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Jeremy Block, Ph.D., Animal Sciences (Animal Molecular and Cell Biology), expected graduation is August, 2006. Thesis topic is improvement in embryo transfer efficiency using in vitro produced embryos. M.S. (Animal Sciences) completed in August, 2003. M.S. Thesis title: Strategies to improve post-transfer survival of bovine embryos produced in vitro.
Luis Augusto de Castro e Paula, Ph.D., Animal Sciences (Animal Molecular and Cell Biology), expected graduation is December, 2006. Thesis topic is apoptosis responses in preimplantation embryos.
Carlos Franco, M.S., Animal Sciences, expected graduation is December, 2005. Thesis topic is regulation of embryonic responses to heat shock.
Frank Dean Jousan, Ph.D., Animal Sciences (Animal Molecular and Cell Biology), expected graduation is December, 2005. Thesis topic is regulation of apoptosis in preimplantation embryos.
Maria Beatriz Padua, Ph.D. Animal Sciences (Animal Molecular and Cell Biology), expected graduation is August, 2007. Research topic is regulation of uterine immune function by progesterone. Received M.S., Animal Sciences (Animal Molecular and Cell Biology) in 2004. Thesis: Endometrial adenogenesis and uterine immune regulation in sheep.
Katherine May Hendricks, Ph.D. Animal Sciences (Animal Molecular and Cell Biology), expected graduation is December, 2007. Research topic is genetic basis for thermotolerance.
Present Postdoctoral and Visiting Scientists
Amy Fischer-Brown (Ph.D.,
Barbara Loureiro, M.S. candidate, Universidade Federal
de Pernambuco,
Martha Hoggard, 1984-1986.
Marie V. Leslie, 1986-1990. Also
received M.S. degree, 1990. Subsequently obtained DVM and currently in private
veterinary practice,
Susan Gottshall, 1991-1996. Present position; scientist in Discovery
Research Division, Purdue Pharma
Corporation,
Rocío M. Rivera, 1996-2003
(presently doing a postdoctoral program at the
Amber Brad, 2003-present.
2005 Lab Photograph
photo by Sarah Wagner
– taken outside Grinter Hall
click on the photo to open
in new window; an alternate 2005
picture is here
Kneeling (left to
right): Luiz Agusto de Cstro e Paula
(Guto), Maria Beatriz Padua, Amber Brad, Pete Hansen, Patrick Thompson,
Amy Fischer-Brown, Carlos
Moises Franco and Dean Jousan
Standing: Barbara Loureiro, Jeremy Block, and Katherine Hendricls
Past Graduate Students
1. Jerry R. Malayer, Ph.D., 1989, Animal Science (Biochemistry minor). Thesis Title: Uterine, oviductal and conceptus responses to heat shock. Postdoctoral training: Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin (Jack Gorski). Present Position: Associate Professor, Dept. of Physiological Sciences, and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oklahoma State University.
2. Claire Plante, Ph.D., 1990, Animal Science (W. W. Thatcher, co-chair). Thesis Title: The role of alpha-interferons in the recognition of pregnancy in cattle. Postdoctoral training: Dept. of Pathology, University of Guelph (R. Miller). Present Position: Therion Research Ltd. and Plante Veterinary Services, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
3. Boon Guan Low, Ph.D., 1990, Veterinary Medicine-Animal Biology (M. Drost, chair; P.J. Hansen, co-chair). Thesis Title: Expression of major histocompatibility complex antigens in the placenta and pregnancy immunology in ruminants. Postdoctoral training: Dept. of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri (R.M. Roberts). Present position: Scientist -Nucleic Acids Systems, Chiron Corp., Tokyo, Japan.
4. François Elvinger, Ph.D., 1990, Animal Science (R.P. Natzke, chair; P.J. Hansen, co-chair). Thesis Title: Immunomodulation by heat stress and somatotropin in dairy cows: relevance for the epidemiology of mastitis. Present Position: Associate Professor, Dept. of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Virginia Polytechnical Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia.
5. Manuel F. Lander Chacin, M.S., 1990, Veterinary Medicine-Animal Biology (M. Drost, chair; P.J. Hansen, co-chair). Thesis Title: Uterine immune mechanisms in the bovine. Present Position: Private veterinary practice, Anaco, Venezuela.
6. Marie V. Leslie, M.S., 1991, Dairy Science. Thesis Title: Characterization of secretion of the uterine milk proteins produced by the sheep and cow uterus. Present Position: private veterinary practice, Trenton Animal Hospital, Trenton, Florida.
7. Alan Ealy, Ph.D., 1994, Animal Science (Animal Molecular and Cell Biology). Thesis Title: Developmental changes in resistance of mammalian embryos to elevated temperature and strategies to improve fertility in dairy cattle during heat stress. Postdoctoral Fellow (1994-1998) and Research Assistant Professor (1998-2000), Dept. of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia (under R.M. Roberts). Present Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Dairy and Animal Science, Pennsylvania State University.
8. Jill Davidson, M.S., 1994, Dairy Science. Thesis title: Regulation of bovine uterine and embryonic function by interleukin-1 and interferons. Received Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2002. Current position: Herd Manager, USDA Dairy Forage Research Laboratory, Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin.
9. Victor Monterroso, M.S., 1995, Dairy and Poultry Sciences. Thesis Title: Influence of heat shock on function of frozen/thawed bovine sperm. Present Position: Assistant Director and Chief, Veterinary Services, Mannheimer Foundation, Homestead, Florida.
10. Wen-jun Liu, Ph.D., 1996, Animal Science
(Animal Molecular and Cell Biology). Thesis Title: Regulation of lymphocyte
function by sheep endometrial serpin-like proteins. Present Position: Present Position:
Professor, Institute of Microbiology Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Beijing, China. Postdoctoral training: Howard Hughes Medical
Institute, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (Supervisor: Joan Weliky
Conaway)and Dept. of Medicine, University of
11. Janice Lannett
Edwards, Ph.D., 1996, Animal Science (Animal Molecular and Cell Biology).
Thesis Title: Ontogeny of thermotolerance in bovine embryos:
12. Carlos Aréchiga, M.S., 1994, Dairy Science;
Ph.D., 1997, Animal Science. M.S. Thesis Title: The role of antioxidants in
thermoprotection of embryos. Ph.D. Thesis Title: Strategies for
improving reproduction and milk yield of dairy cows through use of antioxidants
and timed insemination. Present
position: Dean, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad
Autonoma de Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico.
13. Alice de Moraes, Ph.D., 1997, Animal Science (Animal Molecular and Cell Biology). Thesis Title: Regulation of bovine embryonic development and protein secretion by granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor and interleukin-1. Present position: Teacher, J.F. Byrnes High School, Duncan, SC.
14. Morgan Peltier,
Ph.D., 2000, Animal Science (Animal Molecular and Cell Biology). Thesis title: Immunoregulatory
activity, biochemistry and phylogeny of uterine serpin. Recipient 2001
Graduate Research Award, University of Florida Chapter of Sigma Xi. Present
position: Postdoctoral training: Dept. of Pathobiology, University of Florida
College of Veterinary Medicine (Supervisor: Mary A. Brown). Current position: Assistant Professor in the Department of
Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences,
15. Andrew Majewski, M.S., 2001. Thesis title: Regulation of uterine immune function in the sheep by progesterone and the conceptus. Current position: Clinical Field Laboratory and Logistics Coordinator, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, New York, NY.
16. Yaser Al Katanani, Ph.D., Animal Science (Animal Molecular and Cell Biology), 2001. Thesis title: Responses of bovine oocytes and preimplantation embryos to elevated temperature: possible causes of embryonic loss and strategies to improve fertility under heat stress conditions. Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Florida (R.T. Kennedy, K. Moore and P.J. Hansen, supervisors). Current position: Clinical Assistant Professor, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Florida.
17. Saban Tekin, Ph.D., Animal Science (Animal
Molecular and Cell Biology), 2002. Thesis title: Natural killer-like cells in peripheral blood
and uterine endometrium in sheep:
Characteristics and regulation by pregnancy associated proteins. Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dept. of
Animal Sciences,
18. Heather Rosson, M.Ag., Animal Sciences, 2002. Research topic was characterization of ovine uterine serpin in colostrum. Present position: veterinary school, University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine.
19. Fabíola Freitas de Paula Lopes, M.S., 1998, Ph.D., 2002; Animal Sciences (Animal Molecular and Cell Biology), M.S. Thesis title: Regulation of bovine embryonic development by interleukin-1. Ph.D. Dissertation title: Determinants of embryonic resistance to heat shock during the preimplantation period in cattle. Recipient of the 1997 International Student Academic Award bestowed by the University of Florida College of Agriculture. Awarded University of Florida Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences Dissertation of the Year, 2003. Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Lehrstuhl für Molekulare Tierzucht und Biotechnologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Müenchen (Eckhard Wolf, Supervisor).
20. Paolete
Soto, M.S., Animal Sciences, 2003 (R.P. Natzke, co-chair). Thesis:
In Vitro Actions of Mediators of Inflammation on the Bovine Oocyte and
Embryo.Recipient of the 2000 International Student Academic Award bestowed
by the University of Florida College of Agriculture. Present position: Ph.D. student,
21. Rocio Rivera, Ph.D., Animal Sciences (Animal
Molecular and Cell Biology), 2003.
Dissertation: Cellular,
sub-cellular and developmental responses of bovine two-cell embryos to a
physiologically-relevant heat shock. Winner
of the 2002 Ruska Award from the Southeastern Microscopy Society; 2003 Graduate
Student of the Year, University of
22. Charles E. Krininger
1. Gary R. Newton (Ph.D., University of Kentucky). Postdoctoral Research Associate 1986-1989. Present Position: Research Scientist, Cooperative Agriculture Research Center, Prairie View A & M University, Prairie View, Texas; Adjunct Associate Professor, Dept. of Animal Science, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas.
2. J. Gordon Betts (Ph.D., Texas A & M University). Postdoctoral Research Associate 9/89-9/91. Present Position: Safety Dept., Petrofac LLC, Tyler, Texas.
3. Boris Skopets (D.V.M., Latvian Agricultural Academy; Ph.D., Latvian Research Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine). Postdoctoral Research Associate 8/90-7/92. Present position: Facilities Veterinarian, NIH NMR Center, National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Animal Health and Care, Bethesda, MD.
4. Ramesh K. Chandolia (D.V.M.,
5. Yaser Al Katanani, (Ph.D., University of Florida), Postdoctoral Research Associate,1/02-5/02. Present position: Assistant in Embryology, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Florida.
6. Saban Tekin (Ph.D., University of Florida). Postdoctoral Research Associate, 4/02 - 1/03, 4/03-7/04. Present position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology, Gaziomanopasa University, Tokat, Turkey.
7. Zvi Roth
(Ph.D.,
1. Ciro M. Barros, D.V.M., Ph.D. Professor Titular, Dept. of Pharmacology, Universidade Estadual Paulista - Campus de Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 9/89-3/91. Research Interests: Regulation of uterine function by interferon-. Second visit, 1/95 to learn in vitro fertilization.
2. Zeinab Sultan, Ph.D. Senior Researcher, Animal Production Research Institute, Dokki, Egypt, 1/91-3/91. Research Interests: Development of ELISA technology.
3. Leonard A. Kamwanja, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Animal Science, and Acting Principal, Bunda College of Agriculture, University of Malawi, Llongwe, Malawi, 8/92-1/93. Research Interests: Regulation of oviductal function by cytokines/effects of hyperthermia on cellular function.
4. Ute Tiemann, Dr. rer. nat., Research coworker, Forschungsinstitut für die Biologie landwirtschaftlicher Nutztiere, Dummerstorf, Germany, 2/93-6/93. Research Interests: Regulation of endometrial and oviductal cell function by cytokines and growth factors.
5. Sanaa Fawzi Salem, Ph.D., Senior Researcher,
Brucella Unit, Serum and Vaccine Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt,
6. Catherine Brocas, Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs des Travaux Agricoles, Clermont-Ferrand, France, 4/96-10/96. Conducted research for a Master's degree on effects of gossypol on bovine oocyte quality.
7. Wenru Tian, D.V.M., Ph.D. Visiting Scientist 1/98-6/98. Permanent Position: Lecturer, Dept. of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, P.R. China. Research interests: preimplantation embryonic development.
8.Victor Bermudez, D.V.M., Ph.D., Professor, Universidad Central de Venezuela, 8/99-9/99. Research interests: uterine immunology.
9. Masanori Komatsu, Ph.D., Chief Scientist, Chugoku
National Agricultural Experiment Station, Dept. of Animal Production,
Kawai-cho, Oda-shi, Shiwane-ken, Japan, 112/99-2/00. Research interests: placental
10. Justine Fitzgerald, M.D., Ph.D. candidate, Dept. of Obstetrics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Jena, Germany, 9/00-10/00. Research interests: reproductive immunology.
11. Romulo Banuelos Valenzuela, Professor of Biochemistry, Universidad Autonoma de Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico, 7/01-8/01. Research interests: heat shock proteins.
12. Jose Osorio, M.S. candidate, Universidad de Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico, summer, 2002. Research interests: in vitro fertilization.
13. Imke Mebes, M.D., Ph.D. candidate, Dept. of
Obstetrics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Jena, Germany,
2/03-4/03. Research interests:
Ovine uterine serpin.
14. Joel Hernández Cerón,
DVM, Professor, Departamento de Reproduccíon, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de
Mexico, Mexico City, 7/02-7/03.
Selected Undergraduate Researchers
1. Ashley Brown, 1984. Research interests: Endometritis in mares. Subsequently received D.V.M. degree, University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine. Current position: Veterinary practice, Largo, Florida.
2. David J. Wright, 1994. Research interests: Role of interferon in luteal maintenance during pyometra. Subsequently received Ph.D. from West Virginia University. Currently employed by Wyeth, Madison, NJ.
3. Holly Stephens, 2000. Research interests: heat shock effects on preimplantation embryos. Currently graduate student in University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver.
4. Olga M.
Ocon, 2000-2002. Research
interests: Effects of urea on embryonic
development. Currently Ph.D. student at Dept. of Dairy and Animal Science,
5. Michelle
Rhodes, 2003-2004. Research interest:
genetic differences in cellular thermotolerance; role of transforming growth
factor alpha in embryonic survival. Currently a veterinary student in the
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