Reproductive Health Australia
@rephealthoz.bsky.social
🧑🔬A unified voice for Australian research in reproduction
🧬Without reproduction, life wouldn’t exist
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Website 💻: https://reproductivehealthaustralia.org.au
Join us💪: https://reproductivehealthaustralia.org.au/join
🧬Without reproduction, life wouldn’t exist
Links 🔗: https://bio.site/rephealthozlinks
Website 💻: https://reproductivehealthaustralia.org.au
Join us💪: https://reproductivehealthaustralia.org.au/join
🧬Artificial insemination (AI) in sheep is widely used but often yields inconsistent conception rates, raising questions about #semenquality.
🇦🇺A Aussie study analysed more than 2,600 AI records and found higher #spermmotility increased #conception success.
🇦🇺A Aussie study analysed more than 2,600 AI records and found higher #spermmotility increased #conception success.
November 27, 2025 at 2:59 AM
🧬Artificial insemination (AI) in sheep is widely used but often yields inconsistent conception rates, raising questions about #semenquality.
🇦🇺A Aussie study analysed more than 2,600 AI records and found higher #spermmotility increased #conception success.
🇦🇺A Aussie study analysed more than 2,600 AI records and found higher #spermmotility increased #conception success.
🔬 A new Aussie study shows the highly conserved #nucleartransportprotein IPO5 plays an essential role in early #embryonic survival and male germline development. Importin 5 (IPO5) is responsible for transporting key developmental #molecules into the #nucleus.
November 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
🔬 A new Aussie study shows the highly conserved #nucleartransportprotein IPO5 plays an essential role in early #embryonic survival and male germline development. Importin 5 (IPO5) is responsible for transporting key developmental #molecules into the #nucleus.
🐨Koalas in eastern Australia face rising extinction risk from reproductive disease (#chlamydiosis).Each year, hundreds of female Koalas are brought to wildlife hospitals, many euthanised for welfare reasons- yet they hold potential for genetic recovery through oocyte retrieval.
November 14, 2025 at 12:07 AM
🐨Koalas in eastern Australia face rising extinction risk from reproductive disease (#chlamydiosis).Each year, hundreds of female Koalas are brought to wildlife hospitals, many euthanised for welfare reasons- yet they hold potential for genetic recovery through oocyte retrieval.
🦜 Reproduction in bird populations is particularly vulnerable to high temperatures, with birds exhibiting altered breeding behaviours and reduced #fertility and offspring survival.
#climatechange #biodiversity #avianresearch
#climatechange #biodiversity #avianresearch
November 6, 2025 at 11:21 PM
🦜 Reproduction in bird populations is particularly vulnerable to high temperatures, with birds exhibiting altered breeding behaviours and reduced #fertility and offspring survival.
#climatechange #biodiversity #avianresearch
#climatechange #biodiversity #avianresearch
🐄 Fertility varies among young female cows (heifers). Until recently, the Angus HeiferSELECT index focused on growth and carcase traits, not fertility.
💡A new study by Angus Australia and @csiropublishing.bsky.social added a fertility measure, #HeiferConception into the index.
#AgResearch
💡A new study by Angus Australia and @csiropublishing.bsky.social added a fertility measure, #HeiferConception into the index.
#AgResearch
October 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
🐄 Fertility varies among young female cows (heifers). Until recently, the Angus HeiferSELECT index focused on growth and carcase traits, not fertility.
💡A new study by Angus Australia and @csiropublishing.bsky.social added a fertility measure, #HeiferConception into the index.
#AgResearch
💡A new study by Angus Australia and @csiropublishing.bsky.social added a fertility measure, #HeiferConception into the index.
#AgResearch
🧬A challenging aspect of #IVF process is choosing the best embryo that has potential to give a live birth. #Embryologists will remove embryos from the incubator to assess them under a microscope, a method that’s effective but time-consuming and can slightly disturb the embryos.
October 22, 2025 at 11:05 PM
🧬A challenging aspect of #IVF process is choosing the best embryo that has potential to give a live birth. #Embryologists will remove embryos from the incubator to assess them under a microscope, a method that’s effective but time-consuming and can slightly disturb the embryos.
👨⚕️Healthy Male has released Australia’s first Clinical guidelines for the management of male infertility.
📘 These national guidelines bring together the latest evidence and expert consensus to support clinicians, improve care, and enhance outcomes for men and their partners.
📘 These national guidelines bring together the latest evidence and expert consensus to support clinicians, improve care, and enhance outcomes for men and their partners.
October 14, 2025 at 11:58 PM
👨⚕️Healthy Male has released Australia’s first Clinical guidelines for the management of male infertility.
📘 These national guidelines bring together the latest evidence and expert consensus to support clinicians, improve care, and enhance outcomes for men and their partners.
📘 These national guidelines bring together the latest evidence and expert consensus to support clinicians, improve care, and enhance outcomes for men and their partners.
🧫 Nanoplastics, smaller than 1 micron, are everywhere. These pollutants threaten #humanhealth, #aquaticlife, and soil ecosystems.
🌱 Despite the significant health risks associated with nanoplastics, their impact remains largely unknown due to the difficulty in detecting them.
🌱 Despite the significant health risks associated with nanoplastics, their impact remains largely unknown due to the difficulty in detecting them.
October 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
🧫 Nanoplastics, smaller than 1 micron, are everywhere. These pollutants threaten #humanhealth, #aquaticlife, and soil ecosystems.
🌱 Despite the significant health risks associated with nanoplastics, their impact remains largely unknown due to the difficulty in detecting them.
🌱 Despite the significant health risks associated with nanoplastics, their impact remains largely unknown due to the difficulty in detecting them.
🖤🤍 Swooping season is here!
🇦🇺Australian magpies swoop at anything they see as a threat to protect their young family during nesting season.🪺 This behaviour is “reproduction in action”, a natural way for parents to care for their young.
#swoopingseason #magpieseason
🇦🇺Australian magpies swoop at anything they see as a threat to protect their young family during nesting season.🪺 This behaviour is “reproduction in action”, a natural way for parents to care for their young.
#swoopingseason #magpieseason
October 2, 2025 at 12:51 AM
🖤🤍 Swooping season is here!
🇦🇺Australian magpies swoop at anything they see as a threat to protect their young family during nesting season.🪺 This behaviour is “reproduction in action”, a natural way for parents to care for their young.
#swoopingseason #magpieseason
🇦🇺Australian magpies swoop at anything they see as a threat to protect their young family during nesting season.🪺 This behaviour is “reproduction in action”, a natural way for parents to care for their young.
#swoopingseason #magpieseason
🐄 Rising temperatures are tough on dairy cows - #heatstress can slash milk yields by 25-40% as cows eat less and struggle to stay cool.
🔍 The Heat Tolerance Australian Breeding Value (ABV) helps farmers identify cattle with greater ability to tolerate hot, humid conditions.
🔍 The Heat Tolerance Australian Breeding Value (ABV) helps farmers identify cattle with greater ability to tolerate hot, humid conditions.
September 26, 2025 at 1:46 AM
🐄 Rising temperatures are tough on dairy cows - #heatstress can slash milk yields by 25-40% as cows eat less and struggle to stay cool.
🔍 The Heat Tolerance Australian Breeding Value (ABV) helps farmers identify cattle with greater ability to tolerate hot, humid conditions.
🔍 The Heat Tolerance Australian Breeding Value (ABV) helps farmers identify cattle with greater ability to tolerate hot, humid conditions.
📢 Our final GRS × RHA collaboration campaign for 2025 is here!
🚹 1 in 12 Aussie men experience infertility, so early awareness is key.
👉 Swipe to learn more about #spermhealth screening.
#malefertility #malefertilityawarness #spermhealth #reproductivehealth
🚹 1 in 12 Aussie men experience infertility, so early awareness is key.
👉 Swipe to learn more about #spermhealth screening.
#malefertility #malefertilityawarness #spermhealth #reproductivehealth
September 16, 2025 at 12:52 AM
📢 Our final GRS × RHA collaboration campaign for 2025 is here!
🚹 1 in 12 Aussie men experience infertility, so early awareness is key.
👉 Swipe to learn more about #spermhealth screening.
#malefertility #malefertilityawarness #spermhealth #reproductivehealth
🚹 1 in 12 Aussie men experience infertility, so early awareness is key.
👉 Swipe to learn more about #spermhealth screening.
#malefertility #malefertilityawarness #spermhealth #reproductivehealth
📢 RHA is excited to showcase the work of emerging reproductive health scientists from Monash Uni’s Graduate Diploma of Reproductive Science (GRS). 🧑🔬
🔥 Painful menstrual cramps (#dysmenorrhea) can often disrupt daily life,
👉 Swipe to uncover the science behind #periodpain.
🔥 Painful menstrual cramps (#dysmenorrhea) can often disrupt daily life,
👉 Swipe to uncover the science behind #periodpain.
September 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
📢 RHA is excited to showcase the work of emerging reproductive health scientists from Monash Uni’s Graduate Diploma of Reproductive Science (GRS). 🧑🔬
🔥 Painful menstrual cramps (#dysmenorrhea) can often disrupt daily life,
👉 Swipe to uncover the science behind #periodpain.
🔥 Painful menstrual cramps (#dysmenorrhea) can often disrupt daily life,
👉 Swipe to uncover the science behind #periodpain.
🌸 In honour of #WomensHealthWeek, RHA is excited to share an important campaign created by students from Monash Universities Graduate Diploma of Reproductive Science (GRS). @EprdMonash
👉 Swipe to learn more!
👉 Swipe to learn more!
September 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
🌸 In honour of #WomensHealthWeek, RHA is excited to share an important campaign created by students from Monash Universities Graduate Diploma of Reproductive Science (GRS). @EprdMonash
👉 Swipe to learn more!
👉 Swipe to learn more!
✨This year, RHA is excited to continue our collaboration with Monash University’s Graduate Diploma of Reproductive Science (GRS), sharing the work of emerging #reproductivehealthscientists.
⏳Our opening campaign explores the ‘Egg Timer Test’ (Anti-Müllerian Hormone or AMH test).🥚
⏳Our opening campaign explores the ‘Egg Timer Test’ (Anti-Müllerian Hormone or AMH test).🥚
August 28, 2025 at 12:55 AM
✨This year, RHA is excited to continue our collaboration with Monash University’s Graduate Diploma of Reproductive Science (GRS), sharing the work of emerging #reproductivehealthscientists.
⏳Our opening campaign explores the ‘Egg Timer Test’ (Anti-Müllerian Hormone or AMH test).🥚
⏳Our opening campaign explores the ‘Egg Timer Test’ (Anti-Müllerian Hormone or AMH test).🥚
🐎 Horses produce just one #foal after an eleven-month pregnancy, making #reproductiveefficiency critical. Concerns about inbreeding (which can increase harmful #geneticvariants) led researchers to examine whether it impacts foaling rates in #AustralianThoroughbred #mares.
August 14, 2025 at 1:59 AM
🐎 Horses produce just one #foal after an eleven-month pregnancy, making #reproductiveefficiency critical. Concerns about inbreeding (which can increase harmful #geneticvariants) led researchers to examine whether it impacts foaling rates in #AustralianThoroughbred #mares.
🧬 #Azoospermia, is a severe form of male infertility.
🧪 To retrieve #sperm, men often undergo testicular biopsies. #Embryologists then manually search the tissue under a #microscope to find viable sperm.
🔬 This process is time-consuming, physically draining.
#IVF #RHA
🧪 To retrieve #sperm, men often undergo testicular biopsies. #Embryologists then manually search the tissue under a #microscope to find viable sperm.
🔬 This process is time-consuming, physically draining.
#IVF #RHA
August 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
🧬 #Azoospermia, is a severe form of male infertility.
🧪 To retrieve #sperm, men often undergo testicular biopsies. #Embryologists then manually search the tissue under a #microscope to find viable sperm.
🔬 This process is time-consuming, physically draining.
#IVF #RHA
🧪 To retrieve #sperm, men often undergo testicular biopsies. #Embryologists then manually search the tissue under a #microscope to find viable sperm.
🔬 This process is time-consuming, physically draining.
#IVF #RHA
🐏 In sheep, frozen-thawed sperm used for #artificialinsemination often leads to lower pregnancy rates due to the ewe’s immune system attacking the sperm.
🧫 A new Aussie study looked at whether #seminalplasma can protect frozen sperm from being targeted by #immunecells.
🧫 A new Aussie study looked at whether #seminalplasma can protect frozen sperm from being targeted by #immunecells.
August 1, 2025 at 1:11 AM
🐏 In sheep, frozen-thawed sperm used for #artificialinsemination often leads to lower pregnancy rates due to the ewe’s immune system attacking the sperm.
🧫 A new Aussie study looked at whether #seminalplasma can protect frozen sperm from being targeted by #immunecells.
🧫 A new Aussie study looked at whether #seminalplasma can protect frozen sperm from being targeted by #immunecells.
🧬 Australian reproductive scientists are proudly featured at the @SSRepro 2025 Meeting in Washington, D.C., contributing to global conversations in fertility, genetics, and conservation under this year’s theme: “Uniting Scientific Disciplines for Breakthroughs in Reproduction.
July 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
🧬 Australian reproductive scientists are proudly featured at the @SSRepro 2025 Meeting in Washington, D.C., contributing to global conversations in fertility, genetics, and conservation under this year’s theme: “Uniting Scientific Disciplines for Breakthroughs in Reproduction.
🧪Assisted reproductive technologies rely on #sperm prep methods that can unintentionally damage sperm, lowering motility & increasing #oxidative DNA damage.
🔬 A new Aussie study tested BGP-15, a #noveltherapeutic, and found it boosted motility by 15% & reduced DNA damage.
🔬 A new Aussie study tested BGP-15, a #noveltherapeutic, and found it boosted motility by 15% & reduced DNA damage.
July 17, 2025 at 11:35 PM
🧪Assisted reproductive technologies rely on #sperm prep methods that can unintentionally damage sperm, lowering motility & increasing #oxidative DNA damage.
🔬 A new Aussie study tested BGP-15, a #noveltherapeutic, and found it boosted motility by 15% & reduced DNA damage.
🔬 A new Aussie study tested BGP-15, a #noveltherapeutic, and found it boosted motility by 15% & reduced DNA damage.
🐸 Chytridiomycosis - a deadly fungal disease - has devastated amphibian populations worldwide. Australia’s alpine tree frog (Litoria verreauxii alpina) has been hit hard, with declines across 80% of its range.
#frogs #wildlifeconservation #amphibians #chytridiomycosis
#frogs #wildlifeconservation #amphibians #chytridiomycosis
July 9, 2025 at 12:31 AM
🐸 Chytridiomycosis - a deadly fungal disease - has devastated amphibian populations worldwide. Australia’s alpine tree frog (Litoria verreauxii alpina) has been hit hard, with declines across 80% of its range.
#frogs #wildlifeconservation #amphibians #chytridiomycosis
#frogs #wildlifeconservation #amphibians #chytridiomycosis
🩸 #Endometriosis affects 1 in 7–10 women and is one of the leading causes of chronic #pelvic pain and #subfertility, yet most go undiagnosed for up to a decade due to the lack of non-invasive #diagnostic tools.
July 3, 2025 at 12:06 AM
🩸 #Endometriosis affects 1 in 7–10 women and is one of the leading causes of chronic #pelvic pain and #subfertility, yet most go undiagnosed for up to a decade due to the lack of non-invasive #diagnostic tools.
👥Human males that have #geneticdysfunction in the enzyme that makes #testosterone, HSD17B3, have disrupted male sexual development when they are born. Surprisingly though, mice with HSD17B3 deficiency develop normally and are #fertile - and continue to make testosterone.
June 27, 2025 at 4:23 AM
👥Human males that have #geneticdysfunction in the enzyme that makes #testosterone, HSD17B3, have disrupted male sexual development when they are born. Surprisingly though, mice with HSD17B3 deficiency develop normally and are #fertile - and continue to make testosterone.
🌡️ As global #temperaturesrise and #artificiallight becomes more widespread, researchers are exploring how these stressors interact to shape #organisms behaviour.
🔍 Aussie scientists tested the effects of heat and artificial light on #matingbehaviours of Pacific field cricket.
🔍 Aussie scientists tested the effects of heat and artificial light on #matingbehaviours of Pacific field cricket.
June 18, 2025 at 12:57 AM
🌡️ As global #temperaturesrise and #artificiallight becomes more widespread, researchers are exploring how these stressors interact to shape #organisms behaviour.
🔍 Aussie scientists tested the effects of heat and artificial light on #matingbehaviours of Pacific field cricket.
🔍 Aussie scientists tested the effects of heat and artificial light on #matingbehaviours of Pacific field cricket.
🧬 Sperm are essential for reproduction across #humans, #livestock and #wildlife.
🔍 Until now, sperm #proteomic studies have mostly focused on humans and lab animals, leaving big gaps in our understanding of cross-species #sperm biology.
🔍 Until now, sperm #proteomic studies have mostly focused on humans and lab animals, leaving big gaps in our understanding of cross-species #sperm biology.
June 12, 2025 at 12:24 AM
🧬 Sperm are essential for reproduction across #humans, #livestock and #wildlife.
🔍 Until now, sperm #proteomic studies have mostly focused on humans and lab animals, leaving big gaps in our understanding of cross-species #sperm biology.
🔍 Until now, sperm #proteomic studies have mostly focused on humans and lab animals, leaving big gaps in our understanding of cross-species #sperm biology.
🦘Scientists at the University of Queensland have successfully created the first kangaroo embryo using in vitro fertilisation #IVF - a major breakthrough in #reproductivescience.
🧫A single sperm was injected into a mature egg to form the embryo, a method commonly used in human IVF clinics.
🧫A single sperm was injected into a mature egg to form the embryo, a method commonly used in human IVF clinics.
June 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
🦘Scientists at the University of Queensland have successfully created the first kangaroo embryo using in vitro fertilisation #IVF - a major breakthrough in #reproductivescience.
🧫A single sperm was injected into a mature egg to form the embryo, a method commonly used in human IVF clinics.
🧫A single sperm was injected into a mature egg to form the embryo, a method commonly used in human IVF clinics.