Larry Reynolds, University Distinguished Professor of animal sciences, recently completed a 12-day trip to China to promote international exchange and provide international education and research experiences for undergraduate and graduate students. He was an invited keynote lecturer at five symposia/locations:
1. The International Symposium on Maternal Nutrition and Fetal Development at the Ministry of Agriculture Feed Industry Centre, China Agricultural University, Beijing, where he presented “Altered placental angiogenesis and vascularity in compromised pregnancies;”
2. The Symposium on Nutrition and Reproduction at the Hubei Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, where he presented “Placental Microvascular Growth: Implications for Compromised Pregnancy;”
3. The International Symposium on Animal Nutrition and Health and Feed Additives at the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Changsha, where he also presented “Placental Microvascular Growth: Implications for Compromised Pregnancy;”
4. The Symposium on Maternal Nutrition and Fetal Development at the Institute of Animal Science, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, where he also presented “Placental Microvascular Growth: Implications for Compromised Pregnancy;” and,
5. The South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, where he presented “Impact of Developmental Programming in Livestock Production.”
“I was extremely impressed with the quality of the facilities, the faculty and the students,” Reynolds said. “I am convinced that China will be a formidable scientific and agricultural force and that our students need to be engaged with Chinese science. I look forward to promoting similar experiences and exchanges between our faculty and students in the future.”
Reynolds visited the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil earlier this year, where he established a collaborative research effort and hopes to create a collaborative agreement that will allow NDSU faculty and undergraduate and graduate students to gain research and educational experiences in Brazil. “With globalization of the economy and especially agriculture, we desperately need to continue to promote these international experiences for our faculty and students,” he said.