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Email

Momal.Sharif@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor

Obstetrics & Gynecology
Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States

Postdoctoral Associate

Obstetrics & Gynecology
ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine

Education

BS from COMSATS University

01/2012 - Islamabad, Pakistan

MS from University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

05/2015 - Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, United States

PhD from University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

12/2019 - Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, United States

Honors & Awards

T32 Postdoctoral Fellow

Comprehensive Mechanisms in Reproductive Sciences

NIH

Postdoctoral Fellowship

Advanced Research and Innovation in Reproductive Health

Lalor Foundation

Dean’s Award of Excellence

ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine

Academic Excellence Award

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

Faculty Development International Graduate Student Fellowship

COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan

Selected Publications

• DNA Methylation Dynamics in the Female Germline and Maternal-Effect Mutations That Disrupt Genomic Imprinting.. " 2021 ;
• Progesterone Induces Porcine Sperm Release from Oviduct Glycans in a Proteasome-Dependent Manner.. " 2021 ;
• The adverse reproductive outcomes resulting from maternal loss of Nlrp2 are not improved by in vitro fertilization or by embryo transfer into a wild-type uterus, consistent with an oocyte-specific defect.. " 2020 ;
• Adhesion to Oviduct glycans regulates porcine sperm Ca2+ influx and viability.. " 2020 ;
• Sperm Cohort-Specific Zinc Signature Acquisition and Capacitation-Induced Zinc Flux Regulate Sperm Oviduct and Sperm-Zona Pellucida Interactions.. " 2020 ;
• Release of porcine sperm from oviduct cells is stimulated by progesterone and requires CatSper.. " 2019 ;
• Redistribution of soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive-factor attachment protein receptors in mouse sperm membranes prior to the acrosome reaction.. " 2017 ;
• Hyperactivation is sufficient to release porcine sperm from immobilized oviduct glycans.. " 2022 ;
• Loss of the maternal effect gene Nlrp2 alters the transcriptome of ovulated mouse oocytes and impacts expression of histone demethylase KDM1B.. " 2023 ;
• Comparison of Four Protocols for In Vitro Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells into Trophoblast Lineages by BMP4 and Dual Inhibition of Activin/Nodal and FGF2 Signaling.. " 2023 ;
• Take your mother’s ferry: preimplantation embryo development requires maternal karyopherins for nuclear transport.. " 2023 ;
• " 2025 ;

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Memberships

American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG)

Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR)

International Society for Prenatal Diagnosis (ISPD)

American Society for Reproductive Medicine