Degrees AND EDUCATION
1992Specialist in Clinical Chemistry
1990Professional Authorization as Physician
1986Ph D, Karolinska Institute
1982Medical degree, Karolinska Institute
Employments
2010-Senior Consultant Physician in Andrology, Centre for Andrology and Sexual Medicine, Clinic for Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, KarolinskaUniversityHospital, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden
2008-Consultant, the National Cell and Tissue Project (SKL Sveriges Kommuner och Landsting)
2004-5Director of Andrology, Assisted Conception Unit, Birmingham Women’s Hospital
2002-5Honorary Senior Lecturer in Division of Reproductive and Child Health – Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Birmingham
2002-4Scientist in Human Reproductive Biology, Assisted Conception Unit, Birmingham Women’s Hospital
2001-2Research Fellow, Grade II, Department of Medicine, Reproductive Biology and Genetics Group in collaboration with Assisted Conception Unit, Birmingham Women’s Hospital
1995-10Advisory physician, Andrology laboratory, Andrology Centre, Karolinska Hospital and Centre for Andrology and Sexual Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital.
1993-95Andrology laboratory, Reproductive Medicine Centre (KarolinskaHospital)
1990-93Clinical chemistry (KarolinskaHospital)
1987-90Internship (medicine, surgery, psychiatry, general medicine) 21 months
1978-90Various employments (including university lecturer), Department of Physiology, Karolinska Institutet
RECENT Scientific COMMISSIONs
2011-Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Andrology
2010-Associate Editor, Human Reproduction
2009-Scientific Secretary of the Swedish Society of Andrology
2007-Elected President of the Nordic Association for Andrology (NAFA)
2005-09Member of the Editorial Committee, WHO manual on semen analysis
2004-08Co-ordinator of the ESHRE Special Interest Group in Andrology
2000-02Member of the International Advisory Committee, IXth International Symposium on Spermatology, Cape Town, October 2002.
1995-Referee commissions: J Reprod, Fertil Dev; J Androl; Int J Androl; Hum Reprod; Hum Reprod Update; Hum Fertil; Reprod BioMed Online; Eur J Endocrin; Fertil Steril; Reprod; Asian J Androl
Scientific exchange at Foreign Institutions
1990Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Tours, France: Laboratoire de la Reproduction et du FIV (Dep Obstetric-Gynecologie)
1985Department of Anatomy and Reproduction, University of Hawaii at ManoaValley
1985Environmental Protection Agency, Reproductive Toxicology Bransch, ResearchTrianglePark
rECENT PUBLICATIONS
A] Primary Data
2009Kirkman-Brown J and Björndahl L. Evaluation of a disposable plastic Neubauer counting chamber for semen analysis. Fertil Steril, 91: 627-631..
2006Björndahl L., Kirkman-Brown J., Hart G., Rattle S. and Barratt C.L. Development of a novel home sperm test. Hum Reprod; 21(1): 145-9.
2005Björndahl L., Mohammadieh M., Pourian M., SöderlundI. and Kvist U. Contamination by seminal plasma factors during sperm selection. J Androl; 26(2): 170-3.
2005Moseley F.L., Jha K.N., Björndahl L., Brewis I.A., Publicover S.J., Barratt C.L. and Lefievre L. Protein tyrosine phosphorylation, hyperactivation and progesterone-induced acrosome reaction are enhanced in IVF media: an effect that is not associated with an increase in protein kinase A activation. Mol Hum Reprod; 11(7): 523-9
2004Pixton, Deeks, Flesch, Moseley, Björndahl, Ashton, Barratt & Brewis. Sperm proteome mapping of a patient who experienced failed fertilization at IVF reveals altered expression of at least twenty proteins compared to fertile donors: case report. Hum Reprod. 19(6):1438-47.
2004Björndahl, Söderlund, Johansson, Mohammadieh, Pourian, KvistU. Why the WHO recommendations for eosin-nigrosin staining techniques for human sperm vitality assessment must change. J Androl. 25(5):671-8.
2003Björndahl, Söderlund & Kvist. Evaluation of the one-step eosin-nigrosin staining technique for human sperm vitality assessment. Hum Reprod 18(4):813-816.
2003Ola, Afnan, Papaioannou, Sharif, Björndahl & Coomarasamy.Accuracy of sperm-cervical mucus penetration tests in evaluating sperm motility in semen: a systematic quantitative review. Human Reprod 18(5):1037-1046.
2002Björndahl, Barratt, Fraser, Kvist & Mortimer. ESHRE basic semen analysis courses 19951999: immediate beneficial effects of standardized training. Hum Reprod, 17: 13991405.
2002Cooper, Björndahl, Vreeburg & Nieschlag. Semen analysis and external quality control schemes for semen analysis need global standardisation. Int J Androl, 25(5):306-311
B] Reviews and Commentaries
2010Castilla JA, Zamora S, Gonzalvo MC, Luna Del Castillo JD, Roldan-Nofuentes JA, Clavero A, Bjorndahl L, Martinez L. 2010. Sperm chromatin structure assay and classical semen parameters: systematic review. Reproductive biomedicine online 20: 114-124.
2010Björndahl L, Kvist U. Human sperm chromatin stabilization: a proposed model including zinc bridges. Molecular human reproduction 16: 23-29.
2008Björndahl L and Haugen TB. Hva forteller saedanalysen? Norsk Legetidskrift, 2008;128(3):320-3.
2006Björndahl L, Connelly T, Kirkman-Brown J and Barratt CLR. 2006. Reply: Development of a novel home sperm test -temperature range. Human Reproduction, 3028-3029.
2006Björndahl L, Kirkman-Brown J and Barratt CLR. Reply: Development of a novel home sperm test – What are the limitations? Human Reproduction 3030-3031.
2005Björndahl L. and Barratt C.L. Semen analysis: setting standards for the measurement of sperm numbers. J Androl; 26(1): 11
2004Bjorndahl L., Tomlinson M. and Barratt C.L. Raising standards in semen analysis: professional and personal responsibility. J Androl; 25(6): 862-3.
2003Björndahl & Kvist. Sequence of ejaculation affects the spermatozoon as a carrier and its message. Reprod Biomed Online: 7(4): 440-448.
C] Books and book chapters
2010Björndahl, Giwercman, Tournaye, Weidner, eds, Textbook on Clinical Andrology Informa Publishers, London, UK.
2010Björndahl. Semen analysis – essentials for the clinician. In: Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility: The Practical Clinic and Laboratory, Humana Press, Totowa, NJ, USA
2010Björndahl, Mortimer, Barratt, eds, Handbook on Laboratory Andrology, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
2002Kvist & Björndahl (eds.) Manual on Basic Semen Analysis (NAFA-ESHRE 2002), ESHRE Monograph, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
MEMBERSHIP in SCIENTIFIC and professional SOCIETies
2003-Member of American Society of Andrology
1997-Member of the Swedish Society of Andrology
1992-Member of ESHRE Special Interest Group in Andrology
1989-Member of the Nordic Association for Andrology - NAFA
1988-Member of the Society for the Study of Reproduction
1987-Member of ESHRE, the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
1982-Fellow of the Swedish Medical Society
Lars Björndahl, Dec 18th, 1957 – Curriculum Vitae1 (2)