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Gamete Biology Laboratory
Department of Animal Science 

UC Davis - The University of California, Davis

Trish Berger.

 

Current Graduate Students

  • Abigail Polley
  • Eddy Kao
  • Lisa Kentfield

Research Staff:

Recent Graduate Student Studies

  1. Sartini BL and Berger T. 2003. Changes in oocyte plasma membrane binding sites on boar sperm with capacitation and acrosome reactions: a flow cytometric study.  Reproduction 125:865-870. 

  2. At-Taras EE, Berger T, McCarthy MJ, Conley AJ, Nitta-Oda BS, andRoser JF.  2006. Reducing estrogen synthesis increases testis size and total sperm production in developing boars. Journal of Andrology 27:552-559. 

  3. McCarthy MJ, At-Taras EE, Pearl CA, Nitta-Oda BS, Roser JF, Conley AJ, and Berger T.  2006. Suppression of endogenous estrogen during development affects porcine epididymal sperm maturation. Molecular Reproduction and Development 73:1122-1128. 

  4. Ducummon C, and Berger T.  2006. Localization of the rho GTPases and some rho effector proteins in the sperm of several mammalian species. Zygote 14:249-257. 

  5. Wu KL, and Berger T. 2007. Trichloroethylene Metabolism in the Rat Ovary Reduces Oocyte Fertilizability.  Chemico-Biological Interactions doi: 10.1016/j.cbi.2007.06.038

Previous Graduate Students

  • Carl C. Ducummon: Identification and Characterization of a Rho Dependent Exocytotic Pathway in Boar Sperm.
  • Ann M. Leed: Localization of Four Putative Porcine Oocyte Receptors for Sperm
  • Megan J McCarthy: The effects of reducing endogenous estrogen on testicular development, sperm production and sperm fertility in the boar.
  • Summer White: In-vitro Effects on Sertoli Cell Proliferation
  • Katherine "Lily" Wu: Mechanism for the reduction in female fertility after exposure to trichloroethylene.
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