This film documents the PET event 'Male Infertility: Today's Insights, Tomorrow's Treatments', produced in partnership with the Scottish Government and the Society for Reproduction and Fertility.
If you can't see the film embedded above, you can watch it on YouTube.
| Introduction | |
| 0:00:00 | Sarah Norcross Director, Progress Educational Trust |
| Presentations | |
| 0:00:53 | Kevin McEleny Chair, British Fertility Society |
| 0:11:32 | Professor Joris Veltman Director, Institute of Genetics and Cancer |
| 0:20:43 | Professor Rod Mitchell Professor of Developmental Endocrinology, University of Edinburgh |
| 0:31:42 | Professor Sarah Martins da Silva Professor of Reproduction and Fertility Medicine, University of Dundee |
| Discussion | |
| 0:40:24 | Responses to audience questions and comments |
This film was made by Video Production Edinburgh.
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- The Genetics of Infertility: Causes, Choices and Treatments, the PET Annual Conference, taking place online this month on Wednesday 16 September 2026 – register here.
- Under the Influence: Fertility, Advertising and Social Media, the PET Annual Conference, taking place online on Wednesday 4 November 2026 – register here.
- AI and Automation in Fertility and Genomics: Pipeline? Or Pipe Dream?, the PET Annual Conference, taking place in central London on Wednesday 9 December 2026 – register here.
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