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Spring 2009

Date Speaker Affiliation Topic
January 9, 2009, 12:00 PM, Rm 102 Animal Science Building (Bldg 459) Zvi Roth Dept. of Animal Sciences, Hebrew University Seasonal effects on bovine sperm and oocytes
February 27, 2009, Rm 102 Animal Science Building (Bldg 459) Regina Esterman Dept. of Animal Sciences, UF Investigation of myostatin mutations in common cattle breeds
March 27, 2009, Rm 102 Animal Science Building (Bldg 459) Jeff Abbott Dept. of Inf Dis & Pathology, UF In vitro culture of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and A. marginale in endothelial cells: infectivity and use as vaccination
April 3, 2009, Rm 102 Animal Science Building (Bldg 459) Mary Brown Dept. of Inf Dis & Pathology, UF Proteolytic phenotype of Mycoplasma mycoides LC: molecular and virulence studies
April 8, 2009, Rm 151 Animal Science Building (Bldg 459) (8:30 AM) Luciano Silva Dept. of Animal Sciences, UF (exit seminar for Ph.D.) Uterine and ovarian vascular and architectural changes in equids and bovids with emphasis on effect of the conceptus
April 10, 2009, Rm 102 Animal Science Building (Bldg 459) Izabella Thompson Dept. of Animal Sciences, UF

Roles of pregnancy associated glycoproteins (PAGs) during pregnancy: a mystery close to being solved?

April 14, 2009, Rm 102 Larson Dairy Science Building (Bldg 499) Maria Padua Dept. of Animal Sciences, UF (exit seminar for Ph.D.) Evolution and cellular biology of the uterine serpins

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Fall 2008

Date Speaker Affiliation Topic
September 19, 12:00 PM, Rm 102 Animal Science Building (Bldg 459) Sarah Reed Dept. of Animal Sciences, UF Tendon development: Lessons from the chicken and mouse
October 3, 12:00 PM, Rm 102 Animal Science Building (Bldg 459) R. Wu Dept. of Statistics, UF Statistical genetics: Current status and our opportunities
October 17, 12:00 PM, Rm 102 Animal Science Building (Bldg 459) C. Osovitz Dept. of Zoology, UF Inferring the environment from gene expression in marine invertebrates
November 7, 12:00 PM, Rm 102 Animal Science Building (Bldg 459) Q. Yang Dept. of Animal Sciences, UF Fibroblast growth factor 2-induced expression of interferon tau is mediated by protein kinase C in bovine trophectoderm
November 21, 12:00 PM, Rm 102 Animal Science Building (Bldg 459) B Loureiro Dept. of Animal Sciences, UF Regulation of embryonic development and survival by granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor in cattle


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Spring 2008

Date Speaker Affiliation Topic
February 1, 12:00 PM, Rm 102 Animal Science Building (Bldg 459) WW Thatcher and AD Ealy Dept. of Animal Sciences, UF FROM HOOF TO CHIP: Effect of lactation and pregnancy on endometrial gene expression in dairy cattle
February 15, 12:00 PM, Rm 102 Animal Science Building (Bldg 459) SA Reed Dept. of Animal Sciences, UF Stem cells: Heirarchy, self renewal, and niches
February 22, 12:00 PM, Rm 102 Animal Science Building (Bldg 459) C Klein Dept. of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, UF Deciphering embryo-maternal communication in the horse - a genomic approach
March 7, 1:00 PM, Rm 151 Animal Science Building (Bldg 459) RM Roberts Dept. of Animal Sciences, Univ. of Missouri Can a mother's diet affect the sex of the offspring?
March 21, 12:00 PM, Rm 102 Animal Science Building (Bldg 459) F Cooke Dept. of Animal Sciences, UF The expression of fibroblast growth factors (FGF) and their receptors in bovine conceptuses
April 4, 12:00 PM, Rm 102 Animal Science Building (Bldg 459) N Chegini Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology, UF The emerging role of microRNAs in reproductive biology and medicine
April 11, 12:00 PM, Rm 102 Animal Science Building (Bldg 459) FT Silvestre Dept. of Animal Sciences, UF Nutraceutical regulation of immunity in the postpartum dairy cow
April 24, 12:00 PM, Rm 102 Larson Dairy Science Building (Bldg 499) R.C.M. Simmen Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences New paradigms in estrogen receptor-α signaling: Lessons from KLF9 knock-out mice

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Fall 2007

Date Speaker Affiliation Topic
September 21, 12:00 PM, Rm 102 Animal Science Building (Bldg 459) Maria Padua Dept. of Animal Sciences, UF Evolution of uterine serpins
October 5, 12:00 PM, Rm 102 Animal Science Building (Bldg 459) Sihong Song Dept. of Pharmaceutics, UF The therapeutic potential of alpha 1 antitrypsin for autoimmune diseases
October 19, 12:00 PM, Rm 102 Animal Science Building (Bldg 459) Robert J. Cousins Dept. of Food Sci & Human Nutr., UF Molecular and cell biology of mammalian zinc metabolism: approached using siRNA and knockout mice
November 16, 12:00 PM, Rm 102 Animal Science Building (Bldg 459) Kathleen Pennington Dept. of Animal Sciences, UF Uterine-derived factors that affect conceptus development and IFNT production
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Spring 2007

Date Speaker Affiliation Topic
January 19, 2007, 11:45 AM, Rm 201 L.E. "Red" Larson Dairy Sci Bldg (Bldg 499) Weihong Tan Dept. of Chemistry, UF Molecular elucidation of cancer: a chemical biology approach
February 23, 2007, 12:00 PM, Rm 102 Animal Science Building Luiz Augusto de Castro e Paula Dept. of Animal Sciences, UF Ceramide signaling in preimplantation bovine embryos
March 9, 2007, 12:00 PM, Rm 102 Animal Science Building Andria Desvousges Dept. of Large Anim. Clinical Sci., UF Identification and characterization of specific seminal plasma proteins involved in selective sperm elimination from the uterus
Fall, 2006      
September 8, 12:00 PM, Rm 102 Animal Science Building Naohiro Terada Dept. of Pathology, UF Directing Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation
October 13, 12:00 PM, Rm 102 Animal Science Building Katherine Hendricks Dept. of Animal Sciences, UF Contributions of the spermatozoa to the embryo's developmental potential
November 17, 12:00 PM, Rm 102 Animal Science Building Susan C. Frost Dept. of Biochem & Mol. Biol., UF Role of GLUT1 and CAIX in Hypoxia-mediated Breast Cancer Metastasis
December 1, 12:00 PM, Rm 102 Animal Science Building Jeremy Block Dept. of Animal Sciences, UF Actions of insulin-like growth factor-1 on the preimplantation bovine embryo
March 23, 2007,  12:00 PM, Rm 102 Animal Science Building Michelle Eroh Dept. of Animal Sciences, UF Regulation of Cox-2 in reproductive tissues
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Spring 2006

Date Speaker Affiliation Topic
February 24, 2:00 PM Rm 102 Animal Science Building Phyllis LuValle Dept. of Anatomy & Cell Biology, UF The role of ATF-2 in Skeletal Growth


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Fall 2005

Date Speaker Affiliation Topic
September 23 David Julian Dept. of Zoology, UF Living with sulfide while your mitochondria are dying
November 4 Nancy Denslow Dept. Physiol. Sci. & Center for Environ. Human Toxicol., UF Fish as a Model for Testing Gene Activation by Endocrine Active Compounds


Director: Lokenga Badinga
Co-Director: Alan D. Ealy
Webmaster: Peter J. Hansen
Last updated: Tuesday September 29 2009
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Gainesville, Florida 32611-0910
Phone:(352) 392-5590
Fax:(352) 392-5595
 

 

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Spring 2005

Date Speaker Affiliation Topic
January 14, 2:00 pm
Animal Science Bldg 459, Rm 102
Greg Schultz Dept. Ob/Gyn, University of Florida
SiRNA: Mechanism and Applications
February 25, 2:00 pm
Animal Science Bldg 459, Rm 102
Keith Choe Dept. of Zoology
Cation and acid transporters in the gills of an ancestral vertebrate: Potential roles in pH and osmoregulation
March 25, 2:00 pm
Animal Science Bldg 459, Rm 102
Sophie Wang Dept. of Animal Sciences

Atypical Raf kinase signal system controlling skeletal myogenesis

April 8, 2:00 pm
Animal Science Bldg 459, Rm 102
Todd Bilby Dept. of Animal Sciences Pregnancy, bST and a diet enriched in omega-3 fatty acids in lactating dairy cows: endometrial gene expression and the uterine environment
April 22, 2:00 pm
Animal Science Bldg 459, Rm 102

 

Dean Jousan Dept. of Animal Sciences Anti-apoptotic and growth-promoting actions of insulin-like growth factor-I, a survival factor for bovine preimplant- ation embryos subjected to heat shock, are mediated through distinct signaling pathways
May 5, 3:00 pm
Vet Med V1-103B

 

Doug Stocco Texas Tech University The Role of the Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory (StAR) Protein in the Regulation of Steroid Biosynthesis: An Update


Director: Lokenga Badinga
Co-Director: Alan D. Ealy
Webmaster: Peter J. Hansen
Last updated: Tuesday September 29 2009
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Gainesville, Florida 32611-0910
Phone:(352) 392-5590
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Fall 2004

Date Speaker Affiliation Topic
Sept 24, 9:00 am
Animal Science Bldg 459, Rm 102
Terry Stoming GE Health Care
The many uses of the Typhoon 9210  variable mode imager
 
Nov. 18, 1:30 PM
Dairy Science Bldg 499, Rm 201
Bryon Peterson
 Dept. of Pathology
University of Florida
Stem Cells: Showing their potential for curing disease
Nov. 19, 9:00 AM
Animal Science Bldg 459, Rm 102
Amir Arav
Agricultural Research Organization,
Volcani, Israel
Between Chilling Injury and Heat Stress
Dec. 10, 1:30 PM
Dairy Science Bldg 499, Rm 201
(note room change)
Maria Beatriz Padua
Dept. of Animal Sciences
University of Florida
The uterine gland knockout (UGKO) ewe as a model for uterine biology
       


Director: Lokenga Badinga
Co-Director: Alan D. Ealy
Webmaster: Peter J. Hansen
Last updated: Tuesday September 29 2009
University of Florida
Department of Animal Sciences
PO Box 110910
Gainesville, Florida 32611-0910
Phone:(352) 392-5590
Fax:(352) 392-5595