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Current Ph.D.
Students Gabriel Carvalho GomesAdvisor: J.E.P. SantosResearch: Bovine reproduction Sarah D. Cochran(MS, South
Dakota State University)
Advisor: P.J.
Hansen
Research: Identification of genes controlling reproduction Anna Denicol
(MPVM University of California-Davis)
Advisor: P.J.
Hansen
Research: Regulation of embryonic development by WNTs
Kyle B.Dobbs(MS, University of Missouri)
Advisor: P.J.
Hansen
Research: Lineage commitment and epigenetics of the preimplantation embryo
Ashley L. Grapes
(MA, Virginia Tech)
Advisor: C.E. Woods
Research: Effects of triclosan on placental function
Leandro Greco
(MSc, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil) Advisor: J.E.P. Santos Research: Regulation of conceptus-endometrial cross-talk and genet expressiopn Dale KelleyAdvisor: C. MortensonResearch: Regulation of utreine blood flow Firdous Khan (MS, Indian Veterinary Research Institute)
Advisor: P.J.
Hansen
Research: Actions of CSF2 on the preimplantation embryo Martha Sofia Ortega (MS, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
Advisor: P.J.
Hansen
Research: Genetic control of reproduction Leticia Pinheiro (MS, Universidade Federal Fluminense)
Advisor: J.E.P. Santos
Research: Bovine reproduction
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Eduardo RibeiroAdvisor: J.E.P. Santos(MS, University of Florida)Advisor: J.E.P. SantosResearch: Influence of anovulation on pre-implantation conceptus development and global gene expression Leticia Del-Penho Sinedino(DVM, MS, Fluminense Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)Advisor: J.E.P. SantosResearch: Regulatory effects of essential fatty acids on reproductive and immune responses in dairy cows
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Maria Christina Vasquez
(MS, California State University)
Advisor: David Julian Research: Effects of stress on development of the horsehoe crab |
AMCB Graduates
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Yaser
Al-Katanani
Ph.D. 2001
Advisor: P.J. Hansen
Dissertation: Responses of bovine oocytes and preimplantation
embryos to elevated temperature: possible causes of embryonic loss and
strategies to improve fertility under heat stress conditions
Current Position: Laboratory
Director, Aurora Fertility Services, Milwaukee, WI
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Todd Bilby
(MS, University of Arkansas)
Advisor: W.W. Thatcher
Research: Effects of bST and polyunsaturated fatty acids on
uterine/conceptus interactions in dairy cattle
T.B. is currently at
Monsanto Corporation.
Mario Binelli
Ph.D. 1999
Dissertation: Maternal-embryonic interactions during early
pregnancy in cattle
Advisor: W. W. Thatcher
M.B currently is Associate Professor, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
Hilary Binta
(MS,
University of
Nairobi; Ph.D.,
2003)
Advisor: M.J. Fields
Dissertation:
Expression of genes involved in prostanoid synthesis in the endometrium and
chorioallantois of the cow
H.B.
currently is Lecturer in the Dept. of Veterinary Reproduction,
Makerere
University,
Kampala, Uganda.
Rafael Bisinotto
Advisor: J.E.P.Santos
Dissertation: Manipulating the ovulatory follicle: Impacts on reproductive tissue gene expression and fertility of dairy cows
R.B.
currently is a doctoral student in the Dept. of Animal Sciences, University of Florida.
Jeremy Block
(MS, University of Florida, 2003; PhD, 2007)
Advisor: P.J. Hansen
Dissertation: Effect
of insulin-like growth factor-1 on development and post transfer survival
of bovine embryos produced in-vitro.
Current
position: Owner, Ovatech LLC, Courtesy Research Assistant Professor, University of Florida (PJ
Hansen)
Aline Bonilla
PhD,
2010
Advisor: P.J. Hansen
Dissertation:
Regulation of Growth and Thermoprotection of the Bovine Preimplantation
Embryo by IGF1
Current position:
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dept. of Pathology, University of Florida
(N. Terada)
Glen Allen Bridges
Advisor: J.V. Yelich
Research: Regulation of the estrous cycle and mechanisms to
improve luteolysis in cattle
G.A.B. currently is an assistant professor at University of Minnesota
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Inho
Choi
Ph.D. 1996
Dissertation: Molecular cloning, characterization, and expression
of multiple porcine cytochrome P450 aromatase complementary
deoxyribonucleic acids and chromosomal genes
Advisor: F.A. Simmen
I.C. is currently Assistant Professor, Division of Biological Resources and
Institute of Biotechnology, Yeungnam University, Korea.
Cheng Feng (Alice) Chow
M.S. 2011
Thesis:
EMechanosensitive channel protein (Mscl) in Mycoplasma bovis
Advisor: Mary B. Brown
Flavia Cooke
M.S. 2008
Thesis:
Expression and action of selective fibroblast
growth factors during peri-attachment bovine conceptus development
Advisor: Alan
Ealy
F.C. is currently a
scientist at Oregon State University
Luiz Augusto de
Castro e Paula (DVM, MS, Universidade de Sao Paulo)
Ph.D.,
2007
Advisor: P.J. Hansen
Dissertation: Role of
oxygen and sphingomyelin metabolism in actions of heat shock on the oocyte
and embryo.
L.A. de C is currently with
GE Bioscience, Sao Paolo, Brazil
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Guenahel
Danet-Desnoyers
Ph.D. 1994
Dissertation: Regulation of endometrial prostaglandin synthesis
by phospholipases, Interferon tau and characterization of an endometrial
prostaglandin synthesis inhibitor in the bovine
Advisor: W.W. Thatcher
G.D.-D. currently is at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Rodolfo
de la Sota
Ph.D. 1995
Dissertation: Endocrine and molecular changes associated with
ovarian follicular dominance in cattle
Advisor: W.W. Thatcher
R.dlS. currently is Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine, La Plata, Argentina.
Andria Desvousges
Advisor: D.C. Sharp
Research: Relationship
between matrix metalloproteinases, metalloproteinase inhibitor 2 and
ovulation in mares
A.
D. is currently a graduate student at the University of
Florida
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Alice A.S. de
Moraes
Ph.D. 1997
Dissertation: Regulation of bovine embryonic development and
protein secretion by granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor and
interleukin-1
Advisor: P.J. Hansen, A.A.S.dM. currently is a high school teacher
in Duncan, SC.
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Alan Ealy
Ph.D. 1994
Dissertation: Developmental changes in resistance of mammalian
embryos to elevated temperature and strategies to improve fertility in
dairy cattle during heat stress
Advisor: P.J. Hansen
A.E. currently is Assistant Professor, Dept. of Animal Sciences,
University of Florida.
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J. Lannet Edwards
Ph.D. 1996, *USDA National Needs Fellow*
Dissertation: Ontogeny of thermotolerance in bovine embryos:
HSP70 synthesis and resistance to heat shock during oocyte maturation and
early embryonic development
Advisor: P.J. Hansen
J.L.E. currently is Professor, Dept. of Animal Science,
University of
Tennessee. Regina Esterman Ph.D, 2010 Advisor: Joel Yelich R.E. is currently a scientist in the laboratory of Alan Ealy, Univ. of Florida
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Justin Fear
MS, 2010
Advisor: P.J.
Hansen
Thesis:
Developmental Acquisition of Apoptosis in the
Preimplantation Bovine Embryo: Returning to the Balance of Life and Death.
Current
Position: Graduate student, Genetic Institute, University of Florida.
Stacey Goicoa
MS
Advisor: K. Moore
Thesis: DNA methyltransferase gene expression in adult
somatic donor cells affects DNA methylation in cloned bovine embryos.
S.G. is currently a graduate student
at the University of Miami
Aydin Guzeloglu
Ph.D. 2003
Dissertation Research: Regulation of prostaglandin synthesis in
endometrium
Advisor: W.W. Thatcher
A.G. is currently an assistant professor in the College of Veterinary
Medicine at the Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey.
Katherine E M Hendricks
Ph.D., 2008
Advisor: P.J. Hansen
Dissertation:
Consequences for the bovine embryo of
being derived from a spermatozoan subjected to post-ejaculatory stress.
Current
Position:
Scientist, Southwest Florida Research and Education
Center, Immokolee, Florida.
F. Dean Jousan
Ph.D. 2006
Advisor: P.J. Hansen
Dissertation: Insulin-like
Growth Factor-I and Apoptosis as Determinants of Preimplantation Bovine
Embryonic Development.
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of
Animal and Dairy Sciences, Mississippi State University
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Andrew
J. Kouba
Ph.D. 1999
Dissertation: Identification, Characterization, and Regulation of
Porcine Oviductal Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 and Functional Analysis
of Oviductal-Specific Secretory Glycoprotein
Advisor: W.C. Buhi
A.J.K. currently is a research scientist at the Cincinnati Zoo, Center for
Research of Endangered Wildlife.
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Andres
Kowalski
PhD, 2001
Advisor: R.C.M. Simmen
Research: Molecular biology of embryo steroidogenesis and steroid
action
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Universidad Centroccidental :Lisandro
Alvarado", Barquisimeto, Venezuela
Joe Kramer
MS, 2005; PhD, 2010
Advisor: K. Moore (MS), K. Drury (PhD)
MS Thesis:
Evaluating gene expression in bovine in vitro produced embryos, nuclear
transfer-derived embryos and donor cells using real-time reverse
transcription polymerase chain reaction
PhD Dissertation:
Molecular and Clinical Investigations Using Animal and Human Systems to
Improve Assisted Reproductive Technologies
Current
Position: Assistant in Embryology, Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology,
University of Florida.
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Inseok Kwak
Ph.D., 2000
Dissertation: Control of gene expression during embryo-maternal
communications
Advisor: F.A. Simmen
I.K.
currently is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Cell Biology at the
Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.
Wen-jun Liu
Ph.D.
1996
Advisor: P.J. Hansen
Dissertation: Regulation of lymphocyte function by sheep endometrial
serpin-like proteins.
W-J
Liu is currently a professor in the Institute of Microbiology Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Barbara Loureiro
PhD, 2010
Advisor: P.J. Hansen
Dissertation: Regulation of the Preimplantation Bovine embryo by Colony Stimulating
Factor 2.
Jennelle McQuown
M.S. 2002
Advisor: R.C.M. Simmen
Thesis: Regulation of uterine
endometrial gene expression involving BTEB1 and estrogen receptor-alpha
Tomislav Modric
Ph.D., 1997
Dissertation:
Expression and function of leukemia inhibitory factor and interleukin-6
genes during porcine pregnancy.
Advisor: F.A. Simmen
T.M. is currently a veterinary medical
officer at the FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine, Rockville, MD
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Florence Ndikum-Moffor
Ph.D. 1995
Dissertation: Identification and characterization of proteins
synthesized by the corpus luteum of cattle during the estrous cycle and
pregnancy
Advisor: M.J. Fields
F.N-M. currently is Senior Scientist for Xeno Tech, Kansas City, Kansas Paula Morelli
MS, 2012Advisor: Alan D. Ealy
Thesis: The influence of Bos indicus genetics on early fetal development and plasma pregnancy-associated glycoprotein concentrations
Nicole Nichols
M.S.
2004
Thesis:
Oxytocin,
relaxin-like factor and the search for bovine relaxin during the
peri-implantation period of pregnancy.
Advisor: M.J. Fields
N.N.
is currently a veterinary student at the University of Florida
Lilian
Oliveira
(MS, Universidade de Sao Paulo)
Dissertation:
Maternal immune changes during bovine pregnancy: a focus on the
endometrial macrophages.
Advisor: P.J. Hansen
Research: Regulatory T cells
L.O. is currently a postdoc at
USP-Pirassinunga, Sao Pauloo, Brazil
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Maria
Beatriz Padua
M.S., 2004; Ph.D., 2009
M.S.
Dissertation: Endometrial adenogenesis and uterine immune
regulation in sheep.
Ph.D.
Dissertation:
Evolution and cellular biology of the
uterine serpins
Advisor: P.J. Hansen
M.B.P is currently a postdoc in the laboratory of N. Chegini, Dept. Ob/Gyn,
University of Florida
Morgan Peltier
Ph.D., 1999
Dissertation: Immunoregulatory activity, biochemistry, and
phylogeny of uterine serpin
Advisor: P.J. Hansen
M.P. currently is at Winthrop
University Hospital, Mineola, NY
Kathleen Pennington
PhD, 2010
Advisor: Alan
Ealy
Dissertation:
Factors effecting
trophoblast development differentiation and function in cattle
Current Position:
Postdoctoral Research Associate,
University of Missouri (L. Schultz)
Fabiola Paula-Lopes
Ph.D., 2002
Dissertation: Determinants
of embryonic resistance to heat shock during the preimplantation period in
cattle
Advisor: P.J. Hansen
F.P-L. is currently a postdoctoral scientist at Universidade de Sao
Paulo
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Michael
B. Porter
Ph.D. University of Florida
Advisor: D.C. Sharp
Research: Equine GnRH receptors and signal transduction
Current Position: Resident, College of Veterinary Medicine,
University of Florida Maria Belen Rabaglino
(DVM, Argentina; MS, Univ. of Florida)Ph.D., 2012
Advisor:
Charles Wood
Dissertation: Application of the microarray technology to study the genomics of the ovine fetal brain during the last stage of gestationCurrent position: faculty, Argentina
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Lee C. Raley
Ph.D. 2000
Advisor: S.A. Benner
Research: Evolution of artiodactyl ribonucleases
L.R.
is currently Director of Research and Formulary at Flo-Tec, Inc., Largo,
Florida
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Karen
L. Reed
Ph.D. 1997, *USDA National Needs Fellow*
Dissertation: Mechanisms regulating endometrial expression of the
genes encoding porcine secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor (SLPI) and
porcine uteroferrin (UF): a role for maternal-embryonic interactions
Advisor: R.C.M. Simmen
K.R. currently is Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Pharmacology &
Experimental Therapeutics, Boston University School of Medicine.
Sarah Reed
Ph.D., 2009,
*USDA National Needs Fellow*
Dissertation:
Isolation and
Characterization of Equine Umbilical Cord Blood Derived Stem Cells
Advisor: Sally
Johnson
Rocio M.
Rivera
(MS, Iowa State University, PhD, 2003)
Advisor: P.J. Hansen
Dissertation: Cellular,
sub-cellular and developmental responses of two-cell bovine embryos
to a physiologically-relevant heat shock.
R.M.R.
is currently an assistant professor in the Dept. of Animal Sciences, University of
Missouri.
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Eric
J.-P. Schmitt
Ph.D. 1995
Dissertation: Pharmacological manipulation of ovarian follicular
function in cattle
Advisor: W.W. Thatcher
E.J. P.S. currently is Research Scientist in Product Development,
International Pharmacia-Upjohn, Paris, France.
Luciano Silva
PhD, 2009
Dissertation: Uterine and Ovarian Vascular and Architectural
Changes in Equids and Bovids; With Emphasis on Effect of the Conceptus
Advisor: Dan
Sharp
Current
Position: Faculty, Universidade de S?o Paulo, Faculdade de Zootecnia e
Engenharia de Alimentos da USP, Pirassununga
Flavio
Silvestre, Ph.D., 2008
Dissertation:
Nutraceutical and hormonal regulation of immunity, uterine
health, fertility and milk production of postpartum dairy cows
Advisor: W.W. Thatcher
F.S. is
currently with Pfizer Animal Health.
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Sihong Song
Ph.D. 1996
Dissertation: Structural and functional analysis of the
endometrial gene encoding insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-2
Advisor: F.A.
Simmen S.S. currently is a Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutics,
University of Florida. Sha Tao Ph.d., 2012
Advisor: Geoff Dahl
Dissertation Effects of heat stress during the dry period on dairy cattle S.T. is currently a postdoctoral research scientist in the Dept. of Animal Sciences, University of Florida
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Saban Tekin
Ph.D. 2002
Dissertation: Natural
killer-like cells in peripheral blood and uterine endometrium in sheep:
Characteristics and regulation by pregnancy associated proteins.
Advisor: P.J.Hansen
S.T.
is currently an associate professor at Gaziomanpasa Univeristy, Tokat,
Turkey.
Izabella Thompson
M.S., 2009
Thesis:
Integration of metabolic and hormonal responses with conceptus/endometrial
gene expression for the optimization of postpartum reproductive management
of dairy cows
Advisor:
William Thatcher
I.Z. is
currently a Ph.D. student in Animal Sciences at UF.
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Thais
Diaz Zambrano
Ph.D. 1998
Dissertation: Mechanisms that control follicular dominance in
cattle Advisor: W.W. Thatcher T.D.Z. currently is Assistant
Professor at Central University of Venezuela, Maracay, Venezuela.
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Qien Yang
(MS, China Agricultural University) PhD 2011 Dissertation: The actions of FGFs during peri-implantation conceptus development in cattle Advisor: Alan Ealy Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Washington State University, germline stem cell development (J. Oatley)
Daying
Zhang
Ph.D. 2002
Dissertation:
Regulation
of uterine endometrial gene expression and growth by the Sp/Kr?ppel-like
family member, basic transcription element binding protein
Advisor: F.A. Simmen
D.Z
is currently a postdoctoral scientist in the Dept of Physiology and
Functional Genomics, University of Florida Kun Zhang PhD 2011 Dissertation: FGF signal requirement for bovine oocyte maturation and developmental competence Advisor: Alan Ealy Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, epigenetic programming (J. Mager)
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