How to build a testis, cell by cell Engineered pluripotent stem cells form somatic and germ cells that mimic a functional testis

😊 Lovely work in @ScienceMagazine by Hayashi group on building a #testis from stem cells.

📝 Check out this perspective* on how this could one day help us to restore fertility in males 🙏

👉 tinyurl.com/mrx49fjz

The paper can be viewed here 👉 tinyurl.com/3853y5m9

@doctoremmerson.bsky.social

Targeting macrophages to protect fertility after chemotherapy at University of Edinburgh on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Targeting macrophages to protect fertility after chemotherapy at University of Edinburgh, listed on FindAPhD.com

🚨 PhD position - now open 🚨

Interested in doing a #PhD in #FertilityPreservation at The University of Edinburgh?

We have an exciting project on #Macrophages, #Chemotherapy & #Infertility supervised by @RoseanneRosario, @RodTMitchell and Elaine Emmerson.

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Today for #WorldCancerDay, we invite you to join us at SfE BES on 2-4 March, to hear talks including a session on fertility preservation in male childhood cancer from Professor @rodtmitchell.bsky.social, Principal Investigator at University of Edinburgh.

Find out more: bit.ly/SfEBES26

💫 Protecting future possibilities in pediatric fertility care!
When patients and parents disagree on #FertilityPreservation, whose voice leads? How do we counsel cancer survivors facing pregnancy risks?
📅 26–27 March 2026 | 📍 Lisbon
📈 6 CME credits
🔗 www.eshre.eu/Education/Ca...

🥳 Massive congratulations to Seema Banglawala for winning the award for Best Oral Presentation in the Early Career Session at #Fertility2026 🏆. Seema presented her summer project on protecting the testis from chemotherapy. 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 @srf_societyuk @edinfertility

🥳 Great session of selected oral presentations at the UK Fertility Preservation Conference today. Excellent presentations from the large Edinburgh contingent 😊

#GraceForsyth
#KathleenDuffin
#AgnesStefansdottir
#EmmaKearney

#BritishFertilitySociety
#EdinFertility
#OrchidNet

Talking Bollocks as usual 😂😂😂

The health risks from plastics almost nobody knows about Researchers have linked phthalates, chemicals found in plastics, to premature birth, infertility and ADHD.

Environmental exposures in-utero are very likely to affect reproductive function in males…but which ones and how much?

wapo.st/47YJpWS

Glad to have been able to contribute to this piece in @washingtonpost along with Terje Svingen, Leonardo Trasande and others.

Well all things have to come to an end 😢

It has been an absolute pleasure to perform ‘Talking Bollocks’ at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Thanks to @suziemo The Provocateurs and @StandComedyClub teams for making a little boys dream come true 🙏

🌟 Partner spotlight: @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social‬, Centre for Reproductive Health. In #PredictAYA, the team (@rodtmitchell.bsky.social and Richard Anderson) ‬co-leads work on late effects of #cancertreatment in males and supports research on #reproductivehealth in female #cancer patients. #HorizonEU

Delighted to say that registration is now open for this years UK Fertility Preservation Annual conference. Clinical Frontiers in Fertility Preservation is organised by @BritFertSoc and has a great programme. Check it out and register here 👉 www.britishfertilitysociety.org.uk/civicrm/even...

Are you a parent/carer of a young man who has had cancer?

We are keen to hear your views on a new resource designed to raise awareness of the ways in which cancer treatment can affect fertility.

Interested? Contact d.musson@leedsbeckett.ac.uk

Please share!

Super-excited that the incredible Ria Lina ⭐⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ @rialina.com will be hosting #TalkingBollocks 🍒 & #ChildrensMoney 💰 at the @standcomedyclub.bsky.social on 5th August.

Tickets now available for this Edinburgh Fringe Festival @edfringe.bsky.social show 👇

🎟️ www.edfringe.com/tickets/what... 🎟️

Congratulations Nitzen @nitzan-gonen.bsky.social and team 👏🏻

Make A Donation | Cancer Donation | Children with Cancer UK Please donate today. Your cancer donation will help fund vital childhood cancer research which is currently being undertaken by medical reserachers.

We will be collecting donations for Children with Cancer UK at our Edinburgh Fringe @edfringe.bsky.social preview @StandComedyClub.bsky.social all about #FertilityPreservation in #ChildhoodCancer.

Even if you aren’t at the show you can still donate 👉 www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk/make-a-donat...

Rana Fetit performs on stage at The Stand

Rod Mitchell performs on stage at The Stand

Take top academics, thought-provoking ideas, add one comedian… introducing The Provocateurs at EdFringe! 🧠

Join IRR researchers Rod Mitchell, Rana Fetit and Rosie Townsend as they unravel the mysteries of testicles, brains, and life as a fetus.

🎟️ More info and tickets: edin.ac/469Vsjw

Today @rodtmitchell.bsky.social and I had the chance to practice the material we prepared for our Fringe shows at @edinuni-irr.bsky.social. Thanks to all those who showed up, and for your support and feedback! Check out the programme - tickets are now on sale: www.thestand.co.uk/whats-on/sho...

An impressive erection 😳 and a sperm still intent on chasing the egg… even in 35 degrees of heat. Paris is the perfect setting for #ESHRE2025. Safe travels and see you tomorrow @ESHRE 🇫🇷

ESHRE good practice recommendations on fertility preservation involving testicular tissue cryopreservation in children receiving gonadotoxic therapies† AbstractSTUDY QUESTION. How should fertility preservation in child and adolescent males receiving gonadotoxic therapies be managed?SUMMARY ANSWER. There we

📚ESHRE Good Practice Recommendations on #FertilityPreservation in boys receiving gonadotoxic therapies📚- Open access paper published today & will be presented at #ESHRE2025. #ChildhoodCancer. Thanks to the Working Group for their huge effort 👉 bit.ly/4lr3bOe

Very much looking forward to this public webinar with my fantastic colleague Mark Brougham and @cclguk.bsky.social to talk about how #Fertility is affected by #ChildhoodCancer treatment. We plan to leave lots of time at the end so if you have a burning 🔥 question…here’s your chance 😊

KICK-OFF ⚽️ for this exciting new @EU_Commission project. The PREDICT-AYA study is a €6.4M project to identify predictive factors for future reproductive health & #fertility in AYA/TYA with cancer. Delighted to be leading the male WP with Csilla Krausz. #FertilityPreservation

The Fringe @edfringe.bsky.social is just around the corner. Rana @ranafetit.bsky.social will be deconstructing brains, while I am talking bollocks (nothing new there 😂). Check out all the great Provocateurs shows ➡️ www.thestand.co.uk/whats-on/sho.... Tickets are available now 🕺💃

Wow!!!!!

Male mice can grow ovaries if their pregnant mums are iron deficient The study is the first to show that low iron levels can affect fetal sexual development.

Male mouse fetuses can develop female organs in utero if their mother is iron deficient during pregnancy

https://go.nature.com/43N7f4s

Looking forward to chairing today’s @ESHRE webinar by Peter Schlegel on TESE for young males as part of the Addressing Today’s Biggest Challenges series. @SIGFertPreser. You can find out more about this series here 👉 www.eshre.eu/Education/We...

Winners of the Nigel and Val Shepherd Memorial Award Researchers Kathleen Duffin, Emma Kearney, and Emily Walshe have been awarded an early career researcher grant for fertility preservation in young people with cancer.

Congratulations to researchers Kathleen Duffin, Emma Kearney, and Emily Walshe who are winners of the Nigel and Val Shepherd Memorial Award!

This award is an early career researcher grant for fertility preservation in young people with cancer.
Read our article: edin.ac/4jft2ay...

Congratulations @agoriely.bsky.social 👏🏻 👏🏻👏🏻

Lovely evening with the testis and ovary teams 😆, welcoming new team members. Team testis were lost in space but managed to escape 🚀 …just 😉

Fantastic ‘How do I manage…’ session on Graves Disease from Tim Cheetham @EuroSPE today. Always provides a common sense approach to managing patients and even a nod to the ‘Toon Army’ at the end ⚽️

#ConnectingEndocrinology2025 #EndocrinologyAcrossTheLifeCourse