Dr Nana Satake
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Veterinary Science

Book Chapter
Spindler, Rebecca, Keeley, Tamara and Satake, Nana (2014). Applied andrology in endangered, exotic and wildlife species. Animal andrology: theories and applications. (pp. 450-473) edited by Peter J. Chenoweth and Steven P. Lorton. Wallingford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdo: CAB International. doi: 10.1079/9781780643168.0450
Journal Articles
Ravuri, H.G., Sadowski, P., Satake, N. and Mills, P.C. (2025). Efficacy of transdermal ketoprofen on surgical inflammation in dogs. Research in Veterinary Science, 183 105512, 105512. doi: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2024.105512
Paramasivan, Selvam, Ashick, Mohamed, Dudley, Kevin J., Satake, Nana, Mills, Paul C., Sadowski, Pawel and Nagaraj, Shivashankar H. (2024). VPBrowse: genome-based representation of MS/MS spectra to quantify 10,000 bovine proteins. Proteomics, 24 (14) 2300431. doi: 10.1002/pmic.202300431
Mills, Paul C., Owens, Jane G., Reinbold, James B., McGowan, Michael, Ellenbergner, Claudia, Woldeyohannes, Solomon and Satake, Nana (2022). A novel transdermal ketoprofen formulation for analgesia in cattle. Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 45 (6), 530-542. doi: 10.1111/jvp.13093
Ravuri, Halley Gora, Sadowski, Pawel, Noor, Zainab, Satake, Nana and Mills, Paul C (2022). Plasma proteomic changes in response to surgical trauma and a novel transdermal analgesic treatment in dogs. Journal of Proteomics, 265 104648, 104648. doi: 10.1016/j.jprot.2022.104648
Ravuri, Halley Gora, Satake, Nana, Balmanno, Alexandra, Skinner, Jazmine, Kempster, Samantha and Mills, Paul C. (2022). Pharmacokinetic evaluation of a novel transdermal ketoprofen formulation in healthy dogs. Pharmaceutics, 14 (3) 646, 646. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14030646
Ravuri, Halley Gora, Noor, Zainab, Mills, Paul C., Satake, Nana and Sadowski, Pawel (2022). Data-independent acquisition enables robust quantification of 400 proteins in non-depleted canine plasma. Proteomes, 10 (1) 9, 9. doi: 10.3390/proteomes10010009
Ghodasara, Priya, Satake, Nana, Sadowski, Pawel, Kopp, Steven and Mills, Paul C. (2022). Investigation of cattle plasma proteome in response to pain and inflammation using next generation proteomics technique, SWATH-MS. Molecular Omics, 18 (2), 133-142. doi: 10.1039/d1mo00354b
Noor, Zainab, Paramasivan, Selvam, Ghodasara, Priya, Chemonges, Saul, Gupta, Rajesh, Kopp, Steven, Mills, Paul C., Ranganathan, Shoba, Satake, Nana and Sadowski, Pawel (2022). Leveraging homologies for cross-species plasma proteomics in ungulates using data-independent acquisition. Journal of Proteomics, 250 104384, 104384. doi: 10.1016/j.jprot.2021.104384
Ramirez-Garzon, Orlando, Soares Magalhaes, Ricardo, Satake, Nana, Hill, Jonathan, Jimenez, Claudia, Holland, Michael K. and McGowan, Michael (2021). Effect of endometrial sampling procedures on subsequent pregnancy rate of cattle. Animals, 11 (6) 1683, 1-13. doi: 10.3390/ani11061683
Mills, Paul C., Ghodasara, Priya, Satake, Nana, Alawneh, John, Fraser, Brandon, Kopp, Steven and McGowan, Michael (2020). A novel transdermal ketoprofen formulation provides effective analgesia to calves undergoing amputation dehorning. Animals, 10 (12) 2442, 1-10. doi: 10.3390/ani10122442
Fortes, Marina R. S., Porto-Neto, Laercio R., Satake, Nana, Nguyen, Loan T., Freitas, Ana Claudia, Melo, Thaise P., Scalez, Daiane Cristina Becker, Hayes, Ben, Raidan, Fernanda S. S., Reverter, Antonio and Boe-Hansen, Gry B. (2020). X chromosome variants are associated with male fertility traits in two bovine populations. Genetics Selection Evolution, 52 (1) 46, 46. doi: 10.1186/s12711-020-00563-5
Boe‐Hansen, Gry Brandt, Rêgo, João Paulo A., Satake, Nana, Venus, Bronwyn, Sadowski, Pawel, Nouwens, Amanda, Li, Yutao and McGowan, Michael (2020). Effects of increased scrotal temperature on semen quality and seminal plasma proteins in Brahman bulls. Molecular Reproduction and Development, 87 (5) mrd.23328, 574-597. doi: 10.1002/mrd.23328
Boe-Hansen, Gry Brandt and Satake, Nana (2019). An update on boar semen assessments by flow cytometry and CASA. Theriogenology, 137, 93-103. doi: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2019.05.043
Boe-Hansen, G. B., Fortes, M. R. S. and Satake, N. (2018). Morphological defects, sperm DNA integrity, and protamination of bovine spermatozoa. Andrology, 6 (4), 627-633. doi: 10.1111/andr.12486
Satake, N, Edwards, Saa, Tutt, D, McGowan, M R and Boe-Hansen, G B (2018). Investigation of in vitro measurable sperm attributes and their influence on electroejaculated bull semen with a fixed-time artificial insemination protocol in Australian Bos indicus cattle. Reproduction in Domestic Animals, 53 (2), 414-422. doi: 10.1111/rda.13121
Holt, William V. and Satake, Nana (2018). Making the most of sperm activation responses: experiments with boar spermatozoa and bicarbonate. Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 30 (6), 842-849. doi: 10.1071/RD17476
Ghodasara, P., Sadowski, P., Satake, N., Kopp, S. and Mills, P. C. (2017). Clinical veterinary proteomics: techniques and approaches to decipher the animal plasma proteome. Veterinary Journal, 230, 6-12. doi: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2017.10.022
Ramirez-Garzon, O., Satake, N., Lyons, R., Hill, J., Holland, M. and Mcgowan, M. (2017). Endometrial biopsy in Bos indicus beef heifers. Reproduction in Domestic Animals, 52 (3), 526-528. doi: 10.1111/rda.12944
Cook, Emily K., Satake, Nana, Sykes, Ben W., Bennett, Emma L. and Mills, Paul C. (2016). Pharmacokinetics of esomeprazole following intravenous and oral administration in healthy dogs. Veterinary Medicine: Research and Reports, 7, 123-131. doi: 10.2147/VMRR.S112643
Edwards, S. A. A., Boe-Hansen, G. B., Satake, N., Chandra, K. and McGowan, M. R. (2015). A field investigation of a modified intravaginal progesterone releasing device and oestradiol benzoate based ovulation synchronisation protocol designed for fixed-time artificial insemination of Brahman heifers. Animal Reproduction Science, 160, 105-111. doi: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2015.07.011
Babamoradi, Hamid, Amigo, José Manuel, van den Berg, Frans, Ronn Petersen, Morten, Satake, Nana and Boe-Hansen, Gry (2015). Quality assessment of boar semen by multivariate analysis of flow cytometric data. Chemometrics And Intelligent Laboratory Systems, 142, 219-230. doi: 10.1016/j.chemolab.2015.02.008
Edwards, S. A. A., Atkinson, P. C., Satake, N., Boe-Hansen, G. and McGowan, M. R. (2014). Ovarian dynamics in response to two modified intravaginal progesterone releasing device and oestradiol benzoate based ovulation synchronisation protocols designed for use in Brahman heifers. Animal Reproduction Science, 148 (1-2), 18-25. doi: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2014.05.005
Fortes, M. R. S., Satake, N., Corbet, D. H., Corbet, N. J., Burns, B. M., Moore, S. S. and Boe-Hansen, G. B. (2014). Sperm protamine deficiency correlates with sperm DNA damage in Bos indicus bulls. Andrology, 2 (3), 370-378. doi: 10.1111/j.2047-2927.2014.00196.x
Fortes, M. R. S., Holroyd, R. G., Reverter, A., Venus, B. K., Satake, N. and Boe-Hansen, G. B. (2012). The integrity of sperm chromatin in young tropical composite bulls. Theriogenology, 78 (2), 326-333. doi: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2012.02.007
Johnston, S. D., Satake, N., Zee, Y., Lopez-Fernandez, C., Holt, W. V. and Gosalvez, J. (2012). Osmotic stress and cryoinjury of koala sperm: An integrative study of the plasma membrane, chromatin stability and mitochondrial function. Reproduction, 143 (6), 787-797. doi: 10.1530/REP-11-0436
Coy, P., Lloyd, R., Romar, R., Satake, N., Matas, C., Gadea, J. and Holt, W. V. (2010). Effects of porcine pre-ovulatory oviductal fluid on boar sperm function. Theriogenology, 74 (4), 632-642. doi: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2010.03.005
Holt, W. V., Hernandez, M., Warrell, L. and Satake, N. (2010). The long and the short of sperm selection in vitro and in vivo: Swim-up techniques select for the longer and faster swimming mammalian sperm. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 23 (3), 598-608. doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.01935.x
Elliott, Roslyn M. A., Lloyd, Rhiannon E., Fazeli, Alireza, Sostaric, Edita, Georgiou, A. Stephen, Satake, Nana, Watson, Paul F. and Holt, William V. (2009). Effects of HSPA8, an evolutionarily conserved oviductal protein, on boar and bull spermatozoa. Reproduction, 137 (2), 191-203. doi: 10.1530/REP-08-0298
Dzyuba, B. B., Van Look, K. J. W., Kholodnyy, V. S., Satake, N., Cheung, S. and Holt, W. V. (2008). Variable sperm size and motility activation in the pipefish, Syngnathus abaster; adaptations to paternal care or environmental plasticity?. Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 20 (4), 474-482. doi: 10.1071/RD07221
Satake, Nana, Elliott, Roslyn M. A., Watson, Paul F. and Holt, William V. (2006). Sperm selection and competition in pigs may be mediated by the differential motility activation and suppression of sperm subpopulations within the oviduct. Journal of Experimental Biology, 209 (8), 1560-1572. doi: 10.1242/jeb.02136
Holt, W. V., Elliott, R. M. A., Fazeli, A., Sostaric, E., Georgiou, A. S., Satake, N., Prathalingam, N. and Watson, P. F. (2005). Validation of an experimental strategy for studying surface-exposed proteins involved in porcine sperm-oviduct contact interactions. Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 17 (7), 683-692. doi: 10.1071/RD05070
Conference Papers
Ravuri, Halley, Satake, Nana, Mills, Paul C. and Sadowski, Pawel (2019). Comprehensive dog plasma spectral libraries for SWATH-MS data acquisition. Human Proteome Organisation World Congress (HUPO), Adelaide, SA Australia, 15-18 September 2019.
Ravuri, Halley Gora, Satake, Nana, Sadowski, Pawel and Mills, Paul C. (2018). Generation of dog spectral library for plasma proteins: using SWATH-MS technique. 3rd Queensland Mass Spectrometry Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 6-7 December 2018.
Satake, N., Mols, K. L., Li, F., Fraser, N., Villa, T. F. and Cawdell-Smith, A. J. (2018). Examining volatile organic compound profiles of mare oestrous cycles. XIIth International Symposium on Equine Reproduction, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 22-28 July 2018. Maryland Heights, MO, United States: W.B. Saunders Co.. doi: 10.1016/j.jevs.2018.05.189
Syanda, A. M., Boe-Hansen, G. and Satake, N. (2016). Semi-automatic morphometric analysis of normal boar sperm head. 10th Biennial Conference of the Association for Applied Animal Andrology, Tours, France, 24-26 June 2016. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. doi: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2016.03.045
Satake, Nana and Boe-Hansen, Gry (2016). Assessment of porcine sperm nuclear packaging utilizing CMA3 dual spectra flow cytometry. 10th Biennial Conference of the Association for Applied Animal Andrology, Tours, France, 24-26 June 2016. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. doi: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2016.03.028
Boe-Hansen, Gry, Fortes, Marina and Satake, Nana (2016). Morphological defects, sperm DNA integrity and protamination of bovine spermatozoa. 10th Biennial Conference of the Association for Applied Animal Andrology, Tours, France, 24-26 June 2016. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier BV. doi: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2016.03.027
Aspland, A. M., Satake, N., Cawdell-Smith, A. J. and Collins, C. W. (2014). Assessing novel, plant-based cryopreservation extenders for freezing stallion semen. 11th International Symposium on Equine Reproduction, Hamilton, New Zealand, 26-31 January 2014. Maryland Heights, MO, United States: W.B. Saunders. doi: 10.1016/j.jevs.2013.10.032
Satake, Nana, Fortes, Marina and Boe-Hansen, Gry (2014). Assessment of protamine deficiency in bovine sperm utilizing CMA3 dual spectra flow cytometry. Association for Applied Animal Andrology Biennual Meeting, Newcastle, Australia, 8th-10th August 2014.
Satake, N., Hill, M. and Boe-Hansen, G. (2014). Effect of seasonal heat stress on boar (Sus scrofa) sperm motility in subtropical Queensland, Australia. The 12th International Symposium on Spermatology, Newcastle, Australia, 10-14 August 2014.
Babamoradi, H., Rubio, J. M. A., Petersen, M. R., Satake, N. and Boe-Hansen, G. B. (2013). Multivariate analysis of flow cytometry data. SSC13 - 13th Scandinavian Symposium on Chemometrics, Stockholm, Sweden, 17-20 June 2013.
Satake, N., Liu, A., Aldosarri, S., Boe-Hansen, G. and Cawdell-Smith, A. J. (2012). Modulation of stallion fertility with dietary oil supplementation. 4th Australasian Equine Science Symposium, Gold Coast , Australia, 13-15 June 2012. Gatton, Australia: The University of Queensland, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences.
Satake, N., Johnston, S. D. and Holt, W. V. (2009). Sperm Subpopulations in the Koala (Phascolarctos Cinereus) Ejaculate. COLLINGWOOD: CSIRO PUBLISHING. doi: 10.1071/RDv21n1Ab231
Alhaider, A. K., Satake, N. and Watson, P. F. (2008). IVF of in vitro matured dog oocytes using homologous fresh or frozen- thawed spermatozoa. 16th International Congress on Animal Reproduction, Budapest Hungary, Jul 13-17, 2008. MALDEN: WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC.
Holt, W., Satake, N., Smith, G. D., Alhaider, A., Takayama, S. and Watson, P. F. (2008). Microfluidic sorting of boar spermatozoa. 16th International Congress on Animal Reproduction, Budapest Hungary, Jul 13-17, 2008. MALDEN: WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC.
Satake, N., Watson, P. F. and Holt, W. V. (2008). Phosphoinositide-3-kinase signaling and the control of sperm motility in the porcine oviduct. COLLINGWOOD: CSIRO PUBLISHING. doi: 10.1071/RDv20n1Ab227
Satake, N., Alhaider, A. K., Holt, W. V. and Watson, P. F. (2007). Exposure of spermatozoa to solubilized extracts of the oviductal epithelium apical plasma membrane enhances fertilization in porcine in vitro fertilization. COLLINGWOOD: CSIRO PUBLISHING. doi: 10.1071/RDv19n1Ab312
Holt, W. V., Elliott, R. M. A., Fazeli, A., Sostaric, E., Georgiou, A. S., Satake, Nana, Prathalingam, N. and Watson, P. F. (2006). Harnessing the biology of the oviduct for the benefit of artificial insemination. Seventh International Conference on Pig Reproduction, Kerkrade, The Netherlands, 12-15 June 2005. Nottingham, England: Nottingham University Press.
Holt, W. V., Elliott, R. M. A., Fazeli, A., Sostaric, E., Georgiou, A. S., Satake, Nana, Prathalingam, N. and Watson, P. F. (2006). Harnessing the biology of the oviduct for artificial insemination. Seventh International Conference on Pig Reproduction, Kerkrade, The Netherlands, 12-15 June 2005. Nottingham, England: Nottingham University Press.
Satake, Nana, Watson, Paul F. and Holt, William V. (2006). Sperm motility suppression by porcine oviductal membrane proteins is not caused by inhibition of bicarbonate uptake.. 39th Annual Meeting of the Society-for-the-Study-of-Reproduction, Omaha Ne, Jul 29-Aug 01, 2006. MADISON: SOC STUDY REPRODUCTION.
Satake, N, Prathalingam, NS and Holt, WV (2005). The effect of mitochondrial inhibitors and caffeine on motility and JC-1 aggregate formation in boar sperm. 5th International Conference on Boar Semen Preservation, Doorwerth Netherlands, Aug 24-27, 2003. NEW YORK: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC.
Research Report
McGowan, M. R., Edwards, S., Vankan, D., Portoneto, L., Chandra, K., Satake, N., Boehansen, G., Burns, B., Fordyce, G., Bo, G., Atkinson, P. and Braithwaite, I. (2015). Strategies to increase the adoption of AI in northern Australian tropical beef genotype herds: final report. North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Meat & Livestock Australia Limited.