Organization/Steering Committee:

John C. Baker, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, College

        of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University

Fuller W. Bazer, Regents Fellow and O.D. Butler Chair in Animal Science; 

         Executive Associate Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences; 

         Associate Vice Chancellor for Agriculture and Life Sciences; Associate

         Director, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas A&M

Louis V. DePaolo,  Associate Chief for Translational Center Programs and Director,

          Reproductive Neuroendocrinology Program, NICHD, NIH

Bradley W. Fenwick, Vice President for Research, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Ian Gray, Vice President Research and Graduate Studies, Michigan State University

James J. Ireland, Conference coordinator; Professor, Animal Science and Physiology

Departments, Michigan State University

Peter Johnson, National Program Leader, CSREES

Mark A. Mirando, National Program Leader, Program Director, Animal Reproduction

and Animal Growth and Nutrient Utilization Programs, NRI, USDA,

Debora L. Hamernik, National Program Leader, Animal Physiology; Program Director,

NRI Bovine Genome Sequencing Program; Program Director, USDA Biotechnology
Risk Assessment Grants Program; USDA-CSREES,

R. Michael Roberts, Curators’ Professor in Animal Science, Biochemistry and

Veterinary Pathology; Director, Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri-Columbia 

Etta A. Saltos, National Program Leader, Program Director, Improving Human Nutrition

for Optimal Growth and Ensuring Food Safety Programs, NRI, USDA

Daniel L. Schmoldt, National Program Leader, Instrumentation and Sensor

Technologies, CSREES-USDA

Pam Starke-Reed, Deputy Director, NIH, Division of Nutrition Research Coordination

Jerome F. Strauss III, Luigi Mastroianni Jr. Professor and Associate Chairman,

Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pathology, and Physiology; Director, Center for Women’s

Health and Reproduction, University of Pennsylvania