Prof. Dr. Björn Heindryckx

Professor Dr. Björn Heindryckx is the principal investigator at the Ghent-Fertility and Stem Cell Team (G-FaST), Department for Reproductive Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium. He has guided 18 completed Ph.D. theses and is currently a promotor of 8 Ph.D. students. Former coordinator of the Special Interest Group for Stem Cells at ESHRE, he co-founded the Belgian Society for Stem Cell Research (BeSSCR). Further, he holds the prestigious position of former Vice-President of the Belgian Society for Reproductive Medicine. Notably, he has authored and co-authored 123 A1 publications.

Main topics of research: Failed fertilisation and embryo developmental arrest after ICSI / Nuclear Transfer to overcome mitochondrial diseases and female-related Infertility/ CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing in the mouse and human germline/ Female fertility preservation / In vitro gametogenesis.