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Meeting

The108th SRD Meeting Organizing Members are pleased to invite you to the SRD Annual Meeting. The venues of the Meeting will be University of Miyazaki (17 to 19 September, 2015) and Miyazaki Citizen’s Plaza (20 September, 2015).

  1. Dates
  2. Venues
  3. President
  4. Contact
  5. Registration Fee
  6. Get-Together Party
  7. How to arrive at the venues
  8. Ordinal presentations
  9. Evaluation of SRD Outstanding Presentation Award
  10. General Meeting & Ceremony for the SRD Awards
  11. Mini symposium for students and young researchers
  12. Luncheon seminar by the Committee for Promotion of Gender Equality
  13. Luncheon seminar by the Committee of the World Congress of Reproductive Biology 2017 (WCRB2017)
  14. Open Seminar for Citizens
  15. Symposiums and Workshop

The 108th SRD Annual Meeting

  • 1. Dates
  • September 16 (Wed) , 2015 Directors’ meeting, Committee meetings
    September 17 (Thu), 2015 Oral/Poster competitive presentations for SRD Outstanding Presentation Award, Regular presentations (oral and poster presentations), Councilors' meeting
    September 18 (Fri), 2015 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 19 (Sat), 2015 Regular presentations (oral and poster presentations), Symposiums, Luncheon seminar
    September 20 (Sun), Symposium and Workshop, Open seminar for Citizens (in Japanese)

  • 2. Venues
  • September 17 (Thu) – 19 (Sat):
  • 　　University of Miyazaki, 1-1 Gakuen Kibanadai-nishi, Miyazaki.
  • September 16 (Wed), 20 (Sun):
  • 　　Miyazaki Citizen’s Plaza, 1-1-2 Tachibanadori-nishi, Miyazaki.

  • 3. President
  • Takeshi Osawa

  • 4. Contact
  • The 108th SRD Meeting Organizing Office:
    Laboratory of Theriogenology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki
    E-mail: srd108@cc.miyazaki-u.ac.jp
    President: Takeshi OSAWA (University of Miyazaki)
    Secretary: Go KITAHARA (University of Miyazaki)

  • 5. Registration Fee
  • Honorary member Free
    Regular & Silver member 6,000 yen (at the registration desk)
    Student member 3,500 yen (at the registration desk)
    Non-member 6,500 yen
    Registration fees include a printed copy of the proceedings.

    Registration fee and Get-Together-Party fee are payable at the registration desk. 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 the abstract book with you.)

  • 6. Get-Together Party
  • Location: Phoenix Seagaia Resort
    Date & time: September 18 (Fri); 18:30-20:30
    It will be a pleasure of the Organizing Members to welcome both SRD members and non-members to the party. Please enjoy Miyazaki's foods and drinks and deepen friendship in the party.

    Participation fee
    Honorary member Free (Please register in advance in the website)
    Regular and Silver Member 7,000 yen (at the registration desk)
    Student member 4,000 yen (at the registration desk)
    Non-member 8,000 yen (at the registration desk)

  • 7. How to arrive at the venues
  • University of Miyazaki
  • For the location of University of Miyazaki and transportation guidance, please visit the following websites:
    Access; http://www.miyazaki-u.ac.jp/english/contents/locations_map_address/index.html
    Route buses are available from JR Miyazaki station to the campus (fees* applies). It takes about 40 min
    *Fees:
    one way: 610 - 640 yen

    From airport, we will provide convenient free shuttle buses to the campus. Please check the timetable.
  • University of Miyazaki - Miyazaki airport
    Free shuttle bus
    September 17 and 18
    from Miyazaki airport   to University of Miyazaki from University of Miyazaki   to Miyazaki airport
    8:30 - 9:00 9:05 - 9:35
    9:00 - 9:30 9:35 - 10:05
    9:40 - 10:10 10:15 - 10:45
    10:10 - 10:40 10:45 - 11:15
    10:50 - 11:20 11:25 - 11:55
    11:20 - 11:50 11:55 - 12:25
    12:00 - 12:30 12:35 - 13:05
    12:30 - 13:00 13:05 - 13:35
    13:10 - 13:40 13:45 - 14:15

    September 19
    from University of Miyazaki   to Miyazaki airport from Miyazaki airport   to University of Miyazaki
    13:00 - 13:30 13:35 - 14:05
    14:10 - 14:40 14:45 - 15:15
    15:20 - 15:50 15:55 - 16:25
    16:30 - 17:00 17:05 - 17:35
    17:40 - 18:10 18:15 - 18:45
    18:50 - 19:40      
  • Miyazaki Citizen's Plaza
  • Miyazaki Citizen’s Plaza is located in the neighbor of Miyazaki City Hall Office.
    From JR Miyazaki station, it takes about 10 min by the bus (bus stop: Tachibanadori 1-chome), or about 30 min’s walk.

  • 8. Ordinal presentations
  • Oral presentation (OR1-1–OR1-36, OR2-1–OR2-34)
    Presentation time is 10 min plus 5 min for discussion (total 15 min). We will use Windows PC installed Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2013. Please check the compatibility in advance if you prepare your file using the same software but in another version. Bring your file within a USB flush memory or CD-R to the submission desk.

    Poster presentations (P-22–P-119)
    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 17th and Friday18th September. The poster presenters will need to stand by your poster to give a presentation, answer questions and meet colleagues with similar research interests.

    For EVEN number posters: September 17 (Thu) 15:30–16:30
    For ODD number posters: September 18 (Fri) 13:15–15:15
    Put your poster (all number) on the board with the identified presentation number by 12:00 on September 17, and remove your posters after the presentation by 18:00 on September 18. The office staff will take away all the unremoved posters after that time.

  • 9. Evaluation of SRD Outstanding Presentation Award
  • Oral presentation section
    Location: the 3rd hall (the #L111 lecture room) in University of Miyazaki
    Date & time: September 17 (Thu) 13:00–14:30
    Six titles (AW-1–AW-6) have been selected after the primary evaluation. The results of the evaluation have been already informed to the first authors. These titles will be further evaluated at the Meeting (the 2nd evaluation). The presentation (plus discussion) will be evaluated by the designated reviewers, and excellent titles will be awarded at the General Meeting on September 18.

    Poster presentation section
    September 17 (Thu) 15:00–16:30, Poster Presentation Area (The 330 Memorial Hall)
    Twenty-one titles (P-1–P-21) 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 12:00 on September 17. The first authors will need to stand during the presentation time as mentioned above and have discussion with participants including the reviewers. The presentation (plus discussion) will be evaluated by the designated reviewers, and excellent titles will be awarded at the General Meeting on September 18. Please note that your poster must be removed by 18:00 September 18. The office staff will take away all the unremoved posters after that time.

  • 10. General Meeting & Ceremony for the SRD Awards
  • Location: the 3rd hall (the #L111 lecture room) in University of Miyazaki
    Date & time: September 18 (Fri); 14:45–17:15

    General meeting
    The details will be obtained in the abstract book (in Japanese)
    Ceremony for the SRD Awards
    2015 SRD Awards
      Scientific Award: Keisuke Edashige
      Scientific Award: Takashi Shimizu
      Technical Award: Koji Kimura
      After the ceremony, the scientific award winners will give their presentations.
    2014 JRD Outstanding Paper Award
      Kei ISHII
      Cell-cycle-dependent Colonization of Mouse Spermatogonial Stem Cells After Transplantation into Seminiferous Tubules.
      Koji KIMURA
      Successful Nonsurgical Transfer of Bovine Elongating Conceptuses and Its Application to Sexing.
      Natsumi SHIMIZU
      Possible Role of ZPAC, Zygote-specific Proteasome Assembly Chaperone, During Spermatogenesis in the Mouse.
      Ayumi HASEGAWA
      Microdroplet In Vitro Fertilization Can Reduce the Number of Spermatozoa Necessary for Fertilizing Oocytes.

  • 11. Mini symposium for students and young researchers
  • Venue: Cafeteria in University of Miyazaki
    Date & time: September 17 (Thu); 17:00–20:00
    Mini symposium for students and young researchers will be held, as has happened in the past, to promote scientific activities and friendship for young scientists. The SRD Committee for the Promotion of Young Scientists will offer interesting events to the attendees. The committee members encourage all the young researchers (as well as the senior researchers) to join this occation to talk about their interests with each other in person.

  • 12. Luncheon seminar by the Committee for Promotion of Gender Equality
  • September 18 (Fri); 12:00–13:00, the 1st hall (the #L107 lecture room) in University of Miyazaki
    SRD Committee for Promotion of Gender Equality has planned a luncheon seminar to provide the opportunity to consider the significance of gender equality. We encourage the attendees of the Meeting to join this seminar to share ideas about gender equality across different ages and current situations.
    *Limited number of the lunch tickets will be provided at the registration desk from 8:50 September 18 (Fri), on a first-come-first-served basis.

  • 13. Luncheon seminar by the Committee of the World Congress of Reproductive
  • Biology 2017 (WCRB2017)
    Venue: Miyazaki Citizen’s Plaza, Large conference room (4th floor)
    Date & time: September 20 (Sun); 12:00-13:00
    Title: Developing Practical International Conference English Presentation Skills
    Speaker: Mike GUEST (University of Miyazaki)
    Chairperson: Hiroko TSUKAMURA (Nagoya University)
    *Limited number of the lunch tickets will be provided at the registration desk from 8:50 September 18 (Fri), on a first-come-first-served basis.

  • 14. Open Seminar for Citizens
  • Venue: Miyazaki Citizen’s Plaza, Albright-hall (1st floor)

    Date & time: September 20 (Sun); 13:00-16:00
    Title: The Possibility of Animal Reproduction in the Space
    Following introductory lecture on the reproduction in domestic animals and sperm banking, and biological research activities by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), current situations and future perspective of the project on animal reproduction in the Japanese Experiment Module (‘Kibo’) for the International Space Station will be presented. The seminar will be operated in Japanese.
  • Speakers
  • Shinichi HOCHI (Shinshu University)
    Sachiko YANO (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)
    Sayaka WAKAYAMA (University of Yamanashi)
    Teruhiko WAKAYAMA (University of Yamanashi)
  • The seminar is supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science under Grant-in-Aid for Publication of Scientific Research Results (Number 15HP0030).

  • 15. Symposiums and Workshop
  • Date & time: September 19 (Sat); 13:00-15:00

    Symposium 1: Current topics of germ cell development in vitro
    Venue: the 1st hall (the #L107 lecture room) in University of Miyazaki
    Organizers: Yuji HIRAO (National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science)
    Goro YOSHIZAKI (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology)
    Speakers: Takehiko OGAWA (Yokohama City University)
    Katsuhiko HAYASHI (Kyushu University)
    Yayoi OBATA (Tokyo University of Agriculture)
    Yasuhisa MATSUI (Tohoku University)

    Symposium 2: The future reproduction in Japanese beef cattle
    Venue: the 2nd hall (the #L207 lecture room)
    Organizers: Takeshi OSAWA (University of Miyazaki)
    Hisashi NABENISHI (Miyazaki Prefecture)
    Speakers: Yutaka HASHIYADA (National Livestock Breeding Center)
    Miki SAKATANI (Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center)
    Mizuho UEMATSU (Miyazaki Agricultural Mutual Aid Association)

  • Date & time: September 20 (Sun); 9:30-12:00

    Symposium 3: Recycling of life: From early embryogenesis to next generation
    Venue: Miyazaki Citizen's Plaza, Albright-hall (1st floor)
    Organizers: Naojiro MINAMI (Kyoto University)
    Kazuya MATSUMOTO (Kinki University)
    Speakers: Kei MIYAMOTO (Kinki University)
    Seung-Wook SHIN (National Institutes of Health)
    Satoshi TSUKAMOTO (National Institute of Radiological Sciences)
    Yoshiyuki SEKI (Kwansei Gakuin University)
    Yoshikazu HIRATE (Tokyo Medical and Dental University)

  • Workshop: Novel concepts of immune system for regulating early pregnancy: Attack or tolerance?
    Venue: Miyazaki Citizen’s Plaza, Large conference room (4th floor)
    Organizers: Akio MIYAMOTO (Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine)
    Kazuhiko IMAKAWA (The University of Tokyo)
    Speakers: Masayuki SHIMADA (Hiroshima University)
    Akio MIYAMOTO (Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine)
    Kazuhiko IMAKAWA (The University of Tokyo)