SVMBS Seminar: Trish Berger
What Makes Porcine Sertoli Cells Special
4:00 pm –
5:00 pm
Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Hall Room: 145
Target Audiences:
Contact:
Marcia Oetjen, moetjen1@unl.edu
Dr. Trish Berger, distinguished professor emerita in the Department of Animal Science at University of California, Davis, will present “What Makes Porcine Sertoli Cells Special” as part of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences seminar series.
Dr. Berger’s interest in livestock began on the family farm in western Kansas where crops were marketed in fat steers. Although pigs left the family farm when she was five and cows when she was six, Trish’s interest was focused on reproduction. This interest was stimulated by popular ag press articles about superovulation and embryo transfer. She graduated with a BA in biochemistry from the University of Kansas, which included a year studying physiology and biochemistry of farm animals as an exchange student at the University of Reading (UK). She then completed her MS and Ph.D. degrees in animal science at Purdue University. After a brief interval in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at USC, Dr. Berger began as an assistant professor in the Department of Animal Science at UC Davis. Initial research interests were the interacting molecules on the sperm and oocyte including their roles in relative fertility. This interest expanded to the role of endogenous estradiol on Sertoli cell proliferation and fertility and regulation of the Sertoli cell population, and more recently, the potential to eliminate boar taint in functional boars.
Dr. Berger’s seminar is free and open to the public. Attend in person or via Zoom using the following login information:
https://unl.zoom.us/j/99735366775?pwd=Hd19Cd5ghk40wC7ibOTajkOZsEiiOn.1
Meeting ID: 997 3536 6775
Passcode: 685711
Dr. Berger’s interest in livestock began on the family farm in western Kansas where crops were marketed in fat steers. Although pigs left the family farm when she was five and cows when she was six, Trish’s interest was focused on reproduction. This interest was stimulated by popular ag press articles about superovulation and embryo transfer. She graduated with a BA in biochemistry from the University of Kansas, which included a year studying physiology and biochemistry of farm animals as an exchange student at the University of Reading (UK). She then completed her MS and Ph.D. degrees in animal science at Purdue University. After a brief interval in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at USC, Dr. Berger began as an assistant professor in the Department of Animal Science at UC Davis. Initial research interests were the interacting molecules on the sperm and oocyte including their roles in relative fertility. This interest expanded to the role of endogenous estradiol on Sertoli cell proliferation and fertility and regulation of the Sertoli cell population, and more recently, the potential to eliminate boar taint in functional boars.
Dr. Berger’s seminar is free and open to the public. Attend in person or via Zoom using the following login information:
https://unl.zoom.us/j/99735366775?pwd=Hd19Cd5ghk40wC7ibOTajkOZsEiiOn.1
Meeting ID: 997 3536 6775
Passcode: 685711
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