The 11th Wakate BRC Conference (WBC) was held at Moriwaki Hall (RIKEN Tsukuba) and Zoom (Hybrid) on Nov. 20. Joint plans were also made with the RIKEN Mutual Benefit Society Tsukuba Division: donuts and coffee were provided during breaks, and a social event was held in the evening with drinks and food. Dr. Satoshi FUNAYA introduced himself as a new member, and the following members gave presentations. ★Poster Presentation★ Michiko HIROSE: Generation and analysis of IRS2 KO Hamster Satoshi FUNAYA: Genome-wide analysis of histone variant H3.3 in mouse cloned embryo Dinh Quoc PHAM: High cleavage rate and developmental efficiency of mouse embryos cloned from embryonic stem cells High cleavage rate […]

RIKEN International Symposium “The 3D genome” was held at RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research(BDR)(Kobe City, Hyogo Pref.) from Nov.11 to 12. The following members gave presentations. ★Oral Presentation★ Atsuo OGURA: Abnormal genomic reprogramming by somatic cell nuclear transfer ★Poster Presentation★ Satoshi FUNAYA: Genome-wide analysis of histone variant H3.3 in mouse cloned embryo

Reproductive lifespan Next Generation Scientist meeting 2024 was held at Ayaha Lakeside Hotel (Otsu City, Shiga Pref.) from Nov.3 to 5. The following members gave presentations. ★Oral Presentation★ Satohis FUNAYA: Aberrant H3.3 localization in cloned mouse embryos revealed by ChIP-seq Takaki TATEBE: Analysis of the autophagy system in somatic cell nuclear transferred embryos ★Poster Presentation★ Dinh Quoc PHAM: High cleavage rate and developmental efficiency of mouse embryos cloned from embryonic stem cells Syun TOKITA: Identification of genes responsible for placental enlargement in intersubspecies hybrid mice generated by intracytoplasmic sperm injection

Kyushu Association for Laboratory Animal Research 42nd Annual Meeting 44th Annual Meeting of the Kyushu Branch of the Japanese Association of Laboratory Animal Technicians Joint Okinawa Conference Program was held at Urasoe City Industrial Promotion Center (Okinawa Pref.) on Nov. 2. Dr. Atsuo OGURA gave a special lecture. Title: “Fundamentals and Applications of Reproductive and Developmental Engineering Techniques in Small Laboratory Animals”

2024 RIKEN Tsukuba Open Campus was held onsite. Theme: What is the Bioresource Research Center? We held Lab Tours. *The Origin of Life: A Look at the Moment Life is Created*

FY 2024 Advanced Technical Training for Faculty and Staff for Laboratory Animals was held at Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine Animal Experimentation Facility from Oct. 22 to 25 under the auspices of the Japanese Association of Laboratory Animal Facilities of National University Corporations. Theme: “Advanced technical training in reproductive technology for laboratory animals other than mice” Dr. Atsuo OGURA gave a lecture. Title: “Reproductive engineering techniques in the golden hamster”

Training course for cryopreservation of mouse sperm and embryos　 ~ Efficient superovulation method, point to improve fertilization and litter size rates ~

The 117th The Society for Reproduction and Development (JSD) Meeting was held at Nagoya University (Aichi Pref.) from Sep.22 to 25. The following people gave lectures and presentations. *Educational Lectures* Atsuo OGURA: Developmental Engineering Technology to Support Reproductive Biology Research *Publicly solicited symposium* SRD-JSPS/ILR-Joint Symposium “Cutting edge-technologies for animal reproduction” Kimiko INOUE: Development of inter(sub)species somatic cell nuclear transfer techniques for preservation of valuable wild-derived mouse genetic resources *Poster Presentation* Shogo MATOBA: Multiplex analysis of genes encoding the SNAT family of amino acid transporters expressed in the placenta Syun TOKITA: Identification of genes responsible for placental enlargement in intersubspecies hybrid mice generated by intracytoplasmic sperm injection Ayumi HAEGAWA: Cryopreservation of […]

Mr. Ken Kojima from the Tokyo Medical University Pre-clinical Research Center came to BRC to practice thawing frozen embryos. Now we can leave the thawing of frozen embryos to him at his center.