■ Announcement of the 2025 (Reiwa 7) Chubu Branch Meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan(09/26/2025)
This year's Chubu Branch Conference will be held on Saturday, December 6 and Sunday, December 7, 2025 at Shizuoka University (https://www.shizuoka.ac.jp/access/index.htmlwill be held at
Date, venue, etc.
Date: December 6 (Sat) and 7 (Sun), 2025
Venue: Shizuoka University Faculty of Science, Building B 2nd Floor Lecture Room / Building A 2nd Floor Large Conference Room
836 Ohya, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka 422-8529
https://www.shizuoka.ac.jp/access/index.html
Day 1
I will give an oral presentation at the public symposium "Mechanisms of Germ Cell Formation: What We Have Learned from Fish Research."
Day 2
I will give an oral presentation and a poster presentation. The presentations by high school and technical college students will be on the second day.
Tournament entry fee
General: 1,000 yen (Please pay at the venue reception)
Students (High school, Technical college, University, Graduate school): Free
social gathering
As this is a valuable opportunity to deepen interaction among members, please do not hesitate to attend.
Date: Saturday, December 6th, Evening ~
Location: Shizuoka University Co-op Second Cafeteria
Social gathering fee: General 5,000 yen, Undergraduate and graduate students 2,000 yen, High school and technical college students 1,000 yen (Please pay at the venue reception)
Schedule leading up to the event
Registration period: Wednesday, October 1, 2025 –
Abstract Submission: Wednesday, October 1, 2025 – Sunday, November 9, 2025
Program Web Publication: Late November 2025 (Tentative)
How to register for participation
(1) Those participating in and presenting at the branch meeting
Please apply from the link below.
FY2025 Participation and Abstract Registration Form (Open from October 1)
https://forms.office.com/r/KRYvR4idbk
*Presenters, please submit your presentation title and abstract, etc.abstract submission formPlease fill it out and upload it to the link in the form above. The deadline is Sunday, November 9.
*Those who are not presenting can register even after Monday, November 10.
(2) Those attending only the public symposium
No registration is required. Anyone is welcome to attend (admission is free).
To the Presenters
General presentations are restricted to members of the Zoological Society. Non-members are only permitted to attend as listeners.
High school students, technical college students, undergraduate students, and graduate students can present even if they are non-members.
Presentation Format
Oral presentation or poster presentation.
Oral presentations by undergraduate students, graduate students, and the general public, as well as all poster presentations, will be held in-person.
Oral presentations by high school and technical college students will be held either in person or online (Zoom).
Please note that the presentation format may be changed depending on the circumstances. Thank you for your understanding.
The time limit for oral presentations is 8 minutes for high school and technical college students (5 minutes for presentation, 2 minutes for Q&A, 1 minute for speaker change), and 13 minutes for university students, graduate students, and the general public (10 minutes for presentation, 2 minutes for Q&A, 1 minute for speaker change).
[Student Presentation Award]
From the oral and poster presentations by high school students, technical college students, undergraduate students, and graduate students, the Best Presentation Award and the Outstanding Presentation Award will be selected, respectively.
Please let us know whether or not you wish to apply for the selection process in the registration form.
Public Symposium
Mechanism of Germ Cell Formation: What We Have Learned from Fish Research
Saturday, December 6, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:45 PM
* Open to everyone (free of charge). Please feel free to come.
Speaker
Toru Kobayashi (University of Shizuoka)
Mechanisms of Sexual Maturation Revealed by Endocrine Disruption Research
Yukiko Imai (Saitama University)
Exploring meiotic recombination from zebrafish
Surugaya Ryohei (Hokkaido University)
What is ovulation capacity? ―From research toward elucidating the ovulation mechanism in sturgeons―
Contact:
Shizuoka Meeting of the Chubu Branch of the Zoological Society of Japan
Congress Chair: Toshinobu Tokumoto (Shizuoka University)
email: tokumoto.toshinobu[at]shizuoka.ac.jp
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