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SCA SCOPE, now on sale – January 1st

By |2019-01-17T10:00:47+01:00January 1st, 2019|News|

Microptic, a leading company in the field of semen analysis, has developed a new product, SCA SCOPE, the first totally automated medical device for human semen assessment. The product goes on sale today, January 1st. Our company will take the opportunity to introduce the new SCA SCOPE at MEDLAB 2019 (booth Z1.C54) [...]

New CASA in East Africa: Tanzania

By |2018-11-30T09:17:33+01:00November 21st, 2018|Blog|

A new CASA system for East Africa, Tanzania, for the National Artificial Insemination Centre: A unique situation! Fig. 1: Entrance to NAIC with administrative quarters and laboratories. In Tanzania and elsewhere in Africa there is a great need to improve the quality of livestock in general and particulalrly cattle such [...]

New standards at the international sperm and egg bank Cryos

By |2018-09-10T15:17:23+02:00September 10th, 2018|Blog|

Sperm Class Analyzer ensures standardization and improves documentation in the world’s largest sperm bank Cryos The market for human sperm has rapidly increased during the last decade – especially due to the acceptance of solo motherhood and homosexual couples with the desire to become parents. As one of the market leaders, Cryos [...]

Successful edition of ESHRE in Barcelona – July 10th

By |2018-07-18T09:31:10+02:00July 10th, 2018|News|

Barcelona, our city, hosted the 34rd Annual Meeting of European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) in which Microptic participated with an innovative booth. At this special edition our company presented the new SCA SCOPE, a lab equipment for semen assessment that comprises both software and hardware. Thus, analysis can be [...]

Reflections after ISS 2018

By |2018-06-19T11:22:04+02:00June 19th, 2018|Blog|

Three participants at XIII International Symposium on Spermatology explain to us their thoughts on the event: Prof Gerhard van der Horst, Prof Stefan du Plessis and Dr Liana Maree. Representing your country and institution at any international conference is always a great honour, but with that also comes a [...]

Rabbit sperm, new blog entry – May 14th

By |2022-08-30T08:53:35+02:00May 14th, 2018|News|

Not Easter bunnies or hares, but rabbit reproduction and sperm There is a new focus on rabbits in terms of their so called prolific breeding rate, huge demand for rabbit meat production globally, but also ethical issues in terms of animal experimentation in medical research. Hares and rabbits are in the same [...]

Rabbit sperm

By |2022-08-30T11:50:50+02:00May 14th, 2018|Blog|

Not Easter bunnies or hares, but rabbit reproduction and sperm Fig. 1: Captive bred rabbits There is a new focus on rabbits in terms of their so called prolific breeding rate, huge demand for rabbit meat production globally, but also ethical issues in terms of animal experimentation in medical research. [...]

Manatee sperm, new blog entry – April 12th

By |2018-04-12T13:27:49+02:00April 12th, 2018|News|

Two investigators from the University of Florida are taking advantage of a unique opportunity to investigate the sperm biology of West Indian manatees in both Florida and Puerto Rico. West Indian manatee from Florida. Modified from National Geographic. The West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus spp.) is a large herbivorous mammalian [...]