Denicol Lab – Spring of 2026

Anna C. Denicol, DVM MPVM PhD

Principal Investigator

Montana D. Altman, M.S., PhD candidate

Embryonic genome activation.Effects of heat stress and microplastics on development of ovarian preantral follicles.

Ramon C. Botigelli, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar

Embryonic stem cells, gene editing and in vitro gametogenesis.

Maria Florencia Casale, DVM, M.S., PhD student

Strategies for accurate gene editing in livestock using a FSH-beta knockout sheep model – embryos and embryonic stem cells

Charlotte Cody, PhD student

Primordial germ cell specification, development and culture.

Amelia Fletes, M.S. student

Gene editing and stem cell complementation in bovine embryos

  Amanda Morton, M.S., PhD candidate

Roles 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. student

Phenotypical characterization of FSHb-KO sheep

Erin McKissickUndergraduate student – Biological Sciences
Izzy IlardiUndergraduate student – Global Disease Biology
Sana HusainUndergraduate student – Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior