Animal Sciences
March 20, 2019
Ahmed Balboula
Dr. Balboula conducted his Ph.D. research in Japan (funded by Egypt-Japan Ph.D. Joint Supervision Program) and his postdoctoral training at the University of Pennsylvania and Rutgers University. Dr. Balboula joined the University of Cambridge in the UK as a Marie Curie Fellow before starting his independent laboratory at the University of Missouri in 2019. Research conducted in the Balboula laboratory employs cutting-edge imaging technologies, transgenic mouse models and genetic approaches to understand the molecular mechanisms regulating mammalian oocyte meiosis and early embryonic development. Dr. Balboula has been recognized with several research awards, including the 2023 SSR Virendra B. Mahesh New…
Nov. 6, 2018
Amanda L. Patterson
Educational background Ph.D., Washington State University, 2013 Courses taught ANSCI 8087: Graduate Seminar in Animal Sciences ANSCI 8434: Special Topics in Reproductive Biology…
Sep. 28, 2018
Corinne Bromfield
Educational background DVM, University of Florida, 2010…
Sep. 17, 2018
Derek Brake
Educational background Ph.D. Ruminant Nutrition, Kansas State University M.S. Animal Science (Ruminant Nutrition), Kansas State University Courses taught AnSci 4332/7332: Ruminant Nutrition AnSci 4975/4975W/7975: Beef Production…
Sep. 17, 2018
Mikaela Adams
Educational background M.S. Animal Sciences, University of Missouri B.S. Animal Sciences, University of Missouri Courses taught AnSci 2045: Equine Practicum AnSci 2187: Introduction to Foaling…
Sep. 17, 2018
Wes Warren
March 7, 2018
Michal Zigo
My field of research is reproductive biology with a specific focus on male fertility, sperm function, and fertilization. Besides reproductive medicine, this work profoundly affects policy making, informing major decisions concerning human reproductive health, contraception, and individuals’ reproductive rights. I have been advancing our understanding of how the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS), the universal protein recycling machinery, regulates the process of sperm capacitation necessary for sperm ability to fertilize eggs in humans and animals. I described the UPS-regulated, capacitation-induced re-modeling of the sperm proteome. I identified new UPS-regulated sperm proteins and developed a new protocol for selective, compartment-specific isolation of proteins…
March 6, 2018
Caroline Gomes Lucas
March 5, 2018
Helen Yampara-Iquise
Taylor lab
March 5, 2018
Amy Walsh
Elsik lab