The world’s largest male offspring cohort to examine the fetal origin of adult reproductive function (FEPOS) was established as part of Katia Keglberg Hærvig’s PhD project, funded by ReproUnion.

On the 4th of August Nature published the findings from a global collaboration of scientists, who have identified nearly 300 gene variations that influence reproductive lifespan in women. This can lead to potential new targets for fertility treatments as well as ways to improve the prediction of early menopause.

In collaboration with scientists from 20 Universities around the world, ReproUnion colleagues at Rigshospitalet have uncovered how a gen-mutation is a reason for missing sperm cells. This is for the first time described in relation to infertility in a newly published article in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine

In June, the message about the ReproUnion Biobank and Infertility Cohort (RUBIC) spread across Danish, Swedish and scientific media – exactly one year after RUBIC enrolled the first infertile couples!

In her PhD Nina Mørup Nygaard researched how both common and rare genetic variants play different, but significant roles for male reproduction. She further investigated how small non-coding RNAs can serve as biomarkers for testicular cancer and her results have been covered by various publications.

It is with great sadness that we received the news that Professor Bernard Jégou from Rennes, France, has passed away on the 11th of May 2021. Bernard Jegou was one of the world’s leading reproductive researchers and a person with whom scientific collaboration quickly developed into a friendship.

With their RESPOND project, Professors Eva Hoffmann and Anja Pinborg have received DKK 10 million from the Novo Nordisk Foundation and its Tandem Programme, which seeks to stimulate the transition...

On the 8th of April 2021, Professor Eva Hoffmann was among the first presenters at the virtual ’Best of ASRM & ESHRE 2021’ conference with her lecture on Molecular mechanisms behind women’s...

In the opinion piece in Politiken, the authors Søren Ziebe, Lone Schmidt and Sophie Hæstorp Andersen bring up a sensitive, yet necessary topic, namely how reproductive challenges also impact our welfare model.

In February 2021 Henriette Svarre Nielsen stepped into ReproUnion’s Executive Board. Since 2018 she has been part of ReproUnion’s Challenge 2 and worked alongside colleagues in Greater Copenhagen to launch the ReproUnion Biobank & Infertility Cohort (RUBIC).