John Critser
Gilbreath-McLorn Professor of Comparative Medicine
- PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Fellow, Department of Obstetrics
& Gynecology, Mayo Clinic
Research emphasis:
Dr. Critser’s research interests focus on comparative medicine, cryobiology
and reproductive biology.
Center for Comparative
Medicine: Dr. Critser has assumed administrative responsibilities
associated with the development of the Center for Comparative Medicine.
Selected publications:
Keskintepe L, Agca Y, Pacholczyk G, Machnicka A, Crister, JK. (2001) Use of Cryopreserved Pronuclear Embryos for the Production of Transgenic Mice. Biology of Reproduction 65: 407-411
Liu J, Woods EJ Agca Y, Critser ES and Critser JK. (2000). Cryobiology of Rat Embryos I: A Theoretical Model for the Development of Interrupted Slow Freezing Procedures. Biology of Reproduction 63: 1303-1312
Pfaff RT, Agca Y, Liu J, Woods EJ, Peter AT and Critser JK. (2000). Cryobiology of Rat Embryos II: Determination of zygote membrane permeability coefficients for water and cryoprotectants, their activation energies and the development of improved cryopreservation methods. Biology of Reproduction 63: 1294-1302
Mazur P, Katkov II, Katkov N and Critser JK. (2000). The enhancement of the ability of mouse sperm to survive freezing and thawing by the use of high concentrations of glycerol and the presence of an E. Coli membrane preparation (Oxyrase) to lower the oxygen concentration. Cryobiology 40: 187-209.
Agca Y, J Liu, JJ Rutledge, ES Critser and JK Critser. (2000). Effect of osmotic stress on the developmental competence of germinal vesicle and metaphase II stage bovine cumulus oocyte complexes and its relevance to cryopreservation. Mol. Rep. Dev. 55: 212-219.
Gilmore JA, Liu J, Peter AT, and Critser JK. (2000). Cryoprotective agent and temperature effects on human spermatozoa membrane permeabilities: Convergence of theoretical and empirical approaches for optimal cryopreservation methods. Human Reprod. 15: 335-343.
Agca Y, J Liu, ES Critser and JK Critser. (2000). Fundamental Cryobiology of rat immature and mature oocytes: hydraulic Conductivity in the presence of Me2SO, Me2SO permeability and their activation energies. J. Experimental Zoology. 286: 523-533.
Agca Y, Liu j, Critser ES and Critser JK. (1999) Temperature dependent osmotic behavior of immature and mature bovine oocytes in the presence of Me2SO in relationship to cryosurvival. Mol. Reprod. Devel. 53: 59-67.
Agca Y, Liu J, McGrath JJ, Peter AT, Critser ES, Critser JK. (1998) Membrane permeability characteristics of Metaphase II mouse oocytes at various temperatures in the presence of Me2 SO. Cryobiology 36:287-300.