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First
World Congress on Reproductive Biology

ProgramWorld Congress on Reproductive Biology
May 24-25, 2008
Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Meeting Program
Friday, May 23
15:00-18:00 Registration Lobby
Saturday, May 24
7:00-8:30 Continental Breakfast and Registration
8:45-10:00 Opening Ceremony and Plenary Lecture I
Malcom Parker, Imperial College, UK“Ups and Downs of Nuclear Receptor Action in the Ovary”
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-12:00 Concurrent Sessions 1-4I.

Epigenetics in the Gamete and Embryo – Helen Picton, Chair•
Scott Coonrod, Epigenetic reprogramming in the murine egg and early embryo•
Tomohiro Kono, Generation of viable bimaternal mice lacking a paternal genome•
Yukiko Yamazaki, Autonomous regulation of sex differentiation in mouse fetal germ
cells

II.

Embryo-Maternal Interactions: Novel Insights and Critical Events for Pregnancy Success –Tom Spencer, Chair•
Eckhard Wolf, Embryo-maternal interactions in bovine – lessons from holistictranscriptome and proteome studies•
Henry Jabbour, Prokineticins: are they novel regulators of human implantation andplacental functions?
•Euan Wallace, Activin in pregnancy: conversations between mother and baby fromconception to birthIII.

Broadening and Rethinking Contraceptive Options for an Overpopulated World – JockFindlay, Chair

IV.

Michael Harper, Contraceptive Options for the 21st Century,
Deborah O’Brien, Novel sperm glycolytic enzymes as contraceptive targets
Lois Salamonsen, New approaches to female contraception
Immunological Mediators in Reproductive Systems – Mark Hedger, Chair•Andreas Meinhardt, Mechanism by which uropathogenic bacteria escape the testicularimmune response•
Joy Pate, Signals that may regulate function of resident lymphocytes in the ovary•
Sarah Robertson, Role of immune cells in implantation and early pregnancy success•••

12:00-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:00 Concurrent Sessions 5-8
V.

Novel Aspects of Placental Development and Function•
Jay Cross, Comparative aspects of control of placental development•
Graham Burton, Placental stress, protein synthesis inhibition and growth restriction•Guiying Nie, The critical role of a novel protease in normal and abnormal placentation

VI.

Angiogenesis and Vascular Regulation of Reproductive Function – Eimei Sato, Chair•
Akio Miyamoto, Bovine corpus luteum as a heterogeneous endocrine organ: Vascularstructure regulates site-dependent response to PGF2a•
Ray Rodgers, Fine control of follicle development and atresia regulated byangiogenesis and angiolysis•
Robert Koos, HIF-1’s role in estrogen-induced VEGF expression in the uterus

VII.

Sperm-Oocyte Interactions during Fertilization – Eduardo Roldan, Chair•
Roy Jones, Molecular diffusion in sperm plasma membranes; rafts, fences and filters.
•Tadashi Baba, Current concept of sperm/egg fusion in mouse: From Fertilin to Izumo1•
Rafael Fissore, Phospholipase C zeta, Ca++ responses and fertility

VIII.

Environmental Effects on Reproduction – Bill Thatcher, Chair•
Paolo Mocarelli, Dioxin and effects on human reproductive system: data from Seveso
accident•Peter Hansen, Survival vs death pathways in the thermally-stressed preimplantationembryo•Charles Tyler, Estrogenic effects in fish after exposure to effluents from waste water
treatment works

15:00-15:30 Afternoon Tea
15:30-16:30 Plenary Lecture IIAtsuo Ogura, RIKEN Tsukuba Institute, JP“ Microinsemination and nuclear transfer using male germ cells”
16:30-19:00 PM Free Time
19:00-22:00 PM Poster Session with Pupu Reception
Sunday, May 25
7:00-8:30 Continental Breakfast

8:45-10:00 Plenary Lecture III
Teresa Woodruff, Northwestern University, US“Regulation of Follicle Development in vitro and in vivo”
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-12:00 Concurrent Sessions 9-12
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XI.

XII.

Stem Cells, Reproductive Tissue and Regeneration – Hugh Taylor, Chair•
Caroline Gargett, Endometrial stem/progenitor cells: How can they be identified?
•Tetsuo Maruyama, Regeneration potential of stem cell systems in the human female
reproductive tract•
Jon Oatley, Transcriptional profiling of mammalian spermatogonial stem cells:
insights into mechanisms regulating their self-renewal
Signals Regulating Gonadal Function, John Davis, Chair•Peter Koopman, Sex-determining cascades in gonadal development•
Mary Hunzicker-Dunn, LH-Dependent MAP2D Dephosphorylation in Ovarian
Granulosa Cells Regulates Binding of MAP2D to Vimentin Intermediate Filaments•Douglas Stocco, The Role of A-Kinase Anchoring Protein 121 (AKAP121) in
Steroidogenesis and Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory Protein (StAR) Expression
Maximizing Oocyte Developmental Potential – Darryl Russell, Chair•
George Smith, Novel oocyte and cumulus cell-derived markers of egg quality:
Potential diagnostic and therapeutic implications•Robert Gilchrist, Actions of oocyte-secreted TGFb superfamily ligands•
Takashi Miyano, Ex-vivo growth and maturation of oocytes in farm animals
New Players in the GnRH System –Masugi Nishihara, Chair•
Hiroko Tsukamura, Metastin/kisspeptin-GPR54 system regulating reproductivefunctions in mammals•
George Bentley, Gonadotropin Inhibitory Hormone: Fact not fiction•Alan Herbison, Kisspeptin; a key player in the control of GnRH neurons andovulation

12:00-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:00 Concurrent Sessions 13-16
XIII.

Novel Aspects of Transcript Regulation and Function – Mitch Eddy, Chair•
Shinichiro Chuma, Protein and RNA assembly of germinal granule/nuage in thegermline•
Haifan Lin, PIWI proteins and piRNAs in germline stem cell self-renewal•
Norman Hecht, The RNA-binding proteins, MSY2 and polypyrimidine-tract binding
protein 2 (PTBP2) stabilize germ cell mRNAsXIV.

Structural and Genomic Aspects of Sperm Function- Steve Ward, Chair•
Moira O’Bryan, The identification of critical male meiosis genes in mice and men•
Stephen Krawetz, Mediation of Spermatogenesis by Chromatin Architecture•
Makato Okuno, Local inhibition of flagellar activity that regulates sperm flagellar
movement

XV.

Diverse Patterns of Animal Reproduction – Martin Luck, Chair•
Cassandra Extavour, Evolution of the bilaterian gonad, evolutionary origin of germcells and gonads, genes controlling gonad development and differentiation•
Frank Grutzner, Evolution and organization of monotreme sex chromosomes•
Pierre Comizzoli, Diversity of endangered species reproduction as studied worldwide

XVI.

New and Emerging Reproductive Technologies•
Stuart Meyers – The use of vacuum-dried sperm to generate ICSI-derived rhesus
monkey embryos•
Goro Yoshizaki – Inter-species spermatogonia transplantation in fish: Can salmon
make trout?

15:00-15:30 Afternoon Tea
15:30-16:30 Plenary Lecture II
Marilyn Renfree, University of Melbourne, AU“Doing it Down Under: The Marsupial Mode”
16:30 Closing Remarks
19:00 Optional Social Event