LARS BJÖRNDAHL
DEGREES AND EDUCATION
1992 Specialist in Clinical Chemistry
1990 Professional Authorization as Physician
1986 Ph D, Karolinska Institute
1982 Medical degree, Karolinska Institute
EMPLOYMENTS
2010-
20082004-5
2002-5
2002-4
2001-2
1995-10
1993-95
1990-93
1987-90
1978-90
Senior Consultant Physician in Andrology, Centre for Andrology and Sexual Medicine, Clinic
for Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge,
Stockholm, Sweden
Consultant, the National Cell and Tissue Project (SKL Sveriges Kommuner och Landsting)
Director of Andrology, Assisted Conception Unit, Birmingham Women’s Hospital
Honorary Senior Lecturer in Division of Reproductive and Child Health – Obstetrics &
Gynaecology, University of Birmingham
Scientist in Human Reproductive Biology, Assisted Conception Unit, Birmingham Women’s
Hospital
Research Fellow, Grade II, Department of Medicine, Reproductive Biology and Genetics Group
in collaboration with Assisted Conception Unit, Birmingham Women’s Hospital
Advisory physician, Andrology laboratory, Andrology Centre, Karolinska Hospital and Centre
for Andrology and Sexual Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital.
Andrology laboratory, Reproductive Medicine Centre (Karolinska Hospital)
Clinical chemistry (Karolinska Hospital)
Internship (medicine, surgery, psychiatry, general medicine) 21 months
Various employments (including university lecturer), Department of Physiology, Karolinska
Institutet
RECENT SCIENTIFIC COMMISSIONS
20112010200920072005-09
2004-08
2000-02
1995-
Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Andrology
Associate Editor, Human Reproduction
Scientific Secretary of the Swedish Society of Andrology
Elected President of the Nordic Association for Andrology (NAFA)
Member of the Editorial Committee, WHO manual on semen analysis
Co-ordinator of the ESHRE Special Interest Group in Andrology
Member of the International Advisory Committee, IXth International Symposium on
Spermatology, Cape Town, October 2002.
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
1990
1985
1985
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Tours, France: Laboratoire de la Reproduction et du FIV (Dep
Obstetric-Gynecologie)
Department of Anatomy and Reproduction, University of Hawaii at Manoa Valley
Environmental Protection Agency, Reproductive Toxicology Bransch, Research Triangle Park
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
A] Primary Data
2009 Kirkman-Brown J and Björndahl L. Evaluation of a disposable plastic Neubauer counting chamber
for semen analysis. Fertil Steril, 91: 627-631..
2006 Björndahl 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.
2005 Björndahl L., Mohammadieh M., Pourian M., Söderlund I. and Kvist U. Contamination by seminal
plasma factors during sperm selection. J Androl; 26(2): 170-3.
2005 Moseley 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
2004 Pixton, 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.
2004 Björndahl, Söderlund, Johansson, Mohammadieh, Pourian, Kvist U. Why the WHO
recommendations for eosin-nigrosin staining techniques for human sperm vitality assessment must
change. J Androl. 25(5):671-8.
2003 Björndahl, Söderlund & Kvist. Evaluation of the one-step eosin-nigrosin staining technique for
human sperm vitality assessment. Hum Reprod 18(4):813-816.
2003 Ola, 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.
2002 Björndahl, Barratt, Fraser, Kvist & Mortimer. ESHRE basic semen analysis courses 1995-1999:
immediate beneficial effects of standardized training. Hum Reprod, 17: 1399-1405.
2002 Cooper, 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
2010 Castilla 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.
2010 Björndahl L, Kvist U. Human sperm chromatin stabilization: a proposed model including zinc
bridges. Molecular human reproduction 16: 23-29.
2008 Björndahl L and Haugen TB. Hva forteller saedanalysen? Norsk Legetidskrift, 2008;128(3):320-3.
2006 Björndahl L, Connelly T, Kirkman-Brown J and Barratt CLR. 2006. Reply: Development of a
novel home sperm test -temperature range. Human Reproduction, 3028-3029.
2006 Björndahl L, Kirkman-Brown J and Barratt CLR. Reply: Development of a novel home sperm test
– What are the limitations? Human Reproduction 3030-3031.
2005 Björndahl L. and Barratt C.L. Semen analysis: setting standards for the measurement of sperm
numbers. J Androl; 26(1): 11
2004 Bjorndahl L., Tomlinson M. and Barratt C.L. Raising standards in semen analysis: professional and
personal responsibility. J Androl; 25(6): 862-3.
2003 Björndahl & 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
2010 Björndahl, Giwercman, Tournaye, Weidner, eds, Textbook on Clinical Andrology Informa
Publishers, London, UK.
2010 Björndahl. Semen analysis – essentials for the clinician. In: Reproductive Endocrinology and
Infertility: The Practical Clinic and Laboratory, Humana Press, Totowa, NJ, USA
2010 Björndahl, Mortimer, Barratt, eds, Handbook on Laboratory Andrology, Cambridge University
Press, Cambridge, UK.
2002 Kvist & 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 – C URRICULUM V ITAE
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