Reproductive Biology Forum Calendar
The Interdisciplinary Faculty fo Reproductive Biology Forum is coordinated by Dr. Fuller W. Bazer (fbazer@cvm.tamu.edu). Unless noted otherwise, all seminars are scheduled for Fridays at 12:00 p.m. in Room 210 VMS.


Reproductive Biology Forum
Spring 2009
Date
Seminar Topic
January 20
Classes Begin
January 30

Amutha Selvamani
Presentation Title: Effects of estrogen and IGF-1 treatment on stroke in females - Insights from an animal model
Hosted by Dr. Farida Sohrabji (sohrabji@medicine.tamhsc.edu)
February 6

Cheryl Watson, UTMB Galveston
Presentation Title: So many estrogens, so little time
Hosted by Dr. Nancy Ing (ning@cvm.tamu.edu)
February 13

Dr. Patrick Devine, University of Quebec, Laval, Montreal
Presentation Title: Hormonal and molecular detection of ovarian toxicity
Hosted by Sakhila Banu (skbanu@cvm.tamu.edu)

February 20
Todd R. Bilby, Ph.D. Extension Dairy Specialist, Texas AgriLife Research & Extension Center, Stephenville, TX
Presentation Title: A Pharmaceutical and nutriceutical approach to improving embryo survival in dairy cattle
Hosted by Dr. Fuller Bazer (fbazer@cvm.tamu.edu)
February 27

Jannette Dufour, Ph.D., Department of Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Presentation Title: Understanding Sertoli Cell Transplantation
Hosted by Dr. Fuller Bazer (fbazer@cvm.tamu.edu)

March 6
Terje Raudsepp, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University
Presentation Title: Search for male fertility genes in stallions
Hosted by Dr. Fuller Bazer (fbazer@cvm.tamu.edu)
March 13

Barry Hinton, Trainee Speaker
Presentation Title: Conversations between the testis and epididymis; the testis does most of the talking
Hosted by Sarah Black and David Erickson

March 20
Spring Break - No Forum
March 27

Dr. Penny Swanson
Presentation Title: TBA
Hosted by Duncan MacKenzie (duncan@bio.tamu.edu)

April 3
Dr. LeAnn Blomberg, Research Molecular Biologist, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD
Presentation Title: Insight into the Biology of Conceptus Elongation in Livestock
Hosted by Dr. Fuller Bazer (fbazer@cvm.tamu.edu)

April 10

Good Friday
April 17
Texas Forum in Reproductive Sciences
April 24

Rafaella Righetti, Ph.D., Department of Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M University
Presentation Title: Ultrasound Elastography: From basic research to clinical applications
Hosted by Dr. Fuller Bazer (fbazer@cvm.tamu.edu)

May 1
Dr. Bruce Murphy, University of Montreal
Presentation Title: TBA
Hosted by Dr. Joe Arosh (jarosh@cvm.tamu.edu)

May 8
Dr. Scott Dindot, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology
Presentation Title: Identifying epimutations contributing to congenital heart disease in Turner syndrome
Hosted by Dr. Fuller Bazer (fbazer@cvm.tamu.edu)

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