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The projects our department is currently involved in can be found here.
At the 17th International Congress of Toxicology (IUTOX), held on October 15–18 2025 in Beijing, Prof. Ana Zenclussen presented the ongoing projects and research activities of our department in the session Reproductive Toxicity. The discussions opened up exciting new perspectives for future collaboration!
Congratulations to our scientist Dr. Sergio Gomez-Olarte for receiving the ITCASS Immunotoxicology, Speciality Section Award for his abstract "PFAS mixture effects on single-cell CyTOF-based profiling of human primary immune cells: transitioning to new approach methodologies." at EUROTOX 2025 in Athens!
Prof. Ana Zenclussen has been awarded the American Journal of Reproductive Immunology Award and was elected as the new Vice President of the American Society for Reproductive Immunology (ASRI). We warmly congratulate Ana Zenclussen on her award and recognition of her work!
The American Journal of Reproductive Immunology Award is the highest award presented by the ASRI to a senior level investigator who has made outstanding and lasting contributions to the area of reproductive immunology.
At the New Year's kickoff of the Profertilita Fertility Center in Regensburg, Prof. Ana Zenclussen was invited as a keynote speaker and panel discussion participant. Together with experts, she discussed the challenges and opportunities in the field of fertility and family planning.
Read more in the press release: mittelbayerische.de
We are delighted that the review paper "The ENDOMIX perspective: how everyday chemical mixtures impact human health and reproduction by targeting the immune system" (Gómez-Olarte et al., 2024) was selected as "Editor's Choice" in the journal Biology of Reproduction and highlighted for the cover of the current issue!
Click here for the full article.
Our scientists Dr. Nicole Meyer and Dr. Florence Fischer were invited to the podcast “Forschungsquartett” where they talked about the environmental chemicals we are exposed to every day, what potential dangers some of them pose and how the public, in particular pregnant women, can better protect themselves against them. As part of the “SAFE Challenge” project, the two scientists are also continuing to collect ideas until 30.11. on how to reach new target groups with the topic.
On 22/23.10.2024 the first CERES network meeting took place in Leipzig, which was organized by the LE-REP project. The two-day event was filled with insightful discussions, bringing together young scientists from across Germany in the field of reproductive health!
Autumn, here we come: Last month we held our annual department retreat where we strengthened the team spirit and productively discussed our department’s purpose and goals. We were guided by great moderators who always helped to create a good atmosphere.
Our dedicated scientists Nicole Meyer and Florence Fischer want to raise awareness about the risks of environmental chemicals and are calling for participation in the "SAFE" Crowd Innovation Challenge! Creative ideas to reach new target groups and identify effective communication channels can be submitted until November 30.
Further information on the challenge and participation is linked here.
We congratulate our PhD student Yu Xia for winning this year's "ESTIV Best Poster Award" at the EUROTOX 2024 Congress in Copenhagen, Denmark!
The kick-off meeting of the German Center for Child and Adolescent Health (DZKJ) for the partner site Leipzig/Dresden took place on August 28-29, 2024. We look forward to successful collaboration and are excited to see the further development of the upcoming research projects!
On July 25, 2024, Dr. Tobias Kretschmer presented the effect of chemicals in the environment on fertility with exciting findings from his own research as part of the LE-REP project!
On June 18-21, 2024, the annual meeting of the Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies (FOCIS 2024) took place in San Francisco. Researchers and clinicians discussed the latest breakthroughs across immune-mediated diseases. Prof. Ana Zenclussen presented the research at the department.
On June 13-14, 2024, the Kick-Off meeting for the ENKORE Cluster, which icludes our ENDOMIX project, took place in Brussels. The days were filled with exciting exchanges between scientists and stakeholders, as well as efforts to strengthen collaborative research on the health impacts of EDCs!
We coordinate the EU-funded project ENDOMIX.
We pacrticipate in the joint research project German Center for Child and Adolescent Health (DZKJ) and co-coordinate the research area Early Determinants of Health and Disease.
We pacrticipate in the joint research project LE-REP.
We participate in the joint research project
CoViPa.
