Manoel Augusto Monteiro Tamassia
Assistant Professor, Veterinary Clinical Medicine
Professional Interests: My main
interests lie in the field of bovine theriogenology with an emphasis
on embryo related issues. Embryo transfer (ET) and in
vitro fertilization (IVF) are subjects of main interest. I am particularly
interested in the effect that an individual animal (male or female) may
have on embryo production due to variances in its oocyte/sperm quality. Although
my main interest is bovine related, I am interested in working with other
farm animals, as well as companion animals.
Selected Publications:
May-Panloup P, Vignon X, Chretien MF, Heyman Y, Tamassia M, Malthiery Y and Reynier P. Increase of mitochondrial DNA content and transcripts in early bovine embryogenesis associated with upregulation of mtTFA and NRF1 transcription factors. Reprod Biol Endocrinol.2005 Nov 14;3:65.
Tamassia M, Nuttinck F, Charpigny G, Heyman Y, Stojkovic M, Wolf E, Hiendleder S, May-Panloup P, Reynier P, Renard J-P and Chastant-Maillard S. (2004). �In Vitro embryo Production Efficiency in Cattle and Its Association with Oocyte Adenosine Triphosphate Content, Quantity of mitochondrial DNA, and Mitochondrial DNA haplogroup." Biology of Reproduction, 71:697-704.
Tamassia M, Heyman Y , Lavergne Y, Richard C, Gelin V, Renard JP and Chastant-Maillard S. (2003). �Evidence of Oocyte Donor Cow Effect over Oocyte Production and Embryo Development in vitro." Reproduction, 126:629-637.
Heyman Y, Tamassia M, Richard C, Renard JP, Chastant-Maillard S. Preliminary results on variability in oocyte recovery and developmental competence in cattle derived from embryonic cloning: work in progress." Theriogenology, 60: 891-900.
Shibuya H, Nonneman D, Tamassia M, Allphin OL and Johnson GS. (August 1995). The coding sequence of the bovine ferrochelatase gene." Biochim Biophys Acta, 1231(1):117-20.
Bouchard GF, N Malugani, Youngquist RS, Krause GF, Concannon PW, Ganjam VK, Plata-Madrid H, MA Tamassia and Reddy CS. (1993). �Determination of ovulation in the bitch with a qualitative progesterone enzymeimmunoassay in serum, plasma and whole blood." J Reprod Fertil Suppl, 47:517-518.
“Mitochondrial DNA in oocytes from cows selected for in vitro blastocyst production.” 19th Reunion of the A.E.T.E. (Association Europeenne de Transfert Embryonnaire). September 2003, Rostock - Germany.
“Intra and inter individual variations in ATP and mtDNA contents on bovine oocytes.” Fertility 2003 - 3rd Joint Meeting of the British Andrology Society, the British Fertility Society and the Society for Reproduction and Fertility. 13 - 17 July 2003, Aberdeen, Scotland.
“Maternal effects on the in vitro production of preimplantation embryos in cow.” 7th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production. 19 - 23 August 2002 ; Montpellier, France.
”Maternal influence in bovine oocyte and in vitro embryo production” A.E.T.E. Association Europeenne de Transfert Embryonnaire, September 2001, Lyon - France.
