Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 61801.
Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 61801; email:
Annu Rev Anim Biosci. 2017 Feb 8;5:1-20. doi: 10.1146/annurev-animal-022516-022736.
This article is a combination of an autobiography and a review of outstanding research done by over 70 graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and visiting scientists along with excellent collaborators during my over-40-year career as a professor of reproductive physiology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. I have also shared thoughts on mentoring, how research has changed over the years, and the future of reproductive physiology. I provide the reader with a snapshot of the challenges faced by a woman eager to obtain a PhD under the guidance of renowned professors in the early 1970s and to be hired as the first woman, and the only permanent female faculty member, for more than 20 years on a faculty of 40 men. As a comparative reproductive physiologist, I describe the various animal models used because they were the best models to answer specific questions in reproduction. Also, my graduate students and postdoctoral fellows were given the freedom to identify their research topics, articulate hypotheses to be tested, and select appropriate animal models. This approach caused students to take ownership of their research, resulting in the development of independent and creative scientists and over 170 publications, excluding chapters in top-tier journals. Finally, I am so grateful for a truly rich life mentoring graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who have become my lifelong friends.
本文是自传的结合，也是对我 40 多年来在伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校担任生殖生理学教授期间，与 70 多名研究生、博士后研究员和访问科学家以及优秀合作者共同完成的杰出研究的回顾。我还分享了关于指导、研究多年来的变化以及生殖生理学的未来的想法。我为读者提供了一个快照，展示了一位渴望在 20 世纪 70 年代初在著名教授的指导下获得博士学位并在 40 名男性教职员工中成为第一位也是唯一一位永久女性教职员工的女性所面临的挑战。作为一名比较生殖生理学家，我描述了使用的各种动物模型，因为它们是回答生殖特定问题的最佳模型。此外，我的研究生和博士后研究员有自由确定他们的研究课题，提出要测试的假设，并选择适当的动物模型。这种方法使学生对自己的研究负责，培养出独立和富有创造力的科学家，并发表了 170 多篇论文，不包括顶级期刊的章节。最后，我非常感谢我的研究生和博士后研究员们，他们是我一生的朋友，他们的指导让我的生活非常充实。
