Leigh Silvester

Contact

• workRoom C334 South Laboratory
  Sutton Bonington Campus
  Sutton Bonington
  Leicestershire
  LE12 5RD
  UK
• work0115 951 6045
• leigh.silvester@nottingham.ac.uk

Research Summary

Through the management of a confocal microscope system, the Immunoassay Suite and histology Suite I am involved with a range of research projects.

Recent Publications

• SILVESTER, L. M. and LUCK, M. R., 1999. Distribution of extracellular matrix components in the developing ruminant corpus luteum: a wound repair hypothesis for luteinization Journal of Reproduction and Fertility. VOL 116(NUMBER 1), 187-198
• LUCK, M. R., SILVESTER, L. M. and ZHAO, Y., 1996. The role of the extracellular matrix in reproductive tissues Reproduction in Domestic Animals. VOL 31(NUMBER 3), 403-406
• LUCK M.R, SILVESTER L.M and ZHAO Y., 1996. The role of the extracellular matrix in reproductive tissues Reproduction in Domestic Animals. 31, 403-405
• LUCK M.R, ZHAO Y and SILVESTER L.M., 1995. Identification and localization of collagen types I and IV in the ruminant follicle and corpus luteum Journal of Reproduction and Fertility Supplement. 49, 517-52

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• SILVESTER, L. M. and LUCK, M. R., 1999. Distribution of extracellular matrix components in the developing ruminant corpus luteum: a wound repair hypothesis for luteinization Journal of Reproduction and Fertility. VOL 116(NUMBER 1), 187-198
• LUCK, M. R., SILVESTER, L. M. and ZHAO, Y., 1996. The role of the extracellular matrix in reproductive tissues Reproduction in Domestic Animals. VOL 31(NUMBER 3), 403-406
• LUCK M.R, SILVESTER L.M and ZHAO Y., 1996. The role of the extracellular matrix in reproductive tissues Reproduction in Domestic Animals. 31, 403-405
• LUCK M.R, ZHAO Y and SILVESTER L.M., 1995. Identification and localization of collagen types I and IV in the ruminant follicle and corpus luteum Journal of Reproduction and Fertility Supplement. 49, 517-52
• SILVESTER L.M and LUCK M.R., 1995. Intercellular distribution of collagen type IV in the ovine corpus luteum Journal of Reproduction and Fertility Abstracts. 15, 47
• MEPHAM T.B, PROSSER C.G, ROYLE C, SILVESTER L.M, AL-SHAIKH M.A and FLEET I.R., 1990. The galactopoietic response to exogenous growth hormone in ruminants is associated with raised milk glucose concentration Journal of Physiology. 472, 21
• HEAP R.B, FLEET I.R, FULLERTON F.M, DAVIS A.J, GOODS J.A, HART I.C, PENDLETON J.W, PROSSER C.G, SILVESTER L.M and MEPHAM T.B., 1989. A comparison of the mechanisms of action of bovine pituitary-derived and recombinant somatotropin (ST) in inducing galactopoiesis in the cow during late lactation. In: HEAP R.B, PROSSER C.G and LAMMING G.E., eds., Biotechnology in Growth Regulation Butterworths. 73-84