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TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 27 (cont) PLENARY LECTURERS FOR 1994Session 15 :Chainnan: Professor Alan TrounsenTime: 1700 - 1830Session 16WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 30MRC LECTUREProf. Bill ThatcherControl and management ofovarian follicles in cattle to optimize fertilityChainnan: Assoc. Professor Jock FindlayTime: 0900 - 1000ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGVenue: Redlands RoomVenue: Redlands RoomThe Goding Lecturer: Professor IIpo Huhtaniemillpo Huhtaniemi is Professor and Chainnan ofthe Department ofPhysiology, Medical Faculty atthe University ofTurku, Finland. He completed an M.D. and then a PhD at the University ofHelsinki by1974 and then trained as a specialist in chemical pathology in 1979. He was appointed as a Senior Fellowof the Academy ofFinland from 1981-83, and was Associate Professor of Clinical Chemistry at theUniversity of Helsinki from 1984-85. He was appointed to the Chair of Physiology at the University ofTurku in 1986. He has spent time in other laboratories as a postdoctoral fellow in the Department ofObstetrics & GYnaecology at the University of California, San Francisco in 1975-76, as a visiting associateat the NICHD with the National Institutes ofHealth, USA in 1979-80, and was visiting professor at theCenter of Molecular Biology, University ofHeidelberg, Germany in 1990-91.Professor Huhtaniemi's research interests include the ontogeny and regulation of the hypothalamicpituitary-gonadalaxis, testicular endocrinology, the molecular biology of gonadotrophins andgonadotrophin receptors, and the use of transgenic animals.The Goding Lecture for 1994 is entitled "Molecular aspects ofthe ontogeny ofthe mammalianpituitary-gonadal axis".Session 17 :Chainnan: Dr. Chis MaxwellTime: 1030 - 1130ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION & EMBRYO TRANSFERVenue: Redlands Room110 Smith,J.F., Parr,J., Beaumont,S., Oliver,J. and Upreti,G.C.Comparison ofcervical, transcervical and laparoscopic insemination ofewes with chilled stored ramsemen111 Eppleston, J., Pomares,C.C., Stojanov,T. and Maxwell,W.M.C.In-vitro and in-vivo fertility ofliquid-stored goat spermatozoa112 Vishwanath,R., Piu,C. and Shannon,P.A unique sperm agglutinating factor from egg yolk113 Prendergast,E., Vishwanath,R., Shannon,P. and Molan,P.Charged lipoprotein fractions ofegg yolk in bovine semen diluents114 Chairussyuhur, A., Sanchez-Partida, L.G., Zupp, J.L., Maddocks, S. and Setchell B.P.Motility characteristics ofsemen from rams subjected to scrotal insulation, qfter storage at chilledtemperatures for one weekThe MRC Lecturer: Professor William W. ThatcherBill Thatcher is Graduate Research Professor in the Department ofDairy and Poultry Sciences at theUniversity ofFlorida, Gainesville, USA. He completed a B.Sc. and an M.Sc at the University ofMaryland, before undertaking a PhD at Michigan State University (awarded 1968). He was appointedAssistant Professor in Animal Physiology at the University ofFlorida in 1969, and then AssociateProfessor before becoming Professor ofPhysiology in 1978. He was appointed Graduate ResearchProfessor in 1988. He has been the recipient of numerous awards including an NIH predoctoralfellowship, a Fulbright-Hayes award and awards from the American Society ofAnimal Science and theAmerican Dairy Science Association. In 1994 he was awarded the Society for the Study of ReproductionResearch Award.Professor Thatcher's research interests are focused on elucidating the mechanisms by which theoestrous cycle is controlled to optimize reproductive efficiency in cattle. Interactions between the embryoand the uterine endometrium, the hormonal regulation of gene expression ofkey enzymes, honnonereceptors, hormones and paracrine regulators in ovarian follicles are being investigated, as is the paracrinedialogue between the trophectodenn and uterine endometrial epithelium.The MRC Lecture for 1994 is entitled "Control and management of ovarian follicles in cattle tooptimize fertility".115 UI?r~ti,G.C., Jensen,K., Munday,R., Vishwanath,R. and Smith,J.F.Studles on ram spermatozoal aromatic amino acid oxidase116 Stojanov,T., Rhodes,S.L., Maxwell,W.M.C. and Evans,G.The effect ofantioxidants on the pregnancy rate after insemination with liquid stored ram spermatozoa117 Lehrer,A.R. and McMillan, W.H.Is peri-oestrous intravaginal impedance an aid in screening for prospective pregnant recipient cows?xviiixix