Honors:        NIH Student Training Grant, 2008
                        CSU College of Agriculture Recruiting Fellowship, 2005
                        CSU Excellence in Research Fellowship, 2005
                        International Livestock Congress Fellowship, 2005
                        Testis Workshop Travel Award, 2005
                        Arthaud Travel Fellowship, 2005
                        William G. Whitmore Memorial Travel Fellowship, 2004, 2005
                        1^st place, Midwest Animal Science M.S. Paper Competition, 2004
                        1^st place, Nebraska Physiological Society Graduate Paper Competition, 2004
                        John W. McDonald Fellowship, 2004
                        Milton E. Mohr Biotechnology Fellowship, 2004
                        Widaman Fellowship, 2004
                         Animal Science SGRA Graduate Student Recruiting Scholarship, 2003

Peer-reviewed publications:        

Bott RC, Ashley RL, Henkes LE, Antoniazzi A, Bruemmer JE, Niswender GD, Bazer FW, Spencer TE, Smirnova NP, Anthony RV, and Hansen TR.  Uterine vein infusion of IFN-tau targets luteal tissue, prevents anti-steroidogenic actions of PGF and extends inter-estrus interval in ewes.  (In progress) 

Bott RC, Schwartzenberger SM, Bruemmer JE, Arreguin-Arevalo JA, and Niswender GD.  Recombinant equine luteinizing hormone (reLH) stimulates progesterone production in murine Leydig, equine granulosal, and ovine small luteal cells.  (In progress)

Bott RC, Clopton DT, McFee RM, and Cupp AS.  Sex specific expression pattern of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2 (VEGFR-2) indicates a potential role for vascular formation in the development of morphogenic structures in both the ovary and testis of VEGFR-2/lacZ mice. (In progress) 

Bott RC, Clopton DT, and Cupp AS.  A Proposed Role for VEGF Isoforms in Sex-Specific Vasculature Development in the Gonad.  Reproduction in Domestic Animals.  2008.

Niswender, GD, Davis TL, Griffith RJ, Bogan RL, Monser K, Bott RC, Bruemmer JE, Nett TM.  Judge, jury and executioner: the auto-regulation of luteal function.  Soc Reprod Fertil Suppl. 2007;64:191-206.

Bott RC, McFee RM, Clopton DT, Toombs C, Cupp AS.  Vascular endothelial growth factor and kinase domain region receptor are involved in both seminiferous cord formation and vascular development during testis morphogenesis in the rat.  Biol Reprod. 2006 Jul; 75(1):56-67.

Perry GA, Welshons WV, Bott RC, Smith MF.  Basis of Melengesterol Acetate Action as a Progestin in Cattle. Domestic Animal Endocrinology, 2005.

Abstracts: 

Bott RC, Shwartzenberger SM, Arreguin-Arevalo JA, Bruemmer JE, and Niswender, GD.  Recombinant Equine Luteinizing Hormone (reLH) Stimulates Production of Progesterone from Murine Leydig, Equine Granulosal, and Ovine Small Luteal Cells.   Abstract accepted for presentation at the Equine Science Symposium in 2009.

Bott RC, Ashley RL, Henkes LE, Antoniazzi AQ, Bruemmer  JE, Niswender GD, Spencer TE, Bazer FW, Anthony RV and Hansen TR.  Uterine vein infusion of interferon tau (IFNT) stimulates luteal gene expression, prevents anti-steroidogenic actions of prostaglandin F_2α (PGF) and extends luteal lifespan in ewes.  Abstract accepted for presentation at the Society for the Study of Reproduction meeting, 2009.

Bott RC, Ashley RL, Henkes LE, Bruemmer  JE, Niswender GD, Spencer TE, Bazer FW, Anthony RV and Hansen TR.  Uterine vein infusions of interferon-tau act directly on the corpus luteum through inducing ISG15 expression.  Abstract presented at the Society for the Study of Reproduction Summer Meeting, 2008.

Bott RC, Schwartzenberger SM, Mayan H, Bruemmer JE, and Niswender, GD.  The effect of recombinant equine luteinizing hormone (ReLH) on murine Leydig, equine granulosa and ovine small luteal cell progesterone production.  Abstract presented at the CSU Biomedical Sciences Departmental Retreat, 2007.

Davis TL, Bott RC, Bruemmer JE, and Niswender GD.  Progesterone alters membrane cholesterol content and oxytocin signaling in ovine small luteal cells.  Abstract presented at the Society for the Study of Reproduction, 2007.

Bott RC, D.T. Clopton, and A.S. Cupp.  Inhibition of VEGF Signal Transduction by VEGFR-TKI is through perturbation of proliferation and cell survival pathways and not due to suppression of endothelial cell migration.  Abstract presented at Testis Workshop, March, 2005.

Ten Broeck, R., Clopton DT, Bott RC, and Cupp AS.  Potential Differences in Expression of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) Isoforms- 120 and 164 after the LH surge in the pre-ovulatory follicle of the cow.   Abstract presented at Midwest Animal Science Meetings, March, 2005.

Bott RC, McFee RM, Baltes M, Clopton DT, and Cupp AS.  Phosphtidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3 Kinase)  is a potential signal transduction pathway for vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) regulation of embryonic testis morphogenesis.  Abstract presented at the Society for the Study of Reproduction, 2005.

Baltes M, Bott RC, Cupp AS.  Development of a sex determination laboratory for undergraduate students in reproductive physiology.  Abstract presented at the Society for the Study of Reproduction, 2005.

Clopton DT, Bott RC, Ten Broeck R, Tepfer A, Baltes M, Schultz J, and Cupp AS.  Administration of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) alters cellular expression of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 (VEGFR-2 in the testes of VEGFR-2 LACZ mice.  Abstract presented at the Society for the Study of Reproduction, 2005.

Tepfer A, McFee RM, Bott RC, Clopton DT, Schulz J, Cupp AS.  Feeding melengesterol acetate (MGA) to bulls during the peri or pre-pubertal period induces differences in endocrine profiles which may lead to alterations in testis size.   Abstract presented at the Society for the Study of Reproduction, 2005.

McFee RM, Pohlmann RM, Clopton DT, Bott RC, Rozell TG, and Cupp AS. Inhibition of VEGF signal transduction arrests vascular development and blocks follicle progression to the pre-antral stage in perinatal rat ovaries. Abstract presented at Study for the Society of Reproduction Meetings, August 2004.

Clopton, DT, Bott RC, McFee RM, and Cupp AS. Cellular expression of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2 (VEGFR-2) indicates potential non-angiogenic roles for VEGFR-2 in spermatogenesis and ovulation in VEGFR-2 lacZ mice. Abstract presented at Study for the Society of Reproduction Meetings, August 2004.

Bott, RC, Clopton DT, McFee RM, and Cupp AS. The sex specific expression pattern of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2 (VEGFR-2) indicates a potential role for vascular formation in the development of morphogenic structures in both the ovary and testis of VEGF-2/lacZ mice. Abstract presented at Study for the Society of Reproduction Meetings, August 2004.  (Abstract also selected for presentation at Greenwald Symposium, 2004)

Bott RC, Clopton DT, McFee RM, and Cupp AS. Induction of endothelial cell migration:  A proposed mechanism for vascular endothelial growth factor’s (VEGF) action on neovascularization and seminiferous Cord formation during testis morphogenesis.  Abstract presented at Midwest Animal Science Meetings, March 2004.  (Also recruited for presentation at the Nebraska Physiological Society meeting, 2004)