Tribute to my mentor, Mike Bedford

Abstract

A few months ago, I was happy of writing a letter supporting John MichaelBedford's nomination for a very important award based on his outstanding contribution to the field of reproduction for more than 50 years.I assumed that many letters would already be mentioning his prodigious output of papers and reviews revealing novel aspects of sperm maturation and storage in the epididymis, sperm transport and capacitation within the female tract, the mechanisms and strategies of fertilization and the way the structures and function of gametes have co-evolved.