Emily Delgouffe 
We are delighted to introduce an interview with Dr. Judit Castillo Corullón, a speaker at the 17th NYRA Meeting. Dr. Castillo is a Serra Húnter Lecturer at the Genetics Unit, Department of Biomedicine, University of Barcelona, and a member of the Molecular Biology of Reproduction and Development research group (IDIBAPS). Her research focuses on male reproductive biology, particularly sperm proteomics and male fertility. …
We are excited to introduce Dr. Erika Matunis, a speaker at the 17th NYRA Meeting. Dr. Matunis is a Professor of Cell Biology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where her research explores how stem cells renew and differentiate. Her work uses the fruit fly testis as a model to study the molecular signals that regulate the proliferation and differentiation of germline …
We are pleased to feature an interview with Dr. Elizabeth Bromfield, another speaker at the 17th NYRA Meeting. Dr. Bromfield is an ARC DECRA Fellow at the Priority Research Centre for Reproductive Science, where her work focuses on how human sperm cells recognize and interact with the egg to improve in vitro fertilization outcomes. Her research has provided key insights into sperm-egg recognition and the …
Nowadays, most children with cancer survive, but many experience long-term effects from their cancer treatment. Treatments like conditioning therapy for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, high cumulative doses of alkylating agents and radiation can damage the gonads, leading to problems such as infertility and delayed puberty in males. Identifying and addressing these issues in follow-up care …
Meet Aurore Roland, our guide into the science behind good sleep at the upcoming 16th NYRA Meeting in Brussels (May 27th-29th). Dra. Aurore Roland obtained her master’s degree in clinical psychology from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) in 2021. The same year she became a European Sleep Research Society-certified expert in behavioural sleep medicine. She …
Get to know Dr Herman Tournaye, one of the invited speakers to the upcoming 16th NYRA Meeting in Brussels (May 27th-29th), through this interview. Prof. Tournaye is the Medical and Scientific Director of Brussels IVF and a Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). His research focuses on spermatogenesis and testicular stem cells. When and why …
For young boys with cancer or a non-malignant hematological disorder, conditioning therapy, abdominal/pelvic radiotherapy, and certain chemotherapies form a major risk for germ cell loss. Contradictory studies have investigated the direct effects of such diseases on the development of the prepubertal male gonad before mainline treatment. For health professionals to counsel pediatric patients in the …