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  • JSPS Japan-Poland Joint Seminar
  • Cutting-edge Reproductive Physiology – from Gamete to Baby –
  • September 13–15, 2011
  • AIINA hall, Morioka, Iwate, Japan
  • [Abstracts]

  • Tuesday, September 13
  • Opening Remark for Japan-Poland Joint Seminar
  • Kiyoshi OKUDA (Okayama University)
  • Session 1
  • Chairpersons: Noboru MANABE (The University of Tokyo),
  • Kazuhiro KIKUCHI (National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences)
  • JP1-1: Masayuki SHIMADA (Hiroshima University)
  • “Cumulus Cells Play an Important Role to Induce Meiotic Resumption and Progression of Oocyte”
  • JP1-2: Wojciech NIŻAŃSKI (Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences)
  • “Susceptibility of Particular Sperm Cell Features to Damages of Long Term-storage of Liquid Semen in Normospermic Boars”
  • JP1-3: Yuji HIRAO (Tohoku Agricultural Research Center)
  • “Isolation of Ovarian Components Essential for Oocyte Growth In Vitro”
  • JP1-4: Michal H. WRÓBEL (Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of Polish Academy of Sciences)
  • “Impairments of Reproductive Tract Function in Cows Under Influence of Environmental “Pollutants
  • JP1-5: Ken SAWAI (Iwate University)
  • “Regulation Mechanisms of Gene Expression in Bovine Embryos Derived from Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer”
  • JP1-6: Zofia E. MADEJA (Poznan University of Life Sciences)
  • “Searching for Optimal Conditions and Time Point for the Derivation of Bovine Embryonic Stem Cells (bESC): Pluripotency Markers Gene Expression”


  • Wednesday, September 14
  • Session 2
  • Chairpersons: Akio MIYAMOTO (Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine)
  • Hiroko TSUKAMURA (Nagoya University)
  • JP2-1: Yoshihisa UENOYAMA (Nagoya University)
  • “Kisspeptin: A Key Molecule Controlling the Activity of the Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Gonadal Axis”
  • JP2-2: Dorota A. ZIEBA (Agricultural University in Krakow)
  • “Neuroendocrine Regulation of Seasonality in Sheep”
  • JP2-3: Komei SHIRASUNA (Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine)
  • “The Corpus Luteum Development Regulated by Angiogenic Factors and Polymorphonuclear Neutrophils in the Cow”
  • JP2-4: Iwona BOGACKA (University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn)
  • “Regulation of Corpus Luteum Function by Factors Associated with Control of Energy Homeostasis”
  • Session 3
  • Chairpersons: Kiyoshi OKUDA (Okayama University)
  • Toru Takahashi (National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences)
  • JP3-1: Toshihiro SAKURAI (The University of Tokyo)
  • “Establishment of In Vitro Assessment System for Conceptus Attachment to the Uterine Epithelial Cells”
  • JP3-2: Agnieszka BLITEK (Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of Polish Academy of Sciences)
  • “The Role of HOXA10 as a Marker of Endometrial Receptivity”
  • JP3-3: Hiroki HIRAYAMA (Animal Research Center, Hokkaido Research Organization)
  • “Plasma Estrogen Concentration and Placental Regulation of Estrogen Activity at Parturition in Cows Carrying a Somatic Clone Fetus”.
  • JP3-4: Dorota DARMOCHWAL-KOLARZ (Medical University of Lublin)
  • “The Role of Immunological Disturbances in the Pathogenesis of Pre-eclampsia”


  • Thursday, September 15
  • Closing Remark for Japan-Poland Joint Seminar
  • Dariusz J. SKARZYNSKI (Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of Polish Academy of Sciences )
  • [Abstracts]