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Happy Tiger Year and the Saint Valentine's Day !!! (post on Feb. 14, 2010)
Today is our Chinese New Year's day and the Saint Valentine's Day, the Sperm Laboratory wishes all of you who are/were visiting our lab's homepage and all those who care about us have a Happy Chinese New Year and an excellent Valentine's Day! Hope all of you and all of our members have a great future!

The New Year's Party and Karaoke Party held (post on Jan. 24, 2010)
The Sperm Laboratory held the New Year's Party on Jan. 24, 2010. We usually gather together to celebrate our Chinese Traditional New Year before the Spring Festival and the Winter Holiday begin. We held our second Karaoke Party at Kadi KTV House in the afternoon, Jan. 24, 2010. Our fist Karaoke Party was held at Yin Le Di KTV House on November 24, 2007.

Group meeting on Jan. 22, 2010 (post on Jan. 24, 2010)
The Sperm Laboratory held a group meeting on Jan. 22, 2010, Friday. Dr. Wan-Xi Yang reviewed the progress of our lab in the year of 2009. According to Dr. Yang's summary, we cloned three genes in three different species, including kifc1 and myosin-Va genes in Chinese mitten crab, kif3a and kifc1 genes in Octopus tankahkeei, and kifc1 gene in Cynops orientalis; we have set up our own FISH analyzing platform in 2009; five research papers were published in the past year. Dr. Yang called that all the members need to study and work harder in the year of 2010.

Journal club on Jan. 15, 2010  (post on Jan. 18,2010)
Ms. Tian-Ting Zhang gave a presentation at our journal club on Jan. 15, 2010. Her talk was based on a paper which was published on Developmental Dynamics (2008, 237:1348–1358). The title of the paper is "Bipolar, Anastral Spindle Development in Artificially Activated Sea Urchin Eggs", the authors included John H. Henson, Christopher A. Fried, Mary K. McClellan, Jason Ader, Jessica E. Davis,
Rudolf Oldenbourg, and Calvin R. Simerly. Journal club language: English. Time: 18:30-20:00.Date: Jan. 15, 2010. Location: Room 250, Life Science Building, Zhejiang University.

Dr. Wan-Xi Yang visited Sangmyung University  (post on Jan. 15, 2010)
Officially invited by Sangmyung University, Korea, Dr. Wan-Xi Yang visited this Korean university from January 7  until January 12, 2010. He gave a presentation at the seminar organized by Department of Green Life Science, College of Natural Sciences, Sangmyung Univerity. The title of his seminar is "The molecular mechanism of the C-terminal kinesin motor KIFC1 during acrosomal biogenesis in Chinese mitten crab and the acrosomal reaction induced by the calcium ionophore A23187 in octopus". Click here to read the seminar post.

Happy New Year  (post on Jan. 1, 2010)
The Sperm Laboratory hopes all the old and current lab members have a Happy New Year, we also hope you who are visiting and  caring our lab have an excellent 2010 too. We do appreciate your help to our lab, and we believe that we can not have current achievement without your great assistant. Thank you so much!

Journal club on Dec. 30, 2009  (post on Dec. 30, 2009)
Ms. Yun-Shu FAN gave a presentation at our journal club today. Her talk was based on a paper which was published on Biology of Reproduction (2004, 70: 993-1000, DOI 10.1095/biolreprod.103.021667). The title of the paper is "Molecular Modifications of MC31/CE9, a Sperm Surface Molecule, During Sperm Capacitation and the Acrosome Reaction in the Rat: Is MC31/CE9 Required for Fertilization?". Journal club language: English. Time: 18:30-20:00.Date: Dec. 30, 2009. Location: Room 250, Life Science Building, Zhejiang University.

Group meeting on Dec. 23, 2009, Friday (post on Dec. 25, 2009)
The Sperm Laboratory gathered together on Dec. 23, 2009. Ms. Xiao SUN and Mr. Wei WANG gave two talks at the journal club. (1)Ms. Xiao SUN's presentation was based on a latest paper from Prof. Jun Xia's Laboratory. The paper, titled "PICK1 deficiency causes male infertility in mice by disrupting acrosome formation." was published on The Journal of Clinical Investigation (Volume 119 Number 4 April 2009, view this paper at http://www.jci.org). The authors of this paper are: Nan Xiao, Chuen Kam, Chong Shen, Wenying Jin, Junqi Wang, Kwong Man Lee, Liwen Jiang, and Jun Xia (Correspondence author). (2) Mr. Wei WANG's talk was about UNC83. His talk was based on a paper from Prof. Daniel A. Starr's lab. The title is "UNC-83 is a nuclear-specific cargo adaptor for kinesin-1-mediated nuclear migration.", which was published on Development, 2009, 136: 2725-2733. doi:10.1242/dev.038596. The authors are listed below: Marina Meyerzon, Heidi N. Fridolfsson, Nina Ly, Francis J. McNally and Daniel A. Starr*. Group meeting Language: English. Time: 18:30-20:00.Date: Dec. 23, 2009. Location: Room 123, Conference Room, Life Science Building, Zhejiang University.

Journal club Group meeting on Dec. 23, 2009, Friday (post on Dec. 18., 2009)
Ms. Xiao SUN and Mr. Wei WANG will give one presentation respectively at our next week's journal club. All the spermlab members are required to attend the club. Further information about journal club will be available early next week.

Group meeting on Dec. 18, 2009 (post on Dec. 18. 2009)
The Sperm Laboratory held the weekly group meeting at 21:00, Dec. 18, 2009 in Room 304E, Life Sciences Building, Zhejiang University. Dr. Wan-Xi Yang talked about laboratory safety and new journal club regulations at the meeting. The spermlab members who have ongoing project should report data at the weekly group meeting.

Journal club rules revised (post on Dec. 13, 2009)
We just revised the rules for our Journal Club. Please download the new version and read it carefully. Thank you for your attention! 

Group meeting on Dec. 11, 2009, Friday (post on Dec. 11, 2009)
The Group Meeting of the spermlab was held today (Dec. 11, 2009, Friday). Ms. Liang Xiang (Sasha) presented at the journal club. Title: "Histological aspects and structural characteristics of the testes of Dendropsophus minutus (Anura, Hylidae)". This paper was written by L. R. de Souza Santos and C. de Oliveira, published on Micron, 2008, 39: 1266–1270. Language: English. Time: 18:30-20:00. Location: Room 250, Life Science Building, Zhejiang University.

New journal club schedule from Dec. 11, 2009 until January 28, 2010.
(post on Dec. 7, 2009)
According to the new group meeting schedule, there is a data report after every journal club. Everything graduate student needs to prepare a short presentation for every Friday's group meeting. Click here to download the new journal club schedule.

Group meeting on Dec. 4, 2009, Friday (post on Dec. 7, 2009)
The Group Meeting of the spermlab was held on Dec. 4, 2009, Friday. Mr. Na XU presented at the journal club. Title: "UBPy/MSJ-1 system during male germ cell progression in the frog, Rana esculenta", written by Rosaria Meccariello et al., published on General and Comparative Endocrinology 2007, 153: 275–279. Language: English. Time: 18:30-20:00. Location: Room 250, Life Science Building, Zhejiang University.

Zhi-Juan Chen passed her thesis defense for Master Degree on Nov. 20, 2009 (post on Dec. 7, 2008)
Ms. Zhi-Juan Chen, the graduate student at the Sperm Laboratory, passed her thesis defense for Master's Degree of Science on Nov. 20, 2009. Three professors were involved in the Defense Committee: They are Dr. Qun Wang, professor from East China Normal University; Dr. Qing-Feng Yan, professor from Zhejiang University, and Dr. Jun-Quan Zhu, professor from Ningbo University. The committee was chaired by Prof. Qun Wang. Ms. Zhi-Juan Chen's thesis title is "Expression and functional analysis of tight junction protein occludin and claudin-11 in the testis of African frog", her supervisor is Dr. Wan-Xi Yang.

Group meeting on Nov. 13, 2009, Friday (post on Dec. 7, 2009)
The Group Meeting of the spermlab was held on Nov. 13, 2009, Friday. Mr. Dahui Wang presented at the journal club. Title: "SUN-domain proteins: ‘Velcro’ that links the nucleoskeleton to the cytoskeleton." The paper was published on NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY, 2006, 7: 782-788. Language: English. Time: 18:30-20:00. Location: Room 250, Life Science Building, Zhejiang University.

Group meeting on Oct. 23, 2009, Friday (post on Oct. 26, 2009. 8:45 )
 The Group Meeting of this week was held on Oct. 23, 2009, Friday. Ms. Xiao SUN and Ms. Zheng LI presented at the journal club. SUN: Myosin Va Phosphorylated on Ser¹⁶⁵⁰ Is Found in Nuclear Speckles and Redistributes to Nucleoli Upon Inhibition of Transcription, Pranchevicius et al., Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton 65: 441–456 (2008). LI: Three Dimensional Rendering of the Mitochondrial Sheath Morphogenesis During Mouse Spermiogenesis, Ho & Wey, Microscopy Research and Technique, 2007. DOI: 10.1002/jemt. Language: English. Time: 18:30-20:00. Location: Room 250, Life Science Building, Zhejiang University.

Group meeting on Oct. 16, 2009, Friday (post on Oct. 16, 2009. 12:30 )
 The Group Meeting of this week will be held on Oct. 16, 2009, Friday. Ms. Na Xu will reported her data on morphology and ultrastructure of Cynops orientalis sperm, difference between Cynops orientalis and Andrias davidianus spermatozoon will also be compared. Ms. Yun-Shu Fan will introduce DNA library and its application in the study on spermatogenesis. Language: English. Time: 18:30-20:00. Location: Room 250, Life Science Building, Zhejiang University. Welcome to our group meeting!

Group meeting on Oct. 9, 2009, Friday (post on Oct. 10, 2009. 15:45 )
 The Group Meeting of this week was held on Oct. 9, 2009, Friday. Mr. Da-Hui Wang reported his data on kifc1 gene cloning in Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis H. Milne-Eswards and Cynops orientalis (Amphibia, Caudata). After the data report, Dr. Wan-Xi Yang gave a short talk, he encouraged all the spermlab members to explore more spermatogenic secrets and to contribute more to the science. Language: English. Time: 21:00-22:30. Location: Room 250, Life Science Building, Zhejiang University.

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival !  (post on Oct. 1, 2009. 15:45 )
Oct. 3, 2009 (Annual Lunar Calendar August 15th) is Chinese Traditional Mid-Autumn Festival. The Sperm Laboratory hopes all spermlab members and visitors have a Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! Hope all of us are healthy and have an excellent future.

Group meeting on Sep. 25, 2009, Friday (post on Sep. 23, 2009. 13:45 )
The Group Meeting of this week will be held on Sep. 25, 2009, Friday. Mr. Wei Wang will report his data on kifc1 gene in Octopus, and Ms. Yun-Shu Fan will do a presentation about her life in UCLA in the past Summer, when she was an exchange undergraduate student. Language: English. Time: 21:00-22:30. Location: Room 250, Life Science Building, Zhejiang University. Welcome to our group meeting!

Plenary meeting of the Sperm Laboratory on Sep. 18, 2009 (post on Sep. 20, 2009. 13:45 )
The Sperm Laboratory held the first plenary meeting in the School Year 2009-2010 on Sep. 18, 2009. All the graduate and undergraduate students attended this meeting. Dr. Wan-Xi Yang host this meeting. Time: 18:30. Place: Room 250, Life Science Building, Zhejiang University.

Graduate student meeting on Sep. 11, 2009 (post on Sep. 11, 2009. 14:52 )
The first graduate student meeting of the Sperm Laboratory in the School Year 2009-2010 will be held tonight. All graduate students need to attend this meeting.  Time: 18:30. Place: 304E, The Sperm Laboratory, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University.

New graduate student registered today (post on Sep. 9, 2009)
Ms. Huan Mao, the new graduate student of 2009, registered today at the College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University. Her major is Cell Biology, and her future thesis for master degree will focus on functions of motor protein during spermatogenesis.
 

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