Stuart A Meyers
Professor
smeyers@ucdavis.edu

Vet. Anatomy & Cell Biology

Office
2319 Haring Hall
530 752 9511


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Degrees:
1990 Diploma American College of Theriogenologists
0 DVM Michigan State University Veterinary Medicine
0 PhD University of California, Davis Comparative Pathology
0 MS Oregon State University Physiology
0 BS Michigan State University Zoology
Research Interests:

Cryopreservation and cryobiology of mammalian sperm. Mechanisms of spermatozoal cryoinjury.
Department and Center Affiliations:
Center for Equine Health
Professional Societies:
American Society for Cell Biology
Society for the Study of Reproduction
Society for Theriogenology
Amercan College of Theriogenologists
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Society of Andrology
CBS Graduate Group Affiliations:
Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology  
Graduate Groups not Housed in CBS:
Comparative Pathology  
Publications:
  • Correa LM, Thomas A, Meyers SA. Reorganization of the Macaque Sperm Actin Cytoskeleton in Response to Osmotic Stress Contributes to Changes in Motility and Morphology. Biology of Reproduction, 2007. Papers in Press, published online ahead of print September 5, 2007. Biol Reprod 2007, 10.1095/biolreprod.107.060533.
  • Li MW, Meyers S, Tollner TL, Overstreet JW. Damage to Chromosomes and DNA of Rhesus Monkey Sperm Following Cryopreservation. Journal of Andrology 28: 493-501, 2007.
  • Baumber J, Meyers S. Changes in Membrane Lipid Order with Capacitation in Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta) Spermatozoa. Journal of Andrology 27(4):578-87, 2006.
  • Ricker JV, Linfor JJ, Delfino WJ, Kysar P, Scholtz EL, Tablin F, Crowe JH, Ball BA, SA Meyers. Equine Sperm Membrane Phase Behavior: The Effects of Lipid-Based Cryoprotectants. Biology of Reproduction 74, 359-365 (2006)
  • Enders AC, Douglas GC, Meyers SA, VandeVoort CA. Interactions Of Macaque Blastocysts With Epithelial Cells In Vitro. Human Reproduction 20(11):3026-3032, 2005
  • Ali Honaramooz, Ming-Wen Li, M. Cecilia T. Penedo, Stuart Meyers, and Ina Dobrinski. Accelerated Maturation of Primate Testis by Xenografting into Mice. Biol Reprod 70: 1500-1503, 2004 .
  • Rutllant JL, Pommer AC, Meyers SA. Osmotic tolerance limits and properties of rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) spermatozoa. Journal of Andrology24: 534-541, 2003.
  • Baumber J, Ball BA, Linfor JJ, Meyers SA. Reactive Oxygen Species and Cryopreservation Promote DNA Fragmentation in Equine Spermatozoa. Journal of Andrology, Vol. 24, No. 4, July/August 2003
  • Pommer AC, Rutllant J, Meyers A. Phosphorylation of Protein Tyrosine Residues in Fresh and Cryopreserved Stallion Spermatozoa under Capacitating Conditions. Biology of Reproduction 68, 12081214 (2003)
  • Linfor JJ, Meyers SA. Assessing DNA Integrity of Cooled and Frozen-Thawed Equine Sperm Using Single Cell Gel Electrophoresis. J Androl. 2002 Jan-Feb;23(1)107-113.
Laboratory Personnel:
Meyers Laboratory
http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/apc/MeyersLab/Labsite%2003/index.html
Megan McCarthy, BS, MS/Staff Research Assistant Victoria Burruel, PhD/ Staff Research Assistant Julie Cole Shacosky, DVM, Diplomate ACT, Graduate Student Shiho Sumigama, DVM, Graduate Student Katie Klooster, BS, Graduate Student

Teaching Interests:
Reproductive Biology, Anatomy and Physiology of Reproductive Systems, Comparative Reproductive Physiology, Gross Anatomy of Locomotor System
Courses:
VMD 401A Anatomy of the Locomotor System Fall
VMD 446 Reproduction System Winter
ANS 115 Horse Production Fall
PGG 220 General and Comparative Physiology of Reproduction Spring
VMD 432 Gastrointestinal System Winter
VMD 402D Anatomy and Physiology of Urinary System Spring