Hannah Lyons

Research Interests

Fertility and Conception Immunology and Infection Pregnancy and Birth Fertility Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine Reproduction Reproductive Biology

Hannah Lyons

School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Science

College of Health

I am a current PhD candidate in the Reproductive Immunology Group in the Robinson Research Institute led by Professor Sarah Robertson. My research focuses on male fertility and the abundance of molecular mediators carried within seminal fluid, and how these impact the female immune response elicited after exposure to male seminal fluid, and how this prepares the female reproductive tract for pregnancy. My research includes skills such as mammalian cell culture, immunoassays, gene expression analysis, clinical study coordination, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, and andrology.

Date Position Institution name
2023 - ongoing Research Assistant University of Adelaide

Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
2024 Research Award SSR 1st Place Pre-doctoral Poster Soceity for the Study of Reproduction United States $500 USD
2024 Award School of Biomedicine Travel Award The Universtiy of Adelaide Australia $1500
2024 Award RRI Travel Grant Robinson Research Institute Australia $2000
2024 Research Award Lalor Foundation Merit Award Lalor Foundation and Soceity for the Study of Reproduction United States $500 USD
2023 Award AMS Travel Award The University of Adelaide Australia $1200
2022 Award Adelaide Graduate Research School Travel Award The Universtiy of Adelaide Australia $3500
2021 Award School of Biomedicine Travel Award The University Adelaide Australia $1200

Date Institution name Country Title
2021 The University of Adelaide Australia PhD
2020 - 2020 University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Science (Honours)
2016 - 2019 University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Sciences (Biomedical)

Year Citation
2025 Lyons, H. E., Peel, A., Gonzalez, M., Deluao, J., Olatunji, O., Nikitaras, V., & McPherson, N. O. (2025). Unlocking the power of semen analysis in primary health care - a path to men's health and lifestyle transformation.. Nature Reviews Urology, 22(10), 687-702.
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2025 Whitty, A. L., Jennings, S. K., Lyons, H. E., Thompson, J. G., Mcpherson, N. O., Kind, K. L., . . . Nottle, M. B. (2025). Addition of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor during in vitro oocyte maturation improves cattle in vitro embryo production. Theriogenology, 247, 9 pages.
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2025 Peel, A., Lyons, H., Tully, C. A., Vincent, A. D., Jesudason, D., Wittert, G., & McPherson, N. O. (2025). The effect of obesity interventions on male fertility: a systematic review and meta-analysis. HUMAN REPRODUCTION UPDATE, 27 pages.
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2024 Lyons, H. E., Gyawali, P., Mathews, N., Castleton, P., Mutuku, S. M., & McPherson, N. O. (2024). The influence of lifestyle and biological factors on semen variability. Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, 41(4), 1097-1109.
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2023 Lyons, H. E., Arman, B. M., Robertson, S. A., & Sharkey, D. J. (2023). Immune regulatory cytokines in seminal plasma of healthy men: A scoping review and analysis of variance. Andrology, 11(7), 1245-1266.
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Year Citation
- Lyons, H., Arman, B., Robertson, S., & Sharkey, D. (n.d.). Supporting Dataset 1 from: Immune regulatory cytokines in seminal plasma of healthy men: A scoping review and analysis of variance.
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Date Project/ No. Investigators Funding Body Amount
10/07/2024 Understanding the role of sperm microRNA in controlling early embryonic events Hannah Lyons and Nicole McPherson Robinson Research Institute $40,000

Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name
2024 - ongoing Co-Supervisor Understanding the significance of miR30a/c in paternal transmissinon The University of Adelaide - Honours Full Time Katherine Weston

Date Role Committee Institution Country
2022 - ongoing Member Robinson Research Symposium Committee Robinson Research Institute Australia

Date Topic Presented at Institution Country
2024 - ongoing SPACE SPERM – The Importance of Gravity in Sperm Navigation, Fertilisation and Early Embryo Formation. Society for the study of Reproduction 57th Annual Scientific Meeting Society for the study of Reproduction Ireland

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