Our research investigates how environmental factors, including diet and metabolic health, shape the molecular composition of sperm and influence fertilization, embryo development and offspring health. By combining experimental models with human studies, we aim to understand how sperm RNA and other molecular mechanisms regulate male fertility, developmental programming and lifelong health. This knowledge may ultimately improve reproductive health while providing new insights into the origins of metabolic disease.
Anita Öst
Professor, Head of Division
Our research explores how molecular information carried by sperm shapes embryonic development and lifelong health. We aim to uncover the molecular mechanisms linking reproduction with metabolic disease.
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From Fruit Flies to Human Health
Can a father's lifestyle influence the next generation? This video presents our discovery that diet before conception can alter offspring metabolism, using fruit flies to uncover molecular mechanisms that are conserved across species and relevant to human health.
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Metabolism - a plainsplain Youtube channel
These video clips are produced for teaching at the Medical programme at the Faculty of medicine and health sciences at Link枚ping university.
