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Two
new graduate students recruited, one exchange graduate student accepted
(post on Aug.
26, 2010)
The Sperm Laboratory will have
two new graduate students in September of 2010. Ms
Cong-Cong Hou came from Yancheng Teachers College, Jiangsu Province,
and Mr.
Hai-Tao Mao came from Zhejiang University. Ms Hou's major is
Developmental Biology, and Mr. Mao's major is Cell Biology. Ms
Xiao-Xin Ma, a graduate student from Ningbo University was accepted
as an exchange graduate student in this laboratory. She entered the
Sperm Laboratory in August 2010.
Seminar
announcement
(post on
May 16, 2010)
Prof. Jun
XIA from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology will
give a seminar for the Sperm Laboratory next Monday. Title:
Role of PICK1 in protein trafficking and diseases;
Date: May 17, 2010. Time: 10:00am, Location: Room #123, College of Life
Sciences, Zhejiang University.
Group
meeting: Data report
(post on
May 16, 2010)
Ms.
Xue-Yu Zhang and Mr.
Hai-Tao Mao reported their data at the group meeting on May 14,
2010. Ms. Zhang's data are about the function of KIFC1 during nuclear
morphogenesis, and Mr. Mao's data are about prohibitin gene
cloning in Octopus. Journal club language: English. Time:
18:30-20:30. Date: May 14, 2010.
Location: Room 250, Life Science Building, Zhejiang University.
Lab fun
pictures
(post on
May 9, 2010)
Mr. Chao Xing, an undergraduate
student from Ningbo University delivered crab samples from Ningbo City
to the Sperm Laboratory on May 8, 2010. Our laboratory is investigating
the kinesin motors during spermatogenesis of this crab, Charybdis
japonica (A. Milne-Edwards).
Click here to see two young ladies who are working on this species.
Journal
club
(post on
May 7, 2010)
Miss
Yun-Shu Fan and Miss
Yan-Ting Wang gave presentations respectively at our journal club
tonight. 1. Miss
Fan YS: "Remodeling of the Actin Cytoskeleton During Mammalian Sperm
Capacitation and Acrosome Reaction", Biology of Reproduction, 2003, 68,
837–845. The authors are: Ephraim Brener, Sara Rubinstein, Gili Cohen,
Keren Shternall, Joel Rivlin, and Haim Breitbart. 2. Miss
Wang YT: "Myosin Localization During Meiosis I of Crane-Fly
Spermatocytes Gives Indications
About Its Role in Division", Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton, 2003,
55: 97–113. The authors are: Rosalind V. Silverman-Gavrila and Arthur
Forer. Journal club language: English. Time:
18:30-20:30. Date: May 7, 2010.
Location: Room 250, Life Science Building, Zhejiang University.
Journal
club and seminar
(post on
April 30, 2010)
We held a regular journal
club and seminar today. Journal club:
The speaker is Mr.
Da-Hui Wang. Topic: The role of p53 during
spermatogenesis. This presentation was based on basic knowledge of p53
and a paper published on Cell Death and Differentiation, 1998, 5:
669-677. The paper title is "The role of the tumor suppressor p53 in
spermatogenesis". Seminar: The
speaker is Ms. Xiao SUN. Title: "Myosins and kinesins involved in
Spermatogenesis". Journal club and seminar language: English. Time:
18:30-20:30. Date: April 30, 2010.
Location: Room 250, Life Science Building, Zhejiang University.
Journal
club and group meeting schedule released
(post on
April 27, 2010)
Our journal club and group
meeting schedule was modified and released on our website. please click
here to download. [Schedule]
Group
meeting
(post on
April 26, 2010)
A group meeting was held on April 23, 2010. Dr. Wan-Xi Yang was the
presider and the speaker. He emphasized the importance of the English
journal club on every Friday, and he asked every student to do
experiment very seriously, and to analyze data very carefully.
Every student has their own assignment in this laboratory after several
months training.
Scientific
writing and research training
(post on
April 26, 2010)
All the current members of the
Sperm Laboratory attended a Writing Workshop organized by Zhejiang
Zoological Society from April 16-18, 2010. Prof. Ronald W. Dudek,
professor at the Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University,
USA, gave two important lectures on scientific writing and science
ethics. This workshop was held in Wenzhou University. The following
members attended this workshop: Da-Hui Wang, Xiao Sun, Wei Wang, Ran
Dang, Huan Mao, Na Xu, Cong-Cong Hou, Hai-Tao Mao, Tian-Ting
Zhang, Xue-Yu Zhang, Qi Wang, Liang Xiang, Yun-Shu Fan, Yan-Ting Wang,
Chun Zhang.
Four group
meetings held in March and April
(post on
April 24, 2010)
In the last two months, the Sperm Laboratory held four group
meetings and journal club. The speakers and related information are
listed below: 1. Journal club on Mar. 12, 2010.
Speaker: Mr.
Da-Hui Wang, "The Presence of Kinesin Superfamily Motor
Proteins KIFC1 and KIF17 in Normal and Pathological Human Placenta".
This paper was published on Placenta, 2009, 30: :848–854. Authors: L.
Sati, Y. Seval-Celik, G. Unek, E.T. Korgun, R. Demir; 2. Journal club on
Mar. 19, 2010. Speaker: Ms.
Tian-Ting
Zhang. "A Kinesin Is Present at Unique Sertoli/Spermatid Adherens
Junctions in Rat and Mouse Testes". This paper was published on Biology
of Reproduction, 2007, 77: 1037–1048. The authors: Kuljeet S. Vaid,
Julian A. Guttman, Roshni R. Singaraja and A. Wayne Vogl; 3. Journal
club on April 2, 2010. Speaker:
Huan
Mao. "Ubiquitin-Dependent Proteolysis in Mammalian Spermatogenesis,
Fertilization, and Sperm Quality Control: Killing Three Birds With One
Stone". This paper was published on Microscopy Research and Technique,
2003, 61:88-102. Author: Peter Sutovsky; 4. Journal club on
April 9, 2010. Speaker: Ms.
Ran
Dang. "Kinesin 9 family members perform separate functions in the
trypanosome flagellum". This paper was published on J. Cell Biol., 2009,
187(5): 615–622. Authors: Raphaël Demonchy, Thierry Blisnick, Caroline
Deprez, Géraldine Toutirais, Céline Loussert, William Marande, Philippe
Grellier, Philippe Bastin and Linda Kohl. Journal club language: English.
Location: Room 250, Life Science Building, Zhejiang University.
Group
meeting
on March 5, 2010 (post on
March 11, 2010)
The Sperm Laboratory's first group meeting was held on March 5,
2010. Mr.
Mao Hai-Tao was accepted as a formal member at the meeting.
Dr. Wan-Xi Yang encouraged all the group members to do experiments
carefully, to explore the scientific facts which happen behind
spermatogenesis. 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.
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Miss Yan-Ting Wang's talk
on myosin Localization During Meiosis I of Spermatocytes (Click
on the picture or click here to see more...) |

Miss Yun-Shu Fan's
talk on Remodeling of the
Actin Cytoskeleton During Mammalian Sperm Capacitation and
Acrosome Reaction (Click
on the picture or click here to see more...) |

Ms. Xiao Sun's seminar:
"Myosins and kinesins involved in Spermatogenesis". (Click
on the picture or click here to see more...) |

Mr. Da-Hui Wang presented
at the spermlab journal club. His topic is about the role of
p53 during spermatogenesis. (Click
on the picture or click here to see more...) |

Writing workshop: The
whole current members of the Sperm Laboratory attended the
Writing Workshop organized by Zhejiang Zoological Society from
April 16-18, 2010. (Click
on the picture or click here to see more...) |

Ms. Rang Dang talked about
kinesin 9 at the journal club on April 9, 2010. (Click
on the picture or click here to see more..) |

Ms. Huan Mao gave a
presentation on ubiquitin at the journal club on April 2, 2010.
(Click
on the picture or click here to see more..) |

Ms. Tian-Ting Zhang gave a
presentation about kinesin and unique Sertoli/spermatid adherens
junctions in Rat and Mouse Testes at the journal club on Mar.
19, 2010 (Click
on the picture or click here to see more..) |

Mr. Da-Hui Wang talked
about KIFC1 and KIF17 in Normal and Pathological Human Placenta
at the journal club on Mar. 12., 2010. (Click
on the picture or click here to see more..) |

The Sperm Laboratory held
our second Karaoke Party at Kadi KTV House on Jan. 24, 2010. Dr.
Wan-Xi Yang and his collaborator Prof. Jian-Rao Hu were singing.
We stayed in the Kadi KTV House for three hours and sang a lot
of favorite songs. (Click
on the picture or click here to see more...) |

Ms. Rand DANG was singing,
while Miss Xiao SUN and Zheng LI were listening and enjoying at
the Karaoke Party on Jan. 24, 2010.(Click
on the picture or click here to see more...) |

The Sperm Laboratory held
the New Year's Party on Jan. 24, 2010. We usually gather to
celebrate our Chinese Traditional New Year before the Spring
Festival and the Winter Holiday begin. (Click
on the picture or click here to see more...) |

Dr. Wan-Xi Yang visited
Sangmyung University, Korea during Jan. 7-12, 2010. (Click
on the picture or click here to see more...) |

Dr. Wan-Xi Yang,
accompanied by Prof. Zhao Peng, visited National Museum of Korea
on Jan. 10, 2010. (Click
on picture or click here to see more...) |
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