Research areas

• Follicular growth and development
  
• Culture of human preantral follicles
  
• Cryopreservation of ovarian tissue
  
• Follicular activation of resting human follicles
  
• Human embryonic and foetal gonads including effects for endocrine disrupting chemicals
  
• Isolation and culture of human spermatogonial stem cells
  
• Effects of TGF-beta growth factors and IGF effects on ovarian funtion
  
• Effect of gonadotropin receptor single nucleotid polymorphisms on ovarian function
  

Current research

• Characterizing normal human small antral follicles with regard to intra-follicular hormonal characteristics
  
• Development of new cryoprotectant media for freezing human ovarian tissue
  
• Development of a new test to determine survival of human follicles in connection with freezing
  
• Evaluating meiotic status of in vitro matured human immature oocytes
  
• Developing reliable methods for follicle activation in human ovarian tissue
  
• Evaluating TGF-beta growth factor expression in human follicles
  
• Evaluating the importance of TGF-beta growth factor expression in ovaries from women with PCOS
  
• Isolation and culture of human spermatogonial stem cells
  
• Gene expression profiles of human embryonic and foetal gonads in relation to the mothers smoking status
  
• Concentration of endocrine disrupting chemicals in organs of human first trimester abortions
  
• The effect of IGF on human follicular development