Male reproduction
Project Title: Testicle Cancer: Risk Factors
Objective/Research Question: The primary aim of this project is to investigate the significance of mother’s health during pregnancy and other factors associated with foetal life, in the development of testicular cancer.
Contact at FHS: Associate Professor PhD Elin Leirvoll Aschim, Elinleirvoll.Aschim@hf.hio.no
External cooperators: The Cancer Registry and the Birth Registry
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Project Title: Mechanisms Regulating Oestrogen Sensitivity in the Testicle
Objective/Research Question: The main objective is to study how the regulation of gene expression of the oestrogen receptor beta influences oestrogen sensitivity in the testicle.
Contact at FHS: Professor Trine B.Haugen, Trine.B.Haugen@hf.hio.no
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Project Title: Geographic Variations in the Reproductive Functioning of Men in Norway: with possible correlations to exposure to environmental poisons.
Objective/Research Question: The main objective is to investigate whether there are variations in sperm quality and reproductive hormones with exposure to the environmental poisons PCB and DDE in men who are born respectively in the north and south of Norway. A possible correlation between reproductive function and exposure to environmental poisons will be registered.
Contact at FHS: Professor Trine B.Haugen, Trine.B.Haugen@hf.hio.no
Cooperating in the project: Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Norway, UniversityHospital in Malmø, University Hospital Lund
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Project Title: The Metabolism of Long, Multi- unsaturated Fatty Acids in the Testicle
Objective/Research Question: The main objective is to find out how long, multi-unsaturated fatty acids are converted and transported in the testicle. Furthermore, the significance of diet for testicular functioning will be investigated.
Contact at FHS: Professor Trine B.Haugen, Trine.B.Haugen@hf.hio.no
Cooperating in the project: Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Norway
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