Welcome new IMIGC members and major website update
Our consortium has recently been expanded and we welcome new members Godfried van der Heijden, Stéphane Viville, Robert McLachlan, Kristian Almstrup and Lee Smith! With these additional experts joining our consortium we aim to further increase collaboration and data...
Need for development of clinical diagnostic techniques for infertile males
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...
Launch of the IMIGC consortium and website
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...
Events in male infertility and human genetics
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...
Wellcome Trust award for research on male infertility genomics
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...
Online now!
Our #manuscript in @ESHRE Human Reproduction journal presenting novel candidate genes associated with severe sperm motility disorders.
https://t.co/jJ1JroFFrc
Main messages 👇
The University of Dundee is looking for a Lecturer in Reproductive Medicine (non clinical). The closing date for application is on June 11th. See more here: https://t.co/SlFWm6dlJ3
While it can be challenging to publish, negative data can be just as important as positive data. @infertilegenome https://t.co/47v4SLm8ck
Online now: our letter to Cell explaining our concerns about the claimed role of the PIWIL1 D-box region mutations in human azoospermia. https://t.co/Zoe8QB2igS Main messages👇
Are you working in the field of #reproductive #genetics? Are you interested in contributing to a special issue about this topic? Just do it!
The open access #journal @Biomol_MDPI will make it possible – get in contact for further information. https://t.co/VmvCxZevE1
Proud to share the main result of our genomics study in male infertility on BioRXiV, and highlight our findings in a thread...
A de novo paradigm for male infertility https://t.co/Sr2t1SdDyr