Distinguished Professor, O.D. Butler Chair, & Regents Fellow, 
Room 442D, Kleberg Center,
Texas A&M University
Phone : 979-845-4896
Fax    : 979-862-2662

E-mail address: fbazer@cvm.tamu.edu

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Fuller W. Bazer (b. 1938) earned his Ph.D. in animal science from North Carolina State University.  He was a graduate research professor in animal science and also in pediatrics at the University of Florida before moving to Texas A&M University in 1992.  He is a Regents Fellow, Distinguished Professor, and O.D. Butler Chair in Animal Science, a former director of The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center Institute of Biosciences and Technology and Center for Animal Biotechnology and Genomic, and currently Associate Vice President for Research at Texas A&M University

Dr. Bazer recieved the Gamma Sigma Delta International Distinguished Achievement Award in Agriculture (1996), the 2002-2003 Wolf Prize in Agriculture, and the Research (1990), Distinguished Service (2000) and Carl Hartman (2004) awards from the Society for the Study of Reproduction, as wall as the American Society of Animal Science Award in Physiology and Endocrinology (1980).  Endocrinology of Pregnancy, which he edited, was published in 1998. He is Associate Editor of Biology of Reproduction.

Research of Fuller W. Bazer, Ph.D. -- Reproductive Biology

Mechanisms of action of pregnancy recognition signals from the conceptus to the maternal uterus, including interferon tau and estrogen from ruminant and pig conceptuses, respectively, are studied at the molecular and cellular levels.  The roles of uterine secretions as transport proteins, regulatory molecules, growth factors and enzymes and endocrine regulation of their secretion are also a major focus of research. The mechanisms of action and potential therapeutic value of conceptus interferons and uterine-derived hematopoietic growth factors are of primary interest.

 

Representative Publications (2003-2005)

     Bazer FW, Spencer TE.  Reproductive biology in the era of genomics biology.  Theriogenology 2005; 64: 442-456

     Wu G, Bazer FW, Hu J, Johnson GA, Spencer TE. Polyamine synthesis from proline in the developing porcine placenta. Biol Reprod 2005; 72:842-850.

     Spencer TE, Bazer FW.  Conceptus signals for establishment and maintenance of pregnancy. Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2004, 2:49

     Spencer TE, Johnson GA, Burghardt RC, Bazer FW. Progesterone and placental hormone actions on the uterus:insights from domestic animals.Biol Reprod.2004,71:2-10.

     Johnson GA, Burghardt RC, Joyce MM, Spencer TE, Bazer FW, Gray AC, Pfarrer C.  Osteopontin is synthesized by uterine glands and a 45-kda cleavage fragment is localized at the uterine-placental interface throughout ovine pregnancy.  Biol Reprod 69, 92–98 (2003)

     Choi Y, Johnson GA, Spencer TE, Bazer FW. Pregnancy and Interferon Tau Regulate Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I and Beta-2-Microglobulin Expression in the Ovine Uterus.  Biol Reprod 2003; 68:1703-1710.

     Kim S, Choi Y, Spencer TE, Bazer FW. Cyclooxygenase Two (COX-2) in the Ovine Uterus:  Effects of Pregnancy and Interferon Tau.  Reprod Biol Endocrinol 1:56.

     Carpenter KD, Gray AC, Noel S, Gertler A, Bazer FW, Spencer TE.  Prolactin regulation of neonatal ovine uterine gland morphology.  Endocrinology 2003 144:110-120.