Reproduction Retiree Roundup

September 12, 2008

Join faculty, student and alumni colleagues in Animal Sciences, Ob/Gyn, AMCB and Reproductive Biology and Perinatology Programs on September 12 for a symposium and banquet honoring Drs. Bill Buhi, Mike Fields, and Dan Sharp for their life’s work in mammalian reproduction.  They are each retiring at some point in 2008 and the event will be a chance for us to celebrate their accomplishments.

The banquet will be at the Sweet Water Branch Inn, 6:30 – 10:30 PM, 625 East University Avenue, Gainesville FL 32601. A form for reservations is available.

The symposium will be held in Rm 282 Reitz Union. 

Symposium Schedule

Advances in Reproductive Biology

9:00 AM          P. J. Hansen, Geoff Dahl, and Nasser Chegini, University of Florida.  Introductory Remarks

9:30 AM          Frank 'Skip' Bartol, Auburn University. Got Milk? - Maternal lactocrine programming of the female reproductive tract

10:00 AM        Rosie Simmen, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences/Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center. Nuclear hormone receptors and Sp/KLF family members in the control of normal and pathological uterine growth

10:30 AM        Break

11:00 AM        Ed Squires, University of Kentucky. Technologies for the modern horse breeding farm

11:30 AM        Andres Kowalski, Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado. The use of biotechnologies to improve dairy producer efficiency under tropical conditions

12:00 PM         LUNCH 

1:00 PM           Moti Shemesh, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. sRNA and the cow - COX II and viral inhibition 

1:30 PM           Mark Mirando, USDA-CSREES. A role for oxytocin in luteolysis and pregnancy recognition in swine

2:00 PM           C.V. Rao, Florida International University College of Medicine. The saga on the search for novel targets of LH and hCG action

2:30 PM           Michael Vernon, West Virginia University. The aberrant effects of the endometriotic implant on the fertility of patients with endometriosis

3:00 PM           Break

3:15 PM           Karen McDowell, University of Kentucky. Mare reproductive loss syndrome:  deductive investigations into the role of eastern tent caterpillars

3:45 PM           J. Lannett Edwards, University of Tennessee. Heat stress induces premature aging of the ovum to reduce dairy cow fertility

4:15 PM           Luciano Silva, University of Florida. Role of the equine conceptus in endometrial angiogenesis and architecture

4:45 PM          Phillip Fields, University of South Alabama College of Medicine. Preimplantation maintenance of endometrial epithelial cells