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Semin Reprod Med 2023; 41(05): 119-120
DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1779026
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Microbiome in Reproduction

Kathleen Hoeger
1   Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
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Terhi Piltonen
2   Clinical Research Unit, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Endocrinology in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
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Kathleen Hoeger, MD, MPH
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Terhi Piltonen, MD, PhD

For this issue of Seminars in Reproductive Medicine, we have selected as guest editor, Dr. Signe Altmäe. Dr. Altmäe is an associate professor at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Granada, Spain, and visiting researcher at the Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Karolinska Institute, Sweden. Signe is the deputy of the ESHRE Special Interest group of Reproductive Genetics and belongs to the working group of Reproductive Genetics of Spanish Society of Reproduction. She is the editor of Reproductive BioMedicine and associate editor of Molecular Human Reproduction journals.

Her research focuses on molecular aspects of endometrial receptivity and how molecular dysregulation could impact embryo implantation and female (in)fertility. She is also investigating microorganismal composition of human reproductive tract, and the associations of how the microbial communities could associate with reproductive parameters, with fertility and infertility in women and men.

We hope this issue of Seminars in Reproductive Medicine provides an in-depth review of the existing and new methods used in microbiome studies and the challenges and solutions in the assessment of microbiome in human reproductive tract.



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Article published online:
06 February 2024

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