Robert Casper
MD, FRCS(C)
Research Synopsis
Research Divisions: Reproduction and Development Platform
Research Interests: Three areas of research, menopausal hormonal replacement therapy, infertility including male infertility, and assisted reproductive technology including embryology.
Keywords: Infertility, menopause, breast cancer, circadian rhythm, stem cells, endometriosis, mitochondria, endocrinology.
METHODS USED
Procedures: Elisa, gene expression analysis, immunohistochemistry, immunocytochemistry, microarrays, qRT-PCR, RT-PCR, western blot.
EQUIPMENT USED
Analytical balances, benchtop centrifuge, blotting apparatus, confocal microscope, culture hood, culture incubators, cryostat, deconvolution fluorescence microscope, dissecting microscope, fluorescence microscope, fresh tissue sectioning systems, gel apparatus, low- and high-speed centrifuge, low and ultralow freezers, mini vortexer, plate reader, rat running wheels, real-time/thermocycler, setups for electropherosis, stirrer/hot plate, water baths.
PRESENT TRAINEES
Bojana Gladanac
PRESENT COLLABORATIONS
Within the Department of Physiology:
Patricia Brubaker
Outside of the Department of Physiology:
Colin Shapiro, TWH, Psychiatry and Sleep lab
Ted Brown, OB/GYN and MSH
Aaron Wheeler, Chemistry
Ping Liang, Molecular genetics, Brock University
Hananel Holzer, OB/GYN, McGill University
Pavel Crystal, MSH, Radiology
Committee member/officer of national/international scientific organizations
Editorial editor, Fertility and Sterility
Section editor, RBMO