An international journal devoted to biomedical research on human conception and the welfare of the human embryo

Official journal of the AAB College of Reproductive Biology (AAB-CRB), Alpha - Scientists in Reproductive Medicine, Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis International Society (PGDIS), and the Turkish Society of Reproductive Medicine.

Reproductive BioMedicine Online is a journal that covers the formation, growth and differentiation of the human embryo. It is intended to bring to public attention new research on biological and clinical research on human reproduction, including relevant studies on animals. The journal's audience includes researchers, clinicians, practitioners, academics and patients.

The period of human embryonic growth covered is between the formation of the primordial germ cells in the fetus until mid-pregnancy. High quality research on lower animals is included only if it helps to clarify the human situation. Studies progressing to birth and later are published if they have a direct bearing on events in the earlier stages of pregnancy.

Full Length Articles
Short communications
Review articles
Commentaries
Letters to the Editor

Chief Editor
Bart Fauser
Utrecht, Netherlands
Founder
Robert G. Edwards, * †
Emeritus Senior Editor
J. Cohen *
Reprogenetics LLC, Livingston, New Jersey, United States
Editors
Mina Alikani
Manhasset, New York, United States
Richard Anderson
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Christopher Barratt
Dundee, United Kingdom
René Eijkemans
Utrecht, Netherlands
Juan Garcia-Velasco
Madrid, Spain
Martin Johnson
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Felice Petraglia
Firenze, Italy
Section Editors
Experimental Reproductive Biology
Aaron Hsueh
Stanford, California, United States
David-Emlyn Parfitt
New York, New York, United States
Jonathan Van Blerkom
Boulder, Colorado, United States
Clinical Embryology
Virginia Bolton
London, United Kingdom
Joy Delhanty
London, United Kingdom
Elpida Fragouli
Oxford, United Kingdom
David Gardner
Parkville, Australia
Henry Malter
Greenville, South Carolina, United States
Zsolt Peter Nagy*
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Dagan Wells
Oxford, United Kingdom
Clinical Assisted Reproductive Technology
Christophe Blockeel
Brussel, Belgium
Richard Bronson
Stony Brook, New York, United States
Robert Casper
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Pasquale Patrizio
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Nikos Polyzos
Barcelona, Spain
John Yovich
Leederville, Western Australia, Australia
Infertility
Georg Griesinger
Lübeck, Germany
Efstratios Kolibianakis
Thessaloniki, Greece
Tin-Chiu Li
New Territories, Hong Kong
Joe-Leigh Simpson
Miami, Florida, United States
Andrea Weghofer
Wien, Austria
Male Reproduction and Fertility
Christopher De Jonge
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Erma Drobnis
Columbia, Missouri, United States
Pierre Ray
Grenoble, France
Periconception, Pregnancy and Child Outcomes
Catherine Aiken
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Signe Altmäe
Granada, Spain
Michael Ludwig
Hamburg, Germany
Nick Macklon
London, United Kingdom
Reproductive Endocrinology and Health
Peter Humaidan
Skive, Denmark
Antonio La Marca
Modena, Italy
Ioannis Messinis
Larisa, Greece
Statistical Advisors
Helen Saunders
Geneva, Switzerland
Eurof Walters
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Editorial Board
Ashok Agarwal
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
John Aitken
Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Monica Antinori
Roma, Italy
Basak Balaban
Istanbul, Turkey
Izhar Ben-Shlomo
Haifa, Israel
Andrea Borini
Bologna, Italy
Ernesto Bosch, MD
Valencia, Spain
Jan Brosens
Coventry, United Kingdom
Alexander Bruce
Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
Ana Cobo, PhD
Valencia, Spain
Petra De Sutter
Gent, Belgium
Thomas Ebner
Linz, Austria
René Eijkemans
Utrecht, Netherlands
Simon Fishel
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Jose Franco, Jr
RIBEIRAO PRETO, Brazil
Samir Hamamah
Montpellier, France
Alan Handyside
London, United Kingdom
Chris Hansis
New York, NY, United States
Geraldine Hartshorne
Coventry, United Kingdom
Outi Hovatta
Huddinge, Sweden
Semra Kahraman
?stanbul, Turkey
Anver Kuliev
Chicago, IL, United States
Masashige Kuwayama
Shinjuku-Ku, Japan
Sheena Lewis
Belfast, United Kingdom
Dennis Lo
New Territories, Hong Kong
Marcos Meseguer, PhD
Valencia, Spain
Markus Montag
Heidelberg, Germany
Tetsunori Mukaida
Nankoku, Japan
Santiago Munné *
Livingston, NJ, United States
Willem Ombelet
Genk, Belgium
Jie Qiao, Ph.D.
Beijing, China
Catherine Racowsky
Boston, MA, United States
Svetlana Rechitsky
Chicago, IL, United States
Laura Rienzi
Rome, Italy
Andrew Sharkey
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Eric Surrey
Lone Tree, CO, United States
Jason Swain
Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Chii-Ruey Tzeng
Taipei, Taiwan
Pierre Vanderzwalmen
Vilvoorde, Belgium
Steven Young
Chapel Hill, NC, United States
Emeritus Editorial Board
Kamal Ahuja *
London, United Kingdom
Safaa Al-Hasani
Lübeck, Germany
Hesham Geber Al-Inany
Cairo, Egypt
Gulam Bahadur
London, United Kingdom
Juan Balasch
Barcelona, Spain
Jose Balmaceda
Santiago, Chile
Henning Beier
Aachen, Germany
Giuseppe Benagiano*
Rome, Italy
David Cram
Clayton, VIC, Australia
Jim Cummins
Murdoch, WA, Australia
Joao Cunha-Filho
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Salim Daya
Hamilton, Canada
Arun Dharmarajan
Perth, WA, Australia
Klaus Diedrich
Lübeck, Germany
Bruce Dunphy
Nova Scotia, Canada
Ursula Eichenlaub-Ritter
Bielefeld, Germany
Kay Elder
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Necati Findikli
?stanbul, Turkey
Sarah Franklin
Cambridge, United Kingdom
René Frydman
Clamart, France
Norbert Gleicher
New York, NY, United States
Victor Gomel
Vancouver, Canada
Timur Gürgan, MD
Ankara, Turkey
Peter Hollands
London, UK
Eric Jauniaux *
London, United Kingdom
Yacoub Khalaf
London, United Kingdom
Minoru Ko
Baltimore, MD, United States
Cornelius Lambalk
Amsterdam, Netherlands
William Ledger
Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
Kersti Lundin
Goteborg, Sweden
Nicholas Macklon
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Yves Ménézo
Paris, France
Takahide Mori
Kyoto, Japan
Luciano Nardo
Manchester, United Kingdom
Robert Norman, MD
Balhannah, SA, Australia
Nicole Noyes
New York, New York, United States
Alan Penzias
Waltham, MA, United States
Anja Pinborg
Copenhagen, Denmark
Thomas Pool, PhD
San Antonio, Texas, United States
Jagannadha Rao
Bengaluru, India
Mark Sauer
New York, NY, United States
Emre Seli
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Carlos Simón
Valencia, Spain
Lalji Singh
Hyderabad, India
James Stachecki
Livingston, NY, United States
Seang Lin Tan
Montreal, Canada
Jan Tesarik
Granada, Spain
Togas Tulandi, MD, MHCM
Montreal, Canada
Alicia Ubeda
Barcelona, Spain
Alfredo Ulloa-Aguirre
Mexico City, Mexico
Peter Vogt
Heidelberg, Germany
Editorial Office
* Founding Editors