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ESHRE/ReproUnion Fellowship
Did you know that ReproUnion in collaboration with ESHRE (European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology) provides fellowship funding for science trainees that wishes to work in one of our 13 fertility clinical and research units within the Capital Region of Denmark, Region Zealand of Denmark and Region Skåne in Southern Sweden. Read more here
New Scientific Paper: Diving Into the Oocyte Pool
Professor Claus Yding, Postdoc Stine Gry Kristensen and Postdoc Susanne Pors from Laboratory of Reproductive Biology at Rigshospitalet have published a scientific paper presenting possible new strategies for enhancing the quantity of mature oocytes using in vitro activation and in vitro maturation, and current views on autologous oocytes as potential sources of mitochondria to lift performance of compromised oocytes.

PhD defense in ovarian reserve assessment in fertile and infertile women
MD, Ph.D.-student Helene Westring Hvidman from Fertility Clinic at Rigshospitalet will have a public defence of her ReproUnion Ph.D.- project entitled:
“Ovarian reserve assessment in fertile and infertile women” on September 1, 2017

ESAU Meeting in Malmø
For two days in November, Malmö will be welcoming experts on andrology from all over the world for the 10th Meeting of the EAU Section of Andrological Urology. This meeting is the first of its kind in several years, organized due to an increasing interest in andrology among urologists.

New scientific article: Male Infertility and Risk of Nonmalignant Chronic Diseases
Clara Helene Glazer, MD, PhD student at Dept. of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at Bispebjerg Hospital has recently published a scientific article in Seminars in Reproductive Medicine in collaboration with assistant professor Michael Eisenberg from Stanford University

ReproUnion debate at Almedalen 2017
On July 6, The ReproUnion Fertility Awareness team, in collaboration with Lund University, participated in a very passionate debate at the social and political festival Almedalsveckan at the Swedish island, Gotland. The focus of the debate was on how involuntary infertility has become a public disease and as a result, the human and social costs.

Woman gets refrozen transplanted ovary after giving birth to twins
Recently, the Novo Nordisk Foundation found the work from post doc Stine Gry Kristensen and colleagues at the Laboratory of Reproductive Biology at Rigshospitalet interesting enough to make a small video and article which were published at ScienceNews.dk.

Let’s Make Babies & Money
The first ReproUnion debate on Folkemødet —with the title of “Let’s Make Babies & Money” followed such questions as why is the decreasing number of fertility a challenge for Europe? How do we secure fertility – now and in the future? How do we get world-class fertility research and treatment?

A Great Achievement for LRB at Rigshospitalet
The Laboratory of Reproductive Biology (LRB) at Rigshospitalet celebrates a thousand human ovaries cryopreserved for fertility preservation from 1999-2017.

Interview with PhD candidate Stine Lunding
Folkemødet is Denmark’s largest political arena, where politicians, business people and organizations gather to discuss current and future challenges and opportunities of the society. This year, we were invited to host two ReproUnion events in collaboration with European Commission’s representation in Denmark. Read about PhD Stine Lunding’s Folkemødet experience on the big stage, where she presented her research project.