Trouble with trenbolone?
I first began attending the Ecophysiology paper discussions my first semester as a Biology major, and I was very interested in the material, most specifically endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). One in particular caught my interest, trenbolone, a synthetic androgen given to beef cattle to "beef" them up. Unfortunately, it has been found that trenbolone has been leaking into the environment possibly affecting freshwater environments.
After reading the literature on trenbolone, I found there to be some gaps in the knowledge about trenbolone, and I designed my own experiment to fill them. To fund this experiment I applied for, and received three grants; read about them here or by clicking "Grant Proposals" underneath categories to the right.
After receiving funding, through the end of the Spring 2014 semester and through summer, I set up a fish lab here at RU. In setting up, I was surprised at how much work it actually took. There's a lot of factors to consider, decisions to make, rules to follow (IACUC procedures), and many, many things that could go wrong. It was very exciting, but I had no idea exactly how long it would take to get going.
Through literature values and sampling I have dosed Gambusia holbrooki, the eastern mosquitofish to elucidate the physical and behavior effects of trenbolone. I will also look at the effects on the dosed fishes' offspring.
I am currently still in the dosing stage, but will soon begin behavioral trials using Noldus Ethovision software.
This January, my abstract has been accepted for a poster presentation at the 2015 Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology Conference in West Palm, Florida.
After reading the literature on trenbolone, I found there to be some gaps in the knowledge about trenbolone, and I designed my own experiment to fill them. To fund this experiment I applied for, and received three grants; read about them here or by clicking "Grant Proposals" underneath categories to the right.
After receiving funding, through the end of the Spring 2014 semester and through summer, I set up a fish lab here at RU. In setting up, I was surprised at how much work it actually took. There's a lot of factors to consider, decisions to make, rules to follow (IACUC procedures), and many, many things that could go wrong. It was very exciting, but I had no idea exactly how long it would take to get going.
Through literature values and sampling I have dosed Gambusia holbrooki, the eastern mosquitofish to elucidate the physical and behavior effects of trenbolone. I will also look at the effects on the dosed fishes' offspring.
I am currently still in the dosing stage, but will soon begin behavioral trials using Noldus Ethovision software.
This January, my abstract has been accepted for a poster presentation at the 2015 Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology Conference in West Palm, Florida.
Many Thanks.....
I want to thank the RU Biology department, the Scholar-Citizen Initiative, the RU Biology Department, and my mentor Dr. Sara O'Brien. Without all their support this experiment would not have been possible.