Milo Wiltbank, PhD
Email: wiltbank@wisc.edu
Title: Professor
Department: Dairy Science
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Trainees
PubMed Publications
Education
BS 1980 Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
MS 1982 Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
PhD 1987 University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI
1st Postdoctoral postion: Colorado State University
Research Focus
Dr. Wiltbank studies the regulation of ovarian function. Basic studies focus on the regulation of hormonal receptors in the corpus luteum and developing ovarian follicle. Applied studies focus on development of methods that allow timed artificial insemination and improve pregnancy rates in dairy cattle.
Program Activities
- Joined ERP Program: 1991
- Teaching - Animal Sciences 875: Endocrine Physiology
- Teaching - Animal Sciences 875: Reproductive Patterns
- Member - Endocrinology & Reproductive Physiology Program Admissions Committee
Research Funding
- PI NIH 5 R01HD050616-04 06/01/07- 03/31/11 Defining the Mechanisms Involved in Luteolysis
Trainees
| Current Trainees | Degree Goal |
| Katie Hackbart | PhD |
| Soraya Silva | MS |
| Past Trainees | Degree Completed |
| Karin Bodensteiner | MS |
| Francisco Diaz | MS, PhD |
| Katie Hackbart | MS |
| James Haughian | MS |
| Shaw-Jenq Tsai | PhD |
| Yuh-Lin Wu | PhD |