Scientific Program

August 16 (Sunday)

14:00 - 19:00       Registration and Poster Fixation

14:00 – 15:00    Tour Around UNIFESP Neighborhood

16:00 - 16:30       Opening Session

Maria Christina W. Avellar (Universidade Federal de São Paulo, SP, Brazil) and Wilma De Grava Kempinas
(UNESP Botucatu, SP, Brazil)

16:30 - 17:30       Conference I

·         Epididymal Segmentation: the interplay of physiology and gene expression

Terry T. Turner (University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA)

17:30 - 19:15       Poster Session I

19:30 - 22:00       Welcome Cocktail 

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August 17 (Monday)

08:30 - 9:50         Update in Reproductive Biology I

Chairs: Claudia R. Andrade (Universidade Federal de São Paulo, SP, Brazil) e Samyra N. Lacerda
(Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, MG, Brazil)

·         Alteration of Signaling Pathways in Spermatogonial Stem Cells by Environmental Toxicants

Marie-Claude C. Hofmann (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA)

09:50 - 10:10       Coffee-Break
10:10 - 11:25       Symposium I

Chair: Mary Anne Heidi Dolder (Universidade Estadual de Campinas, SP, Brazil)

·         Testis Structure and Spermatogenesis in Vertebrates

Luiz Renato França (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, MG, Brazil)

·         Cell junctions in fish germinal epithelium.

Sergio Ricardo Batlouni (UNESP-Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil)

·         Dynamics of the Effects of Estrogen Receptor on Rat Sertoli cells

Carine Royer (Universidade Federal de São Paulo, SP, Brazil)

11:25 – 12:25      Conference II

                               Chair: Luiz Renato França (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, MG, Brazil)

·         Development and Characterization of Somatic Cell Testicular Tumors in Transgenic Mice.  Is There a
Common Precursor For Leydig And Sertoli Cell Neoplasms?

Hector E. Chemes (Buenos Aires Children´s Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina)

12:25 - 14:00       Lunch

14:00 - 15:15       Symposium II

                               Chair: Wilma De Grava Kempinas (UNESP Botucatu, SP, Brazil)

·         Innate Immunity and the Epididymis

Maria Christina W. Avellar (Universidade Federal de São Paulo, SP, Brazil)

·         Relaxin and its Receptor in the Male Reproductive Tract

Maria de Fatima M. Lázari (Universidade Federal de São Paulo, SP, Brazil)

·         Seminal Plasma Proteins, Sperm Function and Fertilization Success

Arlindo A. A. Moura (Universidade Federal do Ceará, CE, Brazil)

15:15 - 15:30       Coffee-Break
15:30 - 16:30       Conference III

                               Chair: Maria Christina W. Avellar (Universidade Federal de São Paulo, SP, Brazil)

·         Characterization of Eppin as a Male Contraceptive Target

Michael O’Rand (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA)

16:30 - 17:15       Young Investigator Session

Chair: Erick J. R. Silva (Universidade Federal de São Paulo, SP, Brazil)

·         Identification of Testicular Cells Expressing the New Variant of Angiotensin-Converting Enzime I (Var-4)
During Spermatogenesis.

Beatriz V Freire, José E Krieger, Renata Carmona, Kátia M Gomes. Laboratório de Genética e Biologia
Molecular, Instituto do Coração, Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brasil.

·         Effect of PTU (6-N-propyl-2-tiouracil) on Spermatogenesis in Bovine Ectopic Testis Tissue Xenografts.

Guilherme M J Costa¹, J R F Sosa ², R Rathi ², Ina Dobrinski ², Luiz R França¹. ¹Laboratory of Cellular
Biology, Department of Morphology, Federal University of Minas Gerais, MG, Brazil. ²Center for Animal
Transgenesis and Germ Cell Research, University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA.

·         Transepithelial Calcium Transport Disruption: A Possible Mechanism for Calcium Stone Formation in
Roosters Epididymal Region.

André G Oliveira, Lílian C Praes, Diêgo J Q Aquino, Germán A B Mahecha, Cleida A Oliveira.
Department of Morphology, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, MG, Brazil.

17:15 – 19:00      Poster Session II 

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 August 18 (Tuesday)

08:30 - 9:50         Update in Reproductive Biology II

Chairs: Marília T. C. Patrão (Universidade Federal de São Paulo, SP, Brazil) e André G. de Oliveira
(Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, MG, Brazil)

·         The Epididymis: Study of a Puzzle Inside a Riddle Inside an Enigma.

Terry T. Turner (University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA)

09:50 - 10:10       Coffee-Break

10:10 - 11:25       Symposium III

                               Chair: Hernandes F. Carvalho (Universidade Estadual de Campinas, SP, Brazil)

·         Early Rat Ventral Prostate Development: Steroid Hormone Regulation and Effect of siRNA Inhibiton of
MMP-2 Activity

Alexandre Bruni-Cardoso (Universidade Estadual de Campinas, SP, Brazil)

·           Puberty: a Window to Epigenetic Changes and Development of Injuries in Prostate in Adult Life

         Sérgio L. Felisbino (UNESP-Botucatu, SP, Brazil)

·           Impact of Steroids and Endocrine Disruptors on the Genesis of Mongolian Gerbil Prostate Cancer and 
Other Prostate Disorders

Sebastião R. Taboga (UNESP-São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil)

11:25 - 13:30       Lunch

13:30 - 15:10       Symposium IV

                               Chair: Wilma De Grava Kempinas (UNESP Botucatu, SP, Brazil)

·         Male Reproductive Toxicology: Present and Future Directions.

         Wilma De Grava Kempinas (UNESP Botucatu, SP, Brazil)

·          Amifostine and Carnitine Reduce the Testicular Damage Caused by Gamma Rays and Antineoplastic 
Drugs

         Sandra E. Miraglia (Universidade Federal de São Paulo, SP, Brazil)

·           Testicular Histologic and Morphometric Response of Trained Rats, Treated with Androgenic Anabolic 
Steroids and Dietary Supplement

Isabel Cristina C. Camargo (UNESP-Assis, SP, Brazil)

·         Reproductive Toxicology and Prostate: Role of Plasticizers, Pesticides and Toxic Metals in the Gland
Histopathology

Wellerson R. Scarano (Universidade Federal de Alfenas, MG, Brazil)

15:10 - 15:30       Coffee-Break

15:30 - 16:30       Conference IV

                               Chair: Luiz Renato França (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, MG, Brazil)

·         Cyclooxygenase 2  and Prostaglandins on Testicular Function

Ricardo Calandra (Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental, Buenos Aires, Argentina)

16:30 - 17:30       Mini-Conferences

                               Chair: Maria de Fatima M. Lázari (Universidade Federal de São Paulo, SP, Brazil)

·         Oxidative Stress in Infertile Men With Varicocele

Fabio F. Pasqualotto (Universidade de Caxias do Sul and CONCEPTION, RS, Brazil)

·           Reproductive Health and Enviromental Pollution

         Jorge Hallak (Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brazil)

17:30 – 19:15      Poster session III 

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 August 19 (Wednesday)

08:30 - 9:50         Update in Reproductive Biology III

Chairs: Erick J. R. Silva (Universidade Federal de São Paulo, SP, Brazil) e Glaura S. Fernandes
(UNESP- Botucatu, SP, Brazil)

·         Sperm Proteins as Targets for a Male Contraceptive

Michael O‘Rand (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA)

09:50 - 10:10       Coffee-Break
10:10 - 11:10       Conference V

                               Chair: Sergio Ricardo Batlouni (UNESP-Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil)

·         Differentiation of Spermatogonial Stem Cells into Prostate and Other Somatic Tissues

Marie-Claude C. Hofmann (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA)

11:10 - 12:00       Closing Session: Summary of Workshop