Description
Upgrade in IVF techniques for experienced embryologists
Discover new approaches on your daily techniques
Aims and Goals of the Course:
Have an overview of an IVF cycle, going through the whole process, focusing on the main techniques and emphasizing important theoretical aspects. Understand fundamental principles of quality control, set-up management and work organization in an IVF lab. Have and intensive hands-on sessions in ICSI, embryo and blastocyst vitrification and warming, assisted hatching and embryo transfer from the lab’s perspective. An opportunity to step back and take a time to deepen into the upgrade knowledge in our routine techniques and discover how to improve results just with few important tips and tricks.
Scientific Program:
Theoretical Sessions (30-45 min duration):
- “QC and QA in the IVF lab”
Hands-On Sessions:
- Oocyte and embryo handling using different types of pipetting devices.
- ICSI: different ways of penetrating the oocyte membrane.
- Overview of the different biopsy techniques.
- Vitrification and warming of blastocysts.
- Management of warmed embryos: Assisted hatching.
- Embryo Transfer from the lab perspective.
- How to handle a stable culture system.
- Temperature measurements.
- Handle of media and oil: aliquoting, storage, disposables out-gassing, preparation of dishes (the overlaid and underlaid methods) for gamete and embryo manipulation and culture.
- Aseptic techniques for handling media, disposables, gametes and embryos.
Team of embryologists providing the training:
Gloria Calderón, PhD; Nuno Costa-Borges, PhD; Enric Mestres, PhD; Mònica Acacio, MSc and Carolina Castelló, BSc.
Certificate of attendance will be awarded to participants completing the workshop
Dates: Three days from 09:00h to 16:30h (with a coffee break and 30 min lunch pause).
Prices: 3300 Euros
Depending on your experience and needs we can modify the training course by adding extra days to the course.
Location:
Embryotools’ Laboratories
Avenida Doctor Marañón, 8
Parc Científic de Barcelona
08028 Barcelona, Spain
