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The phenomenon of 'Good and bad freezers' in a domestic cat – an extensive research about potential causes and markers of different survival of spermatozoa after cryopreservation

2019/35/D/NZ3/02533

Keywords:

domestic cat semen cryopreservation good and bad freezers freezability prediction CASA ASMA aquaporins osmotic tolerance membrane lipids membrane fluidity proAKAP4

Descriptors:

  • NZ3_001:
  • NZ9_012:
  • NZ1_002:

Panel:

NZ3 - Cellular and developmental biology: cell biology, developmental biology, ageing biology, neurobiology

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy we Wrocławiu, Wydział Medycyny Weterynaryjnej

woj. dolnośląskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr Sylwia Anna Prochowska 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 5

Call: SONATA 15 - announced on 2019-09-16

Amount awarded: 417 000 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2020-10-01

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2023-09-30

Project duration:: 36 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (4)
  1. In search of freezability predictors for feline spermatozoa - osmotic challenge tests and markers of sperm membrane structure
    Authors:
    Sylwia Prochowska, Maria Eberhardt, Barbara Smalec, Wojciech Niżański
    Academic press:
    Animal Reproduction Science (rok: 2024, tom: 268, strony: 107563), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.anireprosci.2024.107563 - link to the publication
  2. Feline sperm head morphometry in relation to male pedigree and fertility
    Authors:
    Sylwia Prochowska, Skarlet Napierkowska, Bartosz Czech , Wojciech Niżański
    Academic press:
    Theriogenology (rok: 2023, tom: 208, strony: 119-125), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.theriogenology.2023.06.006 - link to the publication
  3. Fatty acid composition and biophysical characteristics of the cell membrane of feline spermatozoa
    Authors:
    Sylwia Prochowska, Dorota Bonarska-Kujawa, Łukasz Bobak, Maria Eberhardt, Wojciech Niżański
    Academic press:
    Scientific Reports (rok: 2024, tom: 14, strony: 10214), Wydawca: Springer Nature
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/s41598-024-61006-5 - link to the publication
  4. Evaluation of a commercial proAKAP4 kit for the assessment of fresh and frozen-thawed feline spermatozoa
    Authors:
    Prochowska Sylwia, Eberhardt Maria, Niżański Wojciech
    Academic press:
    Reproduction in Domestic Animals (rok: 2024, tom: 59, strony: e14547), Wydawca: Wiley
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1111/rda.14547 - link to the publication