About

What is the NYRA

The Network for Young Researchers in Andrology (previously International Network for Young Researchers in Male Fertility)  was founded in April 2006 during the 14th European Testis Workshop in Bavaria, Germany, to assist young scientists in testis research in achieving their highest potential as a researcher, and to stimulate good and efficient science in the field. During the 15th NYRA meeting in Caux, Switzerland, NYRA has officially become the young arm of the European Academy of Andrology (EAA). We hope many great opportunities for the young andrology community will result from joining our forces.

Our group is committed to establishing global networks between young (early stage) scientists in testicular research and promoting cooperation and mutual exchange of methodologies and expertise. Therefore, we provide a more informal way of communication than the usual congresses and meetings with this homepage including a forum to request help or information concerning technical aspects of methodologies used in testicular science, but also to discuss theoretical topics.

OUR TEAM

Meet the board members

Emily Delgouffe


MSc, PhD Student
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Biology of the Testis research group (BITE)
Brussels, Belgium

Juan Manuel Paturlanne

TREASURER
Postdoctoral Researcher, MSc, PhD
Center for Reproductive Medicine and Andrology – WWU Münster
Münster, Germany

Daniel Marcu

PRESIDENT
Senior Research Associate PhD, MSc
University of East Anglia, School of Biological Science
Norwich, United Kingdom

Isidora Kaselj

SECRETARY
Assistant Professor, MSc, PhD
Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad
Novi Sad, Serbia

Alberto de la Iglesia


Postdoctoral Researcher PhD, MSc
Institut Cochin – Inserm – CNRS – Université de Paris
Paris, France

Avinash Gaikwad

Postdoctoral Researcher, MSc, PhD
Institute of Reproductive Genetics, University of Münster
North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Gülizar Saritas

MSc, PhD Student
Copenhagen University Hospital (Rigshospitalet), Department of Growth and Reproduction
Copenhagen, Denmark

Andjela Kovacevic

MSc, PhD Student
University Hospital Bonn, Department of Developmental Pathology
Bonn, Germany

Mathangi Lakshmipathi

MSc, PhD Candidate
Reproductive Biology Laboratory, Amsterdam Reproduction and Development, Amsterdam University Medical Centre (AMC)
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Álvaro Pascual

MSc, PhD student
Genetics of Male Fertility group (GMF), Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Cerdanyola del Vallés. Spain.

You?

Board Member
Want to join the team? Then fill out the form and tell us about yourself and why you would like to be part of the NYRA Board.

Ex-board members

Annikka Adamsson, Alexandra amaral, omar ammar, yoni baert, sven berres, ida björkgren, Martin Blomberg-Jensen, jennifer borgmann, sonia bourguiba, pierre calvel, judit castillo, chiara chianese, thomas darde, dorte louise egeberg, karel de gendt, claudia giachini, brendan houston, pablo hurtado gonzaleZ, anne jorgensen, ruth kläever, TIINA LEHTINIEMI, CONSTANZE MARESH, valeria messina, mirja nurmio, mANON OUD, guillaume richer, eddy rijntjes, isabelle stévant, mona-lisa strand, jan-bernd stukenborg, frank tüttelmann, aida wahlgren, michelle welsh