
Left to right: Andrea Isidori, Peter Liu, Csilla Krausz, Dimitrios Goulis, Giovanni Corona, Andreas Meinhardt, Mariano Buffone
ASA & ICA 2025 – ISA Young Andrologist Awards
1/13/25, 10:00 PM
ISA congratulates the winner of the ISA Young Andrologist Awards, who will give a talk at the upcoming ASA/ISA Congress in Washington, D.C., in March 29.
Dear ISA members,
ISA congratulates the winner of the ISA Young Andrologist Awards, who will give a talk at the upcoming ASA/ISA Congress in Washington, D.C., in March 29.
Shimada Keisuke, Japan – “Molecular Mechanism Analysis Involved in Mitochondrial Sheath Formation”
Kherraf Zine-Eddine, France – “Molecular Sperm Factors Underlying Fertilization Failure: Genetic Determinants and Mechanisms”
Judit Castillo, Spain – “What Sperm Proteomics Tell Us About Paternal Contribution Beyond Fertilization”
Luque Guillermina, Argentina – “Identification and Characterization of Novel CatSper Inhibitors as Potential Non-Hormonal Male Contraceptives”
Wyrwoll Margot, Germany – “Introducing the Human Phenotype Ontology into the Field of Non-syndromic Male Infertility”
Kaltsas Aris, Greece – “Predictive Approaches for Sperm Retrieval in Non-Obstructive Azoospermia”
Sansone Andrea, Italy – “Life, Sexual Dysfunctions, and Everything”

Left to right: Andrea Sansone, Keisuke Shimada, Margot Wyrwoll, Judit Castillo, Guillermina Luque, Peter Liu, Zine-Eddine Kherraf, Aris Kaltsas, Shinnosuke Kuroda, Sue Hammoud
The General assembly took place on March 31st and the new executive board of the ISA was elected: Prof Csilla Krausz (Italy) has been elected as the new President, Prof Wei Yan (USA) is the new Secretary, and Prof Michael Zitzmann (Germany) has been appointed as the new treasurer.
On top of this, the ISA also celebrated the two past executive boards with a plaque for each of the previous members: Prof Andreas Meinhardt (President 2017-2020), Prof Andrea Isidori (Treasurer 2017-2020), Peter Liu (President 2020-2025 and Secretary 2017-2020), Giovanni Corona (Secretary 2020-2025) and Dimitrios Goulis (Treasurer 2020-2025).


Left to right: Peter Liu, Andreas Meinhardt, Andrea Isidori