science Translational Medicine and Journal of Clinical Investigation.
Strengthened collaborations with Julia Laskin of Purdue University, Ingela Lanekoff of Uppsala University in Sweden, and Jean-Paul Borg in France, leading to publications on In Situ Proteomics with Mass Spectrometry and Planar Cell Polarity.
Xiaofei Sun, PhD
Received Best Reviewer Award from the Biology of Reproduction, one of only seven awarded.
Oral presentation in the 29th Annual Symposium of the International Cannabinoid Research Society in Rockville (MD) in Jun 2019.
Tony De Falco, PhD
Invited as a NIH grant reviewer for Director's Pioneer Award (DP1) applications, and on two different NIH Study Sections.
Served as program committee member and symposium organizer / chair: 52nd Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Reproduction, San Jose, CA, July 2019.
Invited seminar speaker at: Centre Hospitalier de l’Université Laval (CHUL), Quebec City, Canada (October 2019); American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) Scientific Congress & Expo (2 pre-Congress presentations), Philadelphia, PA (October 2019); Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore, MD (October 2019).
Journal Cover: Heinrich A, Potter SJ, Guo L, Ratner N, De Falco T. Distinct Roles for Rac1 in Sertoli Cell Function during Testicular Development and Spermatogenesis*. Cell Reports. 2020. 31(2):107513. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.03.077.
Received Top Reviewing Editing Award for Biology of Reproduction, July 2019.