Notes
*This paper is an invited refereed review of a symposium presented as one half of the British Andrology Society Advanced Topics Workshop entitled ‘Sperm capacitation and fertilisation up close’. The workshop was held at the Fertility 2003 Third Joint Societies Meeting in Aberdeen and honoured the contribution of Robin Harrison to sperm research and the BAS. The meeting was organised by Ian Brewis; the financial support of The Wellcome Trust is gratefully acknowledged.