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Meeting

The107th SRD Meeting Organizing Members are pleased to invite you to the SRD annual meeting. The main meeting will be held at Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, during August 20 −24, 2014.

  1. Date
  2. Location
  3. President
  4. Contact
  5. Registration Fee
  6. Get-Together Party
  7. How to arrive at the venues
  8. Ordinal presentation
  9. Evaluation of SRD Outstanding Presentation Award
  10. General Meeting & Ceremony for the SRD awards
  11. Mini symposium for students and young researchers
  12. Luncheon seminar by the Committee for Promotion of Gender Equality
  13. Open Seminar for Citizens
  14. International Workshop
  15. Obihiro Workshop
  16. Nursery Room

The 107th SRD Annual Meeting

  • 1. Date
  • August 20 (Wed), 2014 Directors’ meeting, Committee meetings (Tokachi PLAZA)
    August 21 (Thu), 2014 Oral/Poster competitive presentations for SRD Outstanding Presentation Award, Regular presentations (oral and poster presentations), Councilors’ meeting
    August 22 (Fri), 2014 Regular presentations (oral and poster presentations), General meeting, SRD award presentations, Luncheon seminar for gender equality, Ceremony for SRD Outstanding Presentation Awards, Get-together party
    August 23 (Sat), 2014 Regular presentations (oral and poster presentations), Luncheon seminar
    August 24 (Sun), Open seminar for citizens (in Japanese), Obihiro Workshop, International Workshop
  • 2. Location
  • Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada-cho 2-11, Obihiro, Hokkaido.
  • 3. President
  • Akio Miyamoto
  • 4. Contact
  • The 107th SRD Meeting Organizing Office:
    Laboratory of Animal Reproduction Science, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
    E-mail: srd107@obihiro.ac.jp

    President: Akio Miyamoto (Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine)
    Secretary: Takashi Shimizu (Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine)
  • 5. Registration Fee
  • Honorary member Free
    Regular & Silver member 5,000 yen (early application)/6,000 yen (at the registration desk)
    Student member 3,000 yen (early application)/3,500 yen (at the registration desk)
    Non-member 6,500 yen
    Registration fees include a printed copy of the proceedings, and they will be payable online.

    Registration fee and Get-Together-Party fee are payable by this online registration system. An abstract book is included in the registration fee. The persons who had paid early application fee will receive the abstract book in advance by postage. Please receive your name card at the registration desk. The persons who will make a registration at the desk, will receive the book and name card at the desk. Regular members will receive an abstract book in advance regardless of the payment of the registration fee.
    (Note: Please bring abstract book with you.)
  • 6. Get-Together Party
  • Location: Yachiyo Farm
    Date & time: August 22 (Fri); 16:30-20:00
    Both SRD members and non-members will be welcome to the party. We are pleased to invite all attendees to join us to enjoy Hokkaido foods and drinks and to deepen our friendship in the party.

    Participation fee
    Honorary member Free (Please register in advance in the website)
    Regular and Silver Member 6,000 yen (early application)/7,000 yen (at the registration desk)
    Student member 3,500 yen (early application)/4,000 yen (at the registration desk)
    Non-member 7,000 yen (early application)/8,000 yen (at the registration desk)
  • 7. How to arrive at the venues
  • From JR Obihiro St. to Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
    We provide a convenient shuttle bus which takes only 25 min (fees applies) JR Obihiro North Gate (Temporary Stop: around the bus terminal)
    In front of the Building I of the campus
    Fees:
    One way: 410 yen Round way: 820 yen

    *From airport, there is a shuttle bus to the JR Obihiro station which costs 1000 yen. For more information access http://www.tokachibus.jp/?lang=en
    For the location of Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine and transportation guidance, please visit the following website: (Access; http://www.obihiro.ac.jp/english/access/accessmap.html, Campus Map; http://www.obihiro.ac.jp/english/access/campusmap.html)
  • 8. Ordinal presentation
  • Oral presentation (OR1-1–OR1-36, OR2-1–OR2-37)
    Presentation time is 10 min plus 5 min for discussion (total 15 min). We will prepare a Windows PC installed Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2010. Please check the compatibility in advance if you prepare your file using the same software but in another version. Bring your file within USB flush memory or CD-R to submission desk.

    Poster presentation (P-27–P-121)
    Poster boards about 85 cm wide and 120 cm height will be prepared in the Poster Presentation Area. The formal poster session is on Thursday 21th and Friday 23th of August, however your poster can be on display for the duration of the conference. You need to stand by your poster to answer questions and meet colleagues with similar research interests as follows.
    For EVEN number posters: August 21 (Thu) 15:00–17:00
    For ODD number posters: August 23 (Sat) 13:15–15:15
    Put your poster (EVEN number) on the board with the identified presentation number by 12:00 on August 21, and remove your posters after the presentation by 10:00 on August 22. The office staff will take away all posters which will not be removed by the authors. Put your poster (ODD number) on the board with the identified presentation number by 11:00 on August 23.
    (Same schedule of the abstract submission for both regular and competitive presentations)
  • 9. Evaluation of SRD Outstanding Presentation Award
  • Oral presentation section
    Six titles (AW-1–AW-6) have been selected after the primary evaluation. The results of the evaluation had been already informed to the first authors. These titles will be further evaluated by the oral presentation by the first author (the 2nd evaluation), which will be held during the time mentioned above. The presentation including discussion will be evaluated, and some titles will be awarded during General Meeting on August 22.
    Poster presentation section
    August 21 (Thu) 15:00–17:00, Poster Presentation Area (The #3 or #4 lecture room)
    Twenty-six titles (P-1–P-26) have been submitted for the poster presentation award section. The posters with these titles will be put on the board with the identified presentation number by 12:00 on August 21. The first authors should stand during the presentation time mentioned above and have discussion with participants including evaluators. The presentation including discussion will be evaluated, and some titles will be awarded during General Meeting on August 22. Finally, remove your poster after the presentation by 10:00 August 22. The office staff will take away all posters which will not be removed by the authors.
  • 10. General Meeting & Ceremony for the SRD awards
  • August 22 (Fri); 14:15–16:15, Auditorium

    General meeting
    The details are obtained in the abstract book (in Japanese)
    Ceremony for the SRD awards
    2014 SRD awards
      Scientific Award: Toru Takahashi
      Scientific Award: Satoshi Kishigami
      After the ceremony, scientific award winner will give presentation.
    2013 JRD Outstanding Paper Award
      Nguyen VIET LINH
      Fertilization ability of porcine oocytes reconstructed from ooplasmic fragments produced and characterized after serial centrifugations.
      Mami OIKAWA
      RNAi-mediated knockdown of Xist does not rescue the impaired development of female cloned mouse embryos.
      Satoshi TSUKAMOTO
      Functional analysis of lysosomes during mouse preimplantation embryodevelopment
      Thanh Quang DANG-NGUYEN
      Downregulation of histone methyltransferase genes SUV39h1 and SUV39H2 increase telomere length in embryonic stem-like cells and embryonic fibroblaste in pigs.
  • 11. Mini symposium for students and young researchers
  • August 21 (Thu); 17:00–19:00, Kashiwa Plaza
    Mini symposium for students and young researchers will be held, as in the past, to promote scientific activity and friendship for young scientists. The SRD committee for the promotion of young scientists will offer interesting events to attendees. We encourage many young researchers (as well as senior researchers) to join us to talk about their interests with each other in person.
  • 12. Luncheon seminar by the Committee for Promotion of Gender Equality
  • Date & time: August 22 (Fri); 12:00–13:00, Lecture room 25
    SRD committee for promotion of gender equality has planned luncheon seminar to provide the opportunity to consider the significance of gender equality. We encourage attendees to join this seminar to share ideas about gender equality across ages and the current situations.
    *Lunch tickets will be provided at the registration desk from 8:50. We are sorry that numbers will be limited.
  • 13. Open Seminar for Citizens
  • Location: Tokachi PLAZA, Rainbow Hall, Obihiro
    Date & time: August 24 (Sun); 10:00-
    Title: Message to young people who are going to be a parent: a potential and significant of prenatal diagnosis
    Prenatal diagnosis employs a variety of techniques to determine the health and condition of an unborn fetus. Without knowledge gained by prenatal diagnosis, there could be an untoward outcome for the fetus or the mother or both. The open seminar will provide the information of fetal development and genetic literacy. They will provide the opportunity to consider the role of prenatal diagnosis and its importance with citizens. The seminar will be operated in Japanese.

    Topic 1. Takahiro YAMADA (Hokkaido University), Human diversity and heredity
    Topic 2. Akiko MIYOSHI (Kobato-kai), Societies that provide an easier life for disabled people
  • 14. International Workshop
  • Date & time: August 24 (Sun); 13:30-
    Title: Preservation and utilization of indigenous breeds and their usage in pigs
    International Workshop for students and young researchers will be held, as in the past, to promote scientific activity and friendship for young scientists. The SRD committee for the promotion of young scientists will offer interesting events to attendees. We encourage many young researchers (as well as senior researchers) to join us to talk about their interests with each other in person.
  • 15. Obihiro Workshop
  • Date & time: August 24 (Sun); 13:30-
    Title: Fixed-time AI for lactating dairy cows: concept and update for improving fertility
    Obihiro Workshop for young researchers and clinical veterinarian will be held to promote clinical veterinary and scientific activity. The SRD committee for the promotion of young scientists will offer interesting events to attendees.
  • 16. Nursery Room
  • To have a chance to participating with children, we will prepare a nursery room. We will ask nursery staffs to take care with the children. If you will wish, or have a question about this matter, please contact the meeting organizing office in advance.