Sperm and the ART of success

About the Project

We are looking for a driven applicant, enthusiastic about joining our interdisciplinary team, to help unravel key sperm functions and how they underpin natural and assisted conception.

At least 1 in 6 couples worldwide struggle to get pregnant without assistance. The Centre for Human Reproductive Science team work across the University of Birmingham and Birmingham Women’s Fertility Centre, in globally leading research that addresses fertility and miscarriage.

We will develop project ideas in detail with the successful candidate, these will always be human sperm-based with a translational medicine focus, we will not be looking for projects that involve stem cells, in-vitro maturation and, or spermatogenesis. The concepts and ideas motivating our work are clear on our website and any project would be similar in nature - we suggest you clarify and discuss this with us informally before applying. We firmly believe improving sperm diagnostics and selection underpin future improvements across medically assisted reproduction and contraceptive interventions.

The successful PhD project applicant will work with a lab-base in the team of Professor Jackson Kirkman-Brown MBE and Dr Meurig T Gallagher. More about their work can be found online at: www.birmingham.ac.uk/ChRS. Past students have gone on to successful careers in Embryology, Academia and Industry.

Applications should in the first instance be to the contact not via other systems.

Funding Notes

This project is now only open for self-funded candidates.