Cornell Professor to Speak on Fetal well-being in Cloned Cattle

Cornell University professor Donald Schlafer is coming to Utah State University to present a lecture,“Understanding Sick Placentas: Placentation, Placental Pathophysiology and Experimental Models of Placental Diseases,” Thursday, April 2, at 3:30 p.m. in the Merrill-Cazier Library, room 154. USU’s Center for Integrated BioSystems hosts the free lecture and all are welcome.

Schlafer is a professor of comparative obstetrical and gynecological pathology. His research deals with understanding the mechanisms through which placental diseases develop, and, in turn, how placental function and fetal well-being are affected. In recent years, he has investigated mechanisms responsible for the high rate of loss of cloned cattle associated with failed pregnancies. He is also interested in comparative reproductive pathology and has spent sabbatical leaves at Oxford University and the San Diego Zoo.

 

Collaboration between the Center for Integrated BioSystems, department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences and the Institute for Antiviral Research, along with the College of Agriculture, provides support for guest speakers and this seminar series.

 

Registrations are also being accepted for multi-day, on-campus training programs in the areas of animal cell cultures, microbial fermentation, gene expression, downstream processing and bioinformatics. For more information on any of the programs, visit USU’s Center for Integrated BioSystems Web site.

 

Upcoming seminar speakers include Brian Gowen from USU’s ADVS April 9 and Bradley Cairns from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute April 16. The seminars are held at 3:30 p.m. in Merrill-Cazier Library, room 154. All are welcome.

 

 

Contact: Kamal Rashid, (435) 797-2739, kamal.rashid@usu.edu
Writer: Jeannine Huenemann, (435) 797-8274, jeannine.huenemann@usu.edu