The Future Conceived
Episodes
EP56: Embryo Development: Metabolism and the Uterine Microenvironment with Dr. Kosta Simintiras
28 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, we have the pleasure of chatting with Dr. Kosta Simintiras, Assistant Professor of Reproductive and Developmental Biology at Lou...
E55: Alternative Careers in Reproductive Biology: Dr. Jane Fenelon, Marsupial Assisted Reproduction Lead at Colossal Biosciences
15 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Future Conceived we explore more Alternative Careers in Reproductive Biology, through interviews with reproductive biologists w...
EP54: Embryo Development: Genetic Programs with Dr. Ramiro Alberio
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Today is the first episode in a three-part miniseries focused on mechanisms of embryonic development. Our host, Cam Schmidt, of East Carolina Universi...
E53: 2024 Repro BioArt Awards with Ingrid Carvacho, and Martin Estermann
13 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when you look at a scientific failure from a different angle? In this episode, we celebrate the intersection of aesthetic beauty and rigo...
E52: Carl G. Hartman Award with Dr. Teresa K. Woodruff
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It's a mini lab reunion! Yu-Ying Chen and Shuo Xiao interview their former mentor, Dr. Teresa Woodruff, at the SSR Annual Meeting. Dr. Woodruff, ...
EP51: Egg Activation: Cell Regulatory Systems with Dr. Jim Ferrell
19 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Future Conceived, host Cam Schmidt sits down with Dr. Jim Ferrell, Professor of Chemical and Systems Biology at Stanford Univer...
EP50: Dr. Diana Monsivais, Winner of the 2025 Virendra B. Mahesh New Investigator Award
29 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Future Conceived podcast, we celebrate the remarkable achievement of Dr. Diana Monsivais, this year's recipient of the pre...
EP49: Egg Activation: Calcium Dynamics with Dr. Karl Swann
14 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Future Conceived, we delve into the extraordinary moment life begins: egg activation, the precise signal that jolts the egg out...
EP 48: The Calcium Code—SSR Research Award Interview with Dr. Carmen Williams
29 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this highly insightful episode of The Future Conceived, host Cam Schmidt talks with Dr. Carmen Williams, Senior Investigator at the National Instit...
EP47: Egg Activation: Molecular Mechanisms with Dr. Mariana Wolfner
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join host Cameron A. Schmidt, PhD, as he kicks off a new series celebrating the vital role of the egg in sexual reproduction. This episode features a ...
EP46: Fuller W. Bazer Award with Marcella Pecora Milazzotto
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Future Conceived, Dr. Fei Zhao, University of Wisconsin-Madison, sits down with Dr. Marcella Pecora Milazzotto, Federal Univers...
EP45: Sperm Capacitation: Intelligent Motion with Dr. Meisam Zaferani
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode, the conclusion of our mini-series on sperm capacitation, features physicist Dr. Meisam Zaferani discussing sperm motility through the le...
EP44: Alternative Careers in Reproductive Biology: Dr. EglÄ— Ortega, Senior Embryologist at Fertility Institute of Hawaii
28 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Future Conceived we begin a new series, Alternative Careers in Reproductive Biology, which explores jobs for reproductive biolo...
EP43: Sperm Capacitation: Energy Metabolism with Dr. Melanie Balbach
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Future Conceived, host Cam Schmidt talks with Dr. Melanie Balbach, an assistant professor at Michigan State University, about t...
E42: Sperm Capacitation: Molecular Mechanisms with Dr. Pablo Visconti
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Future Conceived, the official podcast of the Society for the Study of Reproduction. In this episode, host Cam Schmidt chats with Dr. Pab...
EP 41: 2025 Training Mentoring Award Interview with Marisa Bartolomei
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to The Future Conceived, the official podcast of the Society for the Study of Reproduction! In this episode, host Cam Schmidt has a fascinatin...
EP 40: What's New at BOR? Expanded Scope, Special Issues, and More!
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Future Conceived, the official podcast of the Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR), host Dr. Pam Monahan welcomes the ed...
EP 39: Interview with 2024 Roger V Short Medal Awardee Dr. Francesca Duncan
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Future Conceived, Dr. Pam Monahan, Northwestern University, sits down with Francesca Duncan, Northwestern University. Dr. Dunca...
EP 38: Interview with 2024 SSR Jansen Distinguished Leadership and Service Award Winner Dr. Katherine Loveland
04 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
EP 37: Interview with 2024 Carl G. Hartman Award Winner Dr. Francesco DeMayo
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Future Conceived, Dr. Yu-Ying Chen, postdoctoral fellow at NIEHS and member of the SSR Virtual Education Committee, sits down w...
EP 36: Interview with 2024 Fuller W. Bazer SSR International Scientist Award Winner Islam Saadeldin
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
EP 35: Interview with 2024 Janice Bahr Junior Scientist Travel Award Winner, Dr. Xiaoqiu Wang
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
EP 34: Interview with 2024 SSR New Investigator Award Winner, Dr. Shuo Xiao
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
EP 33: Interview with 2024 SSR Trainee Mentoring Award Winner, Dr. Paula Cohen
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
EP 32: Fertility Studies and Reproductive Management in Cheetahs Part II
13 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Future Conceived, Dr. Victor A. Ruthig, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, sits down with Rhasaan Bovell, a third-...
EP 31: Challenging Scientific Dogma with Greg Johnson and Ky Pohler
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when your scientific observations conflict with literature? Do challenging scientific dogmas impact the way we do research, and can it ev...
EP 30: Interview with 2024 SSR Research Award Winner, Dr. John Davis
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
EP 29: Interview with 2023 Carl G. Hartman Award Winner, Dr. Bruce Murphy
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Future Conceived, Dr. Victor A. Ruthig, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, sits down with Dr. Bruce D. Murphy, Uni...
EP 28: Interview with 2023 Roger V Short Medal Winner, Dr. Niamh Forde
06 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
EP 27: The world’s first successful IVF in white rhino, interview with Dr. Thomas Hildebrandt
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, Dr. Peter Hansen interviews Dr. Thomas Hildebrandt, Head of Department of Reproduction Management at the Leibniz Institute for Zoo an...
EP 26: Interview with Dr. Joy Pate, the 2021 Trainee Mentoring Awardee
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
To learn all about Dr. Pate's mentoring philosophy and her SSR meeting memories, listen to this interview conducted by Dr. Warren B. Nothnick, wh...
EP 25: Interview with 2023 SSR Jansen Distinguished Service Award Winner Mark Mirando
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
EP 24: Interview with 2023 Virendra B. Mahesh New Investigator Award Winner Dr. Ahmed Balboula
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
EP 23: Interview with 2023 Fuller W Bazer SSR International Scientist Awardee, Dr. Hefeng Huang
19 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
EP 22: Interview with 2023 SSR Research Award Recipient Jodi Flaws, PhD
18 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
EP 21: Interview with Dr Diana Monsivais, the 2023 SSR Bahr Jr Scientist Travel Awardee
11 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of "The Future Conceived", we Interviewed Dr Diana Monsivais, the 2023 SSR Bahr Jr Scientist Travel Awardee. She is an assis...
EP 20: Interview with Dr. Fuller Bazer, a 50+ year long career dedicated to reproductive biology
15 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Follow along as we learn about Dr. Fuller Bazer’s career journey, from his upbringing in Louisiana, his Ph.D. training at North Carolina State Unive...
EP 19: Interview with 2023 SSR Heritage Honoree Dr. Fredrick Stormshak
05 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
EP 18: Interview with Dr Carmen Williams, the recipient of the 2023 SSR Trainee Mentoring Award
30 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From cleaning dishes in a lab, to engineering, to medical school, to senior principal investigator of the "Reproductive Medicine Group" at N...
EP 17: Interview with Dr Benjamin Tsang, the 2022 SSR Distinguished Leadership and Service Awardee
12 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's interview is with Dr Benjamin Tsang, the 2022 SSR Distinguished Leadership and Service Awardee. Dr. Tsang is a Professor Emeritus of Obst...
EP 16: Interview with 2022 SSR Research Awardee Dr Marisa Bartolomei
07 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
EP 15: Interview with 2022 Fuller W Bazer SSR International Scientist Awardee, Dr Moira O'Bryan, University of Melbourne
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
EP 14: Interview with 2022 SSR Trainee Mentoring Awardee Dr. Thomas Curry
09 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
EP 13: Interview with 2022 SSR Janice Bahr Junior Scientist Travel Awardee Dr. Joe (Huanyu) Qiao
09 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
EP 12: Mom’s sleep matters! Impact of sleep apnea during pregnancy on offspring brain function
14 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
EP 11: Interview with 2022 SSR New Investigator Awardee Dr. David Pepin
22 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's interview is all about Dr. David Pepin the winner of the 2022 SSR New Investigator Award. Listen close as we talk about his career journe...
EP 10: Interview with developmental biologist Dr Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz
18 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's interview is with Dr Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz, Professor at the University of Cambridge, UK and Bren Professor at the California Institut...
EP 9: Dr. Barfield, Dr. Wilkins, and the Laramie Foothills Bison Conservation Herd Project!
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Laramie Foothills Bison Conservation Project focuses on the ecologic and reproductive wellbeing of the bison herd at CSU. Today, we are talking to...
EP 8: The impacts of IVF and other Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) on human reproduction with Dr Rebecca Krisher
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is the second episode in our series on Breakthroughs in Reproductive Technologies. Here Dr Jane Fenelon and Dr Rachel West talk to Dr Rebecca Kri...
EP 7: Dr. Crosier: Fertility studies and Reproductive Management in Cheetahs!
12 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is about Dr. Crosier, the director of the cheetah reproductive and research program at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Co...
EP 6: Breakthroughs in Reproductive Technologies: The history of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) in agriculture with Dr Peter Hansen, Part 2
09 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The first in our series on Breakthroughs in Reproductive Technologies. Here Dr Jane Fenelon and Dr Jean-Magloire Feugang interview Prof Peter Hansen o...
EP 5: Breakthroughs in Reproductive Technologies: The history of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) in agriculture with Dr Peter Hansen, Part 1
18 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The first in our series on Breakthroughs in Reproductive Technologies. Here Dr Jane Fenelon and Dr Jean-Magloire Feugang interview Dr Peter Hansen on ...
EP 4: Interview with Dr. Jean-Ju Chung, recipient of the 2021 Janice Bahr Junior Scientist Travel Award
24 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's interview is with Dr. Jean-Ju Chung, the winner of the 2021 Janice Bahr Junior Scientist Travel Award. Listen close as we talk about her ...
EP 3: SSR Interview with SSR Jansen Distinguished Leadership and Service Award Recipient Dr. Bernard Robaire
15 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our third episode in this series is about Dr. Bernard Robaire, the 2021 SSR Jansen Distinguished Leadership and Service Award Recipient. Follow alon...
EP 2: Interview with 2021 SSR New Investigator Awardee Dr. Sue Hammoud
26 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Gather round folks! Time for our second episode! Today's interview is all about Dr. Sue Hammoud the winner of the 2021 SSR New Investigator Award...
EP 1: Dr. Janice Bahr and the Creation of SSR!
23 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The creation of SSR... A tale as old as time. How did the Society for the Study of Reproduction start? Who are the founding fathers and mothers? How h...