Spermatology (SRF 65)

SRF Volume 65

SECTIONS

• Sperm formation, DNA and nuclear proteins
• Evolutionary biology of spermatozoa
• Accesory glands and role of secretory fluids in sperm function
• Signalling and sperm function
• Sperm motility
• Sperm-egg interaction
• Epigenetics of fertilization
• Spermatology and wildlife conservation
• Manipulation of sperm cells
• Spermatozoa and human fertility

CONTENTS

• Origin and evolution of spermatogenesis genes on the human sex chromosomes
• From stem cells to spermatozoa and back
• Molecular biology of sperm head shaping
• The scaffold role of the fibrous sheath
• Evolution of vertebrate chromosomal sperm proteins: implications for fertility and sperm competition
• Value of DNA integrity assays for fertility evaluation
• Analysis of DNA fragmentation using flow cytometry and other techniques
• Sperm competition and ejaculate evolution
• Post-insemination sexual selection in birds
• Sperm proteomics and functional genomics
• Sperm fate and function in
• reproductive isolation in Drosophila
• Making sperm - design, quality control and sperm competition
• “S.P.E.R.M.” (Seminal Proteins (are) Essential Reproductive Modulators): the view from Drosophila
• Insights into structure-function correlations of ungulate seminal plasma proteins
• Seminal plasma proteins: functions and interaction with protective agents during semen preservation
• Ion channels in sperm motility and capacitation
• Signalling pathways involved in sperm capacitation
• Cysteine rich secretory proteins in reproduction and venom
• Proteasome activity and its relationship with protein phosphorylation during capacitation and acrosome reaction in human sperm
• Molecular mechanisms of membrane fusion during acrosomal exocytosis
• Sperm motility in birds: Insights from fowl sperm
• Energy metabolism and sperm function
• Digital image analysis of flagellar beating and microtubule sliding of activated and hyperactivated sperm flagella
• Different regulatory systems operate in the midpiece and principal piece of the mammalian sperm flagellum
• Spermegg binding requires a multiplicity of receptor-ligand interactions: new insights into the nature of gamete receptors derived from reproductive tract secretions
• Molecular mechanisms involved in gamete interaction: Evidence for the participation of cysteine rich secretory proteins (CRISP) in sperm-egg fusion
• Comparison of human sperm morphometry assessment models based on zona pellucida selectivity
• Sperm-egg interaction and gene manipulated animals
• Ensuring continuity of the paternal genome - Potential roles for spermatozoal RNA in mammalian embryogenesis
• Protein translation in mammalian sperm
• Sperm mitochondria and fertilization
• Sperm cryopreservation in endangered felids: Developing linkage of in situ-ex situ populations
• Challenges in cryopreserving endangered mammal spermatozoa - Morphology and the value of acrosomal integrity as markers of cryo-survival
• Transplantation of germ cells and testis tissue for the study and preservation of fertility
• Spermmediated gene transfer: Mechanism and implications
• In vivo gene transfer into the testis by electroporation and viral infection - A novel way to study
• testis and sperm function
• XY sperm separation and use in artificial insemination and other ARTs
• Cryobiology of spermatozoa: principles, species differences and individual variations
• Sperm cryopreservation in fish and shellfish
• M540 bodies and their impact on flow cytometric analysis of human sperm
• Sperm selection in assisted reproduction techniques
• Proteomics of human spermatozoa, protamine content and assisted reproduction outcome
• Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)s discovery of genetic causes on male fertility
• Eppin: A molecular strategy for male contraception