Robert John Aitken (R John Aitken, R J Aitken, Robert J Aitken)

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Publication Activity (10 Years)

Years Active: 2017-2024
Publications (10 Years): 59

Top Venues

Reproduction (Cambridge, England)

Andrology

Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics

PloS one

University of Newcastle Faculty of Health

University of Cambridge (PHD)

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Affiliation History

University of Newcastle Faculty of Health Sep 17 2013

Australia

Pro Vice Chancellor :: Faculty of Health and Medicine

Medical Research Council Sep 30 1987 - Sep 14 1998

United Kingdom

Special Appointment :: MRC Reproductive Biology Unit

Medical Research Council Sep 30 1982 - Sep 30 1987

United Kingdom

Senior scientist :: MRC Reproductive Biology Unit

Medical Research Council Sep 30 1977 - Sep 30 1982

United Kingdom

Scientist Grade 1 :: MRC Reproductive Biology Unit

Université de Bordeaux Sep 30 1976 - Sep 30 1977

France

Chargé de Recherche :: Laboratoire D'Endocrinologie Expérimentale

World Health Organization Sep 30 1975 - Sep 30 1976

Switzerland

Consultant Scientist :: Human Reproduction Unit (HRP)

University of Edinburgh Sep 30 1973 - Sep 30 1975

United Kingdom

Post Doctoral Fellow :: Institute of Animal Genetics

Education History

University of Cambridge Sep 30 1970 - Sep 30 1973

United Kingdom

PHD :: Veterinary Clinical Studies

Bangor University Sep 30 1969 - Sep 30 1970

United Kingdom

MSC :: Zoology

University of London Sep 30 1967 - Sep 30 1969

United Kingdom

BSC :: Zoology

Publications

Robert John Aitken
Population decline: where demography, social science, and biology intersect. Reproduction (Cambridge, England) 168 (1) (2024)
Alena J Hungerford, Hassan W Bakos, Robert John Aitken
Addition of Vitamin C Mitigates the Loss of Antioxidant Capacity, Vitality and DNA Integrity in Cryopreserved Human Semen Samples. Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) 13 (2) (2024)
Robert John Aitken
Population decline: where demography, social science, and biology intersect. Reproduction (Cambridge, England) 168 (1) (2024)
Robert John Aitken
Population decline: where demography, social science, and biology intersect. Reproduction (Cambridge, England) 168 (1) (2024)
Alena J Hungerford, Hassan W Bakos, Robert John Aitken
Addition of Vitamin C Mitigates the Loss of Antioxidant Capacity, Vitality and DNA Integrity in Cryopreserved Human Semen Samples. Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) 13 (2) (2024)
Edwina F Lawson, Arnab Ghosh, Christopher Grupen, Jacob Netherton, Robert John Aitken, Nathan Druery Smith, Rebecca Lim, Hannah R Drury, Russell Pickford, Zamira Gibb, Mark Baker, Pradeep Singh Tanwar, Aleona Swegen
Investigations into the role of platelet-activating factor in the peri-conception period of the mare. Reproduction (Cambridge, England) 168 (4) (2024)
Robert John Aitken
The Global Decline in Human Fertility: The Post-Transition Trap Hypothesis. Life (Basel, Switzerland) 14 (3) (2024)
Christopher J De Jonge, Christopher L R Barratt, Robert John Aitken, Richard A Anderson, Peter Baker, David Yiu Leung Chan, Mark P Connolly, Michael L Eisenberg, Nicolas Garrido, Niels Jørgensen, Sarah Kimmins, Csilla Krausz, Robert I McLachlan, Craig Niederberger, Brendan J Houston, Allan A Pacey, Laerke Priskorn, Satu Rautakallio-Hokkanen, Gamal Serour, Joris A Veltman, Donna L Vogel, Mónica Hebe Vazquez-Levin
Current global status of male reproductive health. Human reproduction open 2024 (2) (2024)
Christopher J De Jonge, Christopher L R Barratt, Robert John Aitken, Richard A Anderson, Peter Baker, David Yiu Leung Chan, Mark P Connolly, Michael L Eisenberg, Nicolas Garrido, Niels Jørgensen, Sarah Kimmins, Csilla Krausz, Robert I McLachlan, Craig Niederberger, Brendan J Houston, Allan A Pacey, Laerke Priskorn, Satu Rautakallio-Hokkanen, Gamal Serour, Joris A Veltman, Donna L Vogel, Mónica Hebe Vazquez-Levin
Current global status of male reproductive health. Human reproduction open 2024 (2) (2024)
Barbara Fraser, Alex Wilkins, Sara Whiting, Mingtao Liang, Diane Rebourcet, Brett Nixon, Robert John Aitken
Development of peptides for targeting cell ablation agents concurrently to the Sertoli and Leydig cell populations of the testes: An approach to non-surgical sterilization. PloS one 19 (4) (2024)
Robert John Aitken
Population decline: where demography, social science, and biology intersect. Reproduction (Cambridge, England) 168 (1) (2024)
Zamira Gibb, Robert John Aitken, Alecia R Sheridan, Brandan Holt, Stephanie Waugh, Aleona Swegen
The effects of oxidative stress and intracellular calcium on mitochondrial permeability transition pore formation in equine spermatozoa. FASEB bioAdvances 6 (6) (2024)
Barbara Fraser, Alex Wilkins, Sara Whiting, Mingtao Liang, Diane Rebourcet, Brett Nixon, Robert John Aitken
Development of peptides for targeting cell ablation agents concurrently to the Sertoli and Leydig cell populations of the testes: An approach to non-surgical sterilization. PloS one 19 (4) (2024)
Zamira Gibb, Robert John Aitken, Alecia R Sheridan, Brandan Holt, Stephanie Waugh, Aleona Swegen
The effects of oxidative stress and intracellular calcium on mitochondrial permeability transition pore formation in equine spermatozoa. FASEB bioAdvances 6 (6) (2024)
Edwina F Lawson, Arnab Ghosh, Christopher Grupen, Jacob Netherton, Robert John Aitken, Nathan Druery Smith, Rebecca Lim, Hannah R Drury, Russell Pickford, Zamira Gibb, Mark Baker, Pradeep Singh Tanwar, Aleona Swegen
Investigations into the role of platelet-activating factor in the peri-conception period of the mare. Reproduction (Cambridge, England) 168 (4) (2024)
Barbara Fraser, Alex Wilkins, Sara Whiting, Mingtao Liang, Diane Rebourcet, Brett Nixon, Robert John Aitken
Development of peptides for targeting cell ablation agents concurrently to the Sertoli and Leydig cell populations of the testes: An approach to non-surgical sterilization. PloS one 19 (4) (2024)
Feifei Zhao, Mengyu Fan, Zhiyang Jing, Yanxu Zhang, Yanlin Wang, Congli Zhou, Yang Liu, Robert John Aitken, Xue Xia
Engineered nanoparticles potentials in male reproduction. Andrology (2024)
Robert John Aitken
Population decline: where demography, social science, and biology intersect. Reproduction (Cambridge, England) 168 (1) (2024)
Robert John Aitken
The Global Decline in Human Fertility: The Post-Transition Trap Hypothesis. Life (Basel, Switzerland) 14 (3) (2024)
Robert John Aitken, Sarah Lambourne, Ashlee Jade Medica
Predicting the outcome of Thoroughbred stallion matings on the basis of dismount semen sample analyses. Reproduction (Cambridge, England) 165 (3) (2023)
Elisa Hug, Pauline Villeneuve, Stephanie Bravard, Areski Chorfa, Christelle Damon-Soubeyrand, Stephen G Somkuti, Aron Moazamian, Robert John Aitken, Parviz Gharagozloo, Joël R Drevet, Fabrice Saez
Loss of Nuclear/DNA Integrity in Mouse Epididymal Spermatozoa after Short-Term Exposure to Low Doses of Dibutyl Phthalate or Bisphenol AF and Its Mitigation by Oral Antioxidant Supplementation. Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) 12 (5) (2023)
Robert John Aitken, Marie Claude Hofmann
DNA damage in testicular germ cells and spermatozoa. When and how is it induced? How should we measure it? What does it mean? Andrology (2023)
Zacary P Germon, Jonathan R Sillar, Abdul Mannan, Ryan J Duchatel, Dilana E Staudt, Heather C Murray, Izac J Findlay, Evangeline R Jackson, Holly P McEwen, Alicia M Douglas, Tabitha McLachlan, John E Schjenken, David A Skerrett-Byrne, Honggang Huang, Marcella Nunes de Melo-Braga, Maximilian W Plank, Frank Alvaro, Janis Chamberlain, Geoffry N De Iuliis, Robert John Aitken, Brett Nixon, Andrew H Wei, Anoop K Enjeti, Yizhou Huang, Richard B Lock, Martin Røssel Larsen, Heather J Lee, Vijesh Vaghjiani, Jason E Cain, Charles E de Bock, Nicole M Verrills, Matthew D Dun
Blockade of ROS production inhibits oncogenic signaling in acute myeloid leukemia and amplifies response to precision therapies. Science signaling 16 (778) (2023)
Robert John Aitken, Sarah Lambourne, Ashlee Jade Medica
Predicting the outcome of Thoroughbred stallion matings on the basis of dismount semen sample analyses. Reproduction (Cambridge, England) 165 (3) (2023)
Zacary P Germon, Jonathan R Sillar, Abdul Mannan, Ryan J Duchatel, Dilana E Staudt, Heather C Murray, Izac J Findlay, Evangeline R Jackson, Holly P McEwen, Alicia M Douglas, Tabitha McLachlan, John E Schjenken, David A Skerrett-Byrne, Honggang Huang, Marcella Nunes de Melo-Braga, Maximilian W Plank, Frank Alvaro, Janis Chamberlain, Geoffry N De Iuliis, Robert John Aitken, Brett Nixon, Andrew H Wei, Anoop K Enjeti, Yizhou Huang, Richard B Lock, Martin Røssel Larsen, Heather J Lee, Vijesh Vaghjiani, Jason E Cain, Charles E de Bock, Nicole M Verrills, Matthew D Dun
Blockade of ROS production inhibits oncogenic signaling in acute myeloid leukemia and amplifies response to precision therapies. Science signaling 16 (778) (2023)
Robert John Aitken
Sperm DNA integrity: a special issue exploring the causes, consequences, and treatment of DNA damage in human spermatozoa. Andrology 11 (8) (2023)
Ashlee Jade Medica, Sarah Lambourne, Robert John Aitken
Predicting the Outcome of Equine Artificial Inseminations Using Chilled Semen. Animals : an open access journal from MDPI 13 (7) (2023)
Robert John Aitken, Marie Claude Hofmann
DNA damage in testicular germ cells and spermatozoa. When and how is it induced? How should we measure it? What does it mean? Andrology (2023)
Robert John Aitken, Sarah Lambourne, Ashlee Jade Medica
Predicting the outcome of Thoroughbred stallion matings on the basis of dismount semen sample analyses. Reproduction (Cambridge, England) 165 (3) (2023)
Robert John Aitken, Sarah Lambourne, Ashlee Jade Medica
Predicting the outcome of Thoroughbred stallion matings on the basis of dismount semen sample analyses. Reproduction (Cambridge, England) 165 (3) (2023)
Robert John Aitken
Male reproductive ageing: a radical road to ruin. Human reproduction (Oxford, England) (2023)
Robert John Aitken, Sarah Lambourne, Ashlee Jade Medica
Predicting the outcome of Thoroughbred stallion matings on the basis of dismount semen sample analyses. Reproduction (Cambridge, England) 165 (3) (2023)
Farnaz Shapouri, Tara Mahendran, Mirudhubashini Govindarajan, Philip Xie, Olena Kocur, Gianpiero D Palermo, Hassan W Bakos, Aisling Ahlström, Gunilla Caisander, Bo Xu, Shun Bai, Sarah Lambourne, Robert John Aitken
A comparison between the Felix™ electrophoretic system of sperm isolation and conventional density gradient centrifugation: a multicentre analysis. Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics (2022)
Jacinta H Martin, Brett Nixon, Shenae L Cafe, Robert John Aitken, Elizabeth G Bromfield, Tessa Lord
OXIDATIVE STRESS AND REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION: Oxidative stress and in vitro ageing of the post-ovulatory oocyte: an update on recent advances in the field. Reproduction (Cambridge, England) 164 (6) (2022)
Farnaz Shapouri, Tara Mahendran, Mirudhubashini Govindarajan, Philip Xie, Olena Kocur, Gianpiero D Palermo, Hassan W Bakos, Aisling Ahlström, Gunilla Caisander, Bo Xu, Shun Bai, Sarah Lambourne, Robert John Aitken
A comparison between the Felix™ electrophoretic system of sperm isolation and conventional density gradient centrifugation: a multicentre analysis. Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics 40 (1) (2022)
Robert John Aitken
Oxidative stress and reproductive function. Reproduction (Cambridge, England) 164 (6) (2022)
Nathan D Burke, Brett Nixon, Shaun D Roman, John E Schjenken, Jessica L H Walters, Robert John Aitken, Elizabeth G Bromfield
Male infertility and somatic health - insights into lipid damage as a mechanistic link. Nature reviews. Urology 19 (12) (2022)
Farnaz Shapouri, Tara Mahendran, Mirudhubashini Govindarajan, Philip Xie, Olena Kocur, Gianpiero D Palermo, Hassan W Bakos, Aisling Ahlström, Gunilla Caisander, Bo Xu, Shun Bai, Sarah Lambourne, Robert John Aitken
A comparison between the Felix™ electrophoretic system of sperm isolation and conventional density gradient centrifugation: a multicentre analysis. Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics 40 (1) (2022)
Edwina F Lawson, Christopher G Grupen, Mark Andrew Baker, Robert John Aitken, Aleona Swegen, Charley-Lea Pollard, Zamira Gibb
Conception and early pregnancy in the mare: lipidomics the unexplored frontier. Reproduction & fertility 3 (1) (2022)
Aron Moazamian, Parviz Gharagozloo, Robert John Aitken, Joël R Drevet
OXIDATIVE STRESS AND REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION: Sperm telomeres, oxidative stress, and infertility. Reproduction (Cambridge, England) 164 (6) (2022)
Joël R Drevet, Jaime Eduardo Cecílio Hallak, Mohammad-Hossein Nasr-Esfahani, Robert John Aitken
Reactive Oxygen Species and Their Consequences on the Structure and Function of Mammalian Spermatozoa. Antioxidants & redox signaling 37 (7-9) (2022)
Robert John Aitken
The changing tide of human fertility. Human reproduction (Oxford, England) 37 (4) (2022)
Farnaz Shapouri, Tara Mahendran, Mirudhubashini Govindarajan, Philip Xie, Olena Kocur, Gianpiero D Palermo, Hassan W Bakos, Aisling Ahlström, Gunilla Caisander, Bo Xu, Shun Bai, Sarah Lambourne, Robert John Aitken
A comparison between the Felix™ electrophoretic system of sperm isolation and conventional density gradient centrifugation: a multicentre analysis. Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics 40 (1) (2022)
Robert John Aitken
Are the MyOXSYS® and OxiSperm®II assays suitable for detecting oxidative stress in human semen samples? Andrology (2022)
Robert John Aitken, Elizabeth G Bromfield, Zamira Gibb
OXIDATIVE STRESS AND REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION: The impact of oxidative stress on reproduction: a focus on gametogenesis and fertilization. Reproduction (Cambridge, England) 164 (6) (2022)
Ashlee Jade Medica, Zamira Gibb, Alecia Sheridan, Natasha Harrison, Robert John Aitken
Causative mechanisms and functional correlates of MTT reduction in stallion spermatozoa. Reproduction (Cambridge, England) 163 (6) (2022)
Robert John Aitken, Joël R Drevet, Aron Moazamian, Parviz Gharagozloo
Male Infertility and Oxidative Stress: A Focus on the Underlying Mechanisms. Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) 11 (2) (2022)
Lars Björndahl, Christopher L R Barratt, David Mortimer, Ashok Agarwal, Robert John Aitken, Juan G Alvarez, Natalie Aneck-Hahn, Stefan Arver, Elisabetta Baldi, Lluís Bassas, Florence Boitrelle, M S Riana Bornman, Douglas T Carrell, Jose Antonio Castilla, Gerardo Cerezo Parra, Jerome H Check, Patricia Sara Cuasnicú, Sally Perreault Darney, Christiaan de Jager, Christopher J De Jonge, Joël R Drevet, Erma Z Drobnis, Stephan S du Plessis, Michael L Eisenberg, Sandro C Esteves, Evangelini A Evgeni, Alberto Ferlin, Nicolás Garrido, Aleksander Giwercman, Ilse G F Goovaerts, Trine B Haugen, Ralf Reinhold Henkel, Lars Henningsohn, Marie Claude Hofmann, James M Hotaling, Piotr Jedrzejczak, Pierre Jouannet, Niels Jørgensen, Jackson C Kirkman Brown, Csilla Krausz, Maciej K Kurpisz, Ulrik Kvist, Dolores J Lamb, Hagai Levine, Kate L Loveland, Robert I McLachlan, Ali M Mahran, Liana Maree, Sarah Martins Da Silva, Michael T Mbizvo, Andreas Meinhardt, Roelof Menkveld, Sharon T Mortimer, Sergey Moskovtsev, Charles H Muller, Maria José Munuce, Monica Muratori, Craig Niederberger, Christian O'Flaherty, Rafael Oliva, Willem Ombelet, Allan A Pacey, Michael A Palladino, Ranjith Ramasamy, Liliana Ramos, Nathalie Rives, Eduardo R S Roldan, Susan Rothmann, Denny Sakkas, Alessia d'Arma, Maria Cristina Sánchez-Pozo, Rosanna Sapiro, Stefan Schlatt, Peter N Schlegel, Hans-Christian Schuppe, Rupin Shah, Niels E Skakkebaek, Katja J Teerds, Igor Toskin, Herman Tournaye, Paul J Turek, Gerhard van der Horst, Mónica Hebe Vazquez-Levin, Christina Wang, Alex M M Wetzels, Theodosia Zeginiadou, Armand Zini
Standards in semen examination: publishing reproducible and reliable data based on high-quality methodology. Human reproduction (Oxford, England) 37 (11) (2022)
Barbara A Fraser, Kasey Miller, Natalie A Trigg, Nathan D Smith, Patrick S Western, Brett Nixon, Robert John Aitken
A novel approach to nonsurgical sterilization; application of menadione-modified gonocyte-targeting M13 bacteriophage for germ cell ablation in utero. Pharmacology research & perspectives 8 (5) (2021)
Robert John Aitken
Antioxidant trials-the need to test for stress. Human reproduction open 2021 (1) (2021)
Robert John Aitken
COVID-19 and male infertility: An update. Andrology (2021)
Robert John Aitken, Diatsendoula Gregoratos, Leslie Kutzera, Emma Towney, Minjie Lin, Alexandra Wilkins, Zamira Gibb
Patterns of MTT reduction in mammalian spermatozoa. Reproduction (Cambridge, England) 160 (3) (2021)
Ashlee Jade Medica, Robert John Aitken, Garth L Nicolson, Alecia R Sheridan, Aleona Swegen, Geoffry N De Iuliis, Zamira Gibb
Glycerophospholipids protect stallion spermatozoa from oxidative damage in vitro . Reproduction & fertility 2 (3) (2021)
Robert John Aitken
The Male Is Significantly Implicated as the Cause of Unexplained Infertility. Seminars in reproductive medicine 38 (1) (2020)
Robert John Aitken
COVID-19 and human spermatozoa-Potential risks for infertility and sexual transmission? Andrology 9 (1) (2020)
S V A C Samarasinghe, K Krishnan, R Naidu, M Megharaj, K Miller, B Fraser, Robert John Aitken
Parabens generate reactive oxygen species in human spermatozoa. Andrology 6 (4) (2018)
Aleona Swegen, N D Smith, Z Gibb, B J Curry, Robert John Aitken
The serine protease testisin is present on the surface of capacitated stallion spermatozoa and interacts with key zona pellucida binding proteins. Andrology 7 (2) (2018)
Robert John Aitken
Reactive oxygen species as mediators of sperm capacitation and pathological damage. Molecular reproduction and development 84 (10) (2017)
Yonggang Lu, Robert John Aitken, Minjie Lin
Ultrastructural investigation and in vitro recapitulation of spermatid differentiation in a potential bio-indicator species - The marine invertebrate Galeolaria gemineoa (Polychaeta: Serpulidae). PloS one 12 (8) (2017)

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