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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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