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Mitochondria and hair cell: New topic of the group meeting on 14 Sep, 2012
The Sperm Laboratory members gathered together on 14 Sep., 2012. The topic "mitochondria DNA, nuclear DNA and hair cell function" was discussed. Two students presented at the meeting. Mr. Ling-Feng Luo talked about how nuclear genes control the hair cell, and Mr. Yi-Xun Su  discussed the upstream and downstream genes of hes1, hes5 in the hair cell. The Sperm Laboratory is involved in project which is supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program, Grant number: No.  2012CB967902), we are working on gene regulatory in hair cell.
   
New project supported by National Nature Science Fundation of China  (Post on Sep. 16, 2012)
The Sperm Laboratory submitted a research proposal to National Nature Science Fundation of China in March 2012, it was approved on 23 Aug., 2012. The new project, "The molecular mechanism of p53 during apoptosis of spermatogenic cells in Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis", will mainly focus on apoptosis of spermatogenic cells in the mitten crab. The grant number is "41276151", the executive time 2013-2016.

Practice on doctoral defense and a story of my semeater at sea  (Post on May 26, 2012)
Mr. Da-Hui Wang will defend his dissertation for Ph.D. Degree on May 31, 2012. He made an exercise for his doctoral defense at the group meeting on May 25, 2012, Friday. Almost five years past since My. Wang's registration as a graduate student in September of 2007. Ms. Yun-Shu FAN told us a very exciting story about her "My Semester at Sea" course. She stayed on the sea for 105 days, traveled around the world and crossed 12 countries from Jan. 17, 2012 to May 2, 2012.

The Sperm Laboratory members at the collective wedding ceremony of Zhejiang University  (Post on May 26, 2012)
Mr. Ruo-Jing Wang and Ms. Bei-Hong Zheng, the former members of the Sperm Laboratory, shared their happiness with their brothers and sisters of the Sperm Laboratory by joining the Collective Wedding Ceremony which was organized by Zhejiang University on May 19, 2012. The Sperm Laboratory had a celebrating party in the Prince Restaurant at the night of May 19, 2012.

Invitation letter for Dr. Wan-Xi Yang from the organizing committee of the  Collective Wedding Ceremony of ZJU

Mr. Ruo-Jing Wang and Ms. Bei-Hong Zheng at the Collective Wedding, ZJU 2012

Part of the students at the celebrating party  for the new couple on May 19, 2012

Thai professor visited the Sperm Laboratory (Post on April 17, 2012)
Prof. Supawadee Chullasorn from Ramkhamhaeng University of Thailand  visited the Sperm Laboratory at Zhejiang University from April 4 until April 17, 2012, she left Shanghai for Bangkok today. During the visit, Prof. Supawadee Chullasorn and her research assistant Ms. Ratchadawan Jullawateelert performed experiments on reproductive biology of two copepods: Tigriopus sirindhornae and Tigriopus thailandensis Chullasorn et al. 2011. We are interested in the formation of spermatophore and sperm release mechanism. of the copepod. Prof. Supawadee Chullasorn presented at our weekly group meeting, the title of her seminar: Diversity of Harpacticoid copepods in Thailand.

Ms. Xiao SUN presented at the Journal Club on Mar. 11, 2011
The first speaker at our Friday Journal Club was Ms. Xiao SUN. She brought us with a paper which discussed about proteins  that regulates acrosome biogenesis during spermiogenesis. The title is "Interaction of SH3P13 and DYDC1 protein: a germ cell component that regulates acrosome biogenesis during spermiogenesis." , which was published on the European Journal of Cell Biology  (2009,88:509–520). The authors of this paper are: Shuchun Li, Yuan Qiao, Qian Di, Xiuning Le, Lei Zhang, Xiaosong Zhang, Changyong Zhang, Jie Cheng, Shudong Zong, Samuel S. Koide, Shiying Miao, Lingfang Wang. Language: English. Time: 18:30-21:00. Date: Mar. 11, 2011.  Location: 123 Conference Room, Life Science Building, Zhejiang University.

The Second Group Meeting of the Spring Semester of 2011
The Sperm Laboratory's second group meeting was held on Mar. 4, 2011. Dr. Wan-Xi Yang called on all the lab members to unite together. He summoned the students to read papers everyday and to do every experiment and to observe the results carefully. The Sperm Laboratory submitted a research proposal to National Natural Science Fundation of China, Mr. Da-Hui Wang, the Ph.D. student at the Sperm Laboratory, participated in writing the proposal. Ms. Xiao Sun, Ms. Cong-Cong Hou and Mr. Hai-Tao Mao participated in discussing the proposal.

The First Group Meeting of the Spring Semester of 2011
The Sperm Laboratory's first group meeting was held on Feb. 25, 2011. Dr. Wan-Xi Yang presented at the meeting. He said our laboratory is meeting new challenges in the new year, we must face all the challenges and work harder for our own future. New regulations and basic rules for the laboratory were announced at the meeting.  

Karaoke Party on Jan. 17, 2011
The Sperm Laboratory members sang together at the Karaoke Party which was held at Kadi KTV House on Jan. 17, 2011. This is the third Karaoke Party of the Sperm Laboratory. We stayed in the Kadi KTV House for five hours and sang a lot of favorite songs. The following members attended the party: Da-Hui Wang, Xiao Sun, Huan Mao, Ran Dang, Na Xu, Cong-Cong Hou, Hai-Tao Mao, and Xiao-Xin Ma. Dr. Wan-Xi Yang also joined us and sang his favorite songs.

Group summarizing meeting on Jan. 14, 2011
The Sperm Laboratory held a summarizing meeting on Jan. 14, 2011, Friday. Dr. Wan-Xi Yang summarized the progresses of the whole lab in 2010. Totally 7 research papers and 2 review articles were published in the past year 2010. Two of the research papers were published on PLoS ONE. A research proposal submitted to National Natural Science Fundation of China (NSFC) was granted in August of 2010. A new cytoskeletal structure, acroframosome (AFS) was discovered and named by the Sperm Laboratory in 2010. AFS functions as an acrosome framework during spermiogenesis in Caridean shrimp. Dr. Yang encouraged the whole members to work shoulder by shoulder in the ongoing 2011, so we could have more discoveries in the reproductive biology field..

The first  group meeting of the New Year on Jan. 7, 2011
The first group meeting of the year 2011was held on Jan. 7, Friday. Ms. MA Xiao-Xin and Ms. MAO Huan presented at our journal club.(Click on the pictures to read more...).

Ms. MA Xiao-Xin at the journal club on Jan. 7, 2011

Ms. MAO Huan  at the journal club  on Jan. 7, 2011

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