In February 2025, NYRA, in collaboration with the European Academy of Andrology (EAA) and ANDRONET, hosted its first School on Transcriptomics and Male Germ Cells at the Maersk Tower, University of Copenhagen. This initiative aimed to equip early-career researchers with practical skills to tackle one of the most complex challenges in reproductive biology: understanding the …
The 17th International NYRA Meeting took place on April 12–13, 2025, at De Ruwenberg in the Netherlands, just before the European Testis Workshop. 39 participants from 12 countries joined us for two days of science, connection, and future-shaping discussion on male fertility and contraception. Here are the main take-home messages from the meeting: Dr Geert …
For the first time ever, NYRA – the Network for Young Researchers in Andrology – joined forces with the American Society of Andrology (ASA) Trainee Committee to organise a fully trainee-led symposium. This exciting session took place during the joint ASA & International Congress of Andrology (ICA) meeting in Washington, D.C., in March 2025. Held …
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 …
We are delighted to introduce an interview with Dr. Geert Hamer, a plenary speaker at 17th NYRA meeting. Dr. Hamer is a Research Associate at the Amsterdam Reproduction & Development and Associate Professor at the Reproductive Biology Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC. His work focuses on genome stability maintenance and development of germ cells and human preimplantation …
Get to know Dr. Anne Jørgensen, one of the plenary speakers at the upcoming 17th NYRA Meeting. Dr. Jørgensen is a Senior Researcher at Herlev and Gentofte Hospital in Denmark. Her current research focuses on mechanisms leading to the arrest of normal fetal gonocyte differentiation and development of GCNIS cells using an ex vivo culture model of …
We are happy to present our interview with Dr. Sara di Persio, a faculty member in first NYRA School in Omics of Male Germ Cells. Sara is a a postdoc at the Centre of Reproductive Medicine and Andrology in Münster, Germany where she works on characterization of different human spermatogonial stem cell subpopulations in men …
We are proud to present Dr. Chloé Mayere from the University of Geneva as a faculty member and trainer of the first NYRA-EAA-Andronet School in Omics of male germ cells. Her expertise includes Single cell sequencing, sex differentiation and spermatogenesis. Her research focus lies on investigating gonadal sex differentiation by single cell transcriptomics in mice …