Physiology and biochemistry of male reproductive function and semen
became the main area of my research in 1944, after my attention was
finally diverted frorp. animal cells in general, to mammalian
spermatozoa specifically Ever since, the interest has remained largely
focussed on reproductive probletns in mammals, the work continuing
mostly at the University of Cambridge, where I was privileged to hold
also the Marshall- Walton Professorship in Physiology of Reproduction.
This work led to the publication of three books, The Biochemistry of
Semen (Methuen 1954), The Biochemistry of Semen and of the Male
Reproductive Tract (Methuen 1964) and lately, in co- authorship with my
wife, Dr. Cecilia Lutwak-Mann, Male Re- productive Function and Semen -
Themes and Trends in Phys- iology, Biochemistry and Investigative
Andrology (Springer- Verlag 1981). In 1960, thanks to the Lalor
Foundation, I was able to avail myself for the first time of a chance to
visit the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole and there to take
part in a study of reproduction in marine animals. Ever since, first as
Visiting Professor of Biology at the State University of Florida, and
later as the Walker Ames Professor and frequent visitor to the
Department of Zoology at the University of Washington in Seattle, it has
been my good fortune to sustain this pew interest and to pursue it
further.