Reproductive Biology Research

This group studies the action of hormones and signal transduction pathways that affect embryonic and neuronal development.

Faculty in Reproductive Biology

Gerrit J. Bouma
Assistant Professor (Biomedical Sciences); Ph.D. University of Idaho 2003.  Transcriptional control and cellular signaling pathways mediating mammalian fetal gonadal development and differentiation.

Deborah A. Roess
Professor (Biomedical Sciences); Ph.D. St. Louis 1982. Plasma membrane events associated with membrane signaling and cell activation.

Barbara M. Sanborn
Professor and Head (Biomedical Sciences); Ph.D. Boston University 1968.  Signal transduction, molecular mechanisms of hormone action, calcium homeostasis.

George E. Seidel, Jr.
Professor (Biomedical Sciences); Ph.D. Cornell 1970. In vitro oocyte maturation; fertilization, metabolism, microsurgery and cryopreservation of mammalian embryos; genes regulating embryonic development.

Stuart A. Tobet
Professor (Biomedical Sciences); Ph.D. M.I.T. 1985.  Development and differentiation of the neuroendocrine brain.