6th International Congress On Farm Animal Endocrinology-ICFAE - November 14-16, 2008 - The Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center -   Roanoke, Virginia
Speakers and Topics

Checks and Balances - Targeting Energy Expenditure

Environmental Effects on Physiology

Reproduction - Endocrine and Metabolic Regulation of Reproduction

  • Milo Wiltbank (USA)- Changes in reproductive physiology of lactating dairy cows - wiltbank@wisc.edu
  • Gary Williams (USA) - Leptin and the control of reproduction and metabolism - glwilliams@tamu.edu
  • Marie-France Palin (Canada) - Adiponectin and ovarian function - palinmf@agr.gc.ca
  • Bob Goodman (USA) - Kisspeptin as an integrator of reproduction - bgoodman@hsc.wvu.edu
  • Alain Caraty (France) - The ability of estrogen to generate LH surge and estrus - caraty@tours.inra.fr
  • Gayao Wu (USA) - Role of amino acids in fetal development - g-wu@neo.tamu.edu
  • Beverly Mulhauser (Australia) - The effects of maternal nutrition/energy balance and the subsequent leptin expression in offspring - Beverly.Muhlhausler@unisa.edu.au

New Perspectives on Uterine Biology and Function

  • Frank Bartol (USA) - Uterine development and maternal lactocrine programming of the endometrium - BARTOFF@auburn.edu
  • Lokinga Badinga (USA) -Impact of Dietary Trans-Fatty Acids on Regulation of Bovine Endometrial Prostaglandin Biosynthesis and Fertility - Badinga@animal.ufl.edu
  • Tom Spencer - (USA) Conceptus endometrial interactions in sheep - tspencer@tamu.edu
  • Thomas R. Hansen - (USA) - Conceptus-dependent Uterine-Mediated lymphocyte programming and establishment of Pregnancy in Ruminants Thomas.Hansen@ColoState.edu
  • Leon Spicer (USA) FSH and IGF-II Regulation of Granulosa Cell Steroidogenesis and Mitosis - Leon.spicer@okstate.edu
  • Akio Miyamoto (Japan) Local regulation of the corpus luteum development and regression in the cow - akiomiya@obihiro.ac.jp

Growth and Metabolic Endocrinology

  • TG Ramsey (USA) - Uncoupling protein expression in skeletal muscle and adipose tissue in response to in vivo porcine somatotropin treatment - timothy.ramsay@ars.usda.gov
  • Mike Spurlock (USA) Adipocyte Derived Hormones and Inflammatory Responses - mspurloc@iastate.edu
  • Roland Leach - Investigation of the Insulin-like Growth Factor System in the Avian Epiphyseal Growth Plate - LNR@psu.edu
  • Bill Dayton (USA) - Cellular regulation of muscle growth - wdayton@umn.edu
  • Dave Gerrard (USA) - ß-agonist regulation of muscle proteins - dgerrard@purdue.edu
  • Teresa Davis (USA) - Amino Acids and insulin in neonatal growth - tdavis@bcm.tmc.edu
  • Ted Elsasser (USA) - Hepatic GH signaling in disease - elsasser@anri.barc.usda.gov
  • Honglin Jiang (USA) - GH and IGF Interactions in Cattle - hojiang@vt.edu

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