Denicol Lab – Spring of 2025

Anna C. Denicol, DVM MPVM PhDPrincipal Investigator
Montana D. Altman, M.S., PhD candidateEmbryonic genome activation.Effects of heat stress and microplastics on development of ovarian preantral follicles.
Ramon C. Botigelli, PhD, Postdoctoral ScholarEmbryonic stem cells, gene editing and in vitro gametogenesis.
Maria Florencia Casale, DVM, M.S., PhD studentStrategies for accurate gene editing in livestock using a FSH-beta knockout sheep model – embryos and embryonic stem cells
Charlotte Cody, PhD studentPrimordial germ cell specification; in vitro gametogenesis
Amelia Fletes, M.S. studentGene editing and stem cell complementation in bovine embryos
  Amanda Morton, M.S., PhD candidateRoles of FSH signaling in preantral folliculogenesis in vitro and in vivo.
Hannah Neer, DVM, M.S. student.Roles of FSH signaling in preantral folliculogenesis in vivo.
  Justin Smith, Staff Research Associate and Laboratory Safety Manager
Hannah Wayne, M.S. studentPhenotypical characterization of FSHb-KO sheep
Erin McKissickUndergraduate student – Biological Sciences
Izzy IlardiUndergraduate student – Global Disease Biology
Sana HusainUndergraduate student – Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior