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Meeting

The 106th SRD Annual Meeting will be held at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TAT), Fuchu, Tokyo, on September 12−14, 2013. 

  1. Date
  2. Location
  3. President
  4. Contact
  5. Registration Fee
  6. Get-Together Party
  7. Access to TAT
  8. Ordinal presentation
  9. Evaluation of SRD Outstanding Presentation Award
  10. Regular Symposia
  11. General Meeting & Ceremony for the SRD awards
  12. Mini symposium for students and young researchers
  13. Luncheon seminar by the Committee for Promotion of Gender Equality
  14. Luncheon seminar by the sponsor company
  15. Open Seminar for Citizens
  16. Nursery Room

The 106th SRD Annual Meeting

  • 1. Date
  • September 11 (Wed), 2013 Directors’ meeting, Committee meetings
    September 12 (Thu), 2013 Oral/Poster competitive presentations for SRD Outstanding Presentation Award, Regular presentations (oral and poster presentations), Councilors’ meeting, Mini symposium for students and young researchers
    September 13 (Fri), 2013 Regular presentations (oral and poster presentations), General meeting, SRD award presentations, Luncheon seminar for gender equality, Ceremony for SRD Outstanding Presentation Awards, Get-together party
    September 14 (Sat), 2013 Regular symposia (in Japanese), Regular presentations (oral presentations), Committee meetings, Open seminar for citizens (in Japanese)
  • 2. Location
  • Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Fuchu Campus,
    Saiwai 3-5-8, Fuchu, Tokyo.
    Lecture Hall 1 and Auditorium for faculty of Agriculture
    http://www.tuat.ac.jp/en/basic_information/access/index.html#p1
  • 3. President
  • Hideo Kamomae
  • 4. Contact
  • The 106th SRD Meeting Organizing Office:
    Laboratory of Veterinary Reproduction, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
    E-mail: srd106@cc.tuat.ac.jp

    President: Hideo Kamomae (TAT)
    Secretary: Tomomi Tanaka (TAT)
    Organizing members: Gen Watanabe, Kentaro Nagaoka, Masahiro Kaneda (TAT)
  • 5. Registration Fee
  • Honorary member Free
    Regular & Silver member 5,000 yen (early application)/6,000 yen (at the registration desk)
    Student member 3,000 yen (early application)/3,500 yen (at the registration desk)
    Non-member 6,500 yen

    An abstract book is included in the registration fee.  The persons who had paid early application fee will receive the abstract book in advance by postage. Please receive your name card at the registration desk. The persons who will make a registration at the desk, will receive the book and name card at the desk. Regular members will receive an abstract book in advance regardless of the payment of the registration fee.
    (Note: Please bring abstract book with you.)

  • 6. Get-Together Party
  • Location: Okunitama Shrine, Keyaki-Katsura Room
    Date & time: September 13 (Fri); 19:00–21:00

    Participation fee
    Honorary member Free (Please register in advance in the website)
    Regular and Silver Member 7,000 yen (early application)/8,000 yen (at the registration desk)
    Student member 3,500 yen (early application)/4,000 yen (at the registration desk)
    Non-member 7,000 yen (early application)/8,000 yen (at the registration desk)
  • Both SRD members and non-members will be welcome to the party. Okunitama is now known as one of the major shrines in Tokyo. We are pleased to invite all attendees to join us to enjoy Japanese foods and drinks and to deepen our friendship in the party. If you have no advanced registration, please visit the registration desk.
  • 7. Access to TAT
  • For the location of TAT and transportation guidance, please visit the following website:  http://www.tuat.ac.jp/en/basic_information/access/index.html#p1
  • 8. Ordinal presentation
  • Oral presentation (OR1-1–OR1-41, OR2-1–OR2-40)
    Presentation time is 10 min plus 5 min for discussion (total 15 min).  We will prepare a Windows PC installed Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2010.  Please check the compatibility in advance if you prepare your file using the same software but in another version.  Bring your file within USB flush memory or CD-R to submission desk.

    Poster presentation (P-40–P-133)
    Poster boards about 85 cm wide and 120 cm height will be prepared in the Poster Presentation Area.  The formal poster session is on Thursday 12th and Friday 13th of September, however your poster can be on display for the duration of the conference.  You need to stand by your poster to answer questions and meet colleagues with similar research interests as follows.
    For ODD number posters: September 12 (Thu) 14:30–16:30
    For EVEN number posters: September 13 (Fri) 15:00–17:00
    Put your poster on the board with the identified presentation number by 11:00 on September 12, and remove your posters after the presentation by 10:00 on September 14.  The office staff will take away all posters which will not be removed by the authors. 
    (Same schedule of the abstract submission for both regular and competitive presentations)
  • 9. Evaluation of SRD Outstanding Presentation Award
  • Oral presentation section
    September 12 (Thu) 13:00–14:30, Auditorium
    Six titles (AW-1–AW-6) have been selected after the primary evaluation.  The results of the evaluation had been already informed to the first authors.  These titles will be further evaluated by the oral presentation by the first author (the 2nd evaluation), which will be held during the time mentioned above.  The presentation including discussion will be evaluated, and some titles will be awarded during General Meeting on September 13. Poster presentation section
    September 12 (Thu) 14:30–16:30, Poster Presentation Area (The first lecture building) Thirty-nine titles (P-1–P-39) have been submitted for the poster presentation award section.  The posters with these titles will be put on the board with the identified presentation number by 11:00 on September 12.  The first authors should stand during the presentation time mentioned above and have discussion with participants including evaluators.  The presentation including discussion will be evaluated, and some titles will be awarded during General Meeting on September 13.  The posters will be continuously presented until next day. If it will be your convenience, please stand again and have discussion during September 13 (Fri) 15:00–17:00.  However, no evaluation will be done on the 2nd day.  Finally, remove your poster after the presentation by 10:00 September 14.  The office staff will take away all posters which will not be removed by the authors.
  • 10. Regular Symposia
  • We will organize two symposia entitled “Estrus of dairy cows – Recent findings to improve the conception rate” and “Effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals on reproduction and development”. We would like to offer opportunities for free and active discussions among the participants. Both symposia will be operated in Japanese.

    September 14 (Sat); 10:00–12:00
    Symposium 1 (Room 1): Estrus of dairy cows – Recent findings to improve the conception rate
    1. Natsumi ENDO (Gifu University) et al. Follicular and luteal dynamics and blood profiles of progesterone, estradiol-17β and LH during the estrous cycle and the periovulatory phase in lactating dairy cows.
    2. Hajime YOSHIOKA (National Livestock Breeding Center), Relationships between estrous intensity (Pedometry and Radiotelemetric mount detector) and ovulation, in beef cows and lactating dairy cows.
    3. Minoru SAKAGUCHI (Kitasato University), Postpartum ovulation and estrus expression of high-yielding dairy cows in relation to their subsequent fertility.
    4. Toshiaki SUMIYOSHI (NOSAI Kanagawa) et al., Investigation into optimal timing of artificial insemination based on estrous signs in lactating dairy cows kept in tie stalls.
    5. Kiyosuke NAGAI (NOSAI Kimotsuki) et al., Investigation into mechanisms of postpartum subnormal estrus such as silent ovulation in milking dairy cows using Shiba goats as experimental animal.

    Symposium 2 (Room 2): Effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals on reproduction and development
    1. Makoto YOKOSUKA (Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University), Effects of the neonatal exposure of estrogenic chemical to the cell aggregates of the sexual dimorphic nucleus and adult neurogenesis.
    2. Mariko SHIROTA (Azabu University), Delayed effects of neonatal exposure to estrogenic compounds – Analyses from a toxicological point of view.
    3. Maiko KAWAGUCHI (Meiji University) et al., Effects of neonatal ethynyl estradiol exposure to female rats on sexual behavior.
    4. Akira SUZUKI (National Institute for Environmental Studies), Effects of suspended particulate matters in air on the reproductive system.
  • 11. General Meeting & Ceremony for the SRD awards
  • eptember 13 (Fri); 17:00–18:30, Auditorium

    General meeting
     The details are obtained in the abstract book (in Japanese)

    Ceremony for the SRD awards
    2013 SRD awards
    Scientific Award: Satoshi Akagi
    After the ceremony, scientific award winner will give presentation.
    2012 JRD Outstanding Paper Award
    Seiki HARAGUCHI.
    Establishment of self-renewing porcine embryonic stem cell-like cells by signal inhibition.
    Yuji HIRAO.
    Optimization of oxygen concentration for growing bovine oocytes in vitro: Constant low and high oxygen concentrations compromise the yield of fully grown oocytes.
    Hitomi MATSUNARI.
    Hollow fiber vitrification: A novel method for vitrifying multiple embryos in a single device.

  • 12. Mini symposium for students and young researchers
  • September 12 (Thu); 17:30–20:00, University Cafeteria
    Mini symposium for students and young researchers will be held, as in the past, to promote scientific activity and friendship for young scientists.  The SRD committee for the promotion of young scientists will offer interesting events to attendees.  We encourage many young researchers (as well as senior researchers) to join us to talk about their interests with each other in person.
  • 13. Luncheon seminar by the Committee for Promotion of Gender Equality
  • September 13 (Fri); 12:00–13:00, Lecture room 1-16
    SRD committee for promotion of gender equality has planned luncheon seminar to provide the opportunity to consider the significance of gender equality. We encourage attendees to join this seminar to share ideas about gender equality across ages and the current situations.

    *Lunch tickets will be provided at the registration desk from 8:50.  We are sorry that numbers will be limited.
  • 14. Luncheon seminar by the sponsor company
  • Seminar 1
    September 12 (Thu); 12:00–13:00, Lecture room 1-16
    Joint sponsorship: Sysmex Ltd.
    Coordinator: Shunsuke Nomura

    Seminar 2
    September 14 (Sat); 12:00–13:00, Lecture room 1-16
    Joint sponsorship: Zoetis Japan Ltd.
    Coordinator: Akihiro Iwakuma
  • 15. Open Seminar for Citizens
  • Location: Convention Hall Asuka, Lumierre Fuchu, Fuchu
    Date & time: September 14 (Sat); 15:30–
    Reproductive technologies such as sperm sexing, embryo sexing, transgenic animal etc. have been developed for improvement of animal breeding and efficient production.  They are now applied to human infertility therapy.  This open seminar will provide three topics, 1) Germ cell manipulation techniques in human infertility therapy, 2) History of Germ cell manipulation techniques, 3) Current status and future perspectives of germ cell manipulation techniques.  They will provide the opportunity to consider the role of reproductive technology research and its importance with citizens. The seminar will be operated in Japanese.

    Topic 1. Yutaka SASABE (Saiwai-cho IVF clinic), Human In Vitro Fertilization - Embryo Transfer.
    Topic 2. Yoshiyuki TAKAHASHI (Genetics Hokkaido Assoc.), Progress in Animal Reproductive Technologies.
    Topic 3. Hiroshi NAGASHIMA (Meiji University), Reproductive engineering technology may open new avenues of animal production in the future.
  • 16. Nursery Room
  • To have a chance to participating with children, we will prepare a nursery room. We will ask nursery staffs to take care with the children. If you will wish, or have a question about this matter, please contact the meeting organizing office (srd106@cc.tuat.ac.jp) in advance.