Pei-SanÌýTsai

  • Professor
  • INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY
Address

Office: Ramaley N384
Fax:Ìý303-492-0811

Research Interests

  • Reproductive endocrinology.
  • Hormones and neurohormones controlling reproduction, functional and structural evolution of reproductive neurohormones, and potential infertility treatments.
  • Reproductive Endocrinology Laboratory.

Education

  • 1983-1987, B.S., Zoology, Texas A&M University
  • 1987-1989, M.S., Zoology, University of California,ÌýBerkeley
  • 1989-1993, Ph.D., Zoology, University of California,ÌýBerkeley
  • 1993-1995, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of OB/GYN and Reproductive Sciences, University of California,ÌýSan Francisco.
  • 1995-1996, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physiology, University of California,ÌýLos Angeles

Professional Experience

  • 1996-1999, Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, University of Connecticut, Storrs
  • 1999-2003, Assistant Professor, Department of EPO Biology, University of ColoradoÌýBoulder
  • 2003-2006, Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Physiology, University of ColoradoÌýBoulder
  • 2006-2012, Associate Professor, Department of Integrative Physiology, University of ColoradoÌýBoulder
  • 2012-present, Professor, Department of Integrative Physiology, University of ColoradoÌýBoulder
  • 2014-2017, Chair, Department of Integrative Physiology, University of ColoradoÌýBoulder
  • 2021-2023, Associate Chair, Department of Integrative Physiology, University of ColoradoÌýBoulder

Honors and Awards

  • 1990, Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor, University of California at Berkeley
  • 1993, NIH Postdoctoral National Research Service Award
  • 1997, NSF CAREER Award
  • 2005-2009, Editorial Board, Biology of Reproduction
  • 2008, The Endocrine Society Research Award
  • 2010, Provost's Faculty Achievement Award
  • 2011-present, Associate Editor, Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • 2013, Excellence in Leadership Program Fellow

Recent Publications

  • Laphyai P, Kruangkum T, Chotwiwatthanakun C, Semchuchot W, Thaijongrak P, Sobhon P, Tsai P-S, Vanichviriyakit R.ÌýSuppression of a novel vitellogenesis-inhibiting hormone significantly increases ovarian vitellogenesis in the black tiger shrimp, Penaeus monodon.ÌýFrontiers inÌýEndocrinologyÌý12: 760538, 2021
  • Chung WC, Tsai P-S.ÌýThe initiation and maintenance of gonadotropin-releasing hormone neuron identity in congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism.ÌýFrontiers inÌýEndocrinologyÌý14: 1166132, 2023
  • Tsai P-S, Sanders KN, Dai X, Plachetzki D. Authentication of a lophotrochozoan adipokinetic hormone receptor in a gastropod, Aplysia californica. General and Comparative EndocrinologyÌý345:114393, 2024
  • Desmond LW, Dawud LM, Kessler LR, Akonom T, Hunter EAH, Holbrook EM, Andersen ND, Sterrett JD, Boateng DA, Stuart BJ, Guerrero L, Gebert MJ, Tsai P-S, Langgartner D, Reber SO, Frank MG, Lowry CA. Protective effects of Mycobacterium vaccae ATCC 15483 against Western style diet-induced weight gain and visceral adiposity in adolescent male mice. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity 125:249-267, 2025
  • Akonom TN, Allen AM, Tsai P-S. Opposite sex housing enhances reproductive function and induces transcriptional changes in the preoptic area of GnRH-deficient mice. Frontiers inÌýEndocrinologyÌý15: 1571740, 2025