In this recent article the authors from the Münster group highlight the urgent need to further develop the clinical genetic diagnostic workup of infertile males beyond the unchanged practice of the last 20 years, which comprises solely screening for chromosomal...

In May 2017 at the International Congress of Andrology (ICA) in Copenhagen a number of scientists met to discuss the formation of an international consortium focused on studying the genetics of male infertility. Various formal and less formal collaborations were...

As one of our goals, we want to draw attention to exciting meetings, courses and conferences in the field of male infertility and human genetics. As one example, IMIGC co-founder Joris Veltman is chair of the scientific programme committee of the European Society of...

At the end of 2017 Joris Veltman obtained a Wellcome Trust senior investigator award for research on male infertility genomics. The research, supported by collaboration with many IMIGC co-founders, will include sequencing the exomes and genomes of 1000 men with severe...