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Associate Department Head, Academic Programs

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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

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Instructional Professor and Associate Department Head

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Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction

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Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction

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1.1 Normal Biological Development And Functioning

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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Oregon State University - (Corvallis, Oregon, United States)

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Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States)

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Oregon State University - (Corvallis, Oregon, United States)

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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Dean's Outstanding Achievement Award

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Stanniocalcin 1 is a luminal epithelial marker for implantation in pigs regulated by progesterone and estradiol.

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Blood plasma concentrations of testosterone, luteinizing hormone, and estrone sulfate in stallions following hemicastration

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Conditional Ablation of Wnt7a after Birth Impacts Postnatal Uterine Morphogenesis.

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Postnatal deletion of Wnt7a inhibits uterine gland morphogenesis and compromises adult fertility in mice.

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Endogenous betaretroviruses of sheep: Biological roles in uterine function and placental morphogenesis.

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Delivery of Morpholino Antisense Oligonucleotides to a Developing Ovine Conceptus via Luminal Injection into a Ligated Uterine Horn.

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Functional role of arginine during the peri-implantation period of pregnancy. II. Consequences of loss of function of nitric oxide synthase NOS3 mRNA in ovine conceptus trophectoderm.

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Cathepsin B, cathepsin L, and cystatin C in the porcine uterus and placenta: potential roles in endometrial/placental remodeling and in fluid-phase transport of proteins secreted by uterine epithelia across placental areolae.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Effects of long-term progesterone on developmental and functional aspects of porcine uterine epithelia and vasculature: progesterone alone does not support development of uterine glands comparable to that of pregnancy.

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The sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) signaling pathway is regulated during pregnancy in sheep.

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Antagonism of the Sphingosine 1-Phosphate (SIP) Signaling Pathway in Pregnant Ewes Alters Placentome Architecture, Amino Acid Transport, and Fetal Growth.

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Arginine decarboxylase and agmatinase: an alternative pathway for de novo biosynthesis of polyamines for development of mammalian conceptuses.

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Effect of maternal nutrient restriction on skeletal muscle mass and associated molecular pathways in SGA and Non-SGA sheep fetuses.

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Functional roles of ornithine decarboxylase and arginine decarboxylase during the peri-implantation period of pregnancy in sheep.

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Involvement of TLR7 and TLR8 in conceptus development and establishment of pregnancy in sheep.

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Ovine endogenous betaretroviruses (enJSRVs) regulate conceptus growth and development.

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Progesterone regulates expression of sheep endogenous betaretroviruses in the ovine uterus.

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Functional role of arginine during the peri-implantation period of pregnancy. I. Consequences of loss of function of arginine transporter SLC7A1 mRNA in ovine conceptus trophectoderm.

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Arginine nutrition and fetal brown adipose tissue development in nutrient-restricted sheep.

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Effects of long-term progesterone exposure on porcine uterine gene expression: progesterone alone does not induce secreted phosphoprotein 1 (osteopontin) in glandular epithelium.

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Adaptive responses to maternal nutrient restriction alter placental transport in ewes.

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Tight and adherens junctions in the ovine uterus: differential regulation by pregnancy and progesterone.

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Expression of sheep endogenous betaretroviruses (enJSRVs) and their receptor, hyaluronidase-2, in the ovine uterus and conceptus throughout pregnancy

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Galectin-15 in ovine uteroplacental tissues.

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Ovine endogenous betaretroviruses (enJSRVs) regulate conceptus growth and development.

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Ovine fetal immune response to Cache Valley virus infection.

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Ovine endogenous betaretroviruses (enJSRVs) and placental morphogenesis.

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Functional roles of agmatinase during the peri-implantation period of pregnancy in sheep.

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Sheep endogenous betaretroviruses (enJSRVs) and the hyaluronidase 2 (HYAL2) receptor in the ovine uterus and conceptus.

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Exosomes, endogenous retroviruses and toll-like receptors: pregnancy recognition in ewes.

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Progesterone and placentation increase secreted phosphoprotein one (SPP1 or osteopontin) in uterine glands and stroma for histotrophic and hematotrophic support of ovine pregnancy.

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Factors controlling nutrient availability to the developing fetus in ruminants.

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Arginine nutrition and fetal brown adipose tissue development in diet-induced obese sheep.

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Differences in Hepatic IGF Signaling in IUGR and Non-IUGR Fetuses from Nutrient Restricted Dams.

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Cathepsin B, Cathepsin L, and Cystatin C in Porcine Uteri and Placentae: A Model for Protein Modification During Utilization and Fluid-Phase Transport Across Uterine Epithelia, Areolae, and Neonatal Gut

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Nongenomic inhibition of oxytocin binding by progesterone in the ovine uterus.

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FTY720, a sphingosine analog, altered placentome histoarchitecture in ewes.

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Altered Renal Gene Expression in Both IUGR and Non-IUGR Offspring from Nutrient-Restricted Ewes

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Establishment and intial characterization of an ovine trophectoderm cell line.

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Neonatal Progesterone Exposure Inhibits Uterine Gland Morphogenesis

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Developing foundational courses to support undergraduate student success in animal science departmental core curriculum

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Comparative developmental biology of the uterus: insights into mechanisms and developmental disruption.

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Ovine endogenous betaretroviruses (enJSRVs) envelope and the hyaluronidase 2 (Hyal2) receptor regulate peri-implantation conceptus growth and differentiation.

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Expression of Toll-Like Receptors in Uteri and Conceptuses of Ewes

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Understanding Placental Adaptation to Maternal Malnutrition

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National Institutes of Health - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States)

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DHHS-NIH-Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development

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2014 BFP, TEXAS A&M, Animal AI #5, MOROCCO

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United States Department of Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Genomic and transcriptomic analyses of variable fetal-placental responses to a restricted uterine environment.

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National Institute of Food and Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Texas A&M University; Animal Science; 2471 TAMU

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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

# inTheNews[].label
Provost Announces Academic Professional Track Teaching Awards

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Del Curto, Hannah Margaret (2014-08). Anterior Gradient Homolog 2 and Its Potential Roles In Ovine Pregnancy. Master's Thesis.

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Keith, Ashley Brooke (2015-08). Consequences of Maternal Nutrient Restriction on Ovine Placental Development. Doctoral Dissertation.