Scientific Program
IV International Symposium on Animal Biology of Reproduction (ISABR 2012)
Focus: Environment and Reproduction
October 17th to 20th, 2012, Campinas, SP, Brazil
October 17, 2012 - Wednesday
14:00 to 18:00: Welcome desk open
19:00 to 20:00: Opening ceremony. Keynote lecture and tribute to:
Dr. Gary J. Killian (USDA and The Pennsylvania State University, USA)
Lecture: Fertility-associated proteins in male and female reproductive fluids.
October 18, 2012 - Thursday
08:00 to 18:00: Welcome desk open
· Session I: Female
08:30 to 09:15
Frontiers in Reproduction
Dr. José Ricardo Figueiredo
Lecture: Advances in goat artificial ovary.
09:15 to 10:00
Dr. Eduardo L. Gastal (Southern Illinois University, USA)
Lecture: Equine preantral follicles: ultrasound-guided biopsy pick-up method to harvest ovarian tissue and in vitro processing, evaluation and culture
10:00 to 10:30: Coffee break
10:30 to 11:15
Dr. Mario Binelli (University of São Paulo, Brazil)
Lecture: Probing the uterine microenvironment through Systems Biology approaches
11:15 to 12:00
Dr. Tony Hayes (University of Guelph, Canada)
Lecture: Protein and gene expression alterations during success and failure of early pregnancy in mares
12:00 to 14:00 - Lunch break
· Session II: Male
14:00 to 14:45
Dr. Cathryn Hogarth (Washington State University, USA)
Lecture: Synchronizing spermatogenesis using WIN 18,446
14:45 to 15:30: The Lonnie Russell Lecture
Dr. Rex Hess (University of Illinois, USA)
Lecture: Morphology shines a bright light on mechanisms of testicular toxicity: a tribute to Lonnie Russell
15:30 to 16:00: Coffee break
16:00 to 17:00: Oral presentations - Session I (Papers 1-4)
· Bovine embryos cultured in vitro in the presence of antioxidants: implications for blastocysts development quality and cryotolerance - Rocha NAS, Leão BCS, Nogueira É, Mingoti GZ.
· Heat shock protein 70 messenger rna is present in ejaculated sperm from hairy rams - Lima-Souza A, Souza CEA, Costa JH, Moura AAA.
· Effect of nitrergic system on the in vitro culture of bovine embryos - Santana PPB, Costa NN, Silva TV, Silva BB, Araújo CLA, Cordeiro MS, Santos SSD, Ohashi OM, Miranda MS.
· Evaluation of the establishment of full spermatogenesis from testis tissue and testis cell suspensions from the Collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu) ectopically xenografted in immunodeficient mice - Campos-Junior PHA, Costa GMJ, Lacerda SMSN, Avelar GF, Guimarães DAA, Kahwage PR, França LR.
17:00 to 18:40: Poster Session I
October 19, 2012 - Friday
08:00 to 18:00 - Welcome desk open
· Session III: Male
08:30 to 09:15
Dr. Maria Christina W. de Avellar (Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil)
Lecture: Unraveling beta-defensins expression in the epididymis: are their roles beyond host defense
09:15 to 10:00
Dr. Hernandes F. Carvalho (State University of Campinas, Brazil)
Lecture: Searching the killer: new factors contributing to the deletion or prostate epithelial cells
10:00 to 10:30: Coffee break
10:30 to 11:30: Oral presentations - Session II (Papers 5-8)
· The periovulatory endocrine milieu alters the expression of immune response-related genes in bovine endometrium on day 7 post-estrus - Mesquita FS, Binelli M.
· Fecal sex steroids in rats exposed to Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP): a longitudinal noninvasive approach to monitor hormonal status in experimental studies - Clemente TC, Godói KEP, Pinto LA, Nihi F, Gomes C, Spercoski KM, Meyer KB, Martino-Andrade AJ, Morais RN.
· Regulation of fibroblast growth factor 18 (FGF18) and its effect on bovine granulosa cell viability - Portela VM, Zamberlam GO, Zuelow S, Price CA.
· Evaluation of equine spermatogonial stem cell viability after cryopreservation - Costa GMJ, Avelar GF, Lacerda SMSN, Campos-Júnior PHA, Rezende-Neto JV, Martins FGP, França LR.
11:30 to 12:15:
Dr. Niels E. Skakkebaek (University Department of Growth & Reproduction, Copenhagen, Denmark)
Lecture: Adverse trends in male reproductive health problems and decreasing fertility rates
12:15 to 14:00 - Lunch break
· Session IV: Female
14:00 to 14:45: The Outstanding Latin American Lecture.
Dr. Daniel F. Salamone (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Lecture: Transgenesis in farm animals
14:45 to 15:30: Dr. Jo Leroy (University of Antwerp, Belgium)
Lecture: Maternal environment and oocyte and embryo quality.
15:30 to 16:00: Coffee break
16:00 to 17:00: Dr. Kimberly Vonnahme (North Dakota State University, USA)
Lecture: How the maternal environment impacts fetal and placental development: implications for livestock production.
17:00 to 18:40: Poster Session II
October 20, 2012 - Saturday
08:00 to 12:00 - Welcome desk open
Session V: Macro topics
08:30 to 09:15
Dr. Luiz Renato de França (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil)
Lecture: Spermatogonial stem cells physiology, niche and transplantation in fish
09:15 to 10:00
Dr. Budhan Pukazhenthi (Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, USA)
Lecture: Integrating Science and Animal Management in Conservation of Endangered Species.
10:00 to 10:30: Coffee break
10:30 to 11:15:
Dr. Puttaswamy Manjunath (University of Montreal, Canada)
Lecture: New insights into the understanding of the mechanism of sperm protection by extender components.
11:15 to 12:00
Dr. Stephen Krawetz (Wayne State University)
Lecture: The Secret Life of Sperm from Chromatin to Expression.
12:00 to 12:30: Closing Ceremony