Monday, July 7th
15:30-16:50 Registration
Session 1. Cellular and Nuclear Architecture (Chair: Jesús Page)
17:20-17:40 Lucía Tamame-Morales (T1) Hidden talents: Unveiling the role of HOS1 Nucleoporin in Arabidopsis meiosis.
17:40-18:00 Álvaro Pascual (T2) Regulation of pre-meiotic homologous pairing in mice: The role of SYCP3 and SIRT7.
18:00-18:20 Omar Ignacio García-Martínez (T3) Closing the gap between electron and light microscopy: novel superresolution approaches for the study of the synaptonemal complex.
18:20-18:50 Coffee Break
18:50-19:10 Laia Marín-Gual (T4) Meiotic 3D chromatin dynamics in the germ line of vertebrates.
19:10-19:30 Sergio Camacho (T5) Decoding long-distance chromosomal crosstalk: molecular mechanisms linking centromeres and telomeres in meiotic nuclear reorganisation.
19:30-19:50 Sara Arévalo (T6) The influence of CDK1 on histone H3 phosphorylation during mouse meiosis.
19:50-20:20 Keynote talk/Invited Speaker: Enrique Martínez-Pérez (T7) Elucidating the mechanisms by which variant cohesin complexes orchestrate meiotic chromosome structure and function.
21:00 Dinner
Tuesday, July 8th
8:30-9:30 Breakfast
Session 1b. Cellular and Nuclear Architecture (Chair: Cristina Martín-Castellanos)
9:30-9:50 Jesús Page (T8) Unique features of synaptonemal complex composition and dynamics during meiosis in monotreme mammals.
9:50-10:10 Agda María Bernegossi (T9) Divergent meiotic dynamics across marsupials with different sex chromosome systems.
10:10-10:30 Pablo Lopez-Jimenez (T10) Investigating the establishment of sister chromatid cohesion during meiotic S-phase in C. elegans.
10:30-10:50 Rodrigo Esteban Villafañe (T11) Understanding cell division without centrosomes: what yeast can teach us about human fertility.
10:50-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-11:50 Álvaro Carrasco-Coquillat (T12) How do sister chromatids separate if anaphase II is missing?
11:50-12:10 Hugo Zapata (T13) Exploring the role of IFT88 in male mouse spermatocytes: insights from a conditional knockout model.
Group Photo
12:30-13:45 Poster session
14:00-15:00 Lunch
Session 2. Regulation of Recombination (Chair: Ricardo Benavente)
15:40-16:00 Pedro A. San-Segundo (T14) The meiotic recombination checkpoint.
16:00-16:20 Cristina Madrid-Sandín (T15) TRIP13 function in DNA repair: a scaffold protein for RAD51 loading?
16:20-16:40 Caroline Cazin (T16) Molecular dissection of SIX6OS1 function in synapsis and crossover maturation during mouse meiosis.
16:49-17:00 Andrea Ortiz-Morales (T17) The absence of pseudosynapsis does not promote premature meiotic arrest.
17:00-17:20 Alfonso Fernández-Álvarez (T18) The hidden language of chromosome motion during DNA damage in meiosis.
17:20-18:00 Coffee Break
Session 3. Impact of lifestyle, environment and ageing on fertility (Chair: Tatiana García Muse)
18:00-18:20 María López-Panadés (T19) SARS-CoV-2 infection reduces number of spermatogonial stem cells and dysregulates the transcriptional landscape of human testis.
18:20-18:40 Alejandro de Toro-Sobrino (T20) Implementing meiotic studies with human oocytes: Ethical, logistical, and technical considerations in a clinical setting.
18:40-19:00 Carmen María Vargas Fernández (T21) Exploring the CENP-V protein as a potential biomarker for human oocyte quality.
19:00-19:20 Berta N Vazquez (T22) Identification of Sirtuin-related epigenetic alterations in male germ cells during aging.
21:00 Dinner
Wednesday, July 9th
9:00-10:00 Breakfast
Session 3b. Impact of lifestyle, environment and ageing on fertility (Chair: Mariola Chacón)
10:30-10:50 Nikoleta Nikou (T23) SkQ1 treatment prevents ovarian aging in mice.
10:50-11:10 Carolina Buza-Tarna (T24) Role of SECISBP2 protein on female and male gametogenesis.
11:10-11:30 Irene Pérez-Moreno (T25) The dynamics of ciliogenesis in prepubertal mouse meiosis reveal new clues about testicular maturation during puberty.
11:30-11:50 Laura González-Rodelas (T26) Meiotic recombination plasticity in response to temperature variation in an ectotherm species.
11:50-12:30 Coffee Break
12:30-12:50 Gala Pujol (T27) Reproductive plasticity in response to short-term polystyrene nanoplastic exposure in aquatic ecosystems.
12:50-13:10 Marina Martínez-García (T28) Genome wide association of fertility related traits and gametogenesis analysis in Spanish bread wheat landraces.
13:10 Concluding remarks/Discussion next meeting
14:00-15:00 Lunch
15:00 Departure
Header picture, courtesy of Pablo López Jiménez: Mid-Pachytene meiocytes from the C. elegans germline.