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Email

Momal.Sharif@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor

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

Postdoctoral Associate

Obstetrics & Gynecology
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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

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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