Rod Mitchell
@rodtmitchell.bsky.social
Research lead for male fertility preservation in children with cancer. Professor & Paediatric Endocrinologist. Family 🧑🧑🧒🧒 & ⚽️ (usually in that order🤣)
Well all things have to come to an end 😢
It has been an absolute pleasure to perform ‘Talking Bollocks’ at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Thanks to @suziemo The Provocateurs and @StandComedyClub teams for making a little boys dream come true 🙏
It has been an absolute pleasure to perform ‘Talking Bollocks’ at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Thanks to @suziemo The Provocateurs and @StandComedyClub teams for making a little boys dream come true 🙏
August 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Well all things have to come to an end 😢
It has been an absolute pleasure to perform ‘Talking Bollocks’ at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Thanks to @suziemo The Provocateurs and @StandComedyClub teams for making a little boys dream come true 🙏
It has been an absolute pleasure to perform ‘Talking Bollocks’ at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Thanks to @suziemo The Provocateurs and @StandComedyClub teams for making a little boys dream come true 🙏
Delighted to say that registration is now open for this years UK Fertility Preservation Annual conference. Clinical Frontiers in Fertility Preservation is organised by @BritFertSoc and has a great programme. Check it out and register here 👉 www.britishfertilitysociety.org.uk/civicrm/even...
August 15, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Delighted to say that registration is now open for this years UK Fertility Preservation Annual conference. Clinical Frontiers in Fertility Preservation is organised by @BritFertSoc and has a great programme. Check it out and register here 👉 www.britishfertilitysociety.org.uk/civicrm/even...
Super-excited that the incredible Ria Lina ⭐⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ @rialina.com will be hosting #TalkingBollocks 🍒 & #ChildrensMoney 💰 at the @standcomedyclub.bsky.social on 5th August.
Tickets now available for this Edinburgh Fringe Festival @edfringe.bsky.social show 👇
🎟️ www.edfringe.com/tickets/what... 🎟️
Tickets now available for this Edinburgh Fringe Festival @edfringe.bsky.social show 👇
🎟️ www.edfringe.com/tickets/what... 🎟️
July 27, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Super-excited that the incredible Ria Lina ⭐⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ @rialina.com will be hosting #TalkingBollocks 🍒 & #ChildrensMoney 💰 at the @standcomedyclub.bsky.social on 5th August.
Tickets now available for this Edinburgh Fringe Festival @edfringe.bsky.social show 👇
🎟️ www.edfringe.com/tickets/what... 🎟️
Tickets now available for this Edinburgh Fringe Festival @edfringe.bsky.social show 👇
🎟️ www.edfringe.com/tickets/what... 🎟️
An impressive erection 😳 and a sperm still intent on chasing the egg… even in 35 degrees of heat. Paris is the perfect setting for #ESHRE2025. Safe travels and see you tomorrow @ESHRE 🇫🇷
June 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
An impressive erection 😳 and a sperm still intent on chasing the egg… even in 35 degrees of heat. Paris is the perfect setting for #ESHRE2025. Safe travels and see you tomorrow @ESHRE 🇫🇷
KICK-OFF ⚽️ for this exciting new @EU_Commission project. The PREDICT-AYA study is a €6.4M project to identify predictive factors for future reproductive health & #fertility in AYA/TYA with cancer. Delighted to be leading the male WP with Csilla Krausz. #FertilityPreservation
June 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
KICK-OFF ⚽️ for this exciting new @EU_Commission project. The PREDICT-AYA study is a €6.4M project to identify predictive factors for future reproductive health & #fertility in AYA/TYA with cancer. Delighted to be leading the male WP with Csilla Krausz. #FertilityPreservation
Looking forward to chairing today’s @ESHRE webinar by Peter Schlegel on TESE for young males as part of the Addressing Today’s Biggest Challenges series. @SIGFertPreser. You can find out more about this series here 👉 www.eshre.eu/Education/We...
May 27, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Looking forward to chairing today’s @ESHRE webinar by Peter Schlegel on TESE for young males as part of the Addressing Today’s Biggest Challenges series. @SIGFertPreser. You can find out more about this series here 👉 www.eshre.eu/Education/We...
Lovely evening with the testis and ovary teams 😆, welcoming new team members. Team testis were lost in space but managed to escape 🚀 …just 😉
May 21, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Lovely evening with the testis and ovary teams 😆, welcoming new team members. Team testis were lost in space but managed to escape 🚀 …just 😉
Fantastic ‘How do I manage…’ session on Graves Disease from Tim Cheetham @EuroSPE today. Always provides a common sense approach to managing patients and even a nod to the ‘Toon Army’ at the end ⚽️
#ConnectingEndocrinology2025 #EndocrinologyAcrossTheLifeCourse
#ConnectingEndocrinology2025 #EndocrinologyAcrossTheLifeCourse
May 12, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Fantastic ‘How do I manage…’ session on Graves Disease from Tim Cheetham @EuroSPE today. Always provides a common sense approach to managing patients and even a nod to the ‘Toon Army’ at the end ⚽️
#ConnectingEndocrinology2025 #EndocrinologyAcrossTheLifeCourse
#ConnectingEndocrinology2025 #EndocrinologyAcrossTheLifeCourse
Heading to #espe2025 in Denmark 🇩🇰 after a short trip to Latvia 🇱🇻 to speak at the International Workshop
Andrology and Reproductive Medicine in Riga. My Latvian may not be up to much but I think I can work out what this room is for 😉 #ConnectingEndocrinology2025
Andrology and Reproductive Medicine in Riga. My Latvian may not be up to much but I think I can work out what this room is for 😉 #ConnectingEndocrinology2025
May 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Heading to #espe2025 in Denmark 🇩🇰 after a short trip to Latvia 🇱🇻 to speak at the International Workshop
Andrology and Reproductive Medicine in Riga. My Latvian may not be up to much but I think I can work out what this room is for 😉 #ConnectingEndocrinology2025
Andrology and Reproductive Medicine in Riga. My Latvian may not be up to much but I think I can work out what this room is for 😉 #ConnectingEndocrinology2025
Rounding off the talks from the Edinburgh team, we have @kathleensuffin.bsky.social with a great talk on in-vitro exposure to chemotherapy in the testis 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #FertilityPreservation.
April 17, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Rounding off the talks from the Edinburgh team, we have @kathleensuffin.bsky.social with a great talk on in-vitro exposure to chemotherapy in the testis 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #FertilityPreservation.
Lovely talk from @GraceForsyth13 on an in-vivo model for chemotherapy exposure in the #testis. Important work for developing strategies for #FertilityPreservation 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
April 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Lovely talk from @GraceForsyth13 on an in-vivo model for chemotherapy exposure in the #testis. Important work for developing strategies for #FertilityPreservation 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
The paper is now published in @Repro_Fertility 👉 raf.bioscientifica.com/view/journal...
April 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
The paper is now published in @Repro_Fertility 👉 raf.bioscientifica.com/view/journal...
European Testis Workshop #ETW2025 in The Netherlands. The highlight of the calendar for testis 🥎 🎱 ⚽️ 🏉 enthusiasts. This time (as opposed to Washington!) some of the lab team are actually here IRL 😉😂😂😂
April 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
European Testis Workshop #ETW2025 in The Netherlands. The highlight of the calendar for testis 🥎 🎱 ⚽️ 🏉 enthusiasts. This time (as opposed to Washington!) some of the lab team are actually here IRL 😉😂😂😂
👨 Are you a young man (>16yrs):
✅ diagnosed with cancer aged 11-25?
We would love to hear your views on a new resource, designed to help young males with #cancer with their #fertility & #FertilityPreservation. If you can help or want to learn more please get in touch 👇
✅ diagnosed with cancer aged 11-25?
We would love to hear your views on a new resource, designed to help young males with #cancer with their #fertility & #FertilityPreservation. If you can help or want to learn more please get in touch 👇
April 5, 2025 at 8:13 AM
👨 Are you a young man (>16yrs):
✅ diagnosed with cancer aged 11-25?
We would love to hear your views on a new resource, designed to help young males with #cancer with their #fertility & #FertilityPreservation. If you can help or want to learn more please get in touch 👇
✅ diagnosed with cancer aged 11-25?
We would love to hear your views on a new resource, designed to help young males with #cancer with their #fertility & #FertilityPreservation. If you can help or want to learn more please get in touch 👇
Enjoying some great science and discussion at #ASA_ICA25Conf in Washington, surrounded by many of the legends in #Andrology 🕺💃. Looking forward to presenting the work of @edinfertility, the @ORCHID_NET_Fert consortium and of course, the fantastic lab team 🙏👇👇👇
March 31, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Enjoying some great science and discussion at #ASA_ICA25Conf in Washington, surrounded by many of the legends in #Andrology 🕺💃. Looking forward to presenting the work of @edinfertility, the @ORCHID_NET_Fert consortium and of course, the fantastic lab team 🙏👇👇👇
👀 We are looking for males aged 11-25 who have had #cancer (or their family members) to help develop a new @CFMyoungmen resource to support young people make decisions about future #fertility. #CCLG2025. See below for how to get involved 👇
March 25, 2025 at 7:22 AM
👀 We are looking for males aged 11-25 who have had #cancer (or their family members) to help develop a new @CFMyoungmen resource to support young people make decisions about future #fertility. #CCLG2025. See below for how to get involved 👇
🚨 Calling all UK Paediatric Oncologists/
Haematologists 🚨 at #CCLG2025. We will update on our clinical trial to restore #Fertility in young males after cancer treatment. WE NEED YOUR HELP 🗣️ to find eligible patients. Come along to #CCLG25 tomorrow to find out more👇
Haematologists 🚨 at #CCLG2025. We will update on our clinical trial to restore #Fertility in young males after cancer treatment. WE NEED YOUR HELP 🗣️ to find eligible patients. Come along to #CCLG25 tomorrow to find out more👇
March 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
🚨 Calling all UK Paediatric Oncologists/
Haematologists 🚨 at #CCLG2025. We will update on our clinical trial to restore #Fertility in young males after cancer treatment. WE NEED YOUR HELP 🗣️ to find eligible patients. Come along to #CCLG25 tomorrow to find out more👇
Haematologists 🚨 at #CCLG2025. We will update on our clinical trial to restore #Fertility in young males after cancer treatment. WE NEED YOUR HELP 🗣️ to find eligible patients. Come along to #CCLG25 tomorrow to find out more👇
We would love to get the input of @younglivesvscancer.bsky.social Voice Hub for developing a resource to help young males with cancer make decisions about future fertility 👇
March 7, 2025 at 9:30 AM
We would love to get the input of @younglivesvscancer.bsky.social Voice Hub for developing a resource to help young males with cancer make decisions about future fertility 👇
All set for ‘IVF-47 Years Later’ in the beautiful city of Athens. I will be talking about #FertilityPreservation in boys, including the work being done @edinfertility and @ORCHID_NET_Fert 😊
March 7, 2025 at 7:48 AM
All set for ‘IVF-47 Years Later’ in the beautiful city of Athens. I will be talking about #FertilityPreservation in boys, including the work being done @edinfertility and @ORCHID_NET_Fert 😊
👀 We are looking for males aged 11-25 who have had #cancer (or their family members) to help develop a new @CFMyoungmen resource to support young people make decisions about future #fertility. See below for how to get involved 👇
March 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
👀 We are looking for males aged 11-25 who have had #cancer (or their family members) to help develop a new @CFMyoungmen resource to support young people make decisions about future #fertility. See below for how to get involved 👇
Congratulations Margit Bistrup Fischer on defending her #PhD on Paracetamol effects on Ovarian Function. It was a pleasure to be an examiner 😊.
PS: I think all PhD defences should end with a song written for the candidate…not that I understood the Danish (except Nutella) 😂
PS: I think all PhD defences should end with a song written for the candidate…not that I understood the Danish (except Nutella) 😂
February 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Congratulations Margit Bistrup Fischer on defending her #PhD on Paracetamol effects on Ovarian Function. It was a pleasure to be an examiner 😊.
PS: I think all PhD defences should end with a song written for the candidate…not that I understood the Danish (except Nutella) 😂
PS: I think all PhD defences should end with a song written for the candidate…not that I understood the Danish (except Nutella) 😂
Last nights @srf_societyuk ‘Bits & Bobs - The Anatomy of Sex’ was a rip-roaring success! 200 tickets sold & more squeezed in 🤫. Activities included clay modelling genitals, crocheting sperm & The Wandering Womb ⛺️. Inspiring to see public so engaged in the science 🧪 🧫 🧬
February 15, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Last nights @srf_societyuk ‘Bits & Bobs - The Anatomy of Sex’ was a rip-roaring success! 200 tickets sold & more squeezed in 🤫. Activities included clay modelling genitals, crocheting sperm & The Wandering Womb ⛺️. Inspiring to see public so engaged in the science 🧪 🧫 🧬
‘Gieing it laldy’ at the #Fertility2025 conference dinner. The Edinburgh team entertaining the crowd with a very lively ‘Bandaoke’ rendition of #500miles 🎤 🕺🎶 💃 DaDaDaDa…
January 13, 2025 at 7:27 AM
‘Gieing it laldy’ at the #Fertility2025 conference dinner. The Edinburgh team entertaining the crowd with a very lively ‘Bandaoke’ rendition of #500miles 🎤 🕺🎶 💃 DaDaDaDa…