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A slightly R rated evening where we learn about various aspects of human and plant reproduction and how technology has changed the landscape for sperm donation.
A man, a mouse, and menstruation
Jarrod McKenna
(University of Melbourne)
Menstruation is perhaps the most important, but stigmatised process humans go through. But why...? Why does society know and care so little about menstruation? One of the many reasons is that we can’t talk about it… SO LET’S TALK ABOUT IT!
How do plant cells work together to start their life?
Lim Chee Liew
(La Trobe University)
All plants start their life from seeds. The tiny, little seeds have all the necessary resources and information to start their life – sprouting or germination. We believe tight coordination of activities between different tissues and cells over time is required. It is achieved in part through the action of “cell orchestra” which different cell types take part to perform different roles at different time during the process of germination.
Sperm donation – once anonymous, anonymous no more!
Ian Smith
(La Trobe University)
In the 1970’s & 80’s, the era of burgeoning “test tube babies” medico-scientific breakthroughs, men were recruited to donate sperm on a promise of anonymity, for ever! Then laws changed and removed that promise – retrospectively! Then came DNA testing. Anonymous sperm donation - gone now, for ever!
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