Karen L. Jones

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Southern Illinois University
College of Agricultural Sciences
Animal Science, Food and Nutrition
Associate ProfessorAppointed: 1999
Southern Illinois University
College of Agricultural Sciences
Department of Animal Science, Food and Nutrition

Mailing Address

Southern Illinois University
Animal Science, Food and Nutrition
1205 Lincoln Drive
MC 4417
Carbondale, Illinois 62901-6899
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (618) 453-2329
Fax: (618) 453-5231
kljones@siu.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D., Texas A&M University, Veterinary Physiology, 1999.
M.S., Texas A&M University, Veterinary Physiology, 1996.
B.S., Texas A&M University, Animal Science, 1989.

Other Expertise

Dr. Jones is interested in discovering the mechanisms that cause declines in reproductive rates in cattle. She has experience cloning cattle and developing methods to improve this technique.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Animal Science, Dopamine, Nutrition Or Dietetics.

Additional Terms:

Bovine, Dopamine, Embryo Culture, Equine, Fatty Acid, Fescue, In Vitro Fertilization, Nuclear Transfer, Nuclear Transplantation, Oocyte, Ovary.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

English: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)

Memberships

Equine Nutrition and Physiology Society
International Embryo Transfer Society
Society for the Investigation of Early Pregnancy

Honors and Awards

2005, Faculty Service Award, College of Agricultural Sciences, Southern Illinois University
2001-2001, Distinguished Faculty Award, Undergraduate Student Government, Southern Illinois University

Previous Positions

1992-1999, Graduate Student, Texas A&M University, Veterinary Physiology, Reproduction
1989-1992, Laboratory Technician, Granada BioSciences

Funding Received

  • Illinois C-FAR: An Evaluation of the Safety of a Genetically Modified Corn: A porcine model., $123,000, Jul 1, 2001 to Jun 30, 2003.
  • Illinois C-FAR: Fescue Toxicosis associated Reproductive Loss in Cattle, $38,000, Jul 1, 2001 to Jun 31, 2003.
  • Illinois C-FAR: Measurement of DNA methylation in donor cells: a tool for predicting livestock cloning success., $58,437, Jul 1, 2000 to Jun 30, 2002.
  • Illinois C-FAR: Gene Expression in Cloned Bovine Fetuses, $50,000, Jul 1, 2000 to Jun 30, 2002.
  • Southern Illinois University, Office of Research and Development: Gene Expression in Cattle Produced by Nuclear Transplantation., $28,002, Jan 1, 2000 to Dec 31, 2001.
  • Illinois Council for Food and Agricultural Research: Enhancing the nutritional value of milk by boosting its omega-3 fatty acid content., pending, 2005 to 2006.
  • Illinois Department of Agriculture: Detection of FSH receptors in equine ovaries., $5,000, 2005 to 2006.
  • Illinois Council for Food and Agricultural Research: How much domperidone is needed to rtreat cows suffering from fescue toxicosis?, $40,000, 2004 to 2006.
  • Illinois Department of Agriculture: Cause and treatment of fescue-associated subfertility in cycleing mares, $25,000, 2003 to 2004.

Publications

  • Jones KL, King SS, Iqbal MJ (Feb 2004) Endophyte-infected tall fescue diet alters gene expression in heifer luteal tissue as revealed by interspecies microarray analysis., 67 (2), 154-61 Abstract
  • Jones KL, Tarochione-Utt KD (2004) DNA methylation in bovine adult and fetal fibroblast cells., 6 (3), 259-66 Abstract
  • Jones KL, King SS, Griswold KE, Cazac D, Cross DL (Oct 2003) Domperidone can ameliorate deleterious reproductive effects and reduced weight gain associated with fescue toxicosis in heifers., 81 (10), 2568-74 Abstract
  • Schrader AD, Iqbal MJ, Jones KL (2003) Gene expression in cloned bovine fetal liver., 5 (1), 63-9 Abstract
  • Jones, KL, Hill, J, Shin, T-Y, Westhusin, M (2001) DNA hypomethylation of karyoplasts for bovine nuclear transplantation, Molecular Reproduction and Development, 60, 208-213
  • Hill JR, Burghardt RC, Jones K, Long CR, Looney CR, Shin T, Spencer TE, Thompson JA, Winger QA, Westhusin ME, Evidence for placental abnormality as the major cause of mortality in first-trimester somatic cell cloned bovine fetuses, Biology of Reproduction, 63(6), 1787-94, December 2000 Abstract
  • De Sousa, P.A., Q.Winger, J.R.Hill, K. Jones, A.J. Watson, M.E. Westhusin, Reprogramming of Fibroblast Nuclei after Transfer into Bovine Oocytes, Cloning, 1, 63-69, 1999

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Last Updated: 9/5/2006

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