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Email

david.gardner@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary (Professorial Fellow)
School of BioSciences
Education
PhD
University of York
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of York
ORCID

0000-0003-3138-8274

Prof David Gardner

Honorary (Professorial Fellow)
School of BioSciences

629 Scholarly works
27 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Post-warming culture and single vitrified-warmed blastocyst transfer with hyaluronic acid and prolactin: a randomized controlled trial
    DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2025.105417
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Oocyte quality in the era of AI: integration of morphology, metabolic activity and time-lapse imaging
    DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2025.105363
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Deep learning AI “co-pilot” for accelerated rare sperm identification in poor-prognosis non-obstructive azoospermia
    DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2026.105550
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Replacement of the intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) holding pipette with a microfabricated device (microICSI) reduces changes to oocyte shape during sham injection of human oocytes.
    DOI: 10.5653/cerm.2025.08144
  • 2018

    Research Grant

    Determining the Impacts of Epigenetic Modifying Drugs on Germline Programming and Offspring Health
  • 2018

    Research Grant

    Defining the Epigenetic Origins of Maternally Inherited Disease.
  • 2016

    Internal Research Grant

    Confocal Microscope With Live Imaging Chamber
David Gardner

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2018
University of Melbourne
2017
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
2006
Earl Plunkett Lecturer University of Western Ontario, Canada
2005
Robert Edwards Scientific Achievement Award American Fertility Association

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Exploring the increasing aneuploidy stress effects on embryo morphokinetic development: non-linear and stage-specific disruption in developmental timing
    DOI: 10.1007/s10815-025-03786-x
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Development of technologies for the non-invasive assessment of single embryo metabolism and viability
    DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deaf242
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Rethinking embryology dogma
    DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2025.10.030
  • 2026

    Book Chapter

    Human Embryo Development and Assessment of Viability
    DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-443-21477-6.00248-0
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Sperm DNA fragmentation and its influence on mammalian reproduction
    DOI: 10.1038/s41585-025-01123-6
  • 2026

    Book Chapter

    Human Preimplantation Embryo Culture
    DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-443-21477-6.00345-x

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2014

    Research Contracts

    Embryo Culture and Analysis of Viability
  • 2011

    Research Grant

    Stem Cells Australia

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