The long-term objective of this research is to evaluate the feasibility of applying genetic engineering to improve commercial aquaculture and mariculture. the specific phase i aims are to evaluate the effect of gene transfer techniques on egg hatching rates and transformation efficiency. using a 3x2… More

This project is the first phase of a long-term, joint venture between helix international corporation and the university of southwestern louisiana to establish a colony of monozygotic nonhuman primate twins for biomedical research models and to develop the technology and in-house expertise for… More

A rapid high recovery diafiltration process for the separation and purification of biologically active proteins and peptides will be developed and demonstrated. the mild process conditions and size selectivity of membrane filtration will be used to recover biologically produced fusion proteins of… More

The objective of this study is to develop an in vitro culture system to support normal development of early stage embryos to blastocyst stages. a series of four experiments are proposed in which four treatments; 1) bovine trophoblastic vesicles, 2) fetal bovine uterine cells, 3) oviductal epithelial… More