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 [...]
On December 15th, Microptic participated in the course “Improving results: contributors in the Assisted Human Reproduction laboratory”, organized by ASEBIR interest groups, by doing a practical session on CASA systems for semen analysis, as a reference company in this field. In this session, held at the General Hospital of Valencia (Spain), assisted [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The advantages of a multidisciplinary team - my personal experience As the scientist I am, I have always considered myself as a curious person with the need to question my environment and learn more about the unknown. Going a little bit deeper into my personal experience, I spent 15 years in the [...]
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 [...]
