Date/Time
Date(s) - 09/30/2012
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location
New York Microscopical Society
Category(ies)
Sept. 30th, 2012 – General Meeting – 2 pm
Talk Title: Confocal imaging and atomic force microscopy in the analysis of spermatogenesis and sperm morphology
Spermatogenesis is a complex process where spherical cells transform into motile elongate sperm cells.
In fruit flies, as in mammals, spermatogenesis takes place within the context of the testes. The cellular
transformations that occur in mammals during spermatogenesis are closely mimicking in fruit flies, thus making
flies an excellent model for studying spermatogenesis. Dr. Angela Klaus of the Department of Biological Sciences at
Seton Hall University will present results of current work looking at spermatogenesis in the fruit fly Drosophila
pseudoobscura using confocal microscopy. She will also present some preliminary AFM analyses of sperm morphology
in the white-tailed deer.
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