Lefric Enwall

Campus Address: 758 Animal Sciences, 1675 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706

Major Professor: Dr. John Parrish

Email: leenwall@wisc.edu

Telephone: (608) 263-7698

Degree Objective: Ph.D.

Background: B.S. Biology, University of Minnesota

Current Research Project : Mitochondrial integrity in sperm physiology and its relationship to reproductive integrity as well as molecular mechanisms of long-term sperm viability in the vertebrate oviduct in related to caspase-independent apoptotic processes and reactive oxygen species (ROSs).

Research Interests : Reproductive surgery and assisted reproductive technologies.

Awards and Grants:

2003: Technology Development Grant for device prototype development.

Memberships:

International Embryo Transfer Society (IETS)
Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR)
The American Society of Animal Science (ASAS)

Abstracts:

Enwall, LE. Ostermeier, GC. Sartor-Bergfelt, R. Geiger, LN. Kaya, A. Parrish, JJ. The effects of scrotal insulation on sperm morphology and in vitro fertilization. Society for the Study of Reproduction. Baltimore, MD 2002.

Enwall, LE. Kaya, A. Parrish, JJ. Wisconsin Avian Extender yields better post-thaw motility for rooster semen than Minnesota Avian Extender after cryopreservation. American Dairy Science Association and American Society of Animal Science Joint Meeting. Phoenix, AZ 2003.

Geiger, LN. Enwall, LE. Kaya, A. Sartor-Bergfelt, R. Parrish, JJ. The effects of scrotal insulation on bovine sperm morphology as determined by Fourier harmonic analysis and its relation to in vitro fertilization. Society for the Study of Reproduction. Cincinnati, OH 2003.

Enwall, LE. Orchard, JL. Manson, TL. Parrish, JJ. Reconstitution of frozen-thawed rooster sperm in seminal plasma. Endocrinology and Reproductive Science Program Symposium. Madison, WI 2003.

Siddiqui MAR, Brenny SM, Kaya A, Enwall LE , Shamsuddin M, Parrish JJ . Sperm binding to uterine and oviductal epithelial explants, zona pellucida, and fertilization capacity in vitro. Society for the Study of Reproduction. Vancouver BC , Canada 2004 .

Enwall LE , Kaya A, Geiger LN, Schindler JR, Orchard JL, Northey DL and Parrish JJ. The effects of scrotal insulation in bovine sperm nuclear shape as determined by Fourier harmonic analysis and its relation to in vitro fertilization. Society for the Study of Reproduction. Quebec Que, Canada 2005.