On campus, his lab focus is a continuation of his Ph.D. work with in-vitro fertilization in mammal cells and how exactly sperm begins a calcium released oscillations in the egg. On this topic, he was a part of a paper published in 2017. It is titled PLCζ is the physiological trigger of the Ca2+ oscillations that induced embryogenesis in mammals but conception can occur in its absence. The goal of the study being how exactly sperm triggers calcium oscillations in the egg. This study is important for humans as infertility is a health problem that affects about 1 in 7 couples. The paper stated that in other studies there was evidence that a protein called phospholipase C zeta (PLCζ) trigger calcium release in sperm.
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