Jahrestagung Deutsche Gesellschaft für Andrologie

The 26^th Annual Meeting of the German Society of Andrology (DGA) took place September 18^th - 20^th 2014 at the newly established Biomedical Research Center of the Justus-Liebig-University Giessen. Congress President was Prof. Dr. Klaus Steger, Section Molecular Andrology of the Department of Urology, Pediatric Urology and Andrology.

A pre-congress workshop on Laboratory Diagnostics in Andrology was organized by Prof. Dr. Hans-Christian Schuppe from the Department of Urology, Pediatric Urology and Andrology.

The DGA congress counts approx. 250 participants including 50 invited speakers from eight European countries. The internationality was a highlight of the congress and was made possible by a grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG). In addition, the participation of two speakers from the Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, was financed by the newly established international research training group (IRTG) Giessen-Monash.

Furthermore, the program includes a poster session with 52 abstracts, nine short talks, where young scientists was given the opportunity to present the highlights of their current research activities, a Young Andrology Forum, four plenary lectures, two industry symposia on testosterone (Jenapharm GmbH & Co.KG) and protamine (KAIROS Life Sciences GmbH), as well as sessions (each 3-4 talks) on the following topics:

Sexual medicine, new aspects of azoospermia, pelvic pain syndrome, molecular andrology, erectile dysfunction, oncologic andrology and fertility protection, reproductive veterinary medicine, men´s health and nutrition, andrological endocrinology and a discussion on actual DFG activities in reproductive biology and medicine.

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