Assistant Professor, Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI
Joined July 2009
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🔬 NEW #RESEARCH ALERT: #IETSPapersOfTheMonth 📊
@Animal_DairySci compared IVP vs. IVD beef & dairy embryo production. OPU yielded more oocytes—but not always more embryos 🤔.
Dive into the study by our DABE Chair, M. Sofia Ortega 👉 doi.org/10.3389/fanim.2026.1…
ALT #IETSPapersOfTheMonth Embryo production outcomes in Bos taurus: A systematic review and meta-analysis of in vivo and in vitro systems with and without FSH superstimulation Castro B, Penagaricano F, Ortega MS. 2026. Frontiers in Animal Science 7, 1816103. June 2026
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🌏 EXCITING NEWS: IETS at #ICAR2026 ✨
Plan to attend our #ICAR2026 workshop, “The current scenario & future perspectives for the embryo transfer industry in Asia & Australia”.
📆 June 23, 2026
📍 Hokkaido, Japan
Registration opens Sept. 1. More info ➡️ icar2026.jp/
ALT IETS Workshop at ICAR2026 The current scenario and future perspectives for the embryo transfer industry in Asia and Australia Tuesday, June 23, 2026, 16:30 - 18:30 Registration information coming soon!
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Editor's Choice! Unraveling the elongating bovine conceptus microenvironment: identification of gene transcripts and proteins along the conceptus-maternal interface in cattle
Read now: doi.org/10.1093/biolre/ioaf0…
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if you are interested:
Hansen IETS Pioneer Award youtu.be/H2L70EFtduA?si=5Fb-… via @YouTube
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I was fortunate to attend @IETS_org #IETS2025 to experience a great colleague environment and outstanding talks, catch up with friends/labmates, and proudly celebrate the Pioneer Award with "The Man" @ufpjhansen. @Amaraltf @msofia2009 @CamilaJCuellar @masroorsagheer2 @acdenicol
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Great time last night at #IETS2025 with past lab members and friends. Thanks @acdenicol and @msofia2009 for organizing. @IETS_org
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One weird thing about a career in academic science is the versatility of skills & problem you face, In an average day you may: fix an incubator, troubleshoot a biochemistry experiment, operate a business accounting software, design a microscopy course, be a scientific illustrator
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This fall, #UWMadison enrolled the second-largest freshman class: 8,516, from a record-setting 65,933 applicants, welcomed new 1,375 transfer students, and maintained strong commitments to students from across WI and to breaking down financial challenges. news.wisc.edu/uw-madison-enr…
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Very happy that our latest #Researchpaper is now published with @SpringerNature in @JASB16256935.
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Fantastic collaboration with @TheTomSpencer,
Dr. Moorey from @UTAnimalScience, Dr. Rodning and Dr. Gard from AU and @msofia2009.
@VTCals @VTAnimalScience
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📢We are hiring motivated postdocs to study in vitro #gametogenesis. If you like #stemcells and #embryos this is the job for you. For details click here: jobs.ac.uk/job/DJC616/resear… @UoNBiosciences
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Great trip to Obihiro in preparation for @ICAReproduction 2026. Great hospitality, food and beer, even made it onto this evenings Japanese tv news!!
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The Career Consultation Center is back at the 2024 meeting: Meet one on one with an experienced mentor to get advice about your career options and what steps you need to take to put you on a trajectory for success. Indicate your interest when you register!
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This week the Dr. Godke Translational Reproductive & Developmental Biology seminar series will welcome the fantastic Dr. Ahmed Balboula (@abalboula1) from @MUAnimalScience! Wednesday 11:30 CST in person and on Zoom (for LSU affiliates). Thanks to @LSUAgCenter and @LSUResearch.
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Excited to share our new @NatureComms paper - we establish a large and homogeneous molQTL cohort to show that molecular phenotypes are associated with variation in bovine male fertility
@usys_ethzh @ETH_en @BovReg
nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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Congratulations to our coordinator @FairTrudee for her brilliant talk at the 50th @IETS_org
She was invited to deliver the George E. Seidel Jr. keynote Lecture.
Well done 🤩👏🏻
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A night at Buckhorn Exchange, Denver's oldest restaurant. Here for #ISTS2024. Around the table, @masroorsagheer2, @YaoXiao_Ver1, Jeremy Block, @msofia2009, @Amaraltf, @hectornava00, @PTribulo, @RocioMRivera, me, @acdenicol and @veromnp.
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Lots of lab alumni at #IETS2024.(l to r) Yao Xiao, @Amaraltf, @RocioMRivera @masroorsagheer2, @msofia2009 , Miki Sakatani,@acdenicol, Jeremy Block, @veromnp and @PTribulo. Also here at @IETS_org are @Liz_Jann and @ealy_alan
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For now, genetic selection tools, good cow health and low-stress environments are among the best ways to foster a healthy pregnancy, explained Peter Hansen, University of Florida, at the DCRC Annual Meeting. hoards.com/article-34476-ear…