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Sea urchin sperm

By |2020-10-15T11:22:19+02:0015 Oct 2020|Blog|

Sea urchin sperm: Appearance, collection and measurement of sperm motility - the ideal CASA solution! Sea urchins belong to the phylum Echinodermata meaning “spiny skinned”. There are five classes of Echinodermata and three of these are indicated below in Fig. 1 (A to C): The sea stars, the sea urchins and the [...]

Webinaire : L’utilisation de systèmes CASA dans le domaine de la recherche – 23 octobre

By |2020-09-30T16:40:09+02:0030 Sep 2020|News|

Microptic organise un nouveau webinaire gratuit le 15 octobre : L’utilisation de systèmes CASA (Computer Aided Sperm Analisys) dans le domaine de la recherche. Quels sont les équipements essentiels pour la recherche ? Lequel est le mieux : sperme frais ou sperme lavé ? Comment devrait-on utiliser les données quantitatives ?  Quelles [...]

Domestic animals

By |2020-07-20T13:03:30+02:0020 Juil 2020|Blog|

How to improve your domestic stock through intelligent solutions! The importance and size of the global domestic animal market is enormous and only the beef market translates to USD 332.9 billion in 2020 with a revenue forecast of about USD 383.5 billion by 2027. The beef market is dominant in USA and [...]

Nouvelle section : Fiches techniques selon l’espèce – 14 juillet

By |2020-07-14T15:35:48+02:0014 Juil 2020|News|

Microptic proportionne des fiches techniques de plusieurs espèces aux utilisateurs SCA®. Le but de ces documents est d’informer les utilisateurs des modules et consommables les plus appropriés, et du hardware nécessaire pour analyser chaque espèce. Chaque fiche inclut les paramètres de référence pour un premier fonctionnement. Visiter la section "Fiches techniques selon [...]

Bee sperm (II)

By |2020-05-15T12:42:22+02:0015 Mai 2020|Blog|

A major breakthrough: Fully automated Computer Aided Sperm Motility Analysis of African bee sperm! We alluded in an earlier blog to the importance of bees as keystone species globally and provided some background on the reproduction of the African bee and our research on bee sperm. Sperm motility in all animals including [...]

Webinaire : Systèmes CASA de Microptic – 14 mai

By |2020-04-30T16:20:42+02:0030 Avr 2020|News|

Microptic organise un nouveau webinaire gratuit le 14 Mai : Caractéristiques principales et nouvelles améliorations des systèmes CASA de Microptic M. Eduard Sànchez, CEO de Microptic, montrera aux participants les caractéristiques principales et les nouvelles améliorations des systèmes CASA de Microptic. Il répondra aux questions : Quelles sont les nouveautés des dernières [...]

Tunisian sperm quality

By |2020-04-24T13:08:56+02:0024 Avr 2020|Blog|

At Microptic, we asked some of our clients about their research studies they have performed using our SCA system. In this blog, Dr Hatem Bahri (from Tunisia) introduces one of his most important research, presented at the last congress of the Tunisian Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics and second prize-winner: Sperm characteristics [...]

Elephant sperm

By |2019-09-17T12:27:41+02:0017 Sep 2019|Blog|

First comprehensive CASA study of Free ranging African elephant sperm in the wild: What does it take? It is seldom realized what it really takes to perform such a formidable research task in the total wilderness. It is not as if there are ten elephants behind bars waiting for semen collection in [...]