ANIMAL SCIENCES 2008 SPRING SEMINAR SCHEDULE
BARTLETT HALL 123
2:15 PM

Date Speaker Title and Affiliation Title of Seminar Contact Person
February 1 Dr. Larry Katz Associate Professor and Department Chair
Department of Animal Sciences
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Variation in Male Sexual Performance Dr. Mehmet Uzumcu
February 8 Dr. Yuksel Agca
CV
Assistant Professor
College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Missouri-Columbia
Rats as Model for Reproductive and Biomedical Studies Dr. Mehmet Uzumcu
February 15 Dr. Michael Sukhdeo Professor
Center for Research on Animal Parasites
Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources
Why Parasites Cannot Take Over the World Dr. Mehmet Uzumcu
February 22 CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER
February 29 Dr. Humphrey Yao
CV, Pub
Assistant Professor
Department of Veterinary Biosciences
University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
From Wolffian Duct to Testis: Conserved Roles of Activin in Tubule Expansion Dr. Mehmet Uzumcu
March 7 Kristy Longpre Graduate Program
Department of Endocrinology and Animal Biosciences
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Female Mate Choice in Goats Dr. Larry Katz
March 14 Dr. Kevin Gaido
CV, Pub
Senior Investigator, Director
Center for Integrated Genomics
The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences
Gene pathways targeted during phthalate-induced testicular dysgenesis Dr. Mehmet Uzumcu
March 21
SPRING BREAK
March 28 Dr. Juli Wade Professor
Neuroscience Program
Michigan State University
Sculpting Reproductive Circuits:  Relationships among Hormones, Morphology and Behavior in the Green Anole Lizard  Dr. Henry John-Alder
April 4

Dr. Ana Soto
CV, Pub1, Pub2, Pub3

Professor of Anatonomy and Cellular Biology
Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology
Sackler, School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences
Tufts University
Does breast cancer start in the womb? Dr. Mehmet Uzumcu
April 11 Joseph Chen Graduate Program
Department of Endocrinology and Animal Biosciences
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Regulation of porcine uterine programming:  Effects of neonatal estrogen and relaxin exposure Dr. Carol Bagnell
April 18
Honors Seminars
April 25
Honors Seminars
May 2 Dr. Gail Prins
CV, Pub
Professor
Departments of Urology, and Physiology and Biophysics
University of Illinois at Chicago
Developmental Exposure to Estrogenic Compounds: Epigenetic Basis for Increased Prostate Cancer Susceptibility Dr. Mehmet Uzumcu