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Dynamic Regulation of HIF1α and Oxygen-Sensing Factors in Cyclic Bovine Corpus Luteum and During LPS Challenge.
Luiz Antonio Berto Gomes, Olivia Eilers Smith, Heinrich Bollwein and Mariusz Pawel KowalewskiDOI:10.3390/ani15040595
Dr. Olivia Eilers Smith, PhD, receives an award from the German Society for Reproductive Medicine (DGRM) 2025 during the 58th Annual Meeting on "Physiology & Pathology of Reproduction" and the 50th "Veterinary-Human Medicine Joint Conference," Leipzig, February 26–28, 2025.
The title of her contribution is:
"Oxygen Depletion and HIF1α Regulate Steroidogenesis in Granulosa Cells by Affecting Significant Players in Cholesterol Provision: A Multi-Omics Approach."
DGRM price for Olivia Eilers Smith
RNA profiles differ between small and large extracellular vesicle subsets isolated from porcine seminal plasma.
Isabel Barranco, Carmen Almiñana, Ana Parra, Pablo Martínez-Diaz, Xiomara Lucas, Stefan Bauersachs and Jordi RocaDOI: 10.1186/s12864-024-11167-4
Transcriptomic alterations in the ovine caruncular endometrium due to imbalanced nutrition and FSH-induced ovarian hyperstimulation
Özlem Bedir, Miguel Tavares Pereira, Hubert Rehrauer, Anna Grazul-Bilska and Mariusz P. KowalewskiDOI: 10.1186/s12864-024-10799-w
The new staff member and senior assistant at the Institute of Veterinary Anatomy, Dr. Ganesh Pathre, BVSc, PhD, receives the Best Poster Award in Basic and Clinical Research at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Nephrology SGN-SSN in Basel (Dec. 5-6, 2024). The title of his work is: "Gene Therapy to Alleviate Kidney Inflammation Induced by Sustained FGF23 Signaling."
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Poster price for Ganesh Pathare
Jasmin Galli receives the grant commitment from the Wolfermann-Nägeli Foundation for her project "Placental Extracellular Vesicles (EVs) from Decidualized Uterine Stromal Cells in a Canine Model of Invasive Placentation: Implications for Feto-Maternal Communication", which is part of her PhD project.
Antonia Isabella Dyroff receives the Poster Award in the "Preclinics" section at the 7th Poster and Networking Day.
Poster price for Antonia Dyroff
Canine Mammary Tumours (CMTs) exploit mitochondrial cholesterol for aggressive reprogramming.
Hardy L, Kannan B, Rigon M, Benton-Hawthorn G, Previdelli RL, Reichler IM, Guscetti F, Kowalewski MP, Campanella M.
Oviduct epithelial spheroids during in vitro culture of bovine embryos mitigate oxidative stress, improve blastocyst quality and change the embryonic transcriptome.
Pranomphon T, López-Valiñas Á, Almiñana C, Mahé C, Brair VL, Parnpai R, Mermillod P, Bauersachs S, Saint-Dizier M.
The effects of the activation of TLR2/TLR1 on in vitro angiogenesis in an immortalized ovine luteal endothelial cell line.
Yaman Gram D, Abay M, Liman N, Tekin M, Kowalewski MP, Gram A.
Deciphering the pathogenesis of melanized focal changes in the white skeletal muscle of farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).
Bjørgen H, Brimsholm M, Asserson CF, Skaar K, Knutsen GM, Oaland Ø, Haldorsen R, Fjelldal PG, Hansen T, Rimstad E, Kleist BA, Lund-Iversen M, Kowalewski MP, Koppang EO.
Bovine placental extracellular vesicles carry the fusogenic syncytin BERV-K1.
Galli J, Almiñana C, Wiesendanger M, Schuler G, Kowalewski MP, Klisch K.
Effects of 3D Scans on Veterinary Students' Learning Outcomes Compared to Traditional 2D Images in Anatomy Classes.
Schirone R, Corte GM, Ehlers JP, Herre C, Schmedding M, Merle R, Pachtmann J, Bahramsoltani M.
Exogenous FSH/LH modulates TGF beta signaling genes in granulosa cells of Simmental heifers without affecting IVP results.
Scarlet D, Serbetci I, Lautner M, Kowalewski MP, Bollwein H.
Vaginal leiomyoma in a goat expressing the nuclear progesterone receptor (PGR): a case report.
Trzebiatowski L, Kowalewski MP, Schmid S, Skaar K, Müller J, Wehrend A.
Applying a novel kinomics approach to study decidualization and the effects of antigestagens using a canine model
Isabelle De Geyter, Mariusz P Kowalewski, Miguel Tavares Pereira
Rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) increase caecal calcium absorption at increasing dietary calcium levels
Annette Liesegang, Bettina Burger, Thérèse de Vries de Heekelingen, Corinne Schroeter-Vogt, Jean-Michel Hatt, Mariusz P. Kowalewski, Marcus Clauss
Effects of postpartum diseases on antral follicle count and serum concentration of Anti-Müllerian hormone in dairy cows
Laurin Schwarzmann, Arlene Marchand, Barbara Knutti, Rupert Bruckmaier, Heinrich Bollwein, Dragos Scarlet
Membrane-bound progesterone receptors in the canine uterus and placenta; possible targets in the maintenance of pregnancy
Ali Kazemian, Miguel Tavares Pereira, Selim Aslan, Rita Payan-Carreira, Iris M. Reichler, Reha A. Agaoglu, Mariusz P. Kowalewski
Relationship between Clinical Uterine Findings, Therapy, and Fertility in the Mare
Dragos Scarlet, Eleni Malama, Sophie Fischer, Barbara Knutti and Heinrich Bollwein
Meriem Hamdi, DVM, PhD, from the Institute of Veterinary Anatomy, working group of PD Dr. Stefan Bauersachs, was awarded a prize by the German Society for Reproductive Medicine at the 56th Annual Meeting on "Physiology & Pathology of Reproduction," and the concurrent 48th "Veterinary-Human Medicine Joint Conference" in Münster, March 1–3, 2023.
Ultrastructural and Immunohistochemical Characterization of Maternal Myofibroblasts in the Bovine Placenta around Parturition
Valentina Kuczwara, Gerhard Schuler, Christiane Pfarrer, Louiza Tiedje, Ali Kazemian, Miguel Tavares Pereira, Mariusz P. Kowalewski and Karl Klisch
Ovarian and uterine changes during the oestrous cycle in female dogs
Lena Lindh, Mariusz P Kowalewski, Anne-Rose Günzel-Apel, Sandra Goericke-Pesch, Vesa Myllys, Gerhard Schuler, Merja Dahlbom, Heli Lindeberg, Olli A T Peltoniemi
Reprod Fertil Dev . 2022 Dec 23
Transcriptomic profiling of canine decidualization and effects of antigestagens on decidualized dog uterine stromal cells
Miguel Tavares Pereira, Ali Kazemian, Hubert Rehrauer, Mariusz P Kowalewski
The effects of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)-induced controlled ovarian hyperstimulation and nutrition on implantation-related gene expression in caruncular tissues of non-pregnant sheep
Özlem Bedir, Aykut Gram, Anna T.Grazul-Bilska, Mariusz P.Kowalewski
Dynamic regulation of the transcriptome and proteome of the equine embryo during maternal recognition of pregnancy
Alba Rudolf Vegas, Giorgia Podico ,Igor F. Canisso, Heinrich Bollwein, Thomas Fröhlich, Stefan Bauersachs, Carmen Almiñana
Oviductal Extracellular Vesicles Enhance Porcine In Vitro Embryo Development by Modulating the Embryonic Transcriptome
Agostinho Soares de Alcântara-Neto, Cristina Cuello, Rustem Uzbekov , Stefan Bauersachs, Pascal Mermillod, Carmen Almiñana
On the occasion of the International Symposium on Canine and Feline Reproduction and European Veterinary Society for Small Animal Reproduction (ISCFR/EVSSAR 2020+2) Joint Meeting held every four years in Milan, Italy, Prof. Mariusz Kowalewski was awarded the Senior Investigator Research Award. At the same congress, Miguel Tavares Pereira, DVM, PhD, received the Best Student/Resident Presentation Award.
Effects of ACTH-Induced Long-Term Hypercortisolism on the Transcriptome of Canine Visceral Adipose Tissue
Miguel Tavares Pereira, Isabelle Martin, Hubert Rehrauer, Mariusz P. Kowalewski, Felicitas S. Boretti and Nadja S. Sieber-Ruckstuhl
Prof. Mariusz Kowalewski, Director of the Institute of Veterinary Anatomy, is supported by the SNF with a significant research grant for his project "Molecular mechanisms of hypoxia and HIF1a-mediated response in steroidogenic cells" for a duration of 4 years. Congratulations!
The research group led by PD Dr. Stefan Bauersachs is receiving significant funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) through the Lead Agency Procedure with France for a four-year project. The project, titled "Oviductal organoids to study the embryo-maternal dialogue and develop strategies to alleviate climate change impact on cattle breeding", is a collaboration with the research group of Prof. Marie Saint-Dizier at the INRAE Centre Val-de-Loire Nouzilly. Congratulations!
Antigestagens Mediate the Expression of Decidualization Markers, Extracellular Matrix Factors and Connexin 43 in Decidualized Dog Uterine Stromal (DUS) Cells
Ali Kazemian, Miguel Tavares Pereira, Bernd Hoffmann and Mariusz P. Kowalewski
Unveiling how vitrification affects the porcine blastocyst: clues from a transcriptomic study
C Almiñana, F Dubuisson, S Bauersachs, E Royer, P Mermillod, E Blesbois, F Guignot
J Anim Sci Biotechnol . 2022 Mar 15
Determining extracellular vesicles properties and miRNA cargo variability in bovine milk from healthy cows and cows undergoing subclinical mastitis
Mara D Saenz-de-Juano, Giulia Silvestrelli, Stefan Bauersachs, Susanne E Ulbrich
Molecular Mechanisms of Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) Induced Inflammation in an Immortalized Ovine Luteal Endothelial Cell Line (OLENDO)
Aykut Gram, Mariusz P. Kowalewski
Miguel Tavares Pereira, DVM, PhD, a team member of the Veterinary Anatomy Institute at the University of Zurich, was awarded one of the SSR Best International Abstracts Prizes at the 54th Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR) Meeting in St. Louis, USA, from December 13–18, 2021. The award recognizes his contribution titled: "Changes in the Utero-Placental Immune Milieu During Normal and Antigestagen-Induced Luteolysis in the Dog." This study was co-funded by an SNSF project (Authors: Tavares Pereira M, Nowaczyk R, Aslan S, Ay SS, Kowalewski MP). The selection criteria for the prize included the research question, the quality of the results, conclusions, and impact on the field of reproductive biology. Congratulations!
Identification of genes associated with susceptibility to persistent breeding-induced endometritis by RNA-sequencing of uterine cytobrush samples.
Amr Elshalofy, Karen Wagener, Katharina Weber, Miguel Blanco, Stefan Bauersachs, Heinrich Bollwein
Reproductive Biology Volume 22, Issue 2, June 2022
The involvement of hypoxia-inducible factor 1α (HIF1α)-stabilising factors in steroidogenic acute regulatory (STAR) protein-dependent steroidogenesis in murine KK1 granulosa cells in vitro.
Tina Gysin and Mariusz P. Kowalewski
Insulin induces steroidogenesis in canine luteal cells via PI3K-MEK-MAPK
Renata Santos Silva, Ana Paula Mattoso Miskulin Cardoso, Ines Cristina Giometti, Loren D'Aprile, Francislaine Anelize Garcia Santos, Arnaldo Shindi Maruyama, Liza Margareth Medeiros de Carvalho Sousa, Suraj Unniappan, Mariusz P. Kowalewski, Paula de Carvalho Papa
Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology Volume 540, 15 January 2022
Spatiotemporal endometrial transcriptome analysis revealed the luminal epithelium as key player during initial maternal recognition of pregnancy in the mare
Alba Rudolf Vegas, Giorgia Podico, Igor F Canisso, Heinrich Bollwein, Carmen Almiñana, Stefan Bauersachs
Luteal expression of factors involved in the metabolism and sensitivity to estrogens in the dog during pregnancy and in non-pregnant cycle
Miguel Tavares Pereira, Paula Papa, Iris M Reichler, Selim Aslan, Mariusz P Kowalewski
Transcriptional regulation of HIF1α-mediated STAR expression in murine KK1 granulosa cell line involves cJUN, CREB and CBP-dependent pathways
Bettina Lanfranchia, Ricardo Fernandez Rubia, Max Gassmann, Gerhard Schuler, Mariusz P. Kowalewski
Plane of nutrition and FSH-induced superovulation affect the expression of steroid hormone receptors and growth factors in caruncular tissue of non-pregnant sheep.
Özlem Bedir, Aykut Grama, Sheri T. Dorsam, Anna T.Grazul-Bilska, Mariusz P. Kowalewski
Domestic Animal Endocrinology 10 September 2021, 106683
Amino acids activate mTORC1 to release roe deer embryos from decelerated proliferation during diapause.
Vera A van der Weijden, Jochen T Bick, Stefan Bauersachs, Anna B Rüegg, Thomas B Hildebrandt, Frank Goeritz, Katarina Jewgenow, Pieter Giesbertz, Hannelore Daniel, Emilie Derisoud, Pascale Chavatte-Palmer, Rupert M Bruckmaier, Barbara Drews, Susanne E Ulbrich
Anti-Müllerian hormone, testosterone, and insulin-like peptide 3 as biomarkers of Sertoli and Leydig cell function during deslorelin-induced testicular down-regulation in the dog
Orsolya Balogh, Bence Somoskői, Eszter Kollár, Mariusz P.Kowalewski, Aykut Gram, Iris M.Reichler, Ruth Klein, Noritoshi Kawate, László Mester, Beate Walter, Linda Müller
Long-term effect of repeated deslorelin acetate treatment in bitches for reproduction control
Brändli SP, Palm J, Kowalewski MP, Reichler IM
Sexual Differentiation and Primordial Germ Cell Distribution in the Early Horse Fetus
Dragos Scarlet, Stephan Handschuh, Ursula Reichart, Giorgia Podico, Robyn E. Ellerbrock, Sebastián Demyda-Peyrás, Igor F. Canisso, Ingrid Walter, Christine Aurich
The University of Zurich's 2021 Research Credit is funding three new postdoc projects from the Vetsuisse Faculty, including:
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Dragos Scarlet, Dr. med. vet., Dipl. ECAR, Institute of Veterinary Anatomy & Clinic of Reproductive Medicine. Project title: "Steroidogenic capacity and functional adaptation of equine granulosa cells during acquisition of oocyte developmental competence in the horse."
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Congratulations!
Seven early-career researchers have been awarded a Research Credit grant.
Macrophages in bovine term placenta: an ultrastructural and molecular study
Reyhaneh Hooshmandabbasi, Ali Kazemian, Holm Zerbe, Mariusz P Kowalewski, Karl Klisch
Verifying the placement and length of feeding tubes in canine and feline neonates.
Etienne Furthner, Mariusz Paweł Kowalewski, Paul Torgerson, Iris Margaret Reichler
A comparative analysis of the intrauterine transcriptome in fertile and subfertile mares using cytobrush sampling
Katharina S Weber, Karen Wagener, Miguel Blanco, Stefan Bauersachs, Heinrich Bollwein
Intermembrane distances at the feto-maternal interface in epitheliochorial placentation
Karl Klisch, Elisabeth M.Schraner
Do uterine PTGS2, PGFS, and PTGFR expression play a role in canine uterine inertia? Lea Magdalena Rempel, Karina Tietgen Andresen Lillevang, Ann-Kirstine Thor Straten, Sólrún Barbara Friðriksdóttir, Hanna Körber, Axel Wehrend, Mariusz P Kowalewski, Iris Margaret Reichler, Orsolya Balogh, Sandra Goericke-Pesch
Global transcriptome analysis implicates cholesterol availability in the regulation of canine cyclic luteal function.
Ana Paula Mattoso Miskulin Cardoso, Miguel Tavares Pereira, Renata Dos Santos Silva, Liza Margareth Medeiros de Carvalho Sousa, Ines Cristina Giometti, Mariusz Pawel Kowalewski, Paula de Carvalho Papa
PD Dr. Stefan Bauersachs, Group Leader of the Functional Genomics Group am Veterinär-Anatomischen Institut, wird vom SNF für das Projekt „The uterine MICRObiota and FERTility in the mare: Why the bacterial composition matters? – MICROFERT" mit einem namhaften Forschungsbeitrag unterstützt.
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Implications of the RhoA / Rho associated kinase pathway and leptin in primary uterine inertia in the dog.
Bianca Lourdes Frehner, Iris Margaret Reichler, Mariusz Pawel Kowalewski, Aykut Gram, Stefanie Keller, Sandra Goericke-Pesch, Orsolya Balogh
Glucocorticoid Receptor Beta and Its Prognostic Value on Treatment Response in Chronic Vulvar Dermatitis.
Bernays V, Kowalewski M.P, Dedes I, Kerl French K, Fink D, Kolm I, Betschart C.
Skin Pharmacology and Physiology
Selected Uterine Immune Events Associated With the Establishment of Pregnancy in the Dog.
Miguel Tavares Pereira, Renata Nowaczyk, Rita Payan-Carreira, Sonia Miranda, Selim Aslan, Duygu Kaya and Mariusz P. Kowalewski
The micro-RNA content of unsorted cryopreserved bovine sperm and its relation to the fertility of sperm after sex-sorting.
Esin Keles, Eleni Malama, Siyka Bozukova, Mathias Siuda, Sarah Wyck, Ulrich Witschi, Stefan Bauersachs & Heinrich Bollwein
Isolation and Characterization of Equine Uterine Extracellular Vesicles: A Comparative Methodological Study.
Carmen Almiñana, Alba Rudolf Vegas, Muhittin Tekin, Mubbashar Hassan, Rustem Uzbekov, Thomas Fröhlich, Heinrich Bollwein and Stefan Bauersachs
Synergistic action of estradiol and PGE2 on endometrial transcriptome in vivo resembles pregnancy effects better than estradiol alone.
Piotr Kaczynski, Stefan Bauersachs, Ewelina Goryszewska, Monika Baryla, Agnieszka Waclawik
Progesterone receptor blockers: historical perspective, mode of function and insights into clinical and scientific applications
Mariusz P Kowalewski, Miguel Tavares Pereira, Paula Papa, Aykut Gram
We congratulate Prof. Mariusz Kowalewski on receiving the Best Teacher Award 2020 for the second time in a row!
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Uterine immune events associated with the establishment of pregnancy in the dog.
Miguel Tavares Pereira, Renata Nowaczyk, Rita Payan Carreira, Sonia Miranda, Selim Aslan, Duygu Kaya and Mariusz P. Kowalewski
Front. Vet. Sci. | doi: 10.3389
Determination of novel reference genes for improving gene expression data normalization in selected canine reproductive tissues - a multistudy analysis.
Marta Nowak, Selim Aslan, Mariusz P Kowalewski
Dr. Meriem Hamdi, PhD in Biotechnology of Reproduction in Mammals, received a prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action Individual Fellowship and will perform her project in the group Functional Genomics of the Institute of Veterinary Anatomy under the supervision of PD Dr. Stefan Bauersachs and Dr. Carmen Almiñana Brines.
Determination of novel reference genes for improving gene expression data normalization in selected canine reproductive tissues - a multistudy analysis.
Marta Nowak, Selim Aslan, Mariusz P Kowalewski
Hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF1alpha) inhibition modulates cumulus cell function and affects bovine oocyte maturation in vitro.
A Turhan, M Tavares Pereira, G Schuler, U Bleul, Mariusz P Kowalewski
Biol Reprod. 2020 Oct 23 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33095229/
Embryo–Maternal Interactions Underlying Reproduction in Mammals
Stefan Bauersachs, Carmen Almiñana
Serine administration as a novel prophylactic approach to reduce the severity of acute pancreatitis during diabetes in mice.
Rong Chen, Thorsten Hornemann, Saša Štefanić, Elisabeth M. Schraner, Richard Zuellig, Theresia Reding, Ermanno Malagola, Darren C. Henstridge, Andrew P. Hills, Rolf Graf, Sabrina Sonda
Canine decidualization in vitro: extracellular matrix modification, progesterone mediated effects and selective blocking of prostaglandin E2 receptors.
Graubner FR, Pereira MT, Boos A, Kowalewski MP
J Reproduction and Development https://doi.org/10.1262/jrd.2019-157
Canine conceptus-maternal communication during maintenance and termination of pregnancy, including the role of species-specific decidualization
M.P.Kowalewski, M.Tavares Pereira, A.Kazemian
Theriogenology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.theriogenology.2020.01.082
Factors affecting the fate of the canine corpus luteum: Potential contributors to pregnancy and non-pregnancy
Paula C.Papa, Mariusz P.Kowalewski
Theriogenology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.theriogenology.2020.01.081
Intraluminal vesicles of binucleate trophoblast cell granules are a possible source of placental exosomes in ruminants
Karl KlischElisabeth M.Schraner
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.placenta.2019.12.006
Sonographic characteristics of the plazenta, uterine wall, and placetomes during pregnancy in cows
Tierarztl Prax Ausg G 2019; 47(06): 355-365 DOI: 10.1055/a-1019-7387
Recombinant rotaviruses rescued by reverse genetics reveal the role of NSP5 hyperphosphorylation in the assembly of viral factories.
J Virol. 2019 Oct 16. pii: JVI.01110-19. doi: 10.1128/JVI.01110-19. [Epub ahead of print]
We congratulate Prof. Mariusz Kowalewski on receiving the Best Teacher Award 2019!
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Lipopolysaccharide disrupts gap junctional intercellular communication in an immortalized ovine luteal endothelial cell line
Aykut GramAnna T.Grazul-Bilska,Alois BoosNafis A.RahmanMariusz P.Kowalewski
Toxicol In Vitro. 2019 May 30;60:437-449. doi: 10.1016/j.tiv.2019.05.017. [Epub ahead of print]
Endometrial luminal epithelial cells sense embryo elongation in the roe deer independent of interferon-tau
Biol Reprod. 2019 Jul 18. pii: ioz129. doi: 10.1093/biolre/ioz129. [Epub ahead of print]
Gene expression profiling of the canine placenta during normal and antigestagen-induced luteolysis
Marta Nowak Hubert Rehrauer, Serhan S.Ay, Murat Findik, Alois Boos, Ewa Kautz, Mariusz P.Kowalewski
Gen Comp Endocrinol. 2019 May 27;282:113194. doi: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2019.05.019. [Epub ahead of print]
The guanine nucleotide exchange factor GBF1 participates in rotavirus replication
J Virol. 2019 Jul 3. pii: JVI.01062-19. doi: 10.1128/JVI.01062-19. [Epub ahead of print]
Gene expression profiling of the canine placenta during normal and antigestagen-induced luteolysis
Marta NowakHubert RehrauerSerhan SayMurat Findik, Aloi sBoos, Ewa Kautz, Mariusz P Kowalewski
Gen Comp Endocrinol. 2019 May 27, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2019.05.019
Congenital occipitoatlantoaxial malformation in a Warmblood mare
H. P. Brünisholz, N. Wildhaber, S. Hoey, M. Ruetten, A. Boos, J. M. Kümmerle
Equine Veterinary Education https://doi.org/10.1111/eve.12789
Prostaglandin-mediated effects in early canine corpus luteum: In vivo effects on vascular and immune factors
Tavares Pereira M, Gram A, Nowaczyk R, Boos A, Hoffmann B, Janowski T, Kowalewski MP.
Comparison between high‐field 3 Tesla MRI and computed tomography with and without arthrography for visualization of canine carpal ligaments: A cadaveric study
Emanuele Castelli DVM, Antonio Pozzi DVM, DACVS, DECVS, DACVSMR, Karl Klisch DVM, Lorenza Scotti PhD, Séamus Hoey DVM, DECVDI, DACVRMatthias Dennler DVM, DECVDI
Vet Surg. 2019 May;48(4):546-555. doi: 10.1111/vsu.13186. Epub 2019 Mar 3.
Visiting Professor from February 1, 2019, to July 31, 2019, at the Institute of Veterinary Anatomy, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich.
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Evolutionary implications of fetal and maternal microvillous surfaces in epitheliochorial placentae
Ali Kazemian, Reyhaneh Hooshmandabbasi, Elisabeth M. Schraner, Alois Boos, Karl Klisch
Miguel Tavares Pereira, med. vet., a PhD student at the Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences (GCB) of the University of Bern, was awarded a poster prize by the German Veterinary Medical Society (DVG) – Reproductive Medicine Section for his presentation on the topic: "Genome-wide transcriptional effects in the early corpus luteum (CL) of the dog after in vivo inhibition of prostaglandin synthesis."
Seasonal expression of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), its receptor IGF-1R and klotho in testis and epididymis of the European bison (Bison bonasus, Linnaeus 1758)
Anna Tabecka-LonczynskaJennifer Mytych,Przemyslaw Solek,Mariusz P. Kowalewski,Marek Koziorowski
Theriogenology Volume 126, 1 March 2019, Pages 199-205
ScienceDirect, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.theriogenology.2018.12.016
Characterization of Haartman Institute snake virus-1 (HISV-1) and HISV-like viruses—The representatives of genus hartmanivirus, family Arenaviridae
Jussi Hepojoki, Satu Hepojoki, Teemu Smura, Leonora Szirovicza, Eva Dervas, Barbara Prähauser, Lisbeth Nufer, Elisabeth M. Schraner, Olli Vapalahti, Anja Kipar, Udo Hetzel
Bettina Lanfranchi, med. vet., a PhD student at the Life Science Zurich Graduate School and a staff member of the Institute of Veterinary Anatomy at the Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, working in the research group of Prof. Dr. Mariusz P. Kowalewski, PhD, received the Best Poster Award at the 2018 Basel-Zurich MD-PhD/MSc Retreat for her work titled "Role of HIF1α in the regulation of STAR-mediated steroidogenesis."
PD Dr. Karl Klisch, from the Institute of Veterinary Anatomy, has received a project grant (Seed Money Grant) from the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) through the Leading House at the University of St. Gallen. The research project involves collaboration with the research group of Prof. Angelica Miglino from the School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences at the University of São Paulo, Brazil, focusing on the pathogenesis of retained placenta in dairy cows. The project is titled: "Why do some cows retain the afterbirth?"
Prof. Dr. Mariusz Kowalewski, PhD, Professor of Functional Microanatomy at the Institute of Veterinary Anatomy, has received significant project funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) for his project titled "Feto-maternal communication and endocrine mechanisms involved in induction of parturition in the dog." The funding spans a duration of four years. Congratulations!
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Bettina Lanfranchi, med. vet., a PhD student at the Life Science Zurich Graduate School and a staff member of the Institute of Veterinary Anatomy at the Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, working in the research group of Prof. Dr. Mariusz P. Kowalewski, PhD, was awarded a poster prize at the 2018 ZIHP (Zurich Center for Integrative Human Physiology) Symposium for her poster presentation titled: "Role of hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha (HIF1α) in the regulation of steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (STAR)-mediated gonadal steroidogenesis."
Congratulations!
The poster contribution from the Institute of Veterinary Anatomy, titled "Spatio-temporal expression of uterine and placental extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins at selected stages of canine pregnancy and at pre-partum luteolysis," was awarded the "Young Scientist Award for Anatomists, in the category: Female Reproduction" at the 32nd EAVA Congress (European Association of Veterinary Anatomists) in Hannover, 2018.
The first author of the study is Felix R. Graubner, a PhD student at the Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences (GCB) at the University of Bern and a staff member of the Institute of Veterinary Anatomy at the University of Zurich. The study was conducted in collaboration with veterinary faculties in Diyarbakir and Nicosia (Authors: Felix R. Graubner, Alois Boos, Selim Aslan, Ibrahim Kucükasan, and Mariusz P. Kowalewski).
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Dr. med. vet. Sophie Zatta was awarded the 2018 Annual Prize of the University of Zurich on April 28, 2018, during the Dies Academicus, upon recommendation by the Vetsuisse Faculty of the University of Zurich, for her dissertation titled "Transcriptome analysis reveals differences in mechanisms regulating cessation of luteal function in pregnant and non-pregnant dogs." The research was conducted under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Mariusz P. Kowalewski, PhD, at the Institute of Veterinary Anatomy.
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The Vetsuisse Council and the University of Zurich appointed Prof. Dr. Mariusz P. Kowalewski, PhD, Assistant Professor of Functional Microanatomy at the Institute of Veterinary Anatomy, Vetsuisse Faculty, Zurich, as Associate Professor ad personam for Functional Microanatomy, effective May 1, 2018.
Congratulations to our colleague!
