Reproduction Science Seminar: September 10, 2025
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"Updated Proteomic Technology for Translational Research: Single Cell and Spatial Proteomics"
 | Speaker: Date: Wednesday, September 10, 2025, 4-5 p.m. Location: |
In-person and virtual options. All are welcome!
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About the Speaker
Michael Lampson, a professor in the Department of Biology, was elected as a 2024 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) fellow, one of six across Penn given the honor. Overall, more than 500 scientists, engineers, and innovators across 24 different fields are part of this class of fellows, recognized for their “scientifically and socially distinguished achievements.”
Lampson was recognized by the AAAS for contributions to cell biology in the biological sciences, particularly for advancing scientists’ understanding of chromosome segregation in cell division and inheritance through the germline.
Broadly, he studies the cell biology of meiotic drive—how certain genetic elements “cheat” to increase their representation—as well as centromere inheritance through the germline, optogenetic tools for cell biology, and the mechanics of cell division. He has published in Nature Cell Biology, the Journal of Cell Biology, Cell, Current Biology, the Journal of the American Chemical Society, and many other academic journals. He joined Penn’s faculty in 2007 and in 2008 was named a Searle Scholar, a program that makes grants to selected universities and research centers to support the independent research of exceptional young faculty in the biomedical sciences and chemistry.
Within the broad theme of cell division, his lab's research is currently focused in the following areas:
- Cell biology of meiotic drive: genetic cheating in violation of Mendel's First Law
- Centromere inheritance through the germline
- Optogenetic tools for cell biology
- Mechanics of cell division, particularly interactions between chromosomes and spindle microtubules and regulation by mitotic kinases
- For more information, visit the lab webpage.
About the IRHG Seminar Series
The goal of the Interdisciplinary Reproduction & Health Group (IRHG) Seminar Series is to highlight transdisciplinary precision research taking place in the reproductive health field, provide opportunities for collaboration among researchers to build their own research efforts and promote clinical/researcher activity across the University of Missouri System and our partners.
The IRHG was organized and established through a faculty-driven, grass roots effort in 2016 to develop an integrative interdisciplinary program that transcends traditional departmental, college and system boundaries to foster excellence in reproduction, health research and education at Mizzou.
View all upcoming Reproductive Health events on the IRHG Seminar Series website.
For questions about this event, please reach out to Wipawee Winuthayanon.