Educación

  • Ph.D. 2017, Fisiología de la Reproducción, Biología Molecular y Celular Animal, University of Florida-Gainesville
    M.S. 2013, Epigenética, Ciencia Animal, University of Missouri-Columbia
    B.S. 2011, Industria Pecuaria, Ciencia Animal, Universidad de Puerto Rico-Mayagüez

Área de Investigación

  • Fisiología reproductiva y desarrollo embrionario de bovinos

Interés de investigación

  • Caracterización de la fisiología reproductiva de la vaca pelona (slick Holstein) comparado con la no pelona.

Propuestas recientes

  • USDA-NIFA, $215,000, Ovulation synchronization and estrus detection in Tropical Holstein, 2023-2027 (*pending)
  • USDA-AGFEI, Power Outages Solutions and Alternatives, $200,000, 2023-2026
  • USDA-NIFA, Fertility and embryo characterization of slick hair Holstein cattle, $200,000, 2020-2024

Publicacioness albitradas

  • 1. Negrón-Pérez VM and Aponte-Zayas A (Marzo 2023) Developmental and reproductive
    performance differences of the slick-hair Holstein. Journal of Agriculture University of Puerto
    Rico.
    2. Sosa F, Carmickle AT, Jiménez-Cabán E, Ortega MS, Dikmen S, Negrón-Pérez VM, Jannaman
    EA, Baktula A, Rincon G, Larson CC, Pagán-Morales M, Denicol AC, Sonstegard TS and
    Hansen PJ (September 2021) Inheritance of the SLICK1 allele of PRLR in cattle. Animal
    Genetics, 52: 887-890. DOI: 10.1111/age.13145.
    3. Xiao Y, Uh K, Negrón-Pérez VM, Haines H, Lee K and Hansen PJ (May 2021) Regulation of
    gene expression in the bovine blastocyst by CSF2 is disrupted by CRISPR/Cas9-mediated
    deletion of CSF2RA. Biology of Reproduction 104 (5):995-1007. DOI: 10.1093/biolre/ioab015
    4. Ortiz-Uriarte B, Rosa-Padilla N, López-López R, Curbelo-Rodríguez J, Negrón-Pérez VM and
    Ortiz-Colón G (November 2020) Comparison of milk production and calving intervals between
    Slick and Wild-type Holsteins in a tropical grazing production system. Archivos
    Latinoamericanos de Producción Animal 28 (3-4): 145-153.
    https://ojs.alpa.uy/index.php/ojs_files/article/view/2817
    5. Estrada-Cortés E, Negrón-Pérez VM, Tríbulo P, Zenobi MG, Staples CR and Hansen PJ
    (November 2020) Effects of choline on the phenotype of the cultured bovine pre-implantation
    embryo. Journal of Dairy Science 103 (11): 10784-10796. DOI: 10.3168/jds.2020-18598
  • Caracterización de la fisiología reproductiva de la vaca pelona (slick Holstein) comparado con la no pelona.

Presentaciones Internacionales

  • Negrón-Pérez VM, Uh K and Lee K (June 2019) Use of Zn 2+ chelators to improve bovine
    artificial oocyte activation. American Dairy Science Association Annual Meeting, Cincinnati,
    OH (Peer reviewed abstract and poster presentation)

Presentaciones Locales

  • Negrón-Pérez VM (September 2021) Developing the Tropical Animal Reproduction and
    Investigation Center and promoting the SLICK gene in Puerto Rican cattle. Puerto Rican Society
    of Agricultural Sciences 2021 Fall Meeting. (Oral presentation and discussion)