Projects per year
Personal profile
Expertise
Prof Dr Ellen Goossens graduated in Biomedical Sciences at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in 2000. She is trained in male fertility preservation under supervision of Prof. Dr. Herman Tournaye at the laboratory Biology of the Testis of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, where she obtained her doctoral degree in 2006. She undertook postdoctoral training in the same lab and became lab coordinator in 2012. Currently, she is chairman of the research group Biology of the Testis and focusses on cryopreservation, transplantation and in vitro differentiation of spermatogonial stem cells.
She has published more than 80 papers in (inter)national journals and contributed to 7 book chapters. She has been invited to speak at many national and international conferences. In 2011, she was awarded the prize of the Royal Belgian Academy for Medicine for her work on prevention of infertility after chemo- or radiotherapy.
Ellen Goossens is affiliated to the faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. She is exchange coordinator for bachelor and master students Biomedical Sciences. She is basic science officer of the ESHRE Special Interest Group Andrology and associate editor for two peer-reviewed journals in the field of reproduction.
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IWTSBO13: SEGa - The Science and Ethics of stem cell-derived Gametes
1/02/16 → 31/01/20
Project: Applied
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EU470: GROWSPERM: Development of in vitro and in vivo strategies to avoid and cure male infertility.
1/05/14 → 30/04/18
Project: Fundamental
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OZR4004: OZR Backup mandate: Human testicular organoids: developing the missing toxicological model for the human testis
Goossens, E. & Madureira Silva, S.
1/11/22 → 31/10/23
Project: Fundamental
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SRP89: SRP-Groeifinanciering: The spermatogonial stem cell: the key to prevention and treatment of male infertility
1/10/22 → 30/09/27
Project: Fundamental
Research output
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Fertility preservation in boys: recent developments and new insights †
Goossens, E., Jahnukainen, K., Mitchell, RT., Pelt, AMM. V., Pennings, G., Rives, N., Poels, J., Wyns, C., Lane, S., Rodriguez-Wallberg, KA., Rives, A., Valli-Pulaski, H., Steimer, S., Kliesch, S., Braye, A., Andres, MM., Medrano, J., Ramos, L., Kristensen, SG., Andersen, CY. & 4 others, , 1 Mar 2020, In: Human reproduction open. 2020, 3, hoaa016.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Childhood cancer and hematological disorders negatively affect spermatogonial quantity at diagnosis: a retrospective study of a male fertility preservation cohort
Masliukaite, I., Ntemou, E., Feijen, E. A. M., van de Wetering, M., Meissner, A., Soufan, A. T., Repping, S., Kremer, L. M. C., Jahnukainen, K., Goossens, E. & van Pelt, A. M. M., 1 Mar 2023, In: Human Reproduction. 38, 3, p. 359-370 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Completion of meiosis in mouse testicular organoids with improved germ cell survival and restoration of a tissue-specific architecture
Richer, G., Vanhaecke, T., Goossens, E. & Baert, Y., 26 Jun 2023, (Unpublished).Research output: Unpublished contribution to conference › Poster
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Gonadal development and function after immature testicular tissue banking as part of high-risk gonadotoxic treatment
Braye, A., Delgouffe, E., van der Werff Ten Bosch, J., Gies, I., Ferster, A. & Goossens, E., Aug 2023, In: Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 70, 8, 11 p., e30370.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Micro RNA in Semen/Urine from Non-Obstructive Azoospermia Patients as Biomarkers to Predict the Presence of Testicular Spermatozoa and Spermatogonia
Willems, M., Devriendt, C., Olsen, C., Caljon, B., Janssen, T., Gies, I., Vloeberghs, V., Tournaye, H., Saen, D. V. & Goossens, E., 23 Feb 2023, In: Life. 13, 3, 616.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
Datasets
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miRNA in semen and urine of NOA patients
Goossens, E. (Project Manager) & Willems, M. (Data Collector), Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO), 2023
DOI: GSE224511
Dataset
Prizes
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Prijs Dr. Luc Broeckaert an Mevr Annie Depreeuw
Goossens, Ellen (Recipient), 19 Nov 2011
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Fertility preservation: Translation into the clinic
Ellen Goossens (Keynote speaker)
8 Dec 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Testicular organoids as a test model for in-vitro spermatogenesis
Ellen Goossens (Speaker)
16 Nov 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Testicular mosaicism in non-mosaic Klinefelter Syndrome patients with focal spermatogenesis
Ellen Goossens (Contributor) & Semir Gül (Speaker)
27 Jun 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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39th Annual meeting of ESHRE
Ellen Goossens (Chair)
25 Jun 2023 → 28 Jun 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Université catholique de Louvain (External organisation)
Ellen Goossens (Jury)
1 Sep 2023Activity: Membership › Member of PhD committee
Press/Media
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Primeur: nieuwe techniek om mannen weer vruchtbaar te maken na kanker (interview)
10/02/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
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Vlaamse onderzoeksgroep krijgt goedkeuring om via transplantatie mannen weer vruchtbaar te maken na kankerbehandeling als kind
29/01/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Other
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Belgische wetenschappers krijgen groen licht om mannen opnieuw vruchtbaar te maken na kankerbehandeling als kind.
28/01/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Other
Thesis
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Cultuuroptimalisatie en transplantatie van testiculaire stamcellen in een muismodel
Author: Goossens, E. & Tournaye, H., 2000Supervisor: Tournaye, H. (Promotor)
Student thesis: Master's Thesis
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Mechanisms of testicular fibrosis in Klinefelter syndrome
Author: Seßenhausen, P., Willems, M., Goossens, E. & Van Saen, D., 15 Jun 2021Student thesis: Master's Thesis
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Protein expression during testicular development
Author: Oriza Calvo, E., Van Saen, D. & Goossens, E., Sep 2015Student thesis: Master's Thesis
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Spermatogonial based models for male fertility preservation
Author: Goossens, E., portela, J., Ans, M. V. P., Schlatt, S., Repping, S. & Neuhaus, N., 23 Jun 2020Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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The influence of transgender therapy on the testicular environment
Author: Kerckx, J., Willems, M., Goossens, E. & Van Saen, D., 24 Jun 2021Student thesis: Master's Thesis