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Mission Statement

Mission Statement. The UCSF/UC Berkeley Male Reproductive Biology group is committed to advancing excellence in patient care and research. This highly collaborative research group seeks to: Understand basic mechanisms of male reproduction

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Mission Statement

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  1. Mission Statement • The UCSF/UC Berkeley Male Reproductive Biology group is committed to advancing excellence in patient care and research. This highly collaborative research group seeks to: • Understand basic mechanisms of male reproduction • Translate knowledge of basic male reproductive mechanisms into clinical diagnostic and therapeutic male infertility interventions.

  2. Spermatogenesis and Stem Cell Biology • Research Goals • Director, Nam Tran

  3. Sperm Molecular Biology • Research Goals • Director, Polina Lishko

  4. Genetics of Male Infertility • Research Goals • Director, Shweta Choudhry

  5. Epidemiology and Geospatial Modeling • Population-based male reproductive research • Director: To be determined

  6. Fertility Preservation • To understand the effect of cancer and cancer treatment on male reproduction • To identify barriers to fertility preservation • To understand how desire for fertility affects cancer treatment decisions • To identify means to improve fertility preservation • Director, James Smith

  7. Clinical Trials • TKI and male reproduction • To measure the effect of Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors on male reproductive function

  8. Male Reproductive Tissue Bank • Surgical tissue • Testicle: normal and abnormal • Epididymis • Vas deferens • Seminal vesicle • Semen samples • Serum • Clinical correlates • Directors: James Smith and Shweta Choudhry

  9. Molecular Biology Post-Doctoral Fellowship • Director, Polina Lishko

  10. Spermatogenesis Post-Doctoral Fellowship • Director, Nam Tran

  11. Grant Funding • R01- Fatty acid regulation of ion channels • UCSF RAP-TKI and male reproduction • R01-Seminal vesicle function and HIV

  12. Administrative • Imelda Tenggara-Research coordinator • Fertility Preservation Clinical Research Coordinator • Fertility Preservation Contact

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