Biography
Domingo Tortonese is a veterinary surgeon with a background (Doctorate by Research at Nat. University of La Plata, Argentina) in Genetics of Reproduction. He then trained as a reproductive endocrinologist in the USA (West Virginia University) under Keith Inskeep, before joining the MRC Reproductive Biology Unit in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, where he furthered his training in Reproductive Neuroendocrinology with Gerald Lincoln and Alan McNeilly. Following his post-doctoral appointment, he joined the University of Bristol and is currently the Programme Director of the MRes in Health Sciences Research in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences. He established a research programme in Reproductive Neuroendocrinology to investigate the neural, cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the control of naturally occurring temporal changes in fertility. He has employed an inter-disciplinary, multi-animal model, integrated strategy, which has allowed him to study the topic from its molecular basis to whole animal systems. Recent collaborative work with David Bates (University of Nottingham, UK) has led to the elucidation of the way in which angiogenic mechanisms within the pituitary gland contribute to decode photoperiodic signals, generating a biological response that permits the adaptation of the animal to a changing environment. His research has been supported by BBSRC, HBLB, Royal Society, RCVS and Wellcome Trust.
