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Current Ph.D.
Students
Aline Bonilla
(DVM, MS, Universidade
Federal de Viçosa)
Advisor: P.J. Hansen
Research: Actions of IGF-1 on preimplantation embryos
Andria Desvousges
(MS, University of Florida)
Advisor: M. Troedsson
Research:
Stallion seminal plasma proteins and endometritis
Regina Esterman
(MS
University of Florida)
Advisor: Joel
Yelich
Research:
Oocyte quality
Sarah D. Fields
(MS South
Dakota State University)
Advisor: P.J.
Hansen and A.D. Ealy
Research:
Growth factor
regulation of embryonic development
Katherine E M Hendricks
(DVM
University of the West Indies; MS
University of Florida)
Advisor: P.J. Hansen
Research: Environmental effects on sperm that compromise embryo
development
Joe Kramer
(MS,
University of Florida)
Advisor: Ken
Drury and Karen Moore
Research:
Human assisted
reproduction
Barbara Loureiro
(DVM,
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco)
Advisor: P.J. Hansen
Research: Regulation of embryonic development by cytokines
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Lilian
Oliveira
(MS, Universidade de Sao Paulo)
Advisor: P.J. Hansen
Research: Regulatory T cells
Maria Beatriz
Padua
(MS, University of Florida, 2004)
Advisor: P.J. Hansen
Research: Ovine uterine serpin
Kathleen Pennington
Advisor: Alan
Ealy
Research:
Placental
differentiation and hormone production in ruminants
Sarah Reed
Advisor: Sally
Johnson
Research:
Muscle biology
Luciano Silva
(DVM, MS, Universidade Federal de Viçosa)
Advisor: Dan
Sharp
Research:
Uterine
angiogenesis, embryonic vasculogenesis, and tissue remodeling
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Flavio
Silvestre
(MS, University of Florida)
Advisor: W.W. Thatcher
Sha Tao
Advisor: Geoff Dahl
Research: Lactation
Qien Yang
(MS, China Agricultural University)
Advisor: Alan
Ealy
Research:
Regulation of
interferon-tau secretion in bovine placenta
Kun Zhang
Advisor: Alan
Ealy
Research:
Placental
development
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Current M.S.
Students
Rafael Bisinotto
Advisor: Jose
E. P. Santos
Research:
Nutrition-reproduction interactions
Flavia Cooke
Advisor: Alan
Ealy
Research:
fibroblast growth factors during embryonic development
Justin Fear
Advisor: P.J.
Hansen
Research:
Regulation of
apoptosis in preimplantation embryos
Izabella Thompson
Advisor:
William Thatcher
Research:
Pregnancy associated glycoprotein
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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: Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of
Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Florida
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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 an Assistant Professor in the University of San 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.
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: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Florida (PJ
Hansen); co-owner, Embogen, Inc.
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 a graduate student at
Ohio State University
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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.
Luiz Augusto de
Castro e Paula
(DVM, MS, Universidade de Sao Paulo)
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 a research scientist at EMBRAPA,
Campo Grande, 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 Associate Professor, Dept. of Animal Science,
University of
Tennessee.
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Stacey Goicoa
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.
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: Assistant 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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Andrés
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
Advisor: K. Moore
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
Current
Position:Research
Embryologist at Reproductive Medicine Associates of New Jersey.
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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.
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
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
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Maria
Beatriz Padua
M.S., 2004
Dissertation: Endometrial adenogenesis and uterine immune
regulation in sheep.
Advisor: P.J. Hansen
M.B.P is currently working towards a Ph.D. in the AMCB program
Morgan Peltier
Ph.D., 1999
Dissertation: Immunoregulatory activity, biochemistry, and
phylogeny of uterine serpin
Advisor: P.J. Hansen
M.P. currently is an assistant professor in the Department of
Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Robert Wood Johnson
Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ
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
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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.
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.
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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 Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutics,
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 assistant professor at Gaziomanpasa Univeristy, Tokat,
Turkey.
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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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Daying
Zhang
Ph.D. 2002
Dissertation:
Regulation
of uterine endometrial gene expression and growth by the Sp/Krϋppel-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
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