9^th doctoral JLU student in Melbourne

Dana who is working in project 2 under supervision of  Martin Bergmann and Hans-Christian Schuppe will be carrying out research on her project "Human testis cancer control by local factors: Interrogation of hedghog and activin signalling pathways and immune cells" in the labs of Kate Loveland and Mark Hedger.
We wish Dana a lot of success and a pleasant stay in Australia!

April 2017

Sophie Lee honoured with best poster award in London

Congratulations to Sophie who received the best poster award at the congress of the European Association of Urology, March 24-28, in London.

Title of the poster:
Myogenic tone is significantly increased in benign prostatic hyperplasia and can be attenuated by sildenafil and tamsulosin, with outcome associated to patient age and prostate volume

March 2017

Nour completed her PhD degree right in the run-up to the on-site review.

With an excellent oral defense, she achieved the best possible grade "summa cum laude".
Bravo! We take pride in her having been part in the IRTG.

March 2017

 IRTG recommended for continuation

Many of the IRTG members did shoulder a long journey (from Australia, Paris, Northern Italy and all over Germany) and not one local missed the date. All for one goal: to back the important DFG on-site review.

Moreover, the cooperation was endorsed by Australian Ambassador Lynette Wood, who graced us with her presence, and Prof. Zlatko Skrbis, Interim Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Education) of Monash University. 

A heartfelt THANK YOU to all for your commitment! Together, we made it a success!

Fingers crossed for the final decision to be taken May 12!!!

March 2017

DFG on-site review - March 22-23

The Monash partners have supported the IRTG office in Germany a great deal during review preparations during the past months. We want to thank them and are looking forward to welcoming them shortly!

March 2017

New scientific centre amongst faculties 10 & 11

The Hessische Zentrum für Reproduktionsmedizin is finally established as a scientific centre of the Faculties of Veterinary Medicine and Medicine of JLU

February 2017

Supervisor in project 5 has been appointed professor

Congratulations to Dr. Undraga Schagdarsurengin, who has been appointed Professor by the Institute of Genetics.

February 2017

Doctoral student on paternity leave.

Our young father Robert has taken some time off his research to be at home with his little baby boy Constantin.

February 2017

Doctoral students 7 & 8 sent off to Australia

As a doctoral student in the group of  Martin Bergmann Christine will be hosted by Moira O'Bryan and carry out research within project 1 on her topic ‘CBE1, ciliated bronchial epithelium 1 in spermatogenesis‘.

Nils, who is working in project 5 under supervision of Undraga Schagdarsurengin and Florian Wagenlehner will spend his research year in the lab of Gail Risbridger, supervised by Stuart Ellem and Betty Exintaris.

We wish Christine & Nils a lot of success and a pleasant stay in Australia!

January 2017

Membership within IRTG extended

After successful completion of her degree in project 2, Britta will stay with the IRTG as a Postdoc in project 9.

We are happy to keep her with us!

January 2017

IRTG Alumni leaving Germany behind for Australia

After successful completion of her degree in project 1 Anna-Lena leaves JLU and is heading to literally new shores. All the best for her future in Australia!

December 2016

First Thesis defenses within the IRTG

Anna-Lena Hempfling and Britta Klein both completed their degree both with an outstanding performance at their oral defenses and  with the merit "summa cum laude"

Applause! We are very proud to have them in IRTG!

December 2016

Monash student returning to Australia      

After a very productive full year stay at JLU Rukmali is on her way back home to continue her work within project 9 from there.

It was a pleasure having her with us.
We are wishing a safe trip and all the best for the future!

December 2016

"Back to the roots"

Nour has accepted a Post Doc position at the same University in Paris where she had completed her Master studies. We wish her all the best for her future career!

December 2016

The first 5 IRTG Doctoral Students have graduated the GGL this year

Congratulations to Conni, Rukmali, Anna-Lena, Britta and Nour who have succefully completed the GGL curriculum!

November 2016

Visit at Monash to exchange knowlege of administrative tasks

JLU Administrator, Pia Jürgens, spent 10 fruitful days in Melbourne. Key objective of her visit was to build an in-depth working knowledge of procedures for student enrollment, management during candidature and at the time of thesis submission. 

November 2016

6th doctoral Student off to Australia

Elham just started her research stay of 7 months; she works under supervision of Thorsten Diemer and Adrian Pilatz and will be doing research work with Peter Stanton in project 4 during her stay at Monash University.

We wish her a lot of success and a pleasant stay in Australia!

November 2016

Presentation award at student symposium

Sophie secured the second best presentation of 3rd year students at the Annual Postgraduate Student Symposium Nov 9, 2016.  Congrats!

November 2016

Submission Monash and JLU for joint award

Nour is the forth and last doctoral student to submit her thesis within 2016. Good job!

Thesis title:
Involvement of Activin and Follistatin in the Pathogenesis of Chronic Testicular Inflammation in Mice

November 2016

Aiming for the next round....

IRTG has submitted to the DFG the renewal proposal for a second funding period in time.

It was hard work, but feels good!

October 2016

Best picture award at "9th GGL Annual Conference"

Christine, doctoral researcher in project 7 has ben awarded with a price for the best picture within the category research for her photograph ‚Peritubular Cells‘.

Congrats on that!

September 2016

3rd place Best Poster Award at the 9th GGL Annual Conference

Mathias from project 6 was awarded for one of the best posters at the conference. Posters are evaluated by a specially compiled committee.

Well done Mathias!    

Poster title:
Visualization of PDE5 inhibitor effects in the prostate: no evidence for disturbances of ejaculation

September 2016

Co-Supervisor from Monash University is visiting Giessen - Sept 20 - 21

Betty Exintaris, Co-Supervisor in projects 5 & 6, has been invited as the speaker of section 6 for the "9th GGL Annual Conference". Her talk on "Spontaneous contractile activity in the human prostate gland: implications for a more personalised treatment approach for benign prostatic hyperplasia" will take place in the afternoon of September 20.

We are happy to welcome her here and wish her a pleasant stay.

September 2016

Saying goodbye to Postdoc in project 9

Vera has been offered an attractive permanent position in private enterprise and is embracing this opportunity.
We want to say thank you for the good job and her outstanding team spirit.

All the best for your future Vera!

September 2016

Two travel grants for conferences in Australia obtained

Sivanjah received grants to participate at the Inflammation in Reproduction, Pregnancy and Development Symposium in Palm Cove, Australia as well as the Joint Conference of the Society for Reproductive Biology/Endocrine Society of Australia at Gold Coast were she contributed with a talk.

August 2016

Submission Monash and JLU for joint award

Conni, conducted her doctoral research within project 8 and just now submitted her thesis.
Well done, we're proud of her!

Thesis title Conni:
Hyperglycaemia is associated with male infertility and activin dysregulation in type 1 diabetes

August 2016

Erasmus+ grant for international staff mobility

His visit offers a great opportunity to discuss prospective IRTG collaboration with Undraga Schagdarsurengin and Klaus Steger.
We are looking forward to welcoming him here and having him with us.

July 2016

Medical student in project 5        

Welcome to Elena who will spend the next 6 months in the Molecular Andrology lab to carry out research for her thesis. We wish her a fruitful stay and a succesful time here with us at the IRTG!

July 2016

Doctoral Student of project 6 on his way back home to Giessen  

After a 3 months research stay in Monash under supervision of Stuart Ellem Robert Kügler is on his way back home from Australia.
A warm welcome back!

July 2016

Doctoral Student in project 8 joined IRTG       

We are happy about Qingkui's decision to join the IRTG after already working in Thomas Linn's group for some time. We are looking forward to a successful collaboration.

July 2016