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Male Reproductive Biology Group Home Page
Faculty Bios
Faculty Photos
Group Photo
Choudhry
Lishko
Smith
Tran
Faculty Specific
Homepage
Mission
Statement
Research
Spermatogenesis and
Stem Cell Biology
Sperm motility
regulation and
electrophysiology
Resources
Male Reproductive Tissue
Bank
Spermatogonial Stem Cell
Biology Postdoctoral
fellowship
Genetics of Male
Fertility
Sperm Molecular Biology
Postdoctoral Fellowship
Population-based
Research
Clinical Opportunities
Fertility Preservation
Grant Funding
Clinical Trials
Publications
Contact
Administrative Support
Tran:
Spermatogenesis
Choudhry:
Genetics of Male
Infertility / Tissue
Core
Lishko: Sperm
Physiology
Rosen: Female
Fertility
Preservation
Smith: clinical
trials, fertility
preservation,
reproductive
tissue
Reiter: Cilia
biology and
sperm motility
Roan: Seminal
vesicle
physiology,
cytokines, HIV
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:
1. Understand basic mechanisms of male
reproduction
2. Translate knowledge of basic male reproductive
mechanisms into clinical diagnostic and
therapeutic male infertility interventions.
Spermatogenesis and Stem Cell
Biology
• Research Goals
• Director, Nam Tran
Sperm Molecular Biology
• Research Goals
• Director, Polina Lishko
Genetics of Male Infertility
• Research Goals
• Director, Shweta Choudhry
Epidemiology and Geospatial
Modeling
• Population-based male reproductive research
• Director: To be determined
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
Clinical Trials
• TKI and male reproduction
– To measure the effect of Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors
on male reproductive function
Male Reproductive Tissue Bank
• Surgical tissue
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Testicle: normal and abnormal
Epididymis
Vas deferens
Seminal vesicle
Semen samples
Serum
Clinical correlates
Directors: James Smith and Shweta Choudhry
Molecular Biology Post-Doctoral
Fellowship
• Director, Polina Lishko
Spermatogenesis Post-Doctoral
Fellowship
• Director, Nam Tran
Grant Funding
• R01- Fatty acid regulation of ion channels
• UCSF RAP-TKI and male reproduction
• R01-Seminal vesicle function and HIV
Administrative
• Imelda Tenggara-Research coordinator
• Fertility Preservation Clinical Research
Coordinator
• Fertility Preservation Contact