Joan Jorgensen
Credentials: Comparative Biosciences Department
Position title: Transcriptional control of gonad development
Email: joan.jorgensen@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 890-2337
Address:
4354c Veterinary Medicine Building
2015 Linden Dr
Madison, WI 53706
LAB WEBSITE:
https://www.vetmed.wisc.edu/people/jsjorgensen/
FOCUS GROUPS:
Developmental Biology & Regenerative Medicine; Physiology; Transcriptional Mechanisms
RESEARCH DESCRIPTION:
We use genetic and molecular approaches to understand developmental processes required for fetal gonadogenesis. Specific investigations focus on cell-cell interactions that promote follicle formation and oocyte survival and the onset and maintenance of steroidogenesis in developing female and male gonads respectively. New knowledge gained from developmental studies is extended to sex specific adult diseases, in particular, premature ovarian failure in females and the onset of steroidogenesis in aggressive castration resistant prostate cancer in males.
ALSO A TRAINER IN THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS: Comparative and Biomedical Sciences (CBMS), Endocrinology and Reproductive Physiology (ERP), Molecular and Environmental Toxicology (METC), Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology (MCP)