Winnifred Bryant

Education

• Ph.D. Miami University – Zoology - 2000
• M.S. Miami University – Zoology - 1997
• B.S. Shorter College – Biology - 1993

Courses

• Biol 214 Human Anatomy & Physiology
• Biol 317 Animal Physiology
• Biol 380 Endocrinology

Research - Estrogen Signaling

• Effects of estrogenic industrial pollutants (xenoestrogens) and plant estrogens (phytoestrogens) on estrogen transactivation in breast and uterine cancer cell lines
• Influence of xeno and phytoestrogens on transactivation in pituitary cell lines
• Selective estrogen receptor modulation on ERa and ERb expression
• Selected Publications:
  

  Bryant WM, Gibson MA, Shupnik MA. (2006). Stimulation of the novel ERa intronic TERP-1 promoter by estrogens, androgen, PACAP and forskolin, and autoregulation by TERP-1 protein.  Endocrinology 147(1):543-51

  Kraska A, Bryant W, Murphree E, Callahan P, Janik J. (2005). Lack of involvement of dopamine and serotonin during the Orphanin FQ/Nociceptin (OFQ/N)-induced prolactin secretory response.  Life Sciences 77(13):1465-79.

  Bryant W, Snowhite AE, Rice LW, Shupnik MA (2005). The Estrogen Receptor a (ERa) D5 Exhibits Dominant Positive Activity on ER-Regulated Promoters in Endometrial Carcinoma Cells. Endocrinology 146(2): 751-75

Contact information:
Phillips Hall 344
Department of Biology
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Eau Claire, WI 54702-4004
Ph: 715-836-3383
Fax: 715-836-5089
email: bryantwm@uwec.edu