At the annual meeting in 2008 in Barcelona the task force "Basic Reproductive Science" was founded at the initiative of ESHRE's Executive Committee. As the seeds for innovation are to be sought in basic research laboratories, the principal aim of this new Task Force is to bring the basic scientists related to Reproduction closer into all our activities.
The plans of the Task Force are to ensure that the knowledge born in the basic laboratory gets effectively communicated to our applied and clinical research programmes. The Task Force operates horizontally with all ESHRE Sigs and works in harmony with Prof S Hillier, the Editor in Chief of Molecular Human Reproduction.
The task force is organised by the following scientists:
Actualised composition
Chair: Johan Smitz
Board Members:
- Ursula Eichenlaub-Ritter- Ralf Einspanier- Carlos Plancha
- Ursula Eichenlaub-Ritter
- Ralf Einspanier
- Carlos Plancha
Deputees from the SIGs:
SIG Reproductive Endocrinology:
Richard Anderson
SIG Embryology:
Takashi Hiiragi
SIG Endometrium:
Peter Rogers
Steve Charnock-Jones
SIG Early Pregnancy;
Jason Horcajadas
SIG Stem Cells:
Karen Sermon
SIG Andrology:
Lars Bjorndahl
SIG Endometriosis
Paola Vigano
Collaboration with the Oncofertility Consortium
Fertility Preservation in Severe Diseases
Developing Countries and Infertility
Cross-border Reproductive Care
Fertility and Viral Diseases
Basic Reproductive Science
Reproduction and Society
Management of Fertility Units