Gamete Biology Lab (GametoLab)
Mammalian spermatozoa do not have fertilizing capacity when they are ejaculated; they acquire it during transit through the female reproductive tract in a process called capacitation.
In this process, biochemical changes occur in the sperm that determine important functions such as hyperactivation and acrosomal exocytosis.
The general objective of our laboratory is to study the molecular and cellular mechanisms associated with sperm capacitation in mammals, and consequently with the development of hyperactivated motility and acrosomal exocytosis, essential for fertilization.
Research area laboratories
Cellular and Molecular Reproductive Biology
Dr. Mariano Buffone
Proteoglycan and Extracellular Matrix Chemistry
Dr. Juan Carlos Calvo
Gamete Biology Lab (GametoLab)
Dra. Débora J. Cohen, PhD
Molecular Mechanisms of Fertilization
Dra. Patricia S. Cuasnicú
Testicular Physiology
Dra. María Eugenia Matzkin
Endometrial Pathophysiology
Dra. Gabriela Meresman
Studies of the Physiopathology of the Ovary
Dra. María Fernanda Parborell
Hormonal regulation in Reproduction
Dra. Patricia Saragüeta
Tumor Physiology and Biology of the Ovary
Dra. Marta Tesone
Cell-Cell Interaction Studies in Reproduction and Cancer
Dra. Mónica Hebe Vazquez-Levin
