Oct. 6, 2009 RBJC meeting

Phylis from the Matunis lab will be presenting (12:30 in Room W2303):

Molecular dissection of the male germ cell lineage identifies a putative spermatogonial stem cells in rhesus macaques
Hermann et al. (Kyle Orwig's lab), Human Reproduction, 2009, 24:1704-1716

Phylis admits that this paper does not relate to her research directly, "but I picked it because it helps shed some light in the characterization of spermatogonial stem cells in primates, in this case the rhesus macaque. Some work has already been done in rodents, goats and dogs in the identification and transplantation of their spermatogonial stem cells. In non-human primates, much remains to be learned." She'll also include a bit about her research on using cell death to disrupt the balance between the cells in the Drosophila testis niche.