CRU symposium: Update on spermatology research

CRU invites all interested to the half-day symposium "Update on Spermatology Research" April 11th, 2019. The symposium is held 13:00-16:30 in room Ratatosk, VHC building, SLU, Uppsala. Please register to cru@slu.se for coffee and something sweet in the afternoon.

Invited speakers

• Seminal characteristics of Lusitano horses: similarities and differences to other breeds, Professor Antonio Rocha, University of Porto
• Donkey sperm move differently, Associate Professor Alessandra Rota, University of Pisa
• Influences on the fatty acid composition of stallion semen, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ECAR, Christine Aurich, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna
• Reproductive diseases in livestock, Dr. J.M. (Joyce) Parlevliet, Utrecht University
• A 3D oviduct model to study sperm-oviduct interaction, Professor Bart Leemans, University of Gent

You are also most welcome the following day, 12th April, when Ziyad Al-Kass, Dept of Clinical Sciences, SLU, will defend his doctoral thesis "Characterization, quantification and removal of potential pathogens from stallion semen", at 09.15 in room "Audhumbla", entrance floor, VHC building, SLU, Uppsala.