Publications: endothelin-1 prolongs the pgf2 -induced reduction in progesterone secretion by corpora lutea on day 9 of the estrous cycle in gilts. rivera, r. m., christenson, l. k. and ford, s. p. journal of animal science supplement 1- abtrac

CURRICULUM VITAE - ROCIO MELISSA RIVERA
Division of Animal Sciences/F21C Reproductive Biology Cluster Website http://animalsciences.missouri.edu/faculty/rivera/

Position
Assistant Professor
Position Description - 75% Research, 15% Teaching, 10% Service, 0% Extension.


Education
Ph.D., Reproductive Physiology, 2003 Animal Molecular and Cell Biology Concentration University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Academic Appointments

Director of Graduate Studies Division of Animal Sciences – August 2013 - present Graduate Faculty – November 12, 2007 Doctoral Faculty – February 25, 2013
Previous Employment
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Biology Post-doctoral Researcher - January 2004-July 2007 University of Florida - Department of Animal Sciences/Reproductive Physiology Ph.D. Student. 1999-2003. University of Florida - Department of Animal Sciences/Reproductive Physiology Laboratory Technician/Supervisor. 1996-2003 Iowa State University - Department of Animal Science/Reproductive Physiology Laboratory and Surgical Assistant . 991-1993 Iowa State University - College of Veterinary Medicine/Pathology Department
Society Memberships
Society for the Study of Reproduction. 1997 – present. HONORS AND AWARDS
• University of Missouri Freshman Interest Group Co-Facilitator Spotlight Recognition. • NIH Loan Repayment Program- Contraception and Infertility Research. 2013-2015 • Undergraduate Research Mentor Award - University of Missouri Office of Undergraduate • NIH Loan Repayment Program- Contraception and Infertility Research. 2010-2012 • FASEB MARC Fellow Oral Presenter Travel Awardee to participate in the 39th Annual Society for the Study of Reproduction Meeting. 2006. • Sigma Xi - The Scientific Research Society, Graduate Student Research Award • Elected as a member of Gamma Sigma Delta, the Agriculture Honor Society. 2004 • University of Florida Department of Animal Sciences Graduate Student of the Year – Ph.D. • FASEB MARC Fellow Poster Presenter Travel Awardee to participate in the 36th Annual Society for the Study of Reproduction Meeting. 2003 • Ruska Award Recipient for outstanding student presentation in electron microscopy - Southeastern Electron Microscopy Society. 2002 • FASEB MARC Fellow Poster Presenter Travel Awardee to participate in the 35th Annual Society for the Study of Reproduction Meeting. 2002. • USDA National Research Initiative Fellow - Presented at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Reproduction. 2000 • Superior Accomplishment Award Recipient – USPS Scientific/Technical, University of Florida Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences. 1999. • Elected as a member of the Florida Chapter of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society. • Nominated for Work-Study employee of the year at Iowa State University. 1994. • Recipient of St Jude’s Scholarship (St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Student Center – Ames, RESEARCH

Summary of Research Interest
The research conducted in my laboratory aims at understanding the mechanisms whereby
manipulations of mammalian gametes and embryos result in alterations of the epigenome.
The laboratory is currently engaged in several research projects;
1) Use of an animal overgrowth syndrome to study the etiology of Beckwith-Wiedemann 2) Effect of the use of assisted reproductive technologies and high caloric diet on cardiovascular performance in juvenile offspring. 3) Determination of the effects of superovulation on the acquisition on DNA methylation in 4) Determination of global DNA methylation profiles in full-grown oocytes in aged and young 5) Identification of the cell type in preimplantation embryos that express H19 from both
Past, Present and Future Research Collaborators:

• Dr. Luis Martinez-Lemus - Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri – Project: The Effect of Maternal High Fat Diet and ART on Cardiovascular Outcome in Offspring. • Dr. Laura Schulz – Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Missouri School of Medicine. Project: The Effect of Maternal High Fat Diet and ART on Cardiovascular Outcome in Offspring. • Dr. Tieming Ji – Department of Statistics, University of Missouri. Project: The Effect of Maternal High Fat Diet and ART on Cardiovascular Outcome in Offspring. • Dr. Darren Hagen - Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri. Project: Identification of differential gene expression in ART and control day 105 bovine concepti • Dr. Rajendra Kumar - Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology University of Kansas Medical Center, University of Kansas. Project: DNA methylation in oocytes from aged females. • Dr. Kevin Wells – Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri. Project - Establishment of a phenotypical model of adverse outcomes associated with ART • Dr. Mariano Buffone, Instituto de Biologia y Medicina Experimental (CONICET)” in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Project: Heterogeneous distribution of histone methylation in mature human sperm. • Dr. Kathy Timms - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Missouri School of Medicine. Project: Genomic imprinting in endometriosis • Dr. Zvi Roth - Department of Animal Sciences The Faculty of Agriculture The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Effect of di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate and mono-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate on the epigenome of bovine oocytes. • Dr. Paolo Rinaudo - Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility University of California San Francisco. Project: Effect of Substrate Stiffness on Early Embryo Development. • Dr. Xu Han - Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering. University of Missouri. New technology to freeze mammalian gametes and embryos. • NICHHD: 1R21HD062920-01 - September 2010 - August 2012. At extension stage until Project Title: Establishment of a phenotypical model of adverse outcomes associated
Role = Principal Investigator
Intramural • USDA Multistate Project No: W2171 - Title: Germ Cell and Embryo Development and Manipulation for the Improvement of Livestock.
Role = Participant
• University of Missouri Research Board - August 2009 - November 2010. $42,000 Project Title: Effects of assisted reproduction on genomic imprinting in bovine embryos.
Role = Principal Investigator.
• University of Missouri Research Council - November 2010 - November 2011. $7,500. Project Title: Is Biallelic Expression of the Imprinted Gene H19 in Preimplantation Mouse
Embryos the Result of a Molecular Clock Rather than Embryo Manipulation?
Role = Principal Investigator.
PRESENTATIONS
Invited Research Talks


upcoming invitations
• Cell and Molecular Biology (CMB) Seminar series at the University of Texas - San Antonio. • Summer Summit on Egg Quality: from model organisms & molecular mechanisms to clinical perspectives & applications. Title: Genomic imprinting and loss-of-imprinting in bovine pre-and post-implantation embryos. Northwestern University. July 15 -16, 2013 • Department of Animal Science Oklahoma State University. Title - Large offspring syndrome an animal model for Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome. May 2013. • Endocrine Disruption Discussion Group seminar series. University of Missouri. Title – Disrupted Development. April 2013. • Target Meeting’s 2nd World Molecular and Cell Biology Online Conference. Animal Model Symposium. Title: Development of a Bovine Model to Study the Overgrowth Loss-of-Imprinting Syndrome Beckwith-Wiedemann. February 5-8, 2013. *Also served as session Chair for Session 17: Animal model-II • Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Women’s Health. Grand Rounds. University of Missouri. Title – ART and age alter the epigenetic program of oocytes, pre- and post-implantation embryos in mammals. November 2, 2012 • Department of Genetics, Rutgers, The State University of NJ. Title - Effects of Assisted Reproductive Technologies on the Epigenetic Program of Pre- and Post-Implantation Mouse Embryos. April 2012. • Tenth Annual Research Symposium University of Florida Animal Molecular and Cell Biology Program Distinguished Lecturer. Title - ART and age alter the epigenetic program of oocytes, pre- and post-implantation embryos in mammals. St. Augustine, FL March 2012.
• Primer Simposio Seremas: Genética Reproductiva. Auditorio Bayer, Buenos Aires,
- Talk #1 Title - La manipulación de embriones mamíferos previos a la implantación
- Talk #2 Title - El efecto de las técnicas de reproduccion asistida en el programa
• Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina. Title – ART, Age, and Epigenetics. September 2011 • Advances in Reproductive Biology and Genetics: Redefining the Cell for the Betterment of science, medicine and agriculture. University of Missouri. Title - Epigenetic alterations caused by superovulation and embryo culture. May 2011. • V Catedra Nacional de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia Aline S. de Aluja. Temática: Fertilidad Animal. Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, Mexico. October 2010. - Talk #1 Title - Efectos epigenéticos de ovocitos y embriones antes de la
- Talk #2 Title - Efectos epigenéticos de ovocitos y embriones antes de la
• Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS. Title - Effects of assisted reproductive technologies on the epigenetic program of pre- and post-implantation mouse embryos. November 2009. • Greenwald Symposium - Kansas City, KS. Title - The epigenetic program of preimplantation mouse embryos is altered by assisted reproductive technology procedures. October 7-9, 2009. • Society for the Study of Reproduction, Frontiers in Reproduction Minisymposium - Pittsburgh, PA. Title - Epigenetic Effects of Manipulating Mouse Oocytes and Preimplantation Embryos. July 18-22, 2009. • Molecular Reproduction and Development Conference, Providence, RI . Title - Effects of superovulation and/or culture on DNA methylation and expression of epigenetic modifiers in preimplantation mouse embryos. March 26-28, 2009 • Ponce School of Medicine - Ponce, Puerto Rico - Manipulations of mouse embryos prior to implantation result in aberrant expression of imprinted genes on day 9.5 of development. August 2008. Conference/Scientific meeting presentations


• Large offspring syndrome: a bovine model for the human loss-of-imprinting overgrowth
syndrome Beckwith-Wiedemann. Oral Presentation - Frontiers in Reproduction 2013 Symposium. June 2013. • Effects of assisted reproductive technologies and/or Fat-based hypercaloric diet on cardiovascular performance in mice. Poster Presentation. Society for the Study of Reproduction Annual Meeting • Size-Dependent Acquisition of global DNA methylation in oocytes is altered by hormonal stimulation. Oral Presentation - Frontiers in Reproduction 2010 Symposium. Non-Research Related Lectures

• Title – The nuts and bolts of Epigenetics: An animal Science perspective. Department of
Animal Science. Oklahoma State University. May 2013. • Title – The nuts and bolts of Epigenetics: An animal Science perspective. Division of
Animal Sciences University of Missouri. April 2013. • Title - 'What's the 'Epi' in Epigenetics? Evoblitz group. University of Missouri. October
• Title - Epigenetics - the basics. Graduate course in Reproductive Biology. Veterinary
School - University of Zacatecas, Mexico. • Topic - Animal Research. Pre-Veterinary Freshman Interest Group (Pro-Seminar course no
= INTDSC 1001 - 095). University of Missouri. • Title- Female Perspectives on Careers in Animal Science
• Title - Finding 'perfect' career a long journey
Panels and Forums
• Faculty Perspective Panel for the Exposure to Research for Science Students (EXPRESS) • Pre-Veterinary Freshman Interest Group. Career exploration panel. November 2011. TEACHING
• Instructor - Survey in Epigenetics - University of Missouri. 2009 – present. • Mizzou Advantage-Themed Freshman Interest Group CoFac – One Health, One Medicine. • Pre-Vet Freshman Interest Group CoFac - August 2008- Fall 2012. • Instructor - Techniques in Ruminant Reproduction – University of Florida. 1999-2002. • Taught over 25 people the techniques required for producing bovine embryos in the laboratory as well as several other laboratory techniques. 1996-2003. • Teaching Assistant – Animal Reproduction Laboratory – Iowa State University. 1996 Graduate and Undergraduate Student Research Mentoring/Training
Current Students

Doctor of Philosophy

• Zhiyuan Chen – Start date May 2013.
Master of Science

• Kira Marshall –Start date – August 2013.
Undergraduate researchers

• Collin Morris – Department of Biological Sciences. August 2013 - present
• Laura Moon – Department of Biological Engineering. Howard Hughes Medical Institute
• Lauren Anderson – Division of Animal Sciences. December 2013 – present.
Previous Students
• Angela Schenewerk – degree defended August 2013. Thesis – Effects of the Use of Assisted Reproduction and High Caloric Diet Consumption
on Body Weight and Cardiovascular Health of Juvenile Mouse Offspring.
• Verónica Negrón – degree received July 2013. Thesis – Determination of Allelic Expression of H19 in Pre- and Peri-Implantation Mouse
Embryos.
Current position: PhD student Department of Animal Sciences, University of Florida. August 2013 - present. • Zhiyuan Chen – degree received May 2013. Thesis – Large offspring syndrome: a bovine model for human loss-of-imprinting
overgrowth syndrome Beckwith-Wiedemann.
Current position: PhD student Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri. May 2013 - present • Katherine Robbins – Degree received July 2011. Thesis – Establishment of a phenotypical model of adverse outcomes associated with
assisted reproductive technologies. https://mospace.umsystem.edu/xmlui/handle/10355/14379
Current position: PhD student Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware . 2011- present. • Md. Almamun – Degree received May 2011. Thesis - Characterization of the epigenetic effects of ovarian hyperstimulation in mouse
oocytes. https://mospace.umsystem.edu/xmlui/handle/10355/14952
Current position: PhD student Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, University of Missouri School of Medicine. 2011 – present • Franklin Echevarría– University of Missouri-Columbia (MU) PREP Scholars Program Current position: PhD student Neuroscience Graduate Student Vanderbilt University - 2011- Present • Jasmine Randle - EXPRESS Program student – February 2013 – September 2013. • Jordan Thomas (MU AnSci) - Spring 2010 – December 2011. B.S. Animal Science Current position: MS student Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri. • Tricia Rowlison (MU AnSci) - Fall 2008 to May 2010. B.S. Animal Science, May 2010. MS 2012. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mississippi State University. Current position: PhD Student University of Maryland and Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute. 2012 – present • Rachel Zelenak (MU AnSci) – Fall 2008. B.S. Animal Science, December 2008. Current position: Teacher of biology, physics and forensics at Southern Boone High School in Ashland, MO. 2012 – present • Emily Medlin (North Carolina State University AnSci) - Miller Intern participating in the Life Sciences Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program -summer 2008. Current position: DVM/ PhD program - North Carolina State University. 2008 - present Rivera Laboratory Trainees - awards, recognitions, and accomplishments
• Zhiyuan Chen - CAFNR - H.A. Herman Memorial A.I. Scholarship Recipient. 2013 • Kira Marshall – Graduate School Fellowship Recipient 2013. Recipient of Miller Fellowship from the Division of Animal Sciences at the University of Missouri. 2013 • Angela Schenewerk - Third place at the Rocky Mountain Reproductive Sciences Symposium with an oral presentation of her research titled. Loveland CO. April 2013 • Verónica Negrón-Pérez – second place student/postdoc category - Life Sciences Week Molecular & Cellular Biology section poster competition. April 2013 • Laura Moon - selected as a Hughes Research Fellow for the 2013-2014 academic year. • Zhiyuan Chen - Trainee Poster Award (graduate student category) at the 9th Annual Gilbert S. Greenwald Symposium on Reproduction. Kansas City, KS. 2012 • Zhiyuan Chen - Larry Ewing Memorial Trainee Travel Fund granted by the Society for the
• Verónica Negrón-Pérez - Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)/Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) Program Poster/Oral Presentation Travel Award. 2012 • Zhiyuan Chen – Division of Animal Sciences Graduate Student Forum Poster Competition 2nd Place - University of Missouri. 2012 • Angela Schenewerk - Recipient of Miller Fellowship from the Division of Animal Sciences • Katherine Robbins – Division of Animal Sciences Graduate Student Forum Poster Competition 1st place - University of Missouri. 2011 • Md. Almamun - Finalist Trainee Research Award Poster Competition. Society for the Study • Tricia Rowlison - Life Sciences Undergraduate Research Program Fellow for academic year Department
Departmental Committees • Division of Animal Sciences strategic planning effort – January 2012 • Division of Animal Sciences Director search committee – June 2011 – June 2012 • Department Graduate Committee – 2008 – present. • Position Search Committee for job description ID: 1505331 - Department: Animal Science Position Title: Assistant Professor - reproductive biology/genomics 2008-2009.
Graduate Student Committees
M.S. - current
• Jennifer Teson – Master of Science student in the Department of Animal Sciences - Randall Prather Laboratory. 2012-present.
Ph.D. – current
• Gerialisa Caesar - Doctor of Philosophy student in the Department of Biological Sciences – • Ming Tao Zao - Doctor of Philosophy student in the Department of Animal Sciences – Randall Prather Laboratory. 2010-present. • Chad O'Gorman - Doctor of Philosophy student in the Department of Animal Sciences - M.S. – graduated
• Julie Birt - Master of Science student in the Department of Animal Sciences - Kathy Sharpe- Timms Laboratory. Defended – December 2010. • Kyle Dobbs - Master of Science student in the Department of Animal Sciences - Randall Prather laboratory. Defended - May 2010.

Ph.D. - graduated
• Shawn Zimmerman - Doctor of Philosophy student in the Department of Animal Sciences - Peter Sutovsky Laboratory. 2009-2012 .


Extramural
• Maricarmen Colon - Doctor of Philosophy student in the Department of Microbiology - Ponce School of Medicine, Ponce, PR - Dr. Idhaliz Flores laboratory. 2009-2012.
Other
• Haruyo Matsuyama - Doctor of Philosophy student in the Department of Biochemistry - Seminars • Reproductive Physiology Seminar Series - December 2008 • Reproductive Physiology Seminar Series - January 2010 Extension • Regional Livestock Specialist In-Service Training. Presentation title - “Epigenetics in livestock species: examples and opportunities”. Division of Animal Sciences University of Missouri. February 2011. Graduate and Undergraduate groups • Academic Quadrathlon Oral Presentation judge (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013) • Graduate student travel fund committee judge (2012, 2013) • Graduate student symposium poster presentation judge (2008, 2011) • Graduate student symposium oral presentation judge (2010) Undergraduate advising
• Academic year 2012 - 2013 – 20 students
• Academic year 2011 - 2012 – 20 students
• Academic year 2010 - 2011 – 17 students
• Academic year 2009 - 2010 - 16 students
• Academic year 2008 - 2009 - 10 students

University
• MU President Tim Wolfe Faculty Conversations - MU newly hired-newly tenured. April • Medical Pharmacology and Physiology Journal Club (course no. MPP9422). October 2011. • Undergraduate Research & Creative Achievements Forum – Head Judge. April 2012 • Undergraduate Research & Creative Achievements Forum – Head Judge. April 2011 • Ethical Conduct of Research (BSC/BCH 8060) course - Ethical Conduct of Research class – • Association of Public and Land-grant Universities Academic Programs Summer Summit at The Pennsylvania State University – University of Missouri representative – June 2010. Student Organization • NEXUS: MU Graduate Student’s Science Network – Faculty Advisor. October 2012 - • Latino/a Graduate and Professional Network – Faculty Advisor. April 2011- present • Voz Latina (Formerly HLAFSA): Hispano-American Faculty and Staff Association – Secretary. August 2012 – February 2013 • Voz Latina (Formerly HLAFSA): Hispano-American Faculty and Staff Association – • NIH’s Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity Program Advisory Committee. 2011 – Professional Society
• SSR representative at the 2013 SACNAS National Conference (October 2013) • SSR Bylaws committee – 2011-present • SSR Minority Committee (2013 - present) • SSR Membership Committee (2011 – present) • Society for the Study of Reproduction "Lunch with the Mentor". Pittsburgh, PA 2009. • Member of the Trainee Affairs Committee Society for the Study of Reproduction (2007- • Member Minority Affairs Committee Society for the Study of Reproduction (2006-2007) • Minisymposium [Determinants of Preimplantation Embryonic Development] Co-Chair for the 38th Annual Society for the Study of Reproduction Meeting (Quebec City, Canada - July 2005) • Member Education Committee Society for the Study of Reproduction (2002-2004) • Platform Session [Sperm-Egg Binding and Egg Activation] Co-Chair for the 35th Annual Society for the Study of Reproduction Meeting (Baltimore, Maryland - 2002)
Other professional service
• Judge - Sigma Xi – Student Research Showcase: a competition for virtual research Community Service
• Columbia Aquatic Restoration Project - Columbia, MO (2008 to present) • Unity Center of Columbia - Landscaping team co-chair (2008 to 2010) • Bi-National Health week volunteer – Columbia, MO (2007) Editor and Reviewer
• Molecular Reproduction and Development Special Issue in Epigenetics. 2013. National and International Meeting
• Section Editor for the Embryo Culture section - International Embryo Transfer Society • Abstracts for the 45th Annual Meeting of SSR - Epigenetics section SSR 2012 • Abstract review panel for the 35th Annual Society for the Study of Reproduction Meeting
Grant Reviews
• The Marsden Fund - Royal Society of New Zealand 2013 • The SVSE6 Evaluation Committee of the French National Research Agency (ANR). 2013
edition of the “Blue Sky” (Blanc) program. 2013. • Leaders Opportunity Fund of the Canada Foundation for Innovation. 2012. • USDA/NIFA-Animal Reproduction. 2010. • BARD the United States - Israel Binational Agricultural Research & Development Fund.
Manuscript Reviews - ongoing

• Animal Reproduction • Biology of Reproduction • BMC Developmental Biology • Clinical Epigenetics • DNA and Cell Biology • Endocrinology (ad hoc) • FASEB Journal • Fertility and Sterility • Human Reproduction • International Journal of Andrology • Journal of Animal Science • Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics • Livestock Science • Molecular Reproduction and Development • PNAS • Reproduction • Reproductive Biomedicine Online • Reproductive Toxicology • Research Communications Professional Development

• Frontiers in Reproduction , Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA (2007) • The Genome Access Course, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY • National Science Foundation Mizzou ADVANCE Mentoring Program. Fall 2009 - Spring • College of Agriculture Food and Natural Resources Teachers College. Spring 2009 - Spring • University of Missouri Grant Writing Institute. Summer 2008. • University of Missouri Colleague Circle Mentoring Program. Fall 2007 - Spring 2008.
Other Interests

• Columbia Civic Orchestra – Columbia, MO (2007-present) • 9th Street Philharmonic Orchestra - Columbia, MO (2008-2011) • Unity Center of Columbia hand bell/chime choir and quartet (2008-present)
Languages

PUBLICATIONS

Invited Manuscripts

Reviews - Peer Reviewed
Rivera RM* and Ross, J. 2013. Epigenetics in fertilization and preimplantation embryo
development. Special issue on Systems Biology and Reproductive Biology. Progress in Biophysics
and Molecular Biology. available online. DOI information: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2013.02.001
Rivera, RM*. 2010. Epigenetic aspects of fertilization and preimplantation development in
mammals: lessons from the mouse". Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine. 56:388-404.
Rivera, R.M*. and Bennett, L. 2010. Epigenetics in humans: an overview. Current Opinion in
Endocrinology and Diabetes. 17:493-499
Book Chapter
Huffman, S.R., Almamun, Md., Rivera, R.M*. 2012. Methods in Molecular Biology, Imprinting
Protocols, Chapter 13, Isolation of RNA and DNA from single preimplantation embryos and small
number of mammalian oocytes for imprinting studies. Methods Mol Biol. 925:201-209
Refereed Journals – Peer reviewed
Under Review
Huffman, SR. Pak, Y, Rivera, RM*. Superovulation induces alterations in the epigenome of
zygotes and results in differences in gene expression at the blastocyst stage in mice. Journal of
Assisted Reproduction and Genetics.
Almamun, M., Negron-Perez, V., Rivera, R.M*. Size-dependent acquisition of global DNA
methylation in mouse oocytes is altered by hormonal stimulation. Journal of Assisted Reproduction
and Genetics.
Published
As PI and Collaborator

La Spina, FA, Romanato, M, Brugo-Olmedo, S, De Vincentiis S, Julianelli, V, Rivera, RM,
Buffone, MG. Heterogeneous distribution of histone methylation in mature human sperm Journal of
Assisted Reproduction and Genetics. 2013. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2013 Nov 13. [Epub ahead of
print]PMID: 24221913
Schenewerk, Angela L., Ramírez, Francisco, Foote, Christopher, Ji, Tieming, Martínez-Lemus, Luis
A., Rivera, Rocío Melissa*. 2013. Effects of the Use of Assisted Reproduction and High Caloric
Diet Consumption on Body Weight and Cardiovascular Health of Juvenile Mouse Offspring.
Reproduction. Oct 26. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 24163396.

Chen, Z., Robbins, K.M., Wells, K.D., and Rivera, R.M*. Large offspring syndrome: a bovine
model for the human loss-of-imprinting overgrowth syndrome Beckwith-Wiedemann. Epigenetics.
2013 Jun 1;8(6):591-601.
Negrón-Pérez, V.M., Echevarría, F.D., Huffman, S.R., and Rivera, R.M*. Determination of Allelic
Expression of H19 in Pre- and Peri- Implantation Mouse Embryos. Biol Reprod. 88(4):97.
Rivera, R.M*. and Rinaudo P. 2013. Bovine preimplantation embryo development is affected by
the stiffness of the culture substrate. Mol Reprod Dev. 80(3):184
Robbins, KM, Chen, Z, Wells, KD, and Rivera, RM*. 2012. Expression of KCNQ1OT1,
CDKN1C, H19, and PLAGL1 and the methylation patterns at the KvDMR1 and H19/IGF2
imprinting control regions is conserved between human and bovine. J Biomed Sci. 2012 Nov
15;19:95.
Zhao MT, Rivera RM, Prather RS. 2013. Locus-Specific DNA Methylation Reprogramming
During Early Porcine Embryogenesis. Biol Reprod. 88(2):48

As PostDoc

Rivera, RM, Stein PS, Weaver JR, Mager J, Schultz RM, Bartolomei MS. 2008.
Manipulations of mouse embryos prior to implantation result in aberrant expression of imprinted
genes on day 9.5 of development. Human Molecular Genetics 17:1-14
As Ph.D. Student

Block, J, Rivera, RM, Drost M, Jousan FD, Looney CR, Silvestre F, Paula-Lopes, FF, Ocon, OM,
Rosson, H, Bilby TR, Monson, RL, Rutledge, JJ, Hansen, PJ. 2005. Effect of bovine somatotropin
and timed embryo transfer on pregnancy rates in non-lactating cows. Veterinary Record 156:175-
176
Rivera, RM, Dahlgren, GM, de Castro e Paula, LA, Kennedy, RT, Hansen, PJ. 2004. Actions of
thermal stress in two-cell bovine embryos: Oxygen metabolism, glutathione and ATP content, and
the time-course of development. Reproduction 128:33-42
Rivera, RM, Kelley, KL, Erdos, GW, Hansen, PJ. 2004. Reorganization of microfilaments and
microtubules by thermal stress in two-cell bovine embryos. Biology of Reproduction 70:1852-1862
Rivera, RM, Kelley, KL, Erdos, GW, Hansen, PJ. 2003. Alterations in ultrastructural morphology
of in vivo and in vitro produced 2-cell bovine embryos following a physiological relevant heat
shock. Biology of Reproduction 69:2068-2077
Block, J, Drost, M, Monson, RL, Rutledge, JJ, Rivera, RM, Paula-Lopes, FF, Ocón, OM, Hansen,
PJ. 2003. Use of insulin-like growth factor-1 during embryo culture and treatment of recipients
with gonadotropin-releasing hormone to increase pregnancy rates following the transfer of in vitro-
produced embryos to heat-stressed, lactating cows. Journal of Animal Science 81:1590-1602
Krininger III, CE, Block, J, Al-Katanani, YM, Rivera, RM, Chase Jr, CC, Hansen, PJ. 2003.
Differences between Brahman and Holstein cows in response to estrous synchronization,
superovulation and resistance of embryos to heat shock. Animal Reproduction Science 78: 13-24
Paula-Lopes, FF, Chase, CC, Al-Katanani, YM, Krininger, CE III, Rivera, RM, Tekin, S,
Majewski, AC, Ocon, OM, Olson, TA, Hansen, PJ. 2003. Genetic divergence in cellular resistance
to heat shock in cattle: difference between breeds developed in temperate vs. hot climate in
responses of preimplantation embryos, reproductive tract tissues and lymphocytes to elevated
temperatures. Reproduction 125:285-294
Al-Katanani, YM, Rivera, RM, Hansen, PJ. 2002. Seasonal variation in development of in vitro
produced bovine embryos. Veterinary Record 150:486
Hansen, PJ, Drost, M, Rivera, RM, Paula-Lopes, FF, Al-Katanani, YM, Kriniger III, CE Chase,
CC, Jr. 2001. Adverse impact of heat stress on embryo production: causes and strategies for
mitigation. Theriogenology 55:91-103

Rivera, RM, Hansen, PJ. 2001. Development of cultured bovine embryos after exposure to high
temperatures in the physiological range. Reproduction 121:107-115

Rivera, RM, Al-Katanani, YM, Paula-Lopes, FF, Hansen, PJ. 2000. Short communication:
Seasonal effects on development of bovine embryos produced by in vitro fertilization in a hot
environment. Journal of Dairy Science 83:305-307

Brocas, C, Rivera, RM, Paula-Lopes, FF, McDowell, LR, Calhoun, MC, Staples, CR, Wilkinson,
NS, Boning, AJ, Chenoweth, PJ, Hansen, PJ. 1997. Deleterious actions of gossypol on bovine
spermatozoa, oocytes, and embryos. Biology of Reproduction 57:901-907

As M.S. Student

Rivera, RM, Youngs, CR, Ford, SP. 1996. A comparison of the number of inner cell mass and
trophectoderm cells of preimplantation Meishan and Yorkshire pig embryos at similar
developmental stages. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 106:111-116

Abstracts

Abstracts associated with Scientific Meeting Invited Oral Presentations
Rivera, RM. 2013. Bovine fetuses with phenotypic characteristics similar to those reported for the
human overgrowth condition Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome have biallelic expression of the
imprinted gene Kcnq1ot1. TM’s 2nd World Molecular & Cell Biology Online Conference

Rivera, RM. 2010. Size-Dependent Acquisition of global DNA methylation in oocytes is altered
by hormonal stimulation. Frontiers in Reproduction 2010 Symposium.
Rivera, RM. 2009. Epigenetics effects of manipulating mouse oocytes and preimplantation
embryos. Biol Reprod; 81 (1 Supplement) 9.
Rivera, RM. 2009. The epigenetic program of preimplantation mouse embryos is altered by
assisted reproductive technologies. The 6th Annual Gilbert S. Greenwald Symposium on
Reproduction Abstract book.



Published Abstracts
Oral Presentations

Schenewerk, A, Huffman, SR, Zhao, G, Martinez-Lemus, L, Rivera, RM. 2012. The Effect of
Maternal high fat diet and art on Cardiovascular Outcome in Offspring. Biol Reprod; (1
Supplement) 39

Poster Presentations

Ramirez-Perez F.I., Schenewerk, A.L., Foote, C., Zhao, G., Rivera R.M., Martinez-Lemus, L.A.
2013. Mice Produced by the Use of Assisted Reproductive Technologies from Dams Provided a
High-Fat and –Fructose Diet Have Reduced Arterial Vasodilation Responses to Acetylcholine.
Experimental Biology April 2013
Negrón Pérez, V, Echevarría, FD, Huffman, SR., Rivera, RM. 2012. Determination of Allelic
Expression of H19 in Peri-implantation mouse Embryos. Biol Reprod; (1 Supplement) 276
Chen, Z, Robbins, KM, Wells, KD, Rivera, RM. 2012. Bovine Fetuses with Phenotypic
Characteristics Similar to those Reported for the human Condition Beckwith-wiedemann Syndrome
have Biallelic Expression of the Imprinted gene Kcnq1ot1. Biol Reprod; (1 Supplement) 270
Robbins, K.M., Wells, K.D., Geary, T., O'Gorman, C., MacNeil, M.D., Smith, M., Pohler K., Jinks,
E., and Rivera, R.M. 2010. Establishment of a phenotypical model of adverse outcomes
associated with assisted reproductive technologies. Biol Reprod; 83 (1 Supplement) 316
Huffman, SR and Rivera, RM. 2010. Is biallelic expression of the imprinted gene H19 in
preimplantation mouse embryos the result of a molecular clock rather than embryo manipulation?
Biol Reprod; 83 (1 Supplement) 314.
Almamun, Md. and Rivera RM. 2010. Size-dependent acquisition of global DNA methylation in
oocytes is altered by hormonal stimulation. Biol Reprod; 83 (1 Supplement) 312
Rivera R.M., Huffman, S.R., Zhao, G., and Martinez-Lemus, L.A. 2010. Effects of assisted
reproductive technologies and/or Fat-based hypercaloric diet on cardiovascular performance in
mice. Biol Reprod; 83 (1 Supplement) 681

Rivera RM, Bartolomei, MS, Schultz, RM. Effects of in vitro culture on genomic imprinting in
mouse embryos. Biology of Reproduction - 2006 Special Issue. Abstract #93 - Oral presentation.
Rivera, RM, Kelley, KL, Erdos, GW, Hansen, PJ. 2003. Alterations in ultrastructural morphology
of in vivo produced 2-cell bovine embryos following a physiologically-relevant heat shock. Biology
of Reproduction 67:345 (Supplement 1)
Rivera, RM, Kelley, KL, Erdos, GW, Hansen, PJ. 2002. Heat shock induces ultrastructural
changes in two-cell bovine embryos. Biology of Reproduction 66:158 (Supplement 1)
Rivera, RM, Kelley, KL, Erdos, GW, Hansen, PJ. 2002. Heat shock induces ultrastructural
changes in two-cell bovine embryos. Proceedings of the Southeastern Microscopy Society, May,
2002
Block, J, Drost, M, Monson, RL, Rutledge, JJ, Rivera, RM, Paula-Lopes, FF, Ocón, OM, Hansen,
PJ. 2002. Use of insulin-like growth factor-1 in culture and administration of GnRH to recipients
to improve pregnancy rates following timed embryo transfer of in vitro-produced embryos to
lactating dairy cows. Journal of Animal Science 81:1590-1602
Paula-Lopes, FF, Chase, CC, Al-Katanani, YM, Krininger III, CE, Rivera, RM, Tekin, S, Majewski
AC, Ocon OM, Olson TA, Hansen PJ. 2001. Breed differences in resistance of bovine
preimplantation embryos to heat shock. Theriogenology 55:436
Rivera, RM Hansen, PJ. Does physiological heat shock compromise bovine embryonic
development in vitro? 2000. Biology of Reproduction 62 (Supplement 1):25
Rivera, RM, Al-Katanani, YM, Hansen, PJ. Response of 2-cell bovine embryos to heat shock:
effect of magnitude and duration of heat shock and possible induced thermotolerance. 1998. Journal
of Animal Science 76 (Supplement 1):219
Brocas, C, Rivera, RM, Paula-Lopes, FF, McDowell, LR, Calhoun, MC,. Staples, CR, Wilkinson,
NS, Boning, AJ, Chenoweth, PJ, Hansen, PJ. 1997. Effects of gossypol on bovine spermatozoa
and oocytes. Journal of Dairy Science 80 (Supplement 1):178
Rivera, RM Hansen, PJ. Effects of gossypol on bovine oocytes and preimplantation embryos.
1997. Biology of Reproduction 56 (Supplement 1):138
Ford, SP, Christenson, LK, Rivera, RM, Youngs, CR. Inhibitory effects of the Meishan uterus on
growth-rate and estradiol-17-beta [E(2)] secretion of day 30 conceptuses. 1994. Biology of
Reproduction 50(Supplement 1):175
Rivera, RM, Christenson, LK, Youngs, CR Ford, SP. Competitive survival, growth rate and
estrogen secretory activity of Meishan and Yorkshire fetuses. 1994. Journal of Animal Science 72
(Supplement 1):78
Rivera, RM, Christenson, LK, Youngs, CR Ford, SP. Inner cell mass and trophectoderm cell
numbers in Meishan and Yorkshire embryos. 1994. Abstract # 153 presented at the Midwestern
section meetings of the ASAS in Des Moines, IA. March 21-23
Rivera, RM, Christenson, LK, Ford, SP. Endothelin-1 prolongs the PGF2α-induced reduction in
progesterone secretion by corpora lutea on day 9 of the estrous cycle in gilts. 1993. Abstract # 155
presented at the Midwestern section meetings of the ASAS in Des Moines, IA. March 29-31
Oral Presentations

Schenewerk AL., Foote, C., Martinez-Lemus L.A., Rivera, R.M. The Effect of Maternal High Fat
Diet and ART on Cardiovascular Health and Body Weight in Offspring. Rocky Mountain
Reproductive Sciences Symposium. Loveland CO. April 2013
Negrón Pérez, V, Echevarría, FD, Huffman, SR., Rivera, RM. Determination of Allelic Expression
of H19 in Pre- and Peri-Implantation Mouse Embryos. Animal Sciences Graduate Research Forum,
Columbia, Missouri, May 2013.
Poster Presentations
Moon, L. Schenewerk, AL, Rivera, R.M. Determination of metabolic gene expression profile in
mouse blastocysts developed in two suboptimal environments. Life Science Undergraduate
Opportunity Program. Summer Undergraduate Forum. University of Missouri. 2013
Negrón Pérez, V, Echevarría, FD, Huffman, SR., Rivera, RM. Determination of Allelic Expression
of H19 in Pre- and Peri-Implantation Mouse Embryos. Rocky Mountain Reproductive Sciences
Symposium. 2013. Loveland CO. April 2013
Chen, Z, Robbins, KM, Wells, KD, Rivera, RM. Large offspring syndrome: a bovine model for the
human loss-of-imprinting overgrowth syndrome Beckwith-Wiedemann. Rocky Mountain
Reproductive Sciences Symposium. 2013. Loveland CO. April 2013
Schenewerk AL., Foote, C., Martinez-Lemus L.A., Rivera, R.M. The Effect of Maternal High Fat
Diet and ART on Cardiovascular Health and Body Weight in Offspring. Missouri Life Sciences
Week at Mizzou. Columbia, MO. April 2013.
Negrón Pérez, V, Echevarría, FD, Huffman, SR., Rivera, RM. Determination of Allelic Expression
of H19 in Pre- and Peri-Implantation Mouse Embryos. Missouri Life Sciences Week at Mizzou.
Columbia, MO. April 2013.
Chen, Z, Robbins, KM, Wells, KD, Rivera, RM Large offspring syndrome: a bovine model for the
human loss-of-imprinting overgrowth syndrome Beckwith-Wiedemann. Missouri Life Sciences
Week at Mizzou. Columbia, MO. April 2013.
Negrón Pérez, V, Echevarría, FD, Huffman, SR., Rivera, RM. Determination of Allelic
Expression of h19 in Peri-implantation mouse Embryos. 9th Annual Gilbert S. Greenwald
Symposium on Reproduction, Kansas City, Kansas, October 2012
Chen, Z, Robbins, KM, Wells, KD, Rivera, RM. Bovine Fetuses with Phenotypic Characteristics
Similar to those Reported for the human Condition Beckwith-wiedemann Syndrome have Biallelic
Expression of the Imprinted gene Kcnq1ot1. 9th Annual Gilbert S. Greenwald Symposium on
Reproduction, Kansas City, Kansas, October 2012

Schenewerk, A, Huffman, SR, Zhao, G, Martinez-Lemus, L, Rivera, RM. 2012. The Effect of
Maternal high fat diet and art on Cardiovascular Outcome in Offspring. Animal Sciences Graduate
Research Forum, Columbia, Missouri, May 2012
Negrón Pérez, V, Echevarría, FD, Huffman, SR., Rivera, RM. Determination of Allelic
Expression of h19 in Peri-implantation mouse Embryos. Animal Sciences Graduate Research
Forum, Columbia, Missouri, May 2012
Chen, Z, Robbins, KM, Wells, KD, Rivera, RM. Bovine Fetuses with Phenotypic Characteristics
Similar to those Reported for the human Condition Beckwith-wiedemann Syndrome have Biallelic
Expression of the Imprinted gene Kcnq1ot1. Animal Sciences Graduate Research Forum,
Columbia, Missouri, May 2012
Echevarría, FD, Huffman, SR, Rivera, RM. The imprinted gene H19 is biallelically expressed in
peri-implantation mouse embryos. Mizzou Advantage in Reproductive Biology Conference, May
2011
Robbins, K.M., Wells, K.D., Geary, T., O'Gorman, C., MacNeil, M.D., Smith, M., Pohler K., Jinks,
E., and Rivera, R.M. Establishment of a phenotypical model of adverse outcomes associated with
assisted reproductive technologies Mizzou Advantage in Reproductive Biology Conference, May
2011
Almamun, Md. and Rivera RM. Size-dependent acquisition of global DNA methylation in oocytes
is altered by hormonal stimulation. Mizzou Advantage in Reproductive Biology Conference, May
2011
Robbins, K.M., Wells, K.D., Geary, T., O'Gorman, C., MacNeil, M.D., Smith, M., Pohler K., Jinks,
E., and Rivera, R.M. Establishment of a phenotypical model of adverse outcomes associated with
assisted reproductive technologies. Animal Sciences Graduate Research Forum, Columbia,
Missouri, May 2011
Almamun, Md. and Rivera RM. Size-dependent acquisition of global DNA methylation in oocytes
is altered by hormonal stimulation. Animal Sciences Graduate Research Forum, Columbia,
Missouri, May 2010
Robbins, K.M., Wells, K.D., Geary, T., O'Gorman, C., MacNeil, M.D., Smith, M., Pohler K., Jinks,
E., and Rivera, R.M. Establishment of a phenotypical model of adverse outcomes associated with
assisted reproductive technologies. Animal Sciences Graduate Research Forum, Columbia,
Missouri, May 2010
Rowlison T. and Rivera RM. The effects of assisted reproductive technologies on the methionine
recycling pathway. University of Missouri Life Sciences Undergraduate Research Opportunity
Program Symposium, 2010.
Medlin, EG, Huffman, SR, and Rivera RM. Effects of culture conditions on cytosine methylation
and MeCP2 binding in preimplantation mouse embryos. Life Sciences Undergraduate Research
Opportunity Program Symposium - Summer 2008.
Rivera RM, Bartolomei, MS, Schultz, RM. 2006. Effects of in vitro culture on genomic
imprinting in mouse embryos. Mammalian Gametogenesis and Embryogenesis. Gordon
Conference Poster Presentation.

Theses
Cellular, Subcellular, and Developmental responses of two-cell bovine embryos to a physiologically
relevant heat shock. Dissertation. University of Florida. Gainesville, Florida. 2003.
A comparison of preimplantation development of embryos from Chinese Meishan and Yorkshire
pig breeds. Thesis. Iowa State University. Ames, Iowa. 1995.
Internet:

Rivera, RM, Brad AM, Edwards, JL, Ealy, AD, Monterroso, VM, Majewski, A.C., Franco, CM,
Moss, JM, Fear, JM, Hansen, PJ. Procedures for in vitro production of bovine embryos.
September 2000. http://animal.ifas.ufl.edu/hansen/ivf_protocol.shtml /

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