Conference Programme
Wednesday 29th July
| Opening Reception | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Session | Location | |
| 16:00 - 17:00 | Registration | Great Hall | |
| 17:00 - 17:15 | Introductory Address Jackson Kirkman-Brown, University of Birmingham, UK | Bramall | |
| 17:15 - 17:30 | Welcome to UOB VC Rep, University of Birmingham, UK | Bramall | |
| 17:30 - 18:15 | Thaddeus Mann Memorial Lecture Eduardo Roldán, CSIC, Spain | Bramall | |
| 18:15 - 18:30 | Spermatology Then and Now Lars Björndahl | Bramall | |
| 19:00 - 21:00 | Welcome Reception with Drinks and Buffet | Great Hall | |
Thursday 30th July
| Spermatogenesis & Genetics | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Session | Location | |
| 8:00 - 9:00 | Registration and Refreshments | Great Hall | |
| 9:00 - 9:45 | TBC | Bramall | |
| 9:45 - 10:15 | Free Communication | Bramall | |
| 10:15 - 10:45 | Free Communication | Bramall | |
| 10:45 - 11:15 | Refreshment Break | Great Hall | |
| 11:15 - 12:00 | When Genetics Fail Sperm, Identifying Genes Critical for Sperm Function
Leonie Herrmann, Institute of Reproductive Genetics, Germany | Bramall | |
| 12:00 - 12:15 | Free Communication | Bramall | |
| 12:15 - 14:15 | Lunch | Great Hall | |
| 14:15 - 15:00 | Cryo-electron microscopy as a discovery tool in sperm biology
Tzviya Zeev Ben Mordehai, Utrecht University, Netherlands | Bramall | |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Free Communication | Bramall | |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Refreshment Break | Great Hall | |
| 16:00 - 16:45 | Selfish Sperm Anne Goriely, University of Oxford, UK | Bramall | |
| 16:45 - 17:15 | Free Communication | Bramall | |
| 18:30 - 21:00 | Evening Meal | The Vale | |
Friday 31st July
| Ejaculation, Delivery and the Fertilisation Environment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Session | Location | |
| 8:30 - 9:00 | Registration and Refreshments | Great Hall | |
| 9:00 - 9:45 | Are your Sperm Sneaky? A Squid Story
Noritaka Hirohashi, Shimane University, Japan | Bramall | |
| 9:45 - 10:15 | Free Communication | Bramall | |
| 10:15 - 10:45 | Free Communication | Bramall | |
| 10:45 - 11:15 | Refreshment Break | Great Hall | |
| 11:15 - 12:00 | TBC | Bramall | |
| 12:00 - 12:15 | Free Communication | Bramall | |
| 12:15 - 14:15 | Lunch | Great Hall | |
| 14:15 - 15:00 | Channels Maketh the Sperm (function)
Polina Lishko, Washington University School of Medicine, USA | Bramall | |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Free Communication | Bramall | |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Refreshment Break | Great Hall | |
| 16:00 - 16:45 | The Viscous Environment – Governing Internal Fertilisations
Meurig Gallagher, University of Birmingham, UK | Bramall | |
| 16:45 - 17:15 | Free Communication | Bramall | |
| 19:00 - 21:00 | Evening Meal | The Vale | |
Saturday 1st August
| Sperm Function: before the oocyte and beyond | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Session | Location | |
| 8:30 - 9:00 | Registration and Refreshments | Great Hall | |
| 9:00 - 9:45 | A Billion Cells – Many Hundred Ways - Diversity Across Species
Gerhard van der Horst, University of the Westen Cape, South Africa | Bramall | |
| 9:45 - 10:15 | Free Communication | Bramall | |
| 10:15 - 10:45 | Free Communication | Bramall | |
| 10:45 - 11:15 | Refreshment Break | Great Hall | |
| 11:15 - 12:00 | TBC | Bramall | |
| 12:00 - 12:15 | Free Communication | Bramall | |
| 12:15 - 14:15 | Lunch and Close of Exhibition | Great Hall | |
| 14:15 - 15:00 | Ocean Derived Chemicals in Mussels
Jonathan P. Evans, University of Western Australia, Australia | Bramall | |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Free Communication | Bramall | |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Refreshment Break | Bramall Foyer | |
| 16:00 - 16:45 | Sheep Sperm - Optimised Breeding and Key Mammalian Model Simon de Graaf, University of Sydney, Australia | Bramall | |
| 16:45 - 17:15 | Free Communication | Bramall | |
| 19:00 - 23:00 | Gala Dinner | Great Hall | |
Sunday 2nd August
| Sperm: Tiny Cell-Big Picture | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Session | Location | |
| 8:30 - 9:00 | Registration and Refreshments | Bramall Foyer | |
| 9:00 - 9:45 | Contraception – New Perspectives
Chris Barratt, University of Dundee, UK | Bramall | |
| 9:45 - 10:30 | Disentangling Paternal Effects, Sperm Quality and Aging
Irem Sepil, University of Oxford, UK | Bramall | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Refreshment Break | Bramall Foyer | |
| 11:00 - 11:45 | TBC | Bramall | |
| 11:45 - 12:00 | Spermatology 2030 | Bramall | |
| 12:00 - 12:15 | Closing Ceremony
Jackson Kirkman-Brown & Meurig Gallagher, University of Birmingham, UK | Bramall | |
| 12:15 - 13:15 | Lunch | Bramall Foyer | |
As part of the organisation of this conference, the University of Birmingham is collecting income via registration fees and sponsorships on behalf of the Spermatology 2026 organising committee.
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