Don Conrad gives the Emil Steinberger Memorial Lecture at ASA 2024 in Denver
His talk titled “Computational Paradigms Shaping Andrology: Genetics, Pathology, and Collaboration” kicked off this year’s meeting. Congratulations Don!
Maris Laan visits OHSU for a year-long sabbatical
Dr. Laan a long-time collaborator on the GEMINI project. She is a professor of Human Genetics at the University of Tartu, Estonia and comes to us through a scholarship from the Baltic-American Freedom Foundation
GEMINI grant gets renewed by the NIH
The first grant entitled Genomics of spermatogenic impairment was awarded in 2014 and it has now been renewed for another 5 years. The lead principal investigators on this grant are Don Conrad of OHSU and Ki Aston of University of Utah. Congratulations! PROJECT SUMMARY: This is a renewal application to the NICHD-funded Genetics of Male […]
Two new centers join the GEMINI consortium
University of Zagreb School of Medicine and Columbia University Irving Medical Center are represented by Davor Jezek, MD, PhD and Joseph P. Alukal, MD, respectively. Welcome to both teams!
GEMINI study results in new entry in OMIM database
The study lead by Estonian collaborators demonstrated that mutation in the FANCM gene on chromosome 14q21 causes non-obstructive azoospermia, with a Sertoli cell-only phenotype observed in testicular tissue. The finding resulted in Spermatogenic failure 28 being added to the OMIM database (ID #618086).