Department of Population Medicine & Diagnostic Sciences at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine

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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

Certifications and Licenses

Honors and Awards

Research and Professional Experience

Professional Society Memberships

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.

Last Update 28 September 2006