Carol L. Keefer

RESEARCH FOCUS

• Research focuses on pluripotency and cell lineage determination in preimplantation embryos and the role metabolic mechanisms play in regulating embryonic development
• Understanding these developmental processes will provide new insights into the basis of embryonic loss and provide schemes for improving reproductive efficiencies in livestock following traditional and assisted (cloning/transgenic) reproduction
• Expertise: Embryo development (fertilization, preimplantation development), nuclear transfer (cloning), and embryonic stem cells in non-murine models (bovine, caprine, and feline)

Honors

• 2022 Pioneer Award - International Embryo Transfer Society https://www.iets.org/Portals/0/Documents/Public/Awards/Pioneer_Citation_2022-Keefer.pdf