Prof. Goro Yoshizaki

Dr. Goro Yoshizaki is the current director of the Institute for Reproductive Biotechnology for Aquatic Species (IRBAS) at the Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology (TUMSAT) (Japan). He completed his B.Sc. in Aquaculture from Tokyo University of Fisheries in 1988 and received his Ph. D. from the same university in 1993. His graduate research focused on the development of transgenic technology using rainbow trout. He later joined Texas Tech University in the United States as a postdoctoral fellow where his research focused on elucidating the mechanisms underlying oocyte maturation in fish, amphibians, and mammals. In 1995, Dr. Yoshizaki was appointed as an assistant professor at the Tokyo University of Fisheries. He then became a professor at TUMSAT in 2012 and the director of IRBAS in 2020.

To date, he has published more than 250 peer-reviewed papers and supervised 83 master’s and 21 Ph. D. students. In addition to his research on germ cell manipulation techniques, Dr. Yoshizaki is actively pursuing research on fatty acid metabolism in fish. Furthermore, he is the current president of the Japanese Society of Marine Biotechnology.

Prof. Oliana Carnevali

Dr. Oliana Carnevali is Full Professor of Developmental Biology at Polytechnic University of Marche (UNIVPM, Italy). She completed her degree in Biological Sciences at the University of Camerino (UNICAM) in 1983 and received her PhD in Molecular Biology at the same university in 1989.

Her main research interests are aimed at the study of reproduction in different experimental models. This interest led her to the creation of three intertwined research pillars. The first one concerns the quality of gametes, from zebrafish to humans; an activity that has been developed within the framework of European projects or in collaboration with assisted fertilization centers. In recent years, her attention was mainly focused on Reproductive Toxicology (second pillar), in particular she has been involved in the study of reproductive disorders induced by environmental pollutants with hormones-like activities (EDCs). This scientific activity was supplemented by research efforts aimed at acquiring new knowledge on the concomitant metabolic disorders as response to contaminants in aquatic organisms, focusing on the molecular basis of such dysfunctions and on endocannabinoid system. As third pillar she has undertaken studies on the role of intestinal microflora in well-being of organisms, reproduction, metabolism, ossification process and very recently on the role of probiotic in the mitigation of EDCs toxicity.

She has published more than 300 articles in peer-reviewed international journals and book chapters, in the majority of which she’s first author or corresponding author. She has participated in 170 national and international congresses and workshops. Her H-index from SCOPUS is equal to 59 and the sum of the citations is equal to 16075 (8th January 2024).

She is Vice President of the International Society Fish Endocrinology (ISFE) (2020).