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International Center for Research and Research Training in Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health

About EDMaRC

EDMaRC is the International Center for Research and Research Training in Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health. The center functions as a global hub for research and training on how genetics, lifestyle and environmental factors have adverse effects on for example pubertal onset and male fertility.

A Highly Specialized International Research Center

EDMaRC is located at the Department of Growth and Reproduction at Rigshospitalet and has close collaboration with the University of Copenhagen.
We use a holistic research approach that is both multidisciplinary and translational. It includes clinical and basic scientists, epidemiologists, clinicians and public health professionals.

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News

PhD dissertation defence

May 28th, 2021 PhD student Cecilie Melau defended her dissertation 'Characterization of human fetal adrenal function: Establishment of an ex vivo culture model that enables examination of steroidogenesis' online. Details can be found here.

PhD dissertation defence

April 29th, 2021 PhD student Marie Lindhardt Ljubicic defended her dissertation '45,X/46,XY Mosaicism: Clinical Phenotypes, Biochemistry, and Gonadal Histology'. Details can be found here.

New hope for patients with male infertility

New findings published in Nature Communications suggests that the bone marker RANKL is a regulator of male reproductive function. The paper can be found here.

PhD dissertation defence

April 23rd, 2021 PhD student Nina Mørup Nygaard defended her dissertation 'Genetic and epigenetic variations influencing male gonadal function'. Details can be found here.

30 years of Department of Growth and Reproduction

Year 2020 marks the establishment of Department of Growth and Reproduction 30 years ago. Please find our new 2020 report (in Danish) here.

Worldwide decline in pubertal onset in girls

A new meta-analysis published in JAMA Pediatrics found that age at pubertal onset, decreased by a mean of almost 3 months per decade. More details can be found here.