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Information about the 2022 EAA Schools is now available

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27 Oct 2021: The official start of ANDRONET!

The COST-supported network of andrologists and other specialists interested in male health (CA20119) has been formally kicked off by the first online meeting of the Management Committee (MC) and COST Officers on 27-28 October 2021. More than 50 representatives of 27 countries attended the meeting.

The delegates elected the leaders of ANDRONET:

Action Chair: Rafael Oliva (Spain) whose institution (Fundacio Clinic per a la Recerca Biomedica (FCRB) in Barcelona is the Action Grant Holder and will provide administration

Action Vice-Chair: Csilla Krausz (Italy)

Grant Awarding Coordinator: Davor Ježek (Croatia)

Grant Awarding Co-Coordinators: Alberto de la Iglesia (Spain), Jolanta Slowikowska-Hilczer (Poland), Zsolt Kopa (Hungary)

Science Communication Coordinator: Ewa Rajpert-De Meyts (Denmark)

Science Communication Vice-Coordinator: Sandra Laurentino (Germany)

Science Communication Co-Coordinators: Aleksander Giwercman (Sweden) and João Ramalho-Santos (Portugal)

Working Group (WG) Leaders:

WG1- Research Coordination: Leader: Frank Tüttelmann (Germany), Vice-Leader: Judit Castillo (Spain), Co-Leaders: Kristian Almstrup (Denmark), Ana Katusic-Bojanac (Croatia), Katerina Komrskova (Czech Rep.), Antoni Riera Escamilla (Spain)

WG2 - Professional Education: Leader: Leen Antonio (Belgium), Vice-Leader: Csilla Krausz (Italy), Co-Leaders: Lars Björndahl (Sweden), Rosita Condorelli (Italy), Josanne Vassallo (Malta)

WG3 - Public Awareness: Leader: Andrea Sansone (Italy), Vice-Leader: Chris Barratt (UK), Co-Leaders: Eduard Ruiz-Castañe (Spain), Viktoria Rosta (Hungary)

ANDRONET is open to any professionals and researchers in the field of andrology. If you or members of your group want to join one of the working groups, please apply through the webpage:  https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA20119/ in the Working Groups section.

The kick-off meeting was very lively, with a lot of discussion and comments in the plenary session and several breakout rooms dedicated to different aspects of the Action. The enthusiasm of the participants bodes well for the success of ANDRONET!   

ANDRONET COST Action CA20119

The ANDRONET COST Action, which was developed in the last 4 years with the aim to potentiate research collaboration, education, and public awareness in Andrology, finished recently in October, 2025 (https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA20119/). Funding provided by COST enabled the co-organization of several highly successful conferences, such as two editions of the European Testis Workshop, and training workshops series, allowing networking, dissemination of knowledge, and exchange of researchers between participating institutions. This was achieved through the reimbursement of 297 ANDRONET COST Action members, the support of 16 Short Term Scientific Missions, the funding of 13 International Target Country Conference grants, and financial support for the participation of 61 members in training schools, many of which were co-organised by the EAA and ANDRONET.

The  EAA is represented at the European Fertility Week 2021

https://fertilityeurope.eu/european-fertility-week-2021-multi-stakeholder-event/

We have established a website area restricted to EAA members, who will now be able to see profiles of other members, update their own profiles and have access to educational materials.  

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We are deeply saddened to learn that Bernard Jégou has passed away. He was internationally recognised reproductive biologist, with main interest in the testis function, development and endocrine disrupters. He was the founder and a long -time Director of the excellent, multidisciplinary research group in Rennes, France, with developed several ground-breaking tools to study various aspects of reproductive biology.  Bernard was also a member of the Scientific Committee of the European Testis Workshops and organised two of them in St Malo. He was passionate about science and research education, and served on highest scientific councils in France. Bernard was a very special person – serious about science, excellent speaker and disseminator of research, but also caring, funny and charismatic. Everybody who knew Bernard and the whole generation of scientists he trained will miss him.