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Fall 2007 York Lecturer Biographical Sketch:

Fuller W. Bazer
Associate Vice President for Research,
Regents Fellow,
Distinguished Professor, and O.D. Butler Chair,
Texas A&M
Department of Animal Science

“Animal Sciences in the Era of Systems Biology”

 

Fuller W. Bazer serves as Associate Vice President for Research,
a position he assumed January 1, 2005 at Texas A&M University. Dr.
Bazer’s research in reproductive biology focuses on uterine biology and
pregnancy. As Associate Vice President, he oversees and provides direction
for biotechnology, bioinformatics, and life sciences programs, research
compliance, and homeland security. He is a Regents Fellow, Distinguished
Professor, and O.D. Butler Chair of the Department of Animal Science at
Texas A&M. Prior to assuming his present responsibilities, Dr. Bazer was
a member of the faculty at the University of Florida between 1968 and
1992 and held a dual appointment as Graduate Research Professor in the
Department of Animal Science and Department of Pediatrics.

He joined the faculty at Texas A&M University in 1992. He is a former
director of the Texas A&M University System Health Science Center
Institute of Biosciences and Technology and Director of the Center for
Animal Biotechnology and Genomics. Between 1994 and 2001, Dr. Bazer
was a member of the organizing committee (1995-1998) and vice president
for research and interim dean, graduate school of biomedical sciences of
the Texas A&M University System Health Science Center (1999-2000). He
also served as Associate Vice Chancellor for Agriculture and Life Sciences,
Executive Associate Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and
Associate Director of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station (2001-2004).


Fuller W. Bazer

 

 

 

Dr. Bazer received a B.S. degree in Biology from Centenary College of Louisiana in 1960, an M.S. degree in Animal Science from Louisiana State University in 1963, and his Ph.D. in animal science at North Carolina State University in 1969. Dr. Bazer’s research in reproductive biology focuses on uterine biology and pregnancy, particularly pregnancy recognition signaling from the conceptus to the maternal uterus by interferon tau and estrogen from ruminant and pig conceptuses, respectively. The roles of uterine secretions as transport proteins, regulatory molecules, growth factors and enzymes and endocrine regulation of their secretion is another major research interest. The endocrinology of pregnancy, especially the roles of lactogenic and growth hormones in fetal-placental development and uterine functions are being studied. The mechanism(s) of action and potential therapeutic value of conceptus interferons and uterine-derived hematopoietic or blood and immune system stem cell growth factors are areas of research with both pigs and sheep as models for human disease.

Bazer is a Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science and is a Texas A&M University System Regents Fellow, as well. He is the recipient of numerous awards including the American Society of Animal Science Physiology and Endocrinology Award; the Society for the Study of Reproduction Research Award, the Distinguished Service Award and Carl Hartman Award; the Biotechnology 94 Award; the American Society of Animal Science L.E. Casida Award for Graduate Education; the Gamma Sigma Delta International Distinguished Achievement Award in Agriculture; the Texas A&M University and the Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award in Research; the Alexander von Humboldt Research Award in Agriculture; the Vice Chancellor for Agriculture Award in Excellence for Research; the Wolf Prize in Agriculture; the Vice Chancellor for Agriculture Award for Team Research in Uterine Biology and Pregnancy; and the Society for Reproduction and Fertility Distinguished Research Award.
 

 

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