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PP3203:03

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Townsville

HECS Band 2

36 hours lectures, 13 hours tutorials, 24 hours practicals. Semester 2.

Staff:

Professor P Summers,

Assoc. Professor L Fitzpatrick.

Physiological and cellular mechanisms controlling reproductive and endocrinological processes in humans, laboratory and domestic animals including hormone synthesis, adrenal and reproductive endocrinology, neuroendocrinology and hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal interactions, sperm biology and fertilisation, embryonic development, uterine biology and pregnancy, parturition, the postpartum period, immunology of reproduction, the new reproductive technologies and environmental influences on reproduction.

Learning Objectives:

understand the physiology and biology of reproduction in mammals, in particular the comparative similarities and differences between humans, laboratory and major domestic animals;

appreciate advanced concepts of endocrinology particularly as it relates to reproductive physiology and biology;

appreciate current developments in understanding physiological processes involved in reproduction;

describe the features of the reproductive organs and be able to assess sperm function, fertilisation and early embryonic development;

appreciate the scientific basis for improving or controlling fertility in humans, domestic, and wild animals;

understand the application of new reproductive technologies.

Assessment by tutorials (10%); assignment (25%); examination (65%).