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Ned J. Place
Assistant Professor - Department of Population Medicine & Diagnostic Sciences
Director - Endocrinology Section, Animal Health Diagnostic Center

College of Veterinary Medicine
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Tel: (607) 253-3796
Fax: (607) 253-4213
njp27@cornell.edu

My principal area of interest is mammalian reproductive biology, with a focus on the life history trade-offs associated with the timing of hormone secretion and reproductive effort. I study the effects of photoperiod and melatonin on female reproductive aging in Siberian hamsters. I am also a collaborator on the Berkeley Spotted Hyena Project at the University of California, where I study sexual differentiation and mating behavior of naturally masculinized female mammals. I pursue basic research that is integrative and comparative, while also being biomedically and ecologically relevant.

For more information, please view the Place Lab web site.

Education
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Certifications and Licenses
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Honors and Awards
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Research and Professional Experience
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Professional Society Memberships
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Selected Publications


Education
    B.S. - 1982   State University of New York, Albany - Biology
    M.D. - 1987   University of Rochester - Medicine
    Ph.D. - 2000   University of Washington - Zoology




Certifications and Licenses
    Board Certification in Obstetrics and Gynecology 1993




Honors and Awards
    Medical Student Oncology Fellowship, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK 1985
    Excellence in Endoscopy Award, American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists 1991
    Board Certification in Obstetrics and Gynecology 1993
    Fellow, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists 1993 - 2003
    Richard C. Snyder Award in Zoology, University of Washington 1997
    National Research Service Award, Individual NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship 2001 - 2004
    Best Trainee Poster Award, Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology 2003




Research and Professional Experience
    1987 - 1991     Resident, Obstetrics/Gynecology, University of Connecticut Health Sciences Center
    1991 - 1995     Obstetrician/Gynecologist, Ob-Gyn Associates, Waynesboro, VA
    1997- 2000     Clinical Instructor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington
    2000 - 2004     Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley
    2004 - present     Assistant Professor, Cornell University, Department of Population Medicine & Diagnostic Sciences;
Director, Endocrinology Section, Diagnostic Center




Professional Society Memberships
    American Association for the Advancement of Science
    American Society of Mammalogists
    Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology
    Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
    Society for the Study of Reproduction




Selected Publications
    1.     Place N, Fien K, Mahoney ME, Wulff DL, Ho YS, Debouck C, Rosenberg M, Shih MC, and Gussin GN. (1984). Mutations that alter the DNA binding site for the bacteriophage lambda cII protein and affect translation efficiency of the cII gene. J Mol Biol 180:865-880.
    2.     Kenagy GJ, Place NJ, and Veloso C. (1999). Relation of glucocorticosteroids and testosterone to the annual cycle of free-living degus in semiarid central Chile. Gen Comp Endocrinol 115:236-243.
    3.     Kenagy GJ and Place NJ. (2000). Seasonal changes in plasma glucocorticosteroids of free-living female yellow-pine chipmunks: Effects of reproduction and capture and handling. Gen Comp Endocrinol 117:189-199.
    4.     Place NJ and Kenagy GJ. (2000). Seasonal changes in plasma testosterone and glucocorticosteroids in free-living male yellow-pine chipmunks and the response to capture and handling. J Comp Physiol B 170:245-251.
    5.     Place NJ. (2000). Effects of experimentally elevated testosterone on plasma glucocorticoids, body mass, and recapture rates in yellow-pine chipmunks, Tamias amoenus. J Exp Zool 287:378-383.
    6.     Place NJ. (2001). Low testosterone in new fathers - comment. Trends Ecol Evol 16:75-76.
    7.     Place NJ, Veloso C, Visser GH, and Kenagy GJ. (2002). Energy expenditure and testosterone in free-living male yellow-pine chipmunks. J Exp Zool 292:460-467.
    8.     Place NJ, Weldele ML, and Wahaj SA. (2002). Ultrasonic measurements of second and third trimester fetuses to predict gestational age and date of parturition in captive and wild spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta). Theriogenology 55:1047-1055.
    9.     Drea CM, Place NJ, Weldele ML, Coscia EM, Licht P and Glickman SE. (2002). Exposure to naturally circulating androgens in foetal life incurs direct reproductive costs in female spotted hyaenas, but is prerequisite for male mating. Proc R Soc Lond B 269:1981-1987.
    10.     Place NJ, Holekamp KE, Sisk CL, Weldele ML, Coscia EM, Drea CM, and Glickman SE. (2002). Effects of prenatal treatment with antiandrogens on luteinizing hormone secretion and sex steroid concentrations in adult spotted hyenas, Crocuta crocuta. Biol Reprod 67:1405-1413.
    11.     Veloso C, Place NJ, and Kenagy GJ. (2003). Milk composition in free-living yellow-pine chipmunks (Tamias amoenus): temporal variation during lactation. Comp Biochem Physiol A 134:387-392.
    12.     Cunha GR, Wang YZ Place NJ, Liu W, Baskin L, and Glickman SE. (2003). The urogenital system of the female spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta): a functional histological study. J Morph 256:205-218.
    13.     Park JH, Spencer EM, Place NJ, Jordan CL, and Zucker I. (2003). Seasonal control of penile development of Siberian hamsters by day length and testicular hormones. Reproduction 125:397-407.
    14.     Rubenstein N, Cunha G, Wang YZ, Campbell K, Conley AJ, Catania KC, Glickman SE, and Place NJ. (2003). Variation in ovarian morphology in four species of New World moles with a peniform clitoris. Reproduction 126:713-719.
    15.     Dloniak SM, French JA, Place NJ, Weldele ML, and Holekamp KE. (2004). Non-invasive monitoring of fecal androgens in spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta). Gen Comp Endocrinol 135:51-61.
    16.     Place NJ and Glickman SE. (2004). Masculinization of female mammals: lessons from nature. Adv Exp Med Biol 545:243-253.
    17.     Place NJ, Tuthill CR, Schoomer EE, Tramontin AD, and Zucker I. (2004). Short day lengths delay reproductive aging. Biol Reprod 71:987-992.

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