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 [...]
Keep Calm and Carry on counting sperm For the past 8 years I have been teaching MSc students how to count sperm. However, a few years ago I read an interview published as part of ESHREs In Profile series where Jackson Kirkman-Brown suggests that a sperm count is a relatively poor index [...]
WHO laboratory manual for the examination and processing of human semen, now in Italian and Korean. The WHO released the sixth edition of its Manual for the Laboratory Examination and Processing of Human Semen in Italian and Korean languages. This document provides updated, standardized, evidence-based procedures and recommendations for laboratory managers, scientists [...]
The evolutionary consequences of sperm competition or the lack of sperm competition Fig. 1: Scanning EM: Gerbil sperm. What is sperm competition? It is the competitive process between spermatozoa of two or more different males to fertilize the same egg(s) during sexual reproduction. This form of competitive reproduction is by far [...]
Atelier "Sperm Today!", Togo C’est avec un immense plaisir que la Clinique BIASA à Lomé au Togo a pu accueillir au sein de son établissement l’atelier Sperm Today! les 20 et 21 juin 2022. Pendant ces 2 journées, les professionnels de la santé de la biologie de la reproduction d’Afrique de l’Ouest ont pu [...]
Technological and engineering updates to take care of male fertility It should come as no surprise that technology has made significant enhancements. Daily life is filled with incredible evidence of how far our lives have come from what we see, read, hear and living within every moment. We can enrich the quality [...]
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 factors apart from sperm functional parameters important in assessing potential male fertility? In previous blogs I alluded to the many ways used to assess sperm quality. The gold standard for human semen analysis is the World Health Organization Manual. The most recent edition is referred to as WHO 6 (2021). I [...]
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 [...]
