Ian Callard

Professor Callard is a professor of biology whose research interests include endocrinology and reproduction. His research is primarily interested in the cellular and molecular actions of estrogen and progesterone associated with the evolution of live-bearing from an egg laying mode of reproduction. The major organ targets of interest are the reproductive tract (growth, secretion, and smooth muscle contraction) and the liver (synthesis and secretion of yolk protein precursor, vitellogenin) and other apolipoproteins involved in lipid transport.