The 69th JALAS Meeting -Sendai, Miyagi-

The 69th JALAS (Japanese Association for Laboratory Animal Science) Meeting was held in Sendai City, Miyagi Pref.
Five members made presentations at the meeting.

*Symposium 2*
Theme： The Golden Hamster： Revisited old animal models for new ideas
Atsuo OGURA: Reproductive and developmental characteristics of the golden hamster and generation of knockout hamsters

*LAS Seminar 3*　
Theme: Learn more, laboratory species!
Michiko HIROSE: Cute, but so great, “hamster”

*Poster Session*
Kimiko INOUE：Elucidation of placenta-specific imprinted genes responsible for hyperplasia in somatic cell nuclear transferred placentas　
Ayumi HASEGAWA：Effects of superovulation treatment on pregnancy and strain differences　
Naomi WATANABE：An establishment and characterization of nuclear transfer embryonic stem cells from wild-derived mouse strains