Dr David Skerrett-Byrne’s research is dedicated to understanding the molecular mechanisms governing the sperm of fertile and infertile men, as well as transmission of environmental stress signatures to sperm (epigenetics). All with the goal to lift laboratory andrology from its descriptive past and deliver an impactful molecular future by translating findings to transform the clinical assessment, management, and sexual empowerment of people of reproductive age.He is rapidly emerging as an internationally recognised leader in male reproductive biology, reflected in >40 research articles (>800 citations, from 160 institutions in 47 nations) across multidisciplinary top-tier journals such as Cell Reports (first/corresponding author), and Molecular and Cellular Proteomics (first author). He currently supervises 3 PhD students and has attracted >$2.5 million in competitive grants (>$2.3 million as AI), >10 invited talks including the highly prestigious international quadrennial Congress on the Epididymis (Germany ’22), Australian and NZ Placental Research Association (Australia ‘23) and the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (Netherlands ‘24).
