BIOMEDICINE
Reproductive Biology and Immunology

Population Council biomedical scientists undertake fundamental research in the reproductive sciences and immunological processes related to sexually transmitted infections, particularly HIV, in order to expand the knowledge base upon which applied research and successful product development are built.

The two major areas of research are:

• clarification of the cellular and molecular mechanisms of male reproduction, which may lead to new contraceptive methods for men; and
• the role of immune system cells known as dendritic cells in immunodeficiency virus infection.

Projects

• Robbiani Laboratory

  • Activating Dendritic Cells to Improve Anti-HIV Vaccines
  • Impact of Antiretroviral Therapy on Mucosal Immunity
  • Microbicides to Prevent Sexual Transmission of  HIV
  • Mucosal Innate and Adaptive Immunity and HIV
  • Transmission of Immunodeficiency Viruses

• Action of Endocrine Disrupters on Leydig Cells  

• Development and Physiology of Leydig Cells I  

• Development and Physiology of Leydig Cells II

• Genetic Mechanisms of Androgen Action   

• Germ Cell Dynamics  

• Physiology of Sertoli Cells 

• Sperm Maturation  

• Studies on the Function of the Annulus of the Sperm Tail

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See Also

• Biomedicine

• Contraceptives

  • Female Contraceptives

  • Male Contraceptives

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This page updated 30 April 2008

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