Organizers:
Martin Brinkworth (University of Bradford, UK)
Stephen Krawetz (Wayne State University, USA)
Jim Cummins (Murdoch University, Australia)
David Miller (University of Leeds, UK)
Corrado Spadafora (Institutio Superiore di Sanità, Italy)
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Introduction
Wednesday 15 November 2006
16:00 - 18:00 Advanced Workshop registration
Thursday 16 November 2006
08:00 - 08:30 Registration and coffee
Introduction to the Advanced Workshop
The testis as a conduit for genomic plasticity
David Miller and Martin Brinkworth (University of Leeds/ University of Bradford, UK)
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Is the testis a permissive environment for reposition?
Session 1
Thursday 16 November 2006
Transcriptional promiscuity of the testis
Ed Schmidt (Montana State University, USA)
Reverse transcription (RNA to DNA) and genomic plasticity
Jurgen Brosius (University of Munster Von-Esmarch-Str, Germany)
Rethinking genomes and evolution in 21st Century terms
Jim Shapiro (University of Chicago, USA)
John Moran (University of Michigan)
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DNA and RNA dynamics of gametes: new portals for lateral gene transfer?
Session 2
Thursday 16 November 2006
Histone substitution by protamines
Rod Balhorn (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, USA)
Chromatin domains in spermatoza
Andrei Zalensky (Jones Institute, East Virginia Medical School, USA)
Chromatin architecture in the sperm nucleus
Steve Krawetz (Wayne State University, Detroit, USA)
The role of DNA methylation in genomic reprogramming and programming
Lorraine Young (University of Nottingham, UK)
Molecular dynamics and evolutionary aspects of the oocyte to embryo transition
Barbara Knowles (University of Nottingham, UK)
18:00 - 19:00 Poster Session 1
20:00 - 23:00 Yorkshire Mummers
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Chromatin domains and imprinting phenomena
Advanced Workshop
Loops, auto-digestion and other features of spermatozal DNA
Steve Ward (Univesity of Hawaii, USA)
Potential of spermatozal RNA for infertility studies
David Dix (Environmental Protection Agency, USA)
Corrado Spadafora (Istituto Superiore di Sanitá, Italy)
New insights into spermatozal chromatin packaging and RNA carriage
Ali Arpanahi and Adam Dawe (University of Leeds, UK)
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Annual meeting of the BAS.
BAS Session I
Provirus in the male reproductive tract
Ann Keissling (Harvard University, USA)
RNA dynamics of 'fertile' and 'infertile' spermatoza
Serge Carreau (University of Caen, France)
15:30 - 15:50 Free communication 1
16:15 Free communictaion 2
16:35 - 16:55 Free communication 3
Oestrogenic effects on sperm DNA
Diane Andreson (University of Bradford, UK)
18:00 - 19:00 Poster Session 2
and BAS committee meeting
20:00 Dinner and free 70s Disco
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Extrinsic and intrinsic effects on sperm function
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Annual Meeting of the BAS (continued)
BAS Session II
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Epididymal effects on sperm maturation
Saturday 18 November 2006
Sperm physiology and osmolyte transport
Trevor Cooper (University of Muenster, Germany)
09:45 - 10:05 Free communication 4
Organisation and structure of sperm membranes during epidiymal maturation
Roy Jones (Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK)
David Miller (University of Leeds, UK)
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Is semen analysis still a useful excercise?
Saturday 18 November 2006
09:45 - 10:05 Free communication 4
discussion on the meritis/semen analysis in the modern assisted contraception setting
Bill Holt (Institute of Zoology, London, UK)
David Miller (University of Leeds, UK)
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