The 1st Activity Seminar for FY2018 organized by JSPS Alumni Club in Sweden
- This event has passed.
22 August, 2018 at 11:00 AM - 23 August, 2018 at 12:30 PM CEST
Event flyer
JSPS Alumni Club in Sweden (SAC) Activity Seminar ~ Environmental Impact on Reproduction and Fertility ~
Registration in advance is required by July 29, 2018.
For further information about the seminar and how to register, please check this link:
https://alvarezrodriguezmliu.wixsite.com/environm-reprod-fert/information
– Program –
Date and time: August 22, 2018, 11:00-18:30
August 23, 2018, 09:00-12:30
Venue: “Eken” Entrance 65, US campus, Linköping University, Sweden
Organizers: Dr Manuel Álvarez-Rodriguez, IKE, BKH Linköping University, JSPS Alumni
Prof Emeritus Heriberto Rodriguez-Martinez, Linköping University, JSPS Alumni
Prof Jan Brynhildsen, IKE, BKH, Linköping University
Wednesday 22 August
11:00-12:00 Registration and welcome for participants opens
12:00-13:00 Get together (light lunch)
13:00 Program starts – Opening remarks by Dr. Manuel Álvarez-Rodriguez, IKE, BKH Linköping University, Prof Emeritus Heriberto Rodriguez-Martinez, Prof Jan Brynhildsen, IKE, BKH, Linköping University.
13:05-13:15 Introduction to JSPS and SAC, Director Tadaharu Tsumoto, JSPS Stockholm Office
Environmental effects on human and animal reproduction
13:20-13:50 Prof Manel López-Bejar, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
“Relationship between environmental health with animal and human reproduction”
13:50-14:20 Dr Carlos Guerrero-Bosagna, IFM-Biology, Linköping University, Sweden
“Trans-generational and epigenetic effects of endocrine disruptors”
14:20-14:50 Doc Helen Karlsson, Linköping University, Sweden
“Chemical exposure and affected reproduction”
14:50-15:20 Doc Dominic Wright, IFM-Biology, Linköping University, Sweden
“Trans-generational effects of stress on animal behavior”
15:20-15:45 Coffee/Tea Break
Endocrine disruptors and reproduction
15:50-16:20 Doc Carl-Gustaf Bornehag, Karlstad University, Sweden
“Endocrine disruptive chemicals and early human reproduction”
16:20-16:50 Henrik Kylin, Department of Water and Environment Studies, Linköping University, Sweden
“Global perspectives on pesticides and other endocrine disruptors”
Invited lecturer: Does “out-in-space” also affect reproduction?
17:00-18.00 Prof Teruhiko Wakayama, University of Yamanashi, Japan
“Freeze-dried sperm preserved on space station”
18.00- General discussion
18.30- Reception/Dinner
Thursday 23 August
Moderator: Prof Emeritus Mats Hammar, IKE, BKH, Linköping University.
Nanomaterials and reproduction
09:30-10:00 Coffee/Tea Break
09:00-09:30 Prof Susana Cristobal, Linköping University, Sweden
“Environmental nanotoxicology”
Advances in reproductive testing: alternative methods for toxicology testing
10:00-10:30 Dr Cecilia Berg, Institutionen för organismbiologi, Miljötoxikologi, Uppsala University, Sweden
“The frog as a model to investigate reproductive toxicity”
10:30-11:00 Lasse Jensen, Linköping University, Sweden
“The best living model ever? Zebrafish?”
Does it matter what we do here?
11:00-11:30 Dr Sara Persson, SLU, Uppsala, Sweden
“Effect of pollutants on the early embryo, using the bovine animal model”
11:30-12.30 General discussion
12:30 Concluding ceremony: SAC-Chair & Prof Heriberto Rodriguez-Martinez, IKE, BKH, Linköping University
