The 66th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society for Ova Research (JSOR) was held at the Hiroshima Convention Hall on May 31-June 1. Mr. Takaki TATEBE from our laboratory gave an oral presentation. *Oral Presentation* Takaki TATEBE: Analysis of autophagy degradation systems in mouse somatic cell nuclear transfer embryos
The 72nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association for Laboratory Animal Science (JALAS) was held at Nagoya International Exhibition Hall (Port Messe Nagoya) on May 21-23. *Oral Presentation* Narumi OGONUKI: Spermatocyte injection into meiotic oocytes overcame diplotene arrest in azoospermic mutant male mice Fumio IKE: Fecal microbiome of SPF golden hamsters *Poster Presentation* Keiji MOCHIDA: Storage of unfertilized mouse eggs at -80°C Ayumi HASEGAWA: Cryopreservation of gametes from JF1 mice for storage and production of intersubspecific hybrid mice Kohtaro MORITA: Identification of factors involved in the regulatory mechanisms of zygotic genome activation in rats. Dinh Quoc Pham: High cleavage rate and developmental efficiency of mouse embryos cloned from embryonic stem […]
The 174th BRC Seminar was held at Moriwaki Kazuo Hall, RIKEN BioResource Research Center, and Zoom hybrid. Dr. Ogura gave a lecture, and Prof. Masato Ikawa of Osaka University and Prof. Takashi Shinohara of Kyoto University participated as panelists. Lecture: RIKEN BRC Commemorative Lecture: RIKEN BRC, Memories for Tomorrow Title: 23 years of support from people, laboratory animals, and developmental engineering Panel Discussion: Expectations for the BRC of Tomorrow
Repro2025 and the Final Public Symposium of “the Program of Totipotency” were held March 6-8 at the main auditorium of the National Institute of Genetics (Mishima, Shizuoka Pref.). Dr. Atsuo Ogura gave a lecture, and the following posters were presented. Opening Remarks: Atsuo Ogura, Project Leader Program Co-sponsored Memorial Lecture: Germ Cell Research: Past and Future Title: My Fortune to Face the Wonders of Life *Poster Presentation* Satoshi FUNAYA: Genome-wide analysis of histone variant H3.3 in mouse SCNT embryos Takaki TATEBE: Analysis of autophagy degradation systems in somatic cell nuclear transfer embryos
On Mar. 4, as part of Diversity initiatives to support active participation in the Tsukuba campus, a social event on the theme of “balancing work and child rearing” was held at the Moriwaki Kazuo Hall, RIKEN BioResource Research Center, and Zoom hybrid. RIKEN Tsukuba Exchange Meeting in FY2024 – Let’s talk about balancing work and childcare –
On Mar. 1, the fy2024 Kanto Branch Meeting of the JAEAT (Japanese Association for Experimental Animal Technologists) was held at the Industrial Promotion Kawasaki Hall (Kanagawa Pref.) and an online hybrid. Mr. Keiji Mochida gave a lecture. Symposium Theme: Multifaceted Laboratory Animal Reproduction Title: Efficiency of reproductive engineering work and breeding performance using inhibin antibodies.
On Feb.12-13, Dr. Atsuo Ogura gave a plenary talk at FY2024 AdAMAS (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research of Innovative Areas, Platforms for Advanced Technologies ane Research Resources, Advanced Animal Model Support) Meeting held at Biwako Hotel (Otsu, Siga). Title: Developmental Engineering Technologies Supporting the Use of Laboratory Animals
