Molecular Human Reproduction, Vol. 6, No. 8, 0I-0i,
August 2000
© 2000 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
Appointment of new Editor-in-Chief
IHF Institute for Hormone and Fertility Research University of Hamburg Division of Reproductive Sciences Hamburg Germany
ESHRE has great pleasure in announcing the appointment of Professor Richard Ivell as the new Editor-in-Chief of Molecular Human Reproduction.
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Following a Zoology degree at Oxford University in the late sixties, Professor Richard Ivell transferred his interests to the European continent, and after various research periods in Italy, Denmark and France, where he obtained a PhD in molecular biology, finally settled down in Hamburg in Germany, where he has been for the last 20 years. He is currently Scientific Director of the Institute for Hormone and Fertility Research at the University of Hamburg, where his principal research interests are in the molecular biology of differentiation processes in reproductive tissues. For many years he has been involved in the paracrine and endocrine actions of the hormone oxytocin, for which he is probably best known, though current research activities encompass differentiation processes related to testicular, ovarian and endometrial function, as well as sperm maturation. While the focus of his interests has always been the physiology and pathology of the human system, as a zoologist he is an ardent advocate of using appropriate animal models, where these can shed light on basic mechanisms relevant to the human. He is a member of several reproductive and endocrine societies, and has many years experience in reviewing and editing scientific books and journals. He has also had a long-standing interest in the application of gene technology, particularly in reproduction, and is a member of an advisory committee for the Hamburg state government on gene technology.
Now that the first stage of the human genome project is virtually complete, the mass of data gathered needs to be integrated and then used to help achieve a better understanding of molecular events involved in normal and pathological reproductive processes in both the male and female. Bob Edwards and his team started the new journal Molecular Human Reproduction at exactly the right time to accompany this revolution in molecular reproductive science. Professor Ivell regards taking over the baton for the journal at such a propitious time as a daunting yet exciting challenge. He aims to make Molecular Human Reproduction the prime international journal for reporting all major discoveries about basic molecular aspects of human reproduction.
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