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Dr. Tomas Kovacs will visit the Sperm Lab soon (post on Aug 25, 2009)
Dr. Tamas Kovacs, Associate Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology at University of Debrecen, Hungary,  PI (Hungarian part) of the International Collaborative Projects between China and Hungary Government, will visit the Sperm Laboratory since Oct. 3, 2009. The collaborative project, "Regional and time-related variability of chromosomal aneuploidies in human sperm", which was extended for one year, will be finished by the end of this year.

Summer news (post on Aug 14, 2009)

Three news happened in Summer are deserved to be filed here.

First, a seminar presented by Dr. Qun Lu was hold on July 6, 2009. The topic of the seminar is:  Fighting Cancers: We have won battles, Can we win the war?

Second, Dr. Wan-Xi Yang visited University of Debrecen, Hungary again from July 20 until July 28, 2009. He worked in Dr. Tamas Kovacs's laboratory during his stay in Debrecen. The two scientists did experiments together on sperm FISH. Dr. Yang also met Professor Margit Balazs, D.Sc., who is also involved in the International Collaborative Project between China and Hungary Government. The title of this project is "Regional and time-related variability of chromosomal aneuploidies in human sperm". Dr. Yang also worked on a new collaborative project when he was in Debrecen. He met Dr. Paragh Gyorgy on July 24, 2009, who is the PI of Hungarian part of the new project. He also met Dr. Ildiko Seres and Dr. Gergely G. Nagy, and discussed the new project in detail. Dr. Ildiko Seres and Dr. Gergely G. Nagy are two of the main participants of Hungarian research team of the new project. The title of the new project is "The construction and function of recombinant human globular adiponectin and glucagon-like peptide-1 analogue fusion protein.". The PI of Chinese part is Dr. Tong-Feng Zhao.

The third news is that, two research papers were accepted by the journal MICRON. All the two papers are based on experiment, and all the two papers are finished by undergraduate students. The first paper "Acrosome reaction in Octopus tankahkeei induced by calcium ionophore A23187 and a possible role of the acrosomal screw" (doi:10.1016/j.micron.2009.08.001) was finished by Ms. Zhe Li, the second paper "Ultrastructural observation on genesis and morphology of cortical granules in Macrobrachium nipponense (Crustacea, Caridea)" was finished by Ms. Tian-Ting Zhang. A DOI number will be available soon.

Happy Duanwu Festival (post on May 27, 2009)
May 27, 2009 (May 5th of the lunar calendar) is our Chinese Duanwu Festival again. The Sperm Laboratory will celebrate the so called Dragon Boat Festival and Double Fifth Day by eating Zong Zi tomorrow. Let us meet together and enjoy our Chinese traditional food on Double Fifth Day!

Seminar: Kinesin and nuclear condensation (post on Mar. 30, 2009)
    Topic: Kinesin and nuclear condensation
    Speaker: Mr. Da-Hui Wang, Ph.D. student
    Language: English
    Time and place: April 10, 2009, at Room 250, Life Science Building, ZJU

Journal club (Mar. 30, 2009)
    Topic: Oct4-Induced Pluripotency in Adult Neural Stem Cells. By Jeong Beom Kim et al., Cell, 2009, 136, 411–419
    Speaker: Ms. Xiao SUN, graduate student
    Language: English
    Time and place: Apr. 2, 2009, at Room 250, Life Science Building, ZJU

The Sperm Laboratory 2nd Plenary Meeting (post on Mar. 26, 2009)
    A plenary meeting of the Sperm Laboratory was hold on Mar. 27, 2009. Dr. Wan-Xi Yang had an important talk about scientific ethics and the sperm laboratory regulations on research activities.

Journal club (Mar. 19, 2009)
    Topic: Microtubule nucleation at the cis-side of the Golgi apparatus requires AKAP450 and GM130. Published on The EMBO Journal, 2009, 1–13, by Sabrina Rivero, Jesus Cardenas, Michel Bornens, Rosa M Rios.
    Speaker: Mr. Wei Wang, graduate student
    Language: English
    Time and place: Mar. 20, 2009, at Room 250, Life Science Building, ZJU

Blood-Testis Barrier During Spermatogenesis-Journal Club topic of this week. (post on Mar. 12, 2009)
    In our journal club of this week, we will continue to talk about a topic about blood-testis barrier during spermatogenesis. A paper published on J. Reprod. Dev. will be presented by Mr. Yu-Yang Jiang on Friday's group meeting. Paper title: "Continual Maintenance of the Blood-Testis Barrier During Spermatogenesis: The Intermediate Compartment Theory Revisited. ", by Futoshi Yazama, J. Reprod. Dev. 54: 299–305, 2008.
    Journal club Language: English. Date: Mar. 13, 2009. Time: 18:30. Location: Room 250, Life Sciences Building,  ZJU. 

Journal club and group meeting (post on Mar. 5, 2009)
    1. Journal club: "PTP1B dephosphorylates NSF and elicits SNARE complex disassembly during human sperm exocytosis.", written by Zarelli VEP, Ruete, MC, Roggero CM, Mayorga LS, and Tomes CN. This is a JBC Paper in Press, published on February 10, 2009 as Manuscript M807614200. Ms. Zhe LI will present this latest paper on Mar. 6, 2009, Friday. 2. Group meeting: After journal club, research progress of each student will be discussed.  
    Journal club Language: English. Date: Mar. 6, 2009. Time: 18:30. Location: Room 250, Life Sciences Building,  ZJU. 

Claudin-11 and spermatogenesis: The new topic of our journal club (post on Feb. 24, 2009)
    At the coming journal club, Ms. Xiao-Rui Yang will talk about Claudin-11 expression and function during spermatogenesis. Her presentation is based on a paper which was published on Endocrinology 146(3):1532–1540, the title is "Androgens and Postmeiotic Germ Cells Regulate Claudin-11 Expression in Rat Sertoli Cells", the authors are: Anne Florin, Magali Maire, Aline Bozec, Ali Hellani, Sonia Chater, Remi Bars, Franck Chuzel, and Mohamed Benahmed.  
    Journal club Language: English. Date: Feb. 27, 2009. Time: 18:30. Location: Room 250, Life Sciences Building,  ZJU. 
    Welcome to our open journal club!