Nancy Malcuit

Nancy A. Kieser Malcuit

Lecturer

Nancy Malcuit doing AI on a cow

Office phone: 413-545-5573

Fax: 413-577-1150

Email: nkieser [at] vasci [dot] umass [dot] edu

Office location: 316 Stockbridge Hall

B.S.: University of Massachusetts, 1997

M.S.: University of Massachusetts, 2003

Classes:
AnSci 101: Introduction to Animal Science
AnSci 103: Introduction to Animal Management

AnSci 297B: ST- A.I. Certification

 

I graduated from UMass in 1997, with a degree in pre-veterinary science. After graduation I started working for Advanced Cell Technology. ACT is a biotechnology company that was located on the UMass campus and our primary interest at that time was cloning cattle. Shortly after I joined the team we announced the first cloned transgenic cattle created, named George and Charlie. I worked at ACT for 5 years, until returning to UMass to start teaching.  In 2002, a lecturer position opened and I thought that this would be a great way to combine my love of the agricultural industries and science.  Through teaching I am able to pass on my passion for agriculture and the animal industries. I believe that you get out what you put in. I put a lot of energy and thought into my classes and I hope that the students will feel my enthusiasm for the subject and take the knowledge with them for the rest of their time here and wherever they go. I want students to leave my classes with a better understanding of the world around them and the role that, agricultural plays in all of our lives.

I am the faculty advisor for the Belted Galloway Group.  In 2003 we got our first 9 animals from Aldermere Farm and through the years I have seen the herd grow.  

Picture of Belted Galloway Cow

It is a student run group, so the students make the management decisions about the animals and preform all of the procedures.  I think that working with the cattle gives the students a lot of confidence. It is also a way for them to practice problem solving and working in a group environment. 

Page RL, Malcuit C, Vilner L, Vojtic I, Shaw S, Hedblom E, Hu J, Pins GD, Rolle MW, Dominko T.  2011.  Restoration of skeletal muscle defects with adult human cells delivered on fibrin microthreads.. Tissue engineering. Part A. 17(21-22):2629-40.
Cooney MA, Malcuit C, Cheon B, Holland MK, Fissore RA, D'Cruz NT.  2010.  Species-specific differences in the activity and nuclear localization of murine and bovine phospholipase C zeta 1.. Biology of reproduction. 83(1):92-101.
Lee B, Yoon S-Y, Malcuit C, Parys JB, Fissore RA.  2010.  Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor 1 degradation in mouse eggs and impact on [Ca2+]i oscillations.. Journal of cellular physiology. 222(1):238-47.
Malcuit C, Trask MC, Santiago L, Beaudoin E, Tremblay KD, Mager J.  2009.  Identification of novel oocyte and granulosa cell markers.. Gene expression patterns : GEP. 9(6):404-10.
Kurokawa M, Sato K-ichi, Wu H, He C, Malcuit C, Black SJ, Fukami K, Fissore RA.  2005.  Functional, biochemical, and chromatographic characterization of the complete [Ca2+]i oscillation-inducing activity of porcine sperm.. Developmental biology. 285(2):376-92.