Meeting and Symposium Announcements

Please note that the deadline for meetings may have passed, check meeting websites for up-to-date information.

November

November 16–20 2008

The 5th International Symposium on the Molecular and Cell Biology of Eggs and Egg Coats

Otago Museum, Dunedin, New Zealand

Areas of interest include: egg development and maturation, egg activation, eggs as stem cells, artificial eggs and the construction of egg coats. Student attendance is encouraged.

For information and updates visit the symposium web-site www.MCBEEC2008.org

Details about the 2004 symposium can be found at http://www.bio.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~SugashimaMBL/MCBEEC2004

For further details or to receive updates, E-mail: [email protected]

February

February 1–6 2009

Frontiers in Reproductive Biology and Regulation of Fertility (B5)

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Designed to bring together a diverse group, who study the complex regulation of reproduction and related developmental processes, speakers and participants at this meeting comprise a group that uses a variety of model systems to better understand the processes relevant to human and animal reproduction and fertility regulation. Organizers: Sudhansu K. Dey, Martin M. Matzuk and Kelle H. Moley.

Full information at http://www.keystonesymposia.org/9b5

March

March 7–10 2009

9th International Congress of Andrology

Barcelona, Spain

Full information at http://www.ica2009.com/

NOTE: Deadline for Abstract Submission is 15 October 2008

March 11–13 2009

ICA 2009 Satellite Symposium—Sperm DNA Damage: from Research to Clinic

Rome, Italy

Main Topics:

• The sperm epigenome

• Genetic and epigenetic consequences of radiation and chemotherapy

• ROS induced DNA damage (varicocele, hypertemia, genital tract inflammation, antioxidant therapies)

• Environment/gene interaction

• DNA damage repair mechanisms in spermatozoa

• Mitochondrial DNA and sperm function

• Diagnostic tests of DNA damage

• Chromosomes and offspring

Table

President of the Symposium	Confirmed Speakers:
Vincenzo Gentile	J. P. Bonde, UK
	Y. Giwercman, Sweden
Scientific Committee:	P. Sassone Corsi, USA
	J. Trasler, Canada
Csilla Krausz (Chairperson)	A. J. Grootegoed, The Netherlands
	M. Spanó, Italy
Giorgio Franco	L. Gianaroli, Italy
Franz Lanzafame	C. Krausz, Italy
Andrea Ledda	J. St John, UK
Paolo Sassone-Corsi	J. R. Aitken, Australia
	C. Wang, USA
	A. Ledda, Italy
	A. E. Calogero, Italy
Symposium website	Organizing Secretariat
www.spermdnasatellite.org	Congredior—Organizzazione
	Congressi
	[e-mail]
	www.congredior.it

NOTE: Deadline for Abstract Submission is 30 October 2008

May

May 8–10 2009

The 5th International Workshop “Molecular Andrology 2009”

Giessen, Germany

Stem cells

• Wolfgang Engel (Göttingen) News about spermatogonial stem cells

• Dirk de Rooij (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) The spermatogonial stem cell niche

• Stefan Schlatt (Münster, Germany) Germ cell transplantation

• Marie-Claude Hofmann (Urbana, USA) Regulation of Spermatogonial Stem Cells Homing and Retention

Short oral presentations from selected abstracts

Somatic cells

• Dolores Mruk (New York, USA) Anchoring junction dynamics: revisiting and revising the current concept of cell adhesion in the testis

• Kenneth Tung (Charlottesville, USA) Regulation of epididymo-orchitis

• Mark Hedger (Melbourne, Australia) The Sertoli cell in Testicular Inflammatory Disease and Immunoregulation

• Blanche Capel (Durham, USA) Patterning the Testis

• Jannette Dufour (Lubbock, USA) Sertoli Cells: Immune Privilege and Role in Transplantation

Short oral presentations from selected abstracts

Germ cells

• Stephen Krawetz (Detroit, USA) Systems analysis reveals novel activities of male germ cells

• Sophie Rousseaux (Grenoble, France) Re-organizers of the male genome: functions and aberrations

• Ewa Rajpert de Meyts (Copenhagen, Denmark) Pathogenesis of germ cell neoplasia: lessons from studies of the pre-invasive carcinoma in situ testis

• Tim Karr (Phoenix, USA) Sperm proteomes as tools for the study of fertility

• Martin Matzuk (Houston, USA) Study of fertility relevant genes in knock out models

Short oral presentations from selected abstracts

Program information and workshop details are available at: www.med.uni-giessen.de/molandrol2009 http://www.med.uni-giessen.de/molandrol2009

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