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• Approved: Gordon Research Conference on Endocrine Disruptors in Il'Ciocco, Italy 2006. Co-Chairs: Professors Paolo Mocarelli and Rex Hess
• NIH Training Grant in Toxicology is funded for a second 5 years.
• FIRST GRANDDAUGHTER WAS BORN MARCH 14, 2001. Her name is Olivia Ann Larson
• SECOND GRANDSON WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 1999. His name is Elliot Larson.
• FIRST GRANDSON WAS BORN JUNE 7, 1997. His name is Forrest Larson. He was named after his wonderful Great-Grandfather, Forrest Bradshaw.
  
• SPECIAL DISCOVERIES
  • Estrogen in the male
    • Hess RA, Bunick D, Korach KS, Taylor JA, Bahr J, Lee K-H, Lubahn DB. 1997.Estrogen regulates fluid reabsorption in the head of the epididymis. Nature 390:509-512.
    • Hess RA. 2003. Estrogen in the adult male reproductive tract: A review. Reprod Biol Endocrinol. 1, 52.
      This work has been featured on radio and in newspapers all over the world.
      The following are a few of the sites that featured this research. Click on archives or search for the word 'estrogen'.
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      Los Angeles Times (Mon. Dec 22)
      ScienceWeek (Dec. 26)
      Le Figaro (France) (Sun. Dec. 14)
  • The Sertoli cell
    • Hess R, França LR. 2005. 2005. History of the Sertoli Cell Discovery. In: Sertoli Cell Biology. M. Griswold and M. Skinner. New York, Academic Press: 2-13.
  • Thyroid Hormone and Testis Size
    • Hess RA, Cooke PS, Bunick D, Kirby JD. 1993 Adult testicular enlargement induced by neonatal hypothyroidism is accompanied by increased Sertoli and germ cell numbers. Endocrinology 132:2607-2613.
  • Computer Analysis of Spermatogenesis
    • Hess RA. 1990 Quantitative and qualitative characteristics of the stages and transitions in the cycle of the rat seminiferous epithelium: light microscopic observations of perfusion-fixed and plastic-embedded testes. Biol. Reprod. 43:525-542.
    • Hess RA, Chen P. 1992 Computer tracking of germ cells in the cycle of the seminiferous epithelium and prediction of changes in cycle duration in animals commonly used in reproductive biology and toxicology. J. Androl. 13:185-190.
      
• TRAVEL and LECTURES (selected)
  
  2001-2004
  Invited Symposium Lecture, “Estrogen and male reproductive function.” Society for Gynecologic Investigation, Toronto, Canada, March 16, 2001.
  
  Invited lecture, “Estrogens and Fertility in the Male,” e.hormone 2001, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA. October 18-20.
  
  Invited lecture, Workshop on Genomic vs. Non-Genomic Steroid Actions: Encountered or Unified Views. Centre for International Meetings on Biology, Juan March Institute for Study and Research, Madrid, Spain, 17-19 December, 2001.
  
  Invited lecture.  “Estrogen regulates male fertility through ion transport mechanisms.” Dept. of Biochemistry, Università degli Studi di Bari, Bari, Italy. February 16-20, 2002.
  
  Invited lecture, “A role for estrogens in the male reproductive system: the impact of xenoestrogens.” Gordon Research Conference on Environmental Endocrine Disruptors at Mt. Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, July 14-19, 2002.
  
  Invited Speaker, Minisymposium on Effects of Estrogen on Gonadal Function, 35th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Reproduction, Baltimore, MD, July 27-July 31, 2002.
  
  Invited lecture, “Estrogen receptor, male fertility and contraception” The Population Council, Rockerfeller University, NY, NY, Sept.  6, 2002.
  
  Invited Seminar, “Estrogen importance in the male: from a curiosity to absolute necessity,” Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Mount Sinai Medical School, New York, NY, Sept. 7, 2002.
  
  Invited Speaker, “Estrogens and Efferent Ducts,” International Congress on Hormonal Steroids and Hormones and Cancer, Fukuoka City, Japan, October 21-25, 2002.
  
  Invited Speaker, “Estrogen and male reproduction: source, target, function and potential effects of environmental estrogens,” University of Yokohama, Japan, October 28, 2002.
  
  Invited Speaker, “Complexity of the Testis Made Simple and Fun,” American Society of Andrology 28th Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, March 29, 2003
  
  Invited Speaker, “Estrogen importance in the male,” International Congress on Biology of Reproduction 2003, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil, April 12-15.
  
  Invited Symposium Keynote Speaker, “Estrogen and male fertility,” 1st European Congress of Toxicological Pathology, Hamburg, Germany, September 24-27, 2003.
  
  Invited Speaker, “Estrogen importance in the male: from a curiosity to absolute necessity,” Department of Endocrinology and Cell Biology, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands, September 29, 2003.
  
  

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