Journal club and group meeting (post on June 13, 2008)
Ms. Zhe Li's journal presentation: "Evidence for an intermediate type of spermatozoon: ultrastructural studies of spermiogenesis in the cuttlefish Rossia macrosoma (Cephalopoda, Decabrachia)", published on Zoomorphology (1992) 112 : 207-215. Dr. Wan-Xi Yang will give a talk after journal club. Lab meeting  language: English, Date: June 13, 2008. Time: 18:30. Location: Room 250, Life Sciences Building. All members are required to attend.

Happy Duanwu Festival (post on June 5, 2008)
June 8, 2008 (May 5th of the lunar calendar) is our Chinese Duanwu Festival. This festival is also called Dragon Boat Festival and Double Fifth Day. The Sperm Laboratory will serve every lab member with Zong Zi, a traditional Chinese food since the Warring States Period  (475-221BC). Zong Zi will be served in the morning of June 8, 2008. Let us meet together and enjoy our Chinese traditional food on Double Fifth Day!

Journal club (post on June 5, 2008)
1. Ms. Ya-Nan Jiang: "The homodimeric kinesin, Kif17, is essential for vertebrate photoreceptor sensory outer segment development.." Authors: Christine Insinna, Narendra Pathak, Brian Perkins, Iain Drummond, Joseph C. Besharse. Published on Developmental Biology 316 (2008) 160–170 ; 2. Mr. Da-Hui Wang: "Mechanisms and Regulation of Protein-Mediated Cellular Fatty Acid Uptake: Molecular, Biochemical, and Physiological Evidence." Authors: Arend Bonen, Adrian Chabowski, Joost J. F. P Luiken and Jan F. C. Glatz. Physiology 22:15-28, 2007.  Journal club Language: English. Date: June 6, 2008. Time: 18:30. Location: Room 250, Life Sciences Building. All members are required to attend.

Journal club and group meeting (post on May 30, 2008)
1. Ms. Ying He: Data report on myosin functions during spermatogenesis in Chinese mitten crab; 2. Mr. Qi Wang: "Saga of a sperm fertility biomarker.", published on Animal Reproduction Science, 105 (2008) 90–103.  Language: English, Date: May 30, 2008. Time: 18:30. Location: Room 250, Life Sciences Building. All members are required to attend.

The first YHY Club activity hold  (post on May 29, 2008)
To provide more chances for graduate students and senior undergraduate students, the three laboratories, Dr. Qing-Feng Yan's lab, Dr. Xiao Huang's lab and Dr. Wan-Xi Yang (the Sperm Laboratory), have united together. The YHY Club has been setup based on the three PIs agreement. According to the agreement, the last Thursday morning of each month, the YHY club will hold joint lab meeting. Today, the YHY Club hold its first joint meeting. Three students from different laboratories presented at the club. 1. Ms. Xue-Rui Peng, pre-defended her thesis prepared for master degree. Title: "Mutation in nuclear modifier gene MTO2 regulates yeast`s sensitivity to aminoglycoside antibiotics in the presence of a paromomycin resistance mutation in mitochondrial 15 S rRNA." Supervisor: Dr. Qing-Feng Yan; 2. Ms. Jing Yu, who is from the Sperm Laboratory, presented a recent journal at the club, "Molecular Characterization and Expression of a Novel Kinesin Which Localizes With the Kinetoplast in the Human Pathogen, Leishmania donovani", published on Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton 65: 269–280 (2008). 3. Mr. Kan He presented his thesis design for Bachelor's degree at the club. Title: "Molecular cloning and characterization of Xenopus Dmrts promotor." Supervisor: Dr. Xiao Huang. Language: Chinese, Date: May 29, 2008. Time: 9:30. Location: Room 248, Life Sciences Building, Zhejiang University.

Journal club and group meeting (post on May 22, 2008)
1. Li-Ya Wang: "Mitochondrial signaling and fertilization", doi: 10.1093/molehr/gam068. Molecular Human Reproduction 2007, 13(11): 759–770. 2. He-Ming Yu: Data report. Language: English, Date: May 23, 2008. Time: 18:30. Location: Room 250, Life Sciences Building. All members are needed to attend.

Journal club and group meeting (post on May 15, 2008)
1. Ke-Ming Yu: Myosin V and Kinesin act as tethers to enhance each others’ processivity, doi:10.1073/pnas.0711531105, PNAS, 2008, 105(12): 4691–4696. 2. Tian-Ting Zhang: Involvement of a gelsolin-related protein in spermatogenesis of the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris. Cell Tissue Res, 2008, 332:141–150. DOI: 10.1007/s00441-007-0561-9.  Language: English, Date: May 15, 2008. Time: 18:30. Location: Room 250, Life Sciences Building. All members are needed to attend.