On January 10, our company participated in the 4th edition of the “Master in Assisted Human Reproduction Technologies”, organized by Eugin Clinic and UPF Barcelona School of Management, by doing a theoretical and practical workshop on semen analysis with MICROPTIC CASA Systems. In this session, held in the new laboratory of Eugin [...]
Last week BIASA Clinic organized a workshop in Togo (June 20-21, 2022) in collaboration with MICROPTIC. This was a theoretical and practical session, called “Sperm Today!”, with the speeches of our colleagues Elsa Delacroix (Export Manager) and Glòria Martínez (Biologist). The topics of the event were about semen analysis according to WHO [...]
Are emerging environmental contaminants a threat to male fertility? Unexplained male infertility is evident in up to 25% of male factor infertility cases and exposure to environmental contaminants could be one of many culprits in the global decline in male fertility. Since many of these compounds end up in water bodies, it [...]
Tracking sperm over 50 years: From manual video micrography to cutting edge Computer Aided Sperm Analysis Currently, Computer Aided Sperm Analysis (CASA) systems are highly sophisticated and are used to evaluate sperm quality quantitatively by measurement of sperm concentration, motility, morphology, vitality, fragmentation, and the acrosome reaction among others. These aspects incorporate [...]
On March 1st, our company participated in the tenth edition of the Master's Degree In Reproductive Medicine, organized by the Department of Biotechnology of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Alicante (UA) and the Instituto Bernabeu de Alicante (IB), by doing a practical workshop on semen analysis. In this session, [...]
On January 18, our company participated in the third edition of the “Master in Assisted Human Reproduction Technologies”, organized by Eugin Clinic and UPF Barcelona School of Management, by doing a theoretical and practical workshop on semen analysis with MICROPTIC CASA Systems. In this session, held in the new laboratory of Eugin [...]
What does WHO4, WHO 5, WHO 6 and the literature say about the use of CASA? Computer aided sperm analysis is capable of measuring sperm parameters such as motility, morphology, vitality etc. quantitatively and accurately. The question is to what extent does WHO 4, 5 and 6 accept CASA technology as both [...]
Important focus on sperm of indigenous domestic animals in Africa All domestic animals such as cattle, goats, horses, sheep, dogs and chicken across the globe have been derived from essentially wild animals. In most instances the livestock domestication dates back to many thousands of years (11000 BP) (Fig. 1). Fig. 1: [...]
Short blog about installation and training of SCA 6.5 at Zululand University, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa The Sperm Class Analyzer (SCA), Microptic's CASA System for semen analysis, was re-installed in the Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Zululand University, near Richard Bay, headed by Prof Khoboso Lehloenya. Gerhard van der Horst performed [...]
Is CASA really required? Views from the past, the present and the future The big questions are: Does CASA measure sperm parameters such as motility, morphology, vitality etc. quantitatively, accurately and to what extent does it enhance clinical spermatology for human and animals and wildlife? Does it provide answers not only on [...]
