Nowak, F.V.  2002  Distribution and metabolism of 20a-hydroxylated progestins in the female rat.  Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 80:469-479. (See PubMed)

Nowak, F.V. and Gore, A.C. 1999 Perinatal developmental changes in expression of the neuropeptide genes preoptic regulatory factor–1 and –2, neuropeptide Y and GnRH in rat hypothalamus. J of Neuroendocrinology, 11:951-958. (See Medline Record)

Nowak, F.V., Torres, G.O., and Hu, S.-B. 1999 Differential gene expression response to gonadal hormones by preoptic regulatory factors 1 and 2 in the female rat brain. Neuroendocrinology 69:191-201. (See Medline Record)

Nowak, F.V., Torres, G., Golden, J., and Hu, S.-B. 1997 Expression of the preoptic regulatory factor -1 and -2 genes in the testis: Developmental and hormonal regulation. Endocrine, 6:65-72. (See Medline Record)

Nowak, F.V. 1997 Modulation of preoptic regulatory factor 2 (porf-2) messenger RNAs by castration and hypophysectomy. Endocrine, 6:57-64. (See Medline Record)

Hu, S.-B. and Nowak, F.V. 1995 Sex-specific changes in preoptic regulatory factor-1 and preoptic regulatory factor-2 mRNA expression in the rat brain during development. Endocrine, 3:421-424.

Hu, S.-B. and Nowak, F.V. 1994 Regional distinction in age-related changes of preoptic regulatory factor-1 and preoptic regulatory factor-2 mRNA expression in the rat brain. Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences, 5:376-381. (See Medline Record)

Nowak, F.V. 1991 Intrinsic and extrinsic modulators direct pre-translational expression of preoptic regulatory factor 1 (porf-1) messenger RNAs. Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences 2:395-401.

Nowak, F.V. 1990 Cloning of two hypothalamic cDNAs encoding tissue-specific transcripts in the preoptic area and testis. Molecular Endocrinology 4:1205-1210. (See Medline Record)

Nowak, F.V. and Swerdloff, R.S. 1985 Gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) release by superfused hypothalami in response to norepinephrine. Biology of Reproduction 33: 790-796.

Rantala-Ryhanen, L., Nowak, F.V. and Uitto, J. 1983 Metalloproteinases in human polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Purification and characterization of an enzyme which cleaves denatured collagen and a synthetic peptide with a Gly-Ile sequence. European Journal of Biochemistry 134:129-137.

Nowak, F.V., Nuti, K.M. and Karavolas, H.J. 1976 Quantitative changes in the metabolism of 20a-hydroxy-pregnane-3-one by rat hypothalamus and pituitary during proestrus. Steriods 28:509-520.

Nowak, F.V., and Karavolas, H.J. 1974 Conversion of 20a-hydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one to20a-hydroxy-5a-pregnane-3a, 20a-diol by rat anterior pituitary. Steroids 24:351-357.

Nowak, F.V. and Karavolas, H.J. 1974 Conversion of 20a-hydroxy-pregnan-4-en-3-one to 20a-hydroxy-5a-pregnan-3-one and 5a-pregnane-3a, 20a-diol by rat medial basal hypothalamus. Endocrinology 94:994-997.

Nowak, F.V.  2003  Amenorrhea and Infertility in the Female, In AD Mooradian ed., Internist's Handbook of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, St. Louis University Press, pp. 119-132.

Mooradian, A.D. and Nowak, F.V. 1996 Diabetes and Heart Disease. F. Kaiser, J. Morley, R. Coe (eds), Cardiovascular Disease in Older People, Springer-Verlag, NY, pp. 53-72.

Nowak, F.V. and Mooradian, A.D. 1997 Endocrine Function and Dysfunction with Age. JE Biren (ed) Encyclopedia of Gerontology, Vol. 1 Academic Press, San Diego, pp. 477-491.

Schmerr, M.J., Schleter, D.M., Pate, M.K., Nowak, F.V.  Phylogenetic distribution of the preoptic regulatory factor-2 gene.  Poster presentation at the 84th Annual Endocrine Society Meeteing, San Francisco, CA, June, 2002.

Nowak, F.V.  Distribution and metabolism of 20a-hydroxylated progestins in female rat brain.  Poster presentation at the 83rd Annual Endocrine Society Meeting, Denver, CO, June, 2001.

Gore, A.C., Flagg, R.A., Pun, K.J. and Nowak, F.V. Perinatal Changes in Preoptic Regulatory Factor Gene Expression in the Preoptic Area of the Rat. Poster presentation by A.C. Gore and F.V. Nowak at the 28th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Los Angeles, CA, November, 1998.

Nowak, F.V. Region-dependent Modulation of Preoptic Regulatory Factor Messenger RNAs by Estradiol in Female Rat Brain. Platform presentation at the 27th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA, October, 1997.

Nowak, F.V. Regional Distribution of Preoptic Regulatory Factor-1 (porf-1) mRNA and Protein in Rat Brain. Poster presentation at the 10th International Congress of Endocrinology, San Francisco, CA, June, 1996.

Nowak, F.V., Torres, G. and Hu, S.-B. Gene Expression of Preoptic Regulatory Factor-1 and -2 in the Testis. Poster presentation by F.V. Nowak at the 77th Endocrine Society Meeting, Washington DC, June 1995.

Hu S.-B. and Nowak, F.V. Differential gene expression responses of gonadotropin-releasing hormone, preoptic regulatory factors-1 and -2 to ovariectomy and steroid replacement in the female rat brain. Poster presentation by S.-B. Hu at the 76th Endocrine Society Meeting, Anaheim, CA, June 1994.

Hu S.-B. and Nowak, F.V. Age-related changes in preoptic regulatory factors-1 and -2 to ovariectomy and steroid replacement in the female rat brain. Poster presentation by S.-B. Hu at the 33rd ASCB Meeting, New Orleans, LA, December, 1993.

Nowak, F.V. Physical properties of the preoptic regulatory factor peptides. Platform presentation at the 75th Annual Endocrine Society Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 1993.

Nowak, F.V. Intrinsic and extrinsic factors alter transcription and processing of preoptic regulatory factor, PORF-1 and PORF-2, messenger RNAs. Poster presentation at the Endocrine Society Meetings, Washington, DC, June, 1991.

Nowak, F.V. Alternative processing of NP-Ga and NP-GSb messenger RNAs in response to gonadal and pituitary factors. Poster presentation by F.V. Nowak at the Serono Symposium on Growth Factors in Reproduction, Savannah, GA, April, 1990.

Nowak, F.V. and Karavolas, H.J. Metabolism of 20a-hydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one in rat medial basal hypothalamus. Federation Proceedings 32:229, 1973. Platform presentation by F.V. Nowak at FASEB Meeting, Atlantic City, NJ, April, 1973.

Nowak, F.V., Heber, D. and Swerdloff, R.S. Stimulation of GnRH release by norepinephrine utilizing a dynamic in vitro system. Clinical Research 31385A, 1983. Platform presentation by F.V. Nowak at Western Society for Clinical Investigation, Carmel, CA, February, 1983.

Nowak, F.V. and Swerdloff, R.S. Stimulation of GnRH release by norepinephrine (NE) utilizing a dynamic in vitro system. Endocrinology Suppl. 112:156, 1983. Platform presentation by F.V. Nowak at 65th Annual Endocrine Society Meeting, San Antonio, TX, June, 1983.

Nowak, F.V. Identification of gonadotropin releasing hormone messenger RNA in rat hypothalamus. 67th Endocrine Society Meeting, Baltimore, MD, June, 1985.

Nowak, F.V. Organization and function of two novel brain mRNAs. J. of Cellular Biochemistry Suppl. 12D:76, 1988. Poster presentation by F.V. Nowak at UCLA Symposium on Molecular Biology of RNA, Keystone, CO, April, 1988.

General Surgery RPAC Education Day presentation, “Endocrine Aspects of Breast Cancer", 6/04.

General Surgery RPAC Education Day presentation:  “Role of the Pancreas”, 1/04.

Pediatrics RPAC Educational Day presentation, “Pediatric Thyroid Physiology”, 2/03.

 General Medicine RPAC Educational Day presentation, “Thyroid Physiology”, 1/03.

Emergency Medicine RPAC Educational Day presentation, “Female Reproductive Physiology, 11/01.

General Surgery RPAC Educational Day presentation, “Endocrine Tumors of the Gastrointestinal Tract”, 4/01.

General Surgery RPAC Educational Day presentation, “Breast Cancer: An Endocrinologist’s Perspective”, 10/00

Internal Medicine RPAC Educational Day presentation, “The Physiology of Glucose Metabolism and its Regulation by Insulin and Counterregulatory Hormones”, 4/00.

General Surgery RPAC Educational Day presentation, “Eat to Live!: The Role of the Pancreas”, 1/00.

Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, “Preoptic Regulatory Factors :Novel Peptides in the Brain”, 3/99.

Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Penn State Medical Center, “The Preoptic Regulatory Factors: Novel Peptides in the Brain”, 2/99.

Department of Biology Research Lecture Series, St. Louis University, “PORFs: Novel Peptides in the Brain”, 2/98.

Department of Comparative Neuroendocrinology, University of Manchester, England, UK, “From orfs to PORFs: Novel Peptides in the Brain”, 6/97.

Department of Medicine, Cochran Veteran's Administration Medical Center, St. Louis, MO. “Prolactinoma”, 9/95.

Regional Symposium entitled “Update in Diabetes and Endocrinology”, St. Louis, MO. “Prolactinoma”, 9/95.

Grand Rounds, St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Belleville, Illinois. “Male Hypogonadism and Kallmann Syndrome”, 5/95.

Dept. of Physiological and Pharmacological Sciences, St. Louis University Medical School, "Neuroendocrine Regulation and Preoptic Regulatory Factor Gene Expression", 3/93.

Division of Geriatrics, St. Louis University Health Sciences Center. "Neuroendocrine Regulation of the PORF Genes", 3/93.

Dept. of Anatomy and Cellular Biology, Tufts Univ., Boston, MA, "What is a porf? The Characterization of Two Novel Neuropeptide Genes", 11/91.

Departments of Zoology and Botany, Connecticut College, New London, CT, "Peptide Hormone Gene Expression", 4/91.

Division of Endocrinology, St. Louis Univ., St. Louis, MO, "The Characterization of the porf-1 and porf-2 Genes", 4/91.

Dept. of Physiology, Univ. of Tennessee Medical Center, Memphis, TN, "Reproductive Neuropeptides: Function, Expression and Regulation", 11/90.

Neurosciences and Informational Biology Program, Univ. of Southern California, "The Reproductive Function and Molecular Regulation of Two New GnRH-related Peptides", 11/88.

Dept. of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, "Molecular Regulation and Reproductive Function of Two New Neuropeptides", 10/88.

Div. of Neurobiology and Behavior, Rockefeller Univ., "The Organization and Function of Two Novel Brain mRNAs", 1/88.